Education
1999 MFA, Ceramics, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Illinois
1995 BFA, Ceramics, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah
1987 AA, Rick’s College, Rexburg, Idaho
Professional Experience
Current
-3D Design Fundamentals/
Russell Brian Wrankle
P.O. Box 511 Toquerville, UT 84774
435.635.2523
ARTIST RESUME
Education
1999 MFA, Ceramics, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Illinois
1995 BFA, Ceramics, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah
1987 AA, Rick’s College, Rexburg, Idaho
Professional Experience
Current
-3D Design Fundamentals/ Sculpture Professor, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
-Studio Artist, Cedar City, Utah
-Fundraiser, Grant Writer for Southern Utah University Art Dept., Student Programming
-Director at Large for The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art
2018
Artist in Residence/The Summer Session at The Ash Street Project in Portland, Oregon
Curator along with Kate MacDowell, “Animals Among Us” Group Exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center
Two day workshop with Kate McDowell at Red Lodge Clay Center, In conjunction with “Animals Among Us”
Director at Large/Board Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts. Three-year appointment (Finished)
2017
Director at Large/Board Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts. Three-year appointment
Curator, “Epics Myths and Fables” Group Exhibition, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
Short Term Resident Artist, The LH Project, Joseph, Oregon
2016
“Pentaculum” Working Artist Invitational, Arrowmont Craft Center. Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Renmin University, Beijing, China
Visiting Artist, Ohio University, Athens Ohio
2015
“Evocative Animal Heads” Instructor at Arrowmont Craft Center, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2013
“Fire”, Symposium and Panel Discussion at Kansas University. Lawrence KS
“Anthropomorphic Animal Work Shop”, Arvada Center, Arvada, Colorado
2012
“Artist Talk” Lecture at Snow College, Ephraim, Utah
Lawrence Arts Center Ceramic Symposium, Lawrence, Kansas
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Kansas
“The Animal Form Workshop” Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorodo
2011
Wrankle Artist Invite Artist Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center, MT
“Make it Solid”, workshop at Mendocino Art Center, CA
2008
-Panelist “Potters As Sculptors As Potters”, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
2004
Emerging Artist, NCECA, Indianapolis, Indiana
2001
Teacher, Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics, Dixie State College, St George, Utah
Lecture and Critique, Lil Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Teacher, Beginning Ceramics, Metropolitan State College, Littleton, Colorado
1999-01
Teacher, Beginning/Intermediate Ceramics, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado
2000
Teacher, Art Appreciation and Beginning Ceramics, Red Rocks Community College, Denver, Colorado
Coordinator, Sight Specific Installations by Robert Harrison, Sadashi Inuzaka, Rebecca Hutchinson, Ron Fondaw at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton Colorado
Selected Exhibitions
2018
“The Summer Session” Group Exhibition, Ash Street Project, Portland, Oregon
“An Impolite Aesthetic” Hartford Art School Gallery, Connecticut, Curated by Mark Burns
“Animals Among Us”, Group exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
“Birds and Fish” Group Exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Red Lodge, Montana
2017
“State of the Art 2017: Inspiration and Admiration” Curated by Bill Griffith, Parkland College, Champaign Illinois
“Tempered Beasts” Group Curated Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
“Slice” Group Exhibition at Siteworks Gallery, Concurrent Exhibitions NCECA, Portland, Oregon
“Epics, Myths and Fables” group exhibition, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2016
Mélange á Clay, College of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, Invitational, Williamsburg, VA
“Ordinary Opposites” 2016 Main Pop Up Gallery, Kansas City, MO NCECA,
“Ghosts and Stooges” Group Invitational, The Studio Inc, Kansas City, Mo NCECA
SIUE Alumni Show, Kansas City, MO, NCECA
“Zanesville Prize” Adjudicated Exhibition, Museum of Art Zanesville, Ohio
“Creatures” Invitational Exhibition, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver Colorado
“Maximum Craft” Invitational Exhibition, Signature Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
2015
“Contemporay Ceramics” Invitational Exhibition, The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
“Go Figure” Invitational at Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
“Conscience Unconscious: Subjects of the Real and Surreal”, Invitational, Arvada Center Art Gallery, CO
“Instructors Exhibition” Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
“Impact” Impact Gallery, Adjudicated, Focus Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Painting and Sculpture” Utah Statewide Annual Exhibition, Rio Gallery SLC UT
2014
“A Clay Bestiary” Group Invitational, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
“New Work” Solo Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS
Contemporary Figurative Ceramics, Artisan Gallery, Madison, WS
“Creatures” Group Invitational, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver C
“Edge of the Seat Invitational”, Curated by Jim Langly, Rye Art Center, Rye New York
The Clay Studio National, Curated by Garth Johnson, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2013
“10th Annual Ceramics Invitational” Artisan Gallery, Madison Wisconsin
“Zoomorphic” Invitational, Red Lodge Clay Center, Montana
10th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Wisconsin
Teapot Invitational, Red Star Studio, Kansas City MO
4 Person Show, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville IL Curated by Dan Anderson
2012
Art Basel, Duane Reed Gallery, Miami Florida
“Creatures”, Invitational Group Exhibit, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver Colorado
The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Duane Reed Gallery, Park Avenue Armory
“Untamed”, Animal Group Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
2011
“Death and Rebirth Sculpture Show” Maryville University, St Louis, MO
Russell Wrankle Invites Exhibition, Chung, Ahlvers, Adler, Hess, Lichman, Red Lodge Clay Center , MT
“Atmospheric Fired”, Invite by Lornal Meaden, Carbondale Clay Center, CO
“The Stone Container” Group Show at The Clay Studio of Missoula
“Teapots, an Invitational”, Artceteral Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Ill
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Faculty Exhibit, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
19th Annual Braithwaite Art Auction, Cedar City, Utah
2010
“Cup Show” Lawrence Art Center Gallery, Lawrence, KS
“Liquid Measure” Invitational Exhbit, Main Street Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
“The Tame and the Wild” Invitational Exhibit, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Narrative Animal Imagery” Invitational Exhibit, San Lois Obispo Museum of Art
National Invitational Exhibition, Ohio Universty, Trisolini Gallery
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
“One Head Two Bodies”, Solo Exihbition, Red Lodge Clay Center
Strictly Functional: Then and Now, NCECA Philadelphia PA
Faculty Exhibit Southern Utah University, Braithwait Gallery
2009
Carbondale Clay National V, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
AKAR Gallery, 30 X 5 Invitational, Iowa City, IA
AKAR Yunomi Invitational, Fourth Annual, Iowa City, IA
Solo Exhibition, The Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition, The Beet Gallery, Portland, OR
Solo Exhibition, The Loft Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT.
“Dichotomy”, Invitational, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Group Show, BYU Alumni, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
“Potters As Sculptors As Potters”, Mesa State College, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
2008
“20/20 Vision”, Invitational International Ceramics Exhibition, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
“Sears Gallery Dixie Invitational”, 2nd Place Sculpture Award, St. George, UT
“From Narrative to Metaphor”, Solo Exhibition, Springdale, UT
“Bottles” Invitational, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
“The Greatest Show on Earth” Invitational, Pittsburgh, PA NCECA
2007
“New And Used” Ben Ahlvers, Russell Wrankle, Glassworks Gallery, Louisville, KY NCECA
“Hand Held Drinking Vessels”, Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
“90 Teapots that Pour”, Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, First Place Award
“Contemporary Ceramics: Dairy Barn Invitational”, Athens, OH
2006
“Original, Functional Ceramics”, Beigang Ceramics Invitational, International Exhibition, Leeds, AL
Utah Arts Council Crafts and Photography Invitational, Del Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2005
Utah Clayworks Invitational, Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT
“Forms and Shapes: Narrative Vessel”, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2004
Utilitarian Clay IV, “Celebrate The Object”, Artist Invites Artist Exhibition, Arrowmont School of the Crafts
2003
“Hot Tea!”, Young and Constantine Gallery Teapot Invitational, Wilmington, VT
2002
33.32.02: A Retirement Exhibition of Select MFA Graduates: 1970-2002, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL
2001
NCECA Clay National Exhibition, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill, SC
Market House Craft Center 9th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery Nat’l, Best Teapot Award, Petersburg, PA
“Wood-Fired, An American Iconography”, Andrews Univ., Art Center Gallery, Barrien Springs, MI
“Journeys of the Mind”, 8th Annual Colorado Clay Invitational, Common Wheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
2000
Market House Craft Center 8th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery Nat’l, Petersburg, PA
Chef John Folse Culinary Institute 2nd Annual Utilitarian Ceramics Nat’l, Nicholls State Univ., Thibodaux, LA
Colorado Clay Competition, The Core Gallery, Denver, CO
Invitational Group Show, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
“Clay for the Table”, Boulder Potter’s Guild, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
“Prevailing Winds: Current Trends in Contemporary American Ceramics”, Young and Constantine Gallery, VT
1999
“Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/Master Students”, Bowling Green Univ, Bowling Green, OH
“Narrative Objects”, One person show, Stix Friedman Gallery, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
“Origins In Clay”, Ingram, TX
Graduate Student Exhibition, Southern Illinois Univ. at Edwardsville, Wagner Potter’s Assoc, Award, Edwardsville, IL
1998
Annual Art Auction, Friends of Art, First Place Award, Edwardsville, IL
Market House Craft Center 6th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Euphrata, PA
Wagner Potter’s Association, Convocation Award, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
“Ceramics USA”, Denton, TX
“E-ville 12: Exhibition of Illinois Artists”, Morain Valley Comm. College, Chicago, IL
1997
Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Euphrata, PA
1996
Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, Award, Florence, AL
Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Honorable Mention, Euphrata, PA
1995
International Orton Cone Box, Traveling Exhibition, Westerville, OH
1993
“Birdcages, Boxes and Books”, Invitational, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Publications
2015
“Unapologetic” Artist Profile, 15 Bytes by Alexa V Morgan, July 2015 Edition
“Art Review; Life Gets Real and Surreal at the Arvada Center”, Westword, by Michael Paglia, Aug 19
“Russell Wrankle: Life, Death and Clay” The Independent, by Don Gilman, July 12
2014
“Into the Wild”, American Art Collectors Magazine, Review of “Clay Bestiary” Exhibition at Hunderdon Art Museum
“Sculpting Metaphors”, Feature Article Elan Magazine, St George Utah
Artist A Day, Utah Top 10, a global online publication devoted to raising awareness of fine art.
2008
Z-Arts! Newsletter, Summer 2008, page 2
Spectrum Newspaper, September 14, 2008, Living Section
2007
Elan Woman Magazine, February Issue, page 49
Z-Arts! Newsletter, Spring 2007, front cover
Spectrum Newspaper, “Living with Art”, Southwest Living Section D, Front page
2006
“Taking the Wheel”, Southwest Living, Aug. 20, 2006, Spectrum Newspaper, Sec. D, page 1,6
2003
“Form and Function”, Southwest Living, May 18, 2003, Spectrum Newspaper, Sec. C, page 1-2
2002
Utah Style and Design Magazine, Fall/Winter Issue, p. 92-93
2001
Ninth Annual Strictly Functional photograph, October 2001, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, p. 46-47
“Wood Kiln at Arapahoe Community College”, July, 6, 2001, Englewood Herald, p. 16
1999
Narrative Objects photograph, April 1999, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Section E
1997
The Best of New Ceramic Art, Sikes, Toni Fountain, Madison, WI, Hand Books, 1997 p. 120-129
1996
Ceramics USA photograph, September 1996, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, p. 62-63
Selected Collections
Dan Anderson
Jim Kolva
Kevin Hughes
Eric Bonner
Brad Schwieger
Jerry Slipman
Doug Macy
Professor, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
Education
1999 MFA, Ceramics, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Illinois
1995 BFA, Ceramics, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah
1987 AA, Rick’s College, Rexburg, Idaho
Professional Experience
Current
-3D Design Fundamentals/ Sculpture Professor, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
-Studio Artist, Cedar City, Utah
-Fundraiser, Grant Writer for Southern Utah University Art Dept., Student Programming
-Director at Large for The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art
2018
Artist in Residence/The Summer Session at The Ash Street Project in Portland, Oregon
Curator along with Kate MacDowell, “Animals Among Us” Group Exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center
Two day workshop with Kate McDowell at Red Lodge Clay Center, In conjunction with “Animals Among Us”
Director at Large/Board Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts. Three-year appointment (Finished)
2017
Director at Large/Board Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts. Three-year appointment
Curator, “Epics Myths and Fables” Group Exhibition, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
Short Term Resident Artist, The LH Project, Joseph, Oregon
2016
“Pentaculum” Working Artist Invitational, Arrowmont Craft Center. Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Renmin University, Beijing, China
Visiting Artist, Ohio University, Athens Ohio
2015
“Evocative Animal Heads” Instructor at Arrowmont Craft Center, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2013
“Fire”, Symposium and Panel Discussion at Kansas University. Lawrence KS
“Anthropomorphic Animal Work Shop”, Arvada Center, Arvada, Colorado
2012
“Artist Talk” Lecture at Snow College, Ephraim, Utah
Lawrence Arts Center Ceramic Symposium, Lawrence, Kansas
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Kansas
“The Animal Form Workshop” Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorodo
2011
Wrankle Artist Invite Artist Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center, MT
“Make it Solid”, workshop at Mendocino Art Center, CA
2008
-Panelist “Potters As Sculptors As Potters”, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
2004
Emerging Artist, NCECA, Indianapolis, Indiana
2001
Teacher, Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics, Dixie State College, St George, Utah
Lecture and Critique, Lil Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Teacher, Beginning Ceramics, Metropolitan State College, Littleton, Colorado
1999-01
Teacher, Beginning/Intermediate Ceramics, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado
2000
Teacher, Art Appreciation and Beginning Ceramics, Red Rocks Community College, Denver, Colorado
Coordinator, Sight Specific Installations by Robert Harrison, Sadashi Inuzaka, Rebecca Hutchinson, Ron Fondaw at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton Colorado
Selected Exhibitions
2018
“The Summer Session” Group Exhibition, Ash Street Project, Portland, Oregon
“An Impolite Aesthetic” Hartford Art School Gallery, Connecticut, Curated by Mark Burns
“Animals Among Us”, Group exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
“Birds and Fish” Group Exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Red Lodge, Montana
2017
“State of the Art 2017: Inspiration and Admiration” Curated by Bill Griffith, Parkland College, Champaign Illinois
“Tempered Beasts” Group Curated Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
“Slice” Group Exhibition at Siteworks Gallery, Concurrent Exhibitions NCECA, Portland, Oregon
“Epics, Myths and Fables” group exhibition, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2016
Mélange á Clay, College of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, Invitational, Williamsburg, VA
“Ordinary Opposites” 2016 Main Pop Up Gallery, Kansas City, MO NCECA,
“Ghosts and Stooges” Group Invitational, The Studio Inc, Kansas City, Mo NCECA
SIUE Alumni Show, Kansas City, MO, NCECA
“Zanesville Prize” Adjudicated Exhibition, Museum of Art Zanesville, Ohio
“Creatures” Invitational Exhibition, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver Colorado
“Maximum Craft” Invitational Exhibition, Signature Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
2015
“Contemporay Ceramics” Invitational Exhibition, The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
“Go Figure” Invitational at Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
“Conscience Unconscious: Subjects of the Real and Surreal”, Invitational, Arvada Center Art Gallery, CO
“Instructors Exhibition” Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
“Impact” Impact Gallery, Adjudicated, Focus Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Painting and Sculpture” Utah Statewide Annual Exhibition, Rio Gallery SLC UT
2014
“A Clay Bestiary” Group Invitational, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
“New Work” Solo Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS
Contemporary Figurative Ceramics, Artisan Gallery, Madison, WS
“Creatures” Group Invitational, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver C
“Edge of the Seat Invitational”, Curated by Jim Langly, Rye Art Center, Rye New York
The Clay Studio National, Curated by Garth Johnson, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2013
“10th Annual Ceramics Invitational” Artisan Gallery, Madison Wisconsin
“Zoomorphic” Invitational, Red Lodge Clay Center, Montana
10th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Wisconsin
Teapot Invitational, Red Star Studio, Kansas City MO
4 Person Show, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville IL Curated by Dan Anderson
2012
Art Basel, Duane Reed Gallery, Miami Florida
“Creatures”, Invitational Group Exhibit, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver Colorado
The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Duane Reed Gallery, Park Avenue Armory
“Untamed”, Animal Group Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
2011
“Death and Rebirth Sculpture Show” Maryville University, St Louis, MO
Russell Wrankle Invites Exhibition, Chung, Ahlvers, Adler, Hess, Lichman, Red Lodge Clay Center , MT
“Atmospheric Fired”, Invite by Lornal Meaden, Carbondale Clay Center, CO
“The Stone Container” Group Show at The Clay Studio of Missoula
“Teapots, an Invitational”, Artceteral Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Ill
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Faculty Exhibit, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
19th Annual Braithwaite Art Auction, Cedar City, Utah
2010
“Cup Show” Lawrence Art Center Gallery, Lawrence, KS
“Liquid Measure” Invitational Exhbit, Main Street Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
“The Tame and the Wild” Invitational Exhibit, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Narrative Animal Imagery” Invitational Exhibit, San Lois Obispo Museum of Art
National Invitational Exhibition, Ohio Universty, Trisolini Gallery
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
“One Head Two Bodies”, Solo Exihbition, Red Lodge Clay Center
Strictly Functional: Then and Now, NCECA Philadelphia PA
Faculty Exhibit Southern Utah University, Braithwait Gallery
2009
Carbondale Clay National V, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
AKAR Gallery, 30 X 5 Invitational, Iowa City, IA
AKAR Yunomi Invitational, Fourth Annual, Iowa City, IA
Solo Exhibition, The Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition, The Beet Gallery, Portland, OR
Solo Exhibition, The Loft Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT.
“Dichotomy”, Invitational, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Group Show, BYU Alumni, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
“Potters As Sculptors As Potters”, Mesa State College, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
2008
“20/20 Vision”, Invitational International Ceramics Exhibition, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
“Sears Gallery Dixie Invitational”, 2nd Place Sculpture Award, St. George, UT
“From Narrative to Metaphor”, Solo Exhibition, Springdale, UT
“Bottles” Invitational, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
“The Greatest Show on Earth” Invitational, Pittsburgh, PA NCECA
2007
“New And Used” Ben Ahlvers, Russell Wrankle, Glassworks Gallery, Louisville, KY NCECA
“Hand Held Drinking Vessels”, Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
“90 Teapots that Pour”, Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, First Place Award
“Contemporary Ceramics: Dairy Barn Invitational”, Athens, OH
2006
“Original, Functional Ceramics”, Beigang Ceramics Invitational, International Exhibition, Leeds, AL
Utah Arts Council Crafts and Photography Invitational, Del Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2005
Utah Clayworks Invitational, Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT
“Forms and Shapes: Narrative Vessel”, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2004
Utilitarian Clay IV, “Celebrate The Object”, Artist Invites Artist Exhibition, Arrowmont School of the Crafts
2003
“Hot Tea!”, Young and Constantine Gallery Teapot Invitational, Wilmington, VT
2002
33.32.02: A Retirement Exhibition of Select MFA Graduates: 1970-2002, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL
2001
NCECA Clay National Exhibition, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill, SC
Market House Craft Center 9th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery Nat’l, Best Teapot Award, Petersburg, PA
“Wood-Fired, An American Iconography”, Andrews Univ., Art Center Gallery, Barrien Springs, MI
“Journeys of the Mind”, 8th Annual Colorado Clay Invitational, Common Wheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
2000
Market House Craft Center 8th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery Nat’l, Petersburg, PA
Chef John Folse Culinary Institute 2nd Annual Utilitarian Ceramics Nat’l, Nicholls State Univ., Thibodaux, LA
Colorado Clay Competition, The Core Gallery, Denver, CO
Invitational Group Show, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
“Clay for the Table”, Boulder Potter’s Guild, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
“Prevailing Winds: Current Trends in Contemporary American Ceramics”, Young and Constantine Gallery, VT
1999
“Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/Master Students”, Bowling Green Univ, Bowling Green, OH
“Narrative Objects”, One person show, Stix Friedman Gallery, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
“Origins In Clay”, Ingram, TX
Graduate Student Exhibition, Southern Illinois Univ. at Edwardsville, Wagner Potter’s Assoc, Award, Edwardsville, IL
1998
Annual Art Auction, Friends of Art, First Place Award, Edwardsville, IL
Market House Craft Center 6th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Euphrata, PA
Wagner Potter’s Association, Convocation Award, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
“Ceramics USA”, Denton, TX
“E-ville 12: Exhibition of Illinois Artists”, Morain Valley Comm. College, Chicago, IL
1997
Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Euphrata, PA
1996
Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, Award, Florence, AL
Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Honorable Mention, Euphrata, PA
1995
International Orton Cone Box, Traveling Exhibition, Westerville, OH
1993
“Birdcages, Boxes and Books”, Invitational, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Publications
2015
“Unapologetic” Artist Profile, 15 Bytes by Alexa V Morgan, July 2015 Edition
“Art Review; Life Gets Real and Surreal at the Arvada Center”, Westword, by Michael Paglia, Aug 19
“Russell Wrankle: Life, Death and Clay” The Independent, by Don Gilman, July 12
2014
“Into the Wild”, American Art Collectors Magazine, Review of “Clay Bestiary” Exhibition at Hunderdon Art Museum
“Sculpting Metaphors”, Feature Article Elan Magazine, St George Utah
Artist A Day, Utah Top 10, a global online publication devoted to raising awareness of fine art.
2008
Z-Arts! Newsletter, Summer 2008, page 2
Spectrum Newspaper, September 14, 2008, Living Section
2007
Elan Woman Magazine, February Issue, page 49
Z-Arts! Newsletter, Spring 2007, front cover
Spectrum Newspaper, “Living with Art”, Southwest Living Section D, Front page
2006
“Taking the Wheel”, Southwest Living, Aug. 20, 2006, Spectrum Newspaper, Sec. D, page 1,6
2003
“Form and Function”, Southwest Living, May 18, 2003, Spectrum Newspaper, Sec. C, page 1-2
2002
Utah Style and Design Magazine, Fall/Winter Issue, p. 92-93
2001
Ninth Annual Strictly Functional photograph, October 2001, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, p. 46-47
“Wood Kiln at Arapahoe Community College”, July, 6, 2001, Englewood Herald, p. 16
1999
Narrative Objects photograph, April 1999, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Section E
1997
The Best of New Ceramic Art, Sikes, Toni Fountain, Madison, WI, Hand Books, 1997 p. 120-129
1996
Ceramics USA photograph, September 1996, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, p. 62-63
Selected Collections
Dan Anderson
Jim Kolva
Kevin Hughes
Eric Bonner
Brad Schwieger
Jerry Slipman
Doug Macy
-Studio Artist, Cedar City, Utah
-Fundraiser, Grant Writer for Southern Utah University Art Dept., Student Programming
-Director at Large for The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art
2018
Artist in Residence/The Summer Session at The Ash Street Project in Portland, Oregon
Curator along with Kate MacDowell, “Animals Among Us” Group Exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center
Two day workshop with Kate McDowell at Red Lodge Clay Center, In conjunction with “Animals Among Us”
Director at Large/Board Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts. Three-year appointment (Finished)
2017
Director at Large/Board Member, National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts. Three-year appointment
Curator, “Epics Myths and Fables” Group Exhibition, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
Short Term Resident Artist, The LH Project, Joseph, Oregon
2016
“Pentaculum” Working Artist Invitational, Arrowmont Craft Center. Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Renmin University, Beijing, China
Visiting Artist, Ohio University, Athens Ohio
2015
“Evocative Animal Heads” Instructor at Arrowmont Craft Center, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2013
“Fire”, Symposium and Panel Discussion at Kansas University. Lawrence KS
“Anthropomorphic Animal Work Shop”, Arvada Center, Arvada, Colorado
2012
“Artist Talk” Lecture at Snow College, Ephraim, Utah
Lawrence Arts Center Ceramic Symposium, Lawrence, Kansas
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Kansas
“The Animal Form Workshop” Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorodo
2011
Wrankle Artist Invite Artist Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center, MT
“Make it Solid”, workshop at Mendocino Art Center, CA
2008
-Panelist “Potters As Sculptors As Potters”, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
2004
Emerging Artist, NCECA, Indianapolis, Indiana
2001
Teacher, Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics, Dixie State College, St George, Utah
Lecture and Critique, Lil Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Teacher, Beginning Ceramics, Metropolitan State College, Littleton, Colorado
1999-01
Teacher, Beginning/Intermediate Ceramics, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, Colorado
2000
Teacher, Art Appreciation and Beginning Ceramics, Red Rocks Community College, Denver, Colorado
Coordinator, Sight Specific Installations by Robert Harrison, Sadashi Inuzaka, Rebecca Hutchinson, Ron Fondaw at Arapahoe Community College, Littleton Colorado
Selected Exhibitions
2018
“The Summer Session” Group Exhibition, Ash Street Project, Portland, Oregon
“An Impolite Aesthetic” Hartford Art School Gallery, Connecticut, Curated by Mark Burns
“Animals Among Us”, Group exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
“Birds and Fish” Group Exhibition at Red Lodge Clay Center Gallery, Red Lodge, Montana
2017
“State of the Art 2017: Inspiration and Admiration” Curated by Bill Griffith, Parkland College, Champaign Illinois
“Tempered Beasts” Group Curated Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
“Slice” Group Exhibition at Siteworks Gallery, Concurrent Exhibitions NCECA, Portland, Oregon
“Epics, Myths and Fables” group exhibition, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2016
Mélange á Clay, College of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, Invitational, Williamsburg, VA
“Ordinary Opposites” 2016 Main Pop Up Gallery, Kansas City, MO NCECA,
“Ghosts and Stooges” Group Invitational, The Studio Inc, Kansas City, Mo NCECA
SIUE Alumni Show, Kansas City, MO, NCECA
“Zanesville Prize” Adjudicated Exhibition, Museum of Art Zanesville, Ohio
“Creatures” Invitational Exhibition, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver Colorado
“Maximum Craft” Invitational Exhibition, Signature Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
2015
“Contemporay Ceramics” Invitational Exhibition, The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
“Go Figure” Invitational at Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
“Conscience Unconscious: Subjects of the Real and Surreal”, Invitational, Arvada Center Art Gallery, CO
“Instructors Exhibition” Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
“Impact” Impact Gallery, Adjudicated, Focus Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Painting and Sculpture” Utah Statewide Annual Exhibition, Rio Gallery SLC UT
2014
“A Clay Bestiary” Group Invitational, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
“New Work” Solo Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS
Contemporary Figurative Ceramics, Artisan Gallery, Madison, WS
“Creatures” Group Invitational, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver C
“Edge of the Seat Invitational”, Curated by Jim Langly, Rye Art Center, Rye New York
The Clay Studio National, Curated by Garth Johnson, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
2013
“10th Annual Ceramics Invitational” Artisan Gallery, Madison Wisconsin
“Zoomorphic” Invitational, Red Lodge Clay Center, Montana
10th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Wisconsin
Teapot Invitational, Red Star Studio, Kansas City MO
4 Person Show, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville IL Curated by Dan Anderson
2012
Art Basel, Duane Reed Gallery, Miami Florida
“Creatures”, Invitational Group Exhibit, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver Colorado
The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Duane Reed Gallery, Park Avenue Armory
“Untamed”, Animal Group Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
2011
“Death and Rebirth Sculpture Show” Maryville University, St Louis, MO
Russell Wrankle Invites Exhibition, Chung, Ahlvers, Adler, Hess, Lichman, Red Lodge Clay Center , MT
“Atmospheric Fired”, Invite by Lornal Meaden, Carbondale Clay Center, CO
“The Stone Container” Group Show at The Clay Studio of Missoula
“Teapots, an Invitational”, Artceteral Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Ill
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Faculty Exhibit, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
19th Annual Braithwaite Art Auction, Cedar City, Utah
2010
“Cup Show” Lawrence Art Center Gallery, Lawrence, KS
“Liquid Measure” Invitational Exhbit, Main Street Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
“The Tame and the Wild” Invitational Exhibit, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Narrative Animal Imagery” Invitational Exhibit, San Lois Obispo Museum of Art
National Invitational Exhibition, Ohio Universty, Trisolini Gallery
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
“One Head Two Bodies”, Solo Exihbition, Red Lodge Clay Center
Strictly Functional: Then and Now, NCECA Philadelphia PA
Faculty Exhibit Southern Utah University, Braithwait Gallery
2009
Carbondale Clay National V, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
AKAR Gallery, 30 X 5 Invitational, Iowa City, IA
AKAR Yunomi Invitational, Fourth Annual, Iowa City, IA
Solo Exhibition, The Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition, The Beet Gallery, Portland, OR
Solo Exhibition, The Loft Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT.
“Dichotomy”, Invitational, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Group Show, BYU Alumni, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
“Potters As Sculptors As Potters”, Mesa State College, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
2008
“20/20 Vision”, Invitational International Ceramics Exhibition, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
“Sears Gallery Dixie Invitational”, 2nd Place Sculpture Award, St. George, UT
“From Narrative to Metaphor”, Solo Exhibition, Springdale, UT
“Bottles” Invitational, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
“The Greatest Show on Earth” Invitational, Pittsburgh, PA NCECA
2007
“New And Used” Ben Ahlvers, Russell Wrankle, Glassworks Gallery, Louisville, KY NCECA
“Hand Held Drinking Vessels”, Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
“90 Teapots that Pour”, Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, First Place Award
“Contemporary Ceramics: Dairy Barn Invitational”, Athens, OH
2006
“Original, Functional Ceramics”, Beigang Ceramics Invitational, International Exhibition, Leeds, AL
Utah Arts Council Crafts and Photography Invitational, Del Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2005
Utah Clayworks Invitational, Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT
“Forms and Shapes: Narrative Vessel”, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2004
Utilitarian Clay IV, “Celebrate The Object”, Artist Invites Artist Exhibition, Arrowmont School of the Crafts
2003
“Hot Tea!”, Young and Constantine Gallery Teapot Invitational, Wilmington, VT
2002
33.32.02: A Retirement Exhibition of Select MFA Graduates: 1970-2002, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL
2001
NCECA Clay National Exhibition, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill, SC
Market House Craft Center 9th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery Nat’l, Best Teapot Award, Petersburg, PA
“Wood-Fired, An American Iconography”, Andrews Univ., Art Center Gallery, Barrien Springs, MI
“Journeys of the Mind”, 8th Annual Colorado Clay Invitational, Common Wheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
2000
Market House Craft Center 8th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery Nat’l, Petersburg, PA
Chef John Folse Culinary Institute 2nd Annual Utilitarian Ceramics Nat’l, Nicholls State Univ., Thibodaux, LA
Colorado Clay Competition, The Core Gallery, Denver, CO
Invitational Group Show, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
“Clay for the Table”, Boulder Potter’s Guild, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
“Prevailing Winds: Current Trends in Contemporary American Ceramics”, Young and Constantine Gallery, VT
1999
“Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/Master Students”, Bowling Green Univ, Bowling Green, OH
“Narrative Objects”, One person show, Stix Friedman Gallery, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
“Origins In Clay”, Ingram, TX
Graduate Student Exhibition, Southern Illinois Univ. at Edwardsville, Wagner Potter’s Assoc, Award, Edwardsville, IL
1998
Annual Art Auction, Friends of Art, First Place Award, Edwardsville, IL
Market House Craft Center 6th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Euphrata, PA
Wagner Potter’s Association, Convocation Award, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
“Ceramics USA”, Denton, TX
“E-ville 12: Exhibition of Illinois Artists”, Morain Valley Comm. College, Chicago, IL
1997
Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Euphrata, PA
1996
Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, Award, Florence, AL
Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Honorable Mention, Euphrata, PA
1995
International Orton Cone Box, Traveling Exhibition, Westerville, OH
1993
“Birdcages, Boxes and Books”, Invitational, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Publications
2015
“Unapologetic” Artist Profile, 15 Bytes by Alexa V Morgan, July 2015 Edition
“Art Review; Life Gets Real and Surreal at the Arvada Center”, Westword, by Michael Paglia, Aug 19
“Russell Wrankle: Life, Death and Clay” The Independent, by Don Gilman, July 12
2014
“Into the Wild”, American Art Collectors Magazine, Review of “Clay Bestiary” Exhibition at Hunderdon Art Museum
“Sculpting Metaphors”, Feature Article Elan Magazine, St George Utah
Artist A Day, Utah Top 10, a global online publication devoted to raising awareness of fine art.
2008
Z-Arts! Newsletter, Summer 2008, page 2
Spectrum Newspaper, September 14, 2008, Living Section
2007
Elan Woman Magazine, February Issue, page 49
Z-Arts! Newsletter, Spring 2007, front cover
Spectrum Newspaper, “Living with Art”, Southwest Living Section D, Front page
2006
“Taking the Wheel”, Southwest Living, Aug. 20, 2006, Spectrum Newspaper, Sec. D, page 1,6
2003
“Form and Function”, Southwest Living, May 18, 2003, Spectrum Newspaper, Sec. C, page 1-2
2002
Utah Style and Design Magazine, Fall/Winter Issue, p. 92-93
2001
Ninth Annual Strictly Functional photograph, October 2001, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, p. 46-47
“Wood Kiln at Arapahoe Community College”, July, 6, 2001, Englewood Herald, p. 16
1999
Narrative Objects photograph, April 1999, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Section E
1997
The Best of New Ceramic Art, Sikes, Toni Fountain, Madison, WI, Hand Books, 1997 p. 120-129
1996
Ceramics USA photograph, September 1996, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, p. 62-63
Selected Collections
Dan Anderson
Jim Kolva
Kevin Hughes
Eric Bonner
Brad Schwieger
Jerry Slipman
Doug Macy
Selected Exhibitions
2017
“State of the Art 2017: Inspiration and Admiration” Curated by Bill Griffith, Parkland College, Champaign Illinois
“Tempered Beasts” Group Curated Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
“Slice” Group Exhibition at Siteworks Gallery, Concurrent Exhibitions NCECA, Portland, Oregon
“Epics, Myths and Fables” group exhibition, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
2016
Mélange á Clay, College of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, Invitational, Williamsburg, VA
“Ordinary Opposites” 2016 Main Pop Up Gallery, Kansas City, MO NCECA,
“Ghosts and Stooges” Group Invitational, The Studio Inc, Kansas City, Mo NCECA
SIUE Alumni Show, Kansas City, MO, NCECA
“Zanesville Prize” Adjudicated Exhibition, Museum of Art Zanesville, Ohio
“Creatures” Invitational Exhibition, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver Colorado
“Maximum Craft” Invitational Exhibition, Signature Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
2015
“Contemporary Ceramics 2015” Curated By Brad Schwieger and Chuck McWeeny, The Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, Ohio
“Go Figure” Invitational at Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
“Conscience Unconscious: Subjects of the Real and Surreal”, Invitational, Arvada Center Art Gallery, CO
“Instructors Exhibition” Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
“Impact” Impact Gallery, Adjudicated, Focus Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville
“Painting and Sculpture” Utah Statewide Annual Exhibition, Rio Gallery SLC UT
2014
"A Clay Bestiary" Group Invitational, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ
"New Work" Solo Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS
“The Clay Studio National” Juried Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
"Creatures" Group Invitational, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO
Contemprary Figurative Ceramics, Artisan Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
"Edge of the Seat", Invitational, Curated by Jim Langly, Rye Art Center, Rye New York
2013
“Zoomorphic” Invitational, Red Lodge Clay Center, Montana
10th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Wisconsin
Teapot Invitational, Red Star Studio, Kansas City MO
4 Person Show, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville IL Curated by Dan Anderson
2012
Art Basel, Duane Reed Gallery, Miami Florida
“Creatures”, Invitational Group Exhibit, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver Colorado
The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Duane Reed Gallery, Park Avenue Armory
“Untamed”, Animal Group Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
2011
“Death and Rebirth Sculpture Show” Maryville University, St Louis, MO
Russell Wrankle Invites Exhibition, Chung, Ahlvers, Adler, Hess, Lichman, Red Lodge Clay Center , MT
“Atmospheric Fired”, Invite by Lornal Meaden, Carbondale Clay Center, CO
“The Stone Container” Group Show at The Clay Studio of Missoula
“Teapots, an Invitational”, Artceteral Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Ill
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Faculty Exhibit, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah
19th Annual Braithwaite Art Auction, Cedar City, Utah
2010
“Cup Show” Lawrence Art Center Gallery, Lawrence, KS
“Liquid Measure” Invitational Exhbit, Main Street Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
“The Tame and the Wild” Invitational Exhibit, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Narrative Animal Imagery” Invitational Exhibit, San Lois Obispo Museum of Art
National Invitational Exhibition, Ohio Universty, Trisolini Gallery
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
“One Head Two Bodies”, Solo Exihbition, Red Lodge Clay Center
Strictly Functional: Then and Now, NCECA Philadelphia PA
Faculty Exhibit Southern Utah University, Braithwait Gallery
2009
Carbondale Clay National V, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
AKAR Gallery, 30 X 5 Invitational, Iowa City, IA
AKAR Yunomi Invitational, Fourth Annual, Iowa City, IA
Solo Exhibition, The Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition, The Beet Gallery, Portland, OR
Solo Exhibition, The Loft Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT.
“Dichotomy”, Invitational, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Group Show, BYU Alumni, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
“Potters As Sculptors As Potters”, Mesa State College, Phoenix, AZ NCECA Conference
2008
“20/20 Vision”, Invitational International Ceramics Exhibition, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
“Sears Gallery Dixie Invitational, 2nd Place Sculpture Award, St. George, UT
“From Narrative to Metaphor”, Solo Exhibition, Springdale, UT
“Bottles” Invitational, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
“The Greatest Show on Earth” Invitational, Pittsburgh, PA NCECA
2007
“New And Used” Ben Ahlvers, Russell Wrankle, Glassworks Gallery, Louisville, KY NCECA
“Hand Held Drinking Vessels”, Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
“90 Teapots that Pour”, Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS, First Place Award
“Contemporary Ceramics: Dairy Barn Invitational”, Athens, OH
2006
“Original, Functional Ceramics”, Beigang Ceramics Invitational, International Exhibition, Leeds, AL
Utah Arts Council Crafts and Photography Invitational, Del Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2005
Utah Clayworks Invitational, Brigham City Museum, Brigham City, UT
“Forms and Shapes: Narrative Vessel”, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2004
Utilitarian Clay IV, “Celebrate The Object”, Artist Invites Artist Exhibition, Arrowmont School of the Crafts
2003
“Hot Tea!”, Young and Constantine Gallery Teapot Invitational, Wilmington, VT
2002
33.32.02: A Retirement Exhibition of Select MFA Graduates: 1970-2002, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL
2001
NCECA Clay National Exhibition, Winthrop Univ., Rock Hill, SC
Market House Craft Center 9th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery Nat’l, Best Teapot Award, Petersburg, PA
“Wood-Fired, An American Iconography”, Andrews Univ., Art Center Gallery, Barrien Springs, MI
“Journeys of the Mind”, 8th Annual Colorado Clay Invitational, Common Wheel Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO
2000
Market House Craft Center 8th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery Nat’l, Petersburg, PA
Chef John Folse Culinary Institute 2nd Annual Utilitarian Ceramics Nat’l, Nicholls State Univ., Thibodaux, LA
Colorado Clay Competition, The Core Gallery, Denver, CO
Invitational Group Show, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Colorado Clay, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
“Clay for the Table”, Boulder Potter’s Guild, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
“Prevailing Winds: Current Trends in Contemporary American Ceramics”, Young and Constantine Gallery, VT
1999
“Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/Master Students”, Bowling Green Univ, Bowling Green, OH
“Narrative Objects”, One person show, Stix Friedman Gallery, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
“Origins In Clay”, Ingram, TX
Graduate Student Exhibition, Southern Illinois Univ. at Edwardsville, Wagner Potter’s Assoc, Award, Edwardsville, IL
1998
Annual Art Auction, Friends of Art, First Place Award, Edwardsville, IL
Market House Craft Center 6th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Euphrata, PA
Wagner Potter’s Association, Convocation Award, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
“Ceramics USA”, Denton, TX
“E-ville 12: Exhibition of Illinois Artists”, Morain Valley Comm. College, Chicago, IL
1997
Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Euphrata, PA
1996
Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition, Award, Florence, AL
Market House Craft Center 5th Annual Strictly Functional Nat’l, Honorable Mention, Euphrata, PA
2010 - present
2010 - present