RESUME

EDUCATION

2006 – 2009      Montana State University,  Bozeman, MT
M.F.A. Ceramics   

2002 – 2004      Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
M.A. International Political Economy
Thesis:  The Percolation of Quality: Understanding Perceptions of Fair Trade
Quality  in the Alternative Specialty and Cooperative Coffee Markets

1998 – 2001      University of Puget Sound,  Tacoma, WA
B.A.,   Economics/ International Political Economy
Thesis:  Dialed in: A Discussion of Corporate Influences and the Integration of Channel One in the Tacoma School District

EXPERIENCE

Ceramics Instructor Pottery Northwest   Seattle, WA
September 2009 – Present

Instructor of Record FACTS Foundations 3D Design MSU- Bozeman, MT
January 2009- May 2009

Instructor of Record FACTS Foundations 2D Design MSU- Bozeman, MT
August 2008- December 2008

Assistant for FACTS Foundations Program MSU- Bozeman, MT
August 2007 - August 2008

Ceramics Studio Tech MSU- Bozeman, MT
August 2006 – May 2007

Ceramics Instructor Emerson Cultural Center for the Arts
December 2006 – August 2007

Ceramics Instructor - Fort Collins Ceramic Studio
December 2004 –  May 2006

Studio Tech and Instructor - Northern Colorado Potter's Guild
August 2005 – June 2006

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009

Strictly Functional Juried National. Lancaster, PA  Juror Pete Pinnel
Pottery Northwest Resident Artist Exhibit.  Seattle City Hall   Seattle, WA
MFA Thesis Exhibition. Helen E. Copeland Gallery. Montana State University Bozeman, MT    
Montana State and University of Montana Student and Faculty Exhibit. Archie Bray Foundation Helena,MT
Montana State University and University of Montana Graduate Student Exhibition. Billings, MT 

2008

Salt Soda National IV Clay Center of Missoula   Juror Jim Koudelka  
New Work: Solo Exhibition. Waller Yoblonsky Gallery, Bozeman, MT  Bozeman, MT 
Montana State University Juried Student Show: Emerson Cultural Center  Bozeman, MT 

2007
Ring of Fire Wood Fire Ceramic Show  Bozeman, MT 
Buzz: Mattera, Mast and MFAs Encaustic Group Exhibition
Carbondale Clay Center: Clay National III Juror Doug Casebeer
Vessels Gallery,  Boston, MA Jurors Richard Aerni and Irina Okula
Guilford Center for the Arts Guilford, CT  Juror Val Cushing
Carbondale Clay Center: Empty Spaces Juror Peg Malloy

2006
Fire Born: Collaborative Works with Ender Guzey
Persona MSU Graduate Student Show
Colorado Clay 2006:  Juror Brain Yancy and Tom Collins
Fort Collins Cup Bowl Casserole Show
Northern Colorado Potters Guild: Fort Collins, Colorado

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2009 - Present
Long Term Residency.   Pottery Northwest.  Seattle, WA 

2007
Summer Kiln God Scholarship. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts  Newcastle, ME

PUBLICATIONS

“Function, Utility and Balance at the Strictly Functional Pottery National” Ceramics Monthly. December 2009
"Quixotic? An Essay on Transition" Ceramics Monthly. January 2008