Resume
EDUCATION
2005 MFA Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2001 BFA Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2011 - present NCECA (National Conference for the Education of the Ceramic Arts)
2001 - present College Art Association
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018-present Sculpture Coordinator, Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, NJ
2010-present Ceramics Program Director, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2006 -present Instructor, Raritan Valley Comm College, North Branch, NJ
Instructor Somerset Teen Arts Festival, North Branch, NJ
2006- 2014 Ceramics Technician, Raritan Valley Comm College, North Branch, NJ
Instructor, Visual and Performing Arts Camp, North Branch, NJ
2006 Adjunct Professor, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ
2005-Present Adjunct Professor, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
2005 Ceramics Technician, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
NASAD Graduate Programs Review Team, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
2004-2005 Gallery Assistant, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2014 Residency, Gustav Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, Morris Plains, NJ
2013 Soda Firing, Rowan University, Glassboro NJ
Juror: Members Exhibition Center for Contemporary Art NJ
2011 “Suburban Wood and Soda Firing” NCECA, Tampa, FL
AWARDS
2004 Graduate Assistantship, Marywood University, Scranton,PA
2000 Johnson & Johnson Award, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 Representing CCM, Center for Contemporary Art Bedminster NJ
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City NJ
2019 CCA Faculty Show, Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ
The Tangible Mystery of Fire, CCM Gallery, Randolph, NJ
KC Teabowl National Invitational, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City MO
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2018 Earth, Wood, & Fiber, Gallery on Division, Somerville NJ
26rd Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster PA
Teabowl National, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City,MO (Best in Show)
GrowlerFest, NCECA exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
Last Call III, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2017 Teabowl National, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City,MO (Honorable Mention)
Woodfire Works, Companion Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Hunterdon Art Tour, Home Studio & Gallery, Pittstown NJ
2016 Irons in the Fire, Companion Gallery Humboldt TN
24rd Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster PA
Out of the Ashes, Morean Center for Clay, St Petersburg FL
Intimate Object XII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Fl
Small Favors XI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Last Call, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Ceram-A-Rama, Curator: Garth Johnson, Arizona State Univ, Art Museum
Solo Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster NJ
Utilitarian Clay, James May Gallery,Algoma WI
2015 NEPA, AFA Gallery Scranton PA
23rd Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster PA
Teabowl National, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City,MO
Twin Cups, MWSU Clay Studio, Saint Joseph, MO
Small Favors X, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Intimate Object X, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, Fl
Teabowl National, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City,MO
Clay Studio 40th Anniversary, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Clay Studio National Juried Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Twin Cups, MWSU Clay Guild, Saint Joseph, MO
2013 Artifacts from the Inferno, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD
Intimate Object IX, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville FL
NJ Arts Annual:Currents in Contemporary Craft. Noyes Mueum, Atlantic City NJ
Teabowl National, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, MO
12th Annual Kent State University Cup Show, Kent OH
By the Ounce, Bluegrass Bourbon Exhibition, Louisville, KY
By the Bottle, Bluegrass Bourbon Exhibition, Louisville, KY
2012 Bourbon Bash, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville KY
CCA Faculty Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
Teabowl National, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, MO
CCM Faculty Exhibition, University of ther Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Bowls, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
Teabowl National, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, MO
Atmospheric, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2010 NEPA Regional Exhibition, Suraci Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
NEPA Regional Exhibition, Lindner Gallery, Keystone, College La Plume, PA
Art Auction, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
John Reinking, Somerset Cultural & Heritage Com, Somerville , NJ
10th Annual National Cup Show, Kent University, Kent OH
New Life, Kirk Center, Bethlehem PA
Craft Gallery, LBIF, Loveladies, NJ
2009 Drink It In, The Potters Shop Gallery, Needham, MA
Jersey Shore Clay National, MT Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
National Cup Exhibition, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln Nebraska
National Cup Show, Starbrick Clay Gallery, Nelsonville, OH
Fragile Earth, The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
2008 Holiday Exhibition, Eckhaus Gallery, Kutztown, PA
Small works Exhibition, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission Art Gallery, Somerville, NJ
Time for Tea, Ambre Studio, Bethlehem, PA
NJ Shore Clay Annual, MT Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
Transforming the Elements, Artistans Center of VA, Waynesboro, VA
Summit Speech School Annual Charity Auction, New Providence, NJ
Form (Solo Exhibition) West Liberty University, Liberty, WV
2007 Art and Craft Concepts 2007, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Journeys in Clay, Moutaintop Gallery, Catskill, NY
Contemporary Art and Antiques, Gallery 31 North, Glen Gardner, NJ
Summit Speech School Annual Charity Auction, New Providence, NJ
Taste of Madison, Madison, NJ
John Reinking (Solo Exhibition) GCCA Catskill Gallery, Catskill, NY
5 Artists, Gallery 31 North, Glen Gardner, NJ
2006 VAPA Holiday Sale, Somerville, NJ
Identity, Brennan Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Metamorphosis, The Mill Gallery, Lafayette, NJ
WAD Clay Institute 3rd Juried Annual, Pittsburgh, PA
NEPA Regional Exhibition, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
Big Country, GCCA Catskill Gallery, Catskill, NY
Skylands Art Exhibition, Sussex County Arts Center, Newton, NJ
Raritan Valley Community College Faculty Show, Somerville, NJ
Somerset County Cultural and Heritage Commission Art Gallery, Somerville, NJ
Summit Speech School Annual Charity Auction, New Providence, NJ
All Our Children, Bella Perla Gallery, Portland, OR
Human Ambiguity, AFA Gallery, Scranton, PA
The Nude International, Lexington Art League , Lexington, KY
2005 Sewn and Thrown, Studio 6 Gallery, Rockaway Park, NY
Frames of Mind, Brennan Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Eye of the Storm, Gallery 125, Trenton, NJ
2005 Juried Clay Annual, WAD Clay Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Jurors Award
Male Art, Elkton Arts Center, Elkton, MD
MFA Exhibition, Mahady Gallery, Scranton, PA
24 Hours for Art Auction, Kresge Gallery, Scranton, PA
Hunger for the Arts Charity Auction, Mahady Gallery, Scranton, PA
Nothing from Something, Kresge Gallery, Scranton, PA
Art in Human Motion, The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
2004 Small Works Show, Kresge Gallery, Scranton, PA
Errata, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
Something from Nothing, Kresge Gallery, Scranton, PA
Eye: Mirror of the Soul, The Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Winter Exhibitions at the Center for Contemporary Art, JerseyArts.com 1/19/16
Trial By Fire, Courier News
2012 Experiments in Suburban Firing, The Log Book
2011 500Raku, Lark Books
2008 Independent Press, 10/15 Photo
2007 Independent Press, 10/18 Photo
2006 Arts Alive, Catskill, NY 1/07 p 5
Lexington Leader, Lexington, KY 1/13/06 p 18
2005 The Wave, Rockaway Beach, NY 12/16/05 p 32
Bayleaf, Marywood University Publication
The Wood Word, Marywood University Publication
2004 Bayleaf, Marywood University Publication
2001 Independent Press, A12 Photo
REPRESENTED BY
2007 – Present Connexions Gallery, Easton, PA
Peters Valley Store and Gallery, Layton, NJ
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC