Education
2012- 2015 Masters of Fine Arts Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2011-2012 Post Baccalaureate Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2004-2008 Bachelors of Liberal Arts, Studio Art and Biology Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
Teaching/Professional Experience
2021 Instructor of Record, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
3D Design
Instructor of Record, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Foundations: Touch
2020 Instructor of Record, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Foundations: Touch
Wheel Thrown Pottery
2019 Ceramics instructor, Pioneer Craft Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
2018 Co-Curator, Cultural Confluence: Emerging Artist Exhibition, Free Ceramics Gallery, Helena, Montana
Visiting Artist at University of Utah Art Department, Salt Lake City Utah
2017-2021 Ceramics Studio Manager, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah
Ceramics Instructor, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah
2017 Studio Manager, Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project, Middletown, California
Visiting Artist at California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, California
2016 Instructor of Record, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee
Intermediate Handbuilding
2015-2016 Artist in Residence: Clay, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, Tennessee
2015 Instructor of Record, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee
Clay on the Wheel
2014 Pre-Conference Artist in Residence, European 2nd Annual Woodfire Conference at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, Denmark
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Instructor of Record: Intro to Ceramics
Instructor of Record: Intermediate Handbuilding
Graduate Studio Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2013 West Virginia University China Ceramics: Semester Abroad, Jingdezhen China
Exhibition Coordinator, Artists Without Borders, the Pottery Workshop Jingdezhen, Jingdezhen, China
Instructor, Global Academy at Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Instructor: Beginning Ceramics for International Students
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Instructor of Record: 3D Design
Graduate Studio Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
3D Design Graduate Teaching Assistant
Intro Ceramics Graduate Teaching Assistant
Ceramics Studio Work Study, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2011 Educational Assistant Coordinator/Campus Liaison, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Studio Intern/Assistant Kitchen Manager Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Exhibition Coordinator, Emerging Arrowmont: Behind the Scenes, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2010 Kitchen Intern, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2009-2010 Resident Artist, Cub Creek Foundation, Appomattox, Virginia
2009 Work Study, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2008 Work Study, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2007 Resident Artist and Assistant to Professor Heidi Preuss Grew, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, Denmark
2006-2008 Intern with Professor Heidi Preuss Grew, Salem, Oregon
Studio Assistant (workstudy), Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
Exhibitions
2020 Women of Woodfire, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Cub Creek Exhibition, Branch Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2019 1401: 12x12 Wall Exhibition, Cafe Gallery, Park City, Utah
Bridging the Gap: Contemporary Craft Practices, Blaine Galleries, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2019 Bridging the Gap: Contemporary Craft Practices, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2018 Cultural Confluence: Emerging Artist Exhibition, Free Ceramics Gallery, Helena, Montana
Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Exhibition, Alpha Fired Arts Gallery, Sacramento, California
Neoteric Ignition, TEArt Gallery, Houston, Texas
2017 Concatenation, Tippetts Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
2016 Prime Ceramics, Invitational Exhibition, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Workhouse Clay International 2016, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia
Appalachian Center for Craft AIR Exhibition, ACC Gallery, Smithville, Tennessee
Makers Moxie: the Impact of the Craft School Experience, Peters Valley Gallery, Layton, New Jersey
Vision and Persistence: 30 Years of Ceramic Excellence at USU, Nora Eccles Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
John Jessiman: A Life in Clay, Atrium Gallery at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
2015 Repetition of Touch, MFA Exhibition, Gallery 102, Logan, Utah
Reflex Blue: Juried Exhibition, Gallery 102, Logan, Utah
2014 Graduate Exhibition, Gallery 102, Logan, Utah
Resident Exhibition, Algade 37, Skælskør, Denmark
Embla Firing, Bruuns Hjorne, Skælskør, Denmark
Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition: 5, Concordia University St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota
Glazed By Fire, Taos Clay Studio Gallery, El Prado, New Mexico
Twentieth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas
UtahTies Juried Show, Central Utah Art Center Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
UNF National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, University Northern Florida Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida
2013 Artists Without Borders, Mufei Gallery, Jingdezhen, China
Disaster, Relief, and Resilience: Cup Show, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, North Carolina
Artifacts from the Inferno: Contemporary Wood-fired Ceramics, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, Maryland
Graduate Exhibition, Gallery 102, Logan, Utah
Woodfire Invitational Exhibition: This is Where the Sauce is At, Clay Studio Missoula Gallery, Missoula, Montana
Mug Shots, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2013 NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas
Functional/Dysfunctional National Ceramics Juried Competition, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
2012 Ceramics Biennial Exhibition 2012, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire
Graduate Exhibition, Gallery 102, Logan, Utah
The Clay Cup: Icon, Vessel, Canvas, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
2011 Emerging Arrowmont: Behind the Scenes, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Arrowmont Staff Exhibition, Arrowont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2010 Batten:Recent Works by Dana Cowley and Shasta Krueger, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
In the Beginning…, Chroma Projects Art Laboratory, Charlottesville, Virginia
2009 Cub Creek Open House, Cub Creek Foundation, Appomattox, Virginia
2008 Art and Art History Senior Show, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, Oregon
2007 Work in Porcelain, a Solo Exhibition, Willamette University Art Department, Salem, Oregon
Collaborative Relations, Apple House Gallery, Skælskør, Denmark
Awards and Scholarships
2015 Caine College of the Arts Graduate Researcher of the Year, Utah State University, Logan Utah
2014 Masters Fellowship, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2013 Charles and Rae Perkins Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Dan and Manon Russel Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2012 Charles and Rae Perkins Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Dan and Manon Russel Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2008 Joy Lorraine Hayhurst Award, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
2007 Hewlett Faculty/Student Collaborative Research Grant, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
Guldagergaard Artist in Residence Award, Skælskør, Denmark
Permanent Collections
2017 Structure #4: Wall, Private residence, Mt. Vernon, Washington
2015 Black Haloed Jar, Nora Eccles Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan ,Utah
2014 Lidded Vessel, University Northern Florida Department of Art and Design, Jacksonville, Florida
2007 Collaborative #2, Guldegergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, Denmark
Bibliography/Lectures
2018 Artist Lecture, School of Art at University of Utah, Salt Lake City Utah
2017 Artist Opportunities Beyond School, Panel Discussion, California State University Sacramento, Sacramento California
2014 Artist Lecture, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør Denmark
2013 Artist Lecture, Artist Lecture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
Artist Lecture, Artist Lecture, the Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Ceramics Monthly: Exposure, work pictured, November 2013, Vol 61 No. 9
NCECA Student Juried Exhibition Catalog, work pictured Houston, Texas
2010 Recent Works, Artist Lecture, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2008 Collaborative Relations: An Exploration of Porcelain Abroad, presentation, NCECA Graduate Forum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2007 Research in Royal Copenhagen Porcelain with Hewlett Faculty/Student Collaborative Research Grant, presentation, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon
Artist Lecture, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør Denmarkn