b. 1988
EDUCATION
2021- MFA Masterstudium in Freie Kunst/Keramik, Institut für Künstlerische Keramik und Glas,
Höhr-Grenzhausen DE
2007 - 2011 BFA Utah State University, Logan Utah USA
2010 Southern Cross University, Lismore New South Wales AU
2007 Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen Jiang-Xi Province, CN
2004-2006 AA Simon’s Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington Massachusetts USA
RESIDENCIES
2018 Zentrum für Keramik, Berlin DE
2016 Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project, Cobb California USA
2012-2014 Pottery Northwest, Seattle Washington USA
2011 Medalta International Artist in Residence Program, Medicine Hat Alberta CA
ASSISTANTSHIPS
2022 Workshop Assistant, Stuck in the Mud, Clay Kitchen Portugal, Vila Nova de Milfontes, PT
2021- Assistant, Andreas Hinder, Keramiker, Höhr-Grenzhausen DE
2017 Studio Assistant, From the Ground to the Kiln, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina USA
2015 Studio Assistant, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør DK
2013 Studio Assistant, Handbuilding Simplified, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina USA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017 Workshop Leader, ClaySchool, Brisbane Queensland AU
2015 & 2016 Visiting Artist and Workshop Leader, Simons Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington USA
2012 - 2017 Instructor, Throwing and Handbuilding Classes, Pottery Northwest, Seattle USA
CONFERENCES/ SYMPOSIUM
2018 Participant, XVIII Kohila Symposium, Kohila EE
2017 Presenter, Woodfire NC Conference and Mountain Preheat, Star NC USA
Presenter, Australian Woodfire Ceramics Conference, Cooroy AU
2015 Invited Artist, Woodfire Invitational 2015, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge MT USA
2014 Participant, 2nd European Woodfire Conference, Guldagergaard, Skælskør DK
2013 Participant, Woodfire Invitational, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula MT USA
OTHER EXPERIENCE
2020 Restoration & Conservation Praktikum, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg DE
2016 Coordinator, ClayFest Northwest Exhibition, Seattle USA
2014 Juror, Resident Artist Project Grant, Pottery Northwest, Seattle USA
2011-2012 Ceramic Technician, Edinboro University, Edinboro Pennsylvania USA
2010 Installation Assistant, Mighty Tieton Warehouse Gallery, Tieton WA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022 Klare Wogen, KM570, Koblenz DE
Die Ausstellung der Artothek, Neuer Kunstverein Mittelrhein, Neuwied DE
Die Auslage, Rathausstraße 33, Höhr-Grenzhausen DE
Träum Weiter, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen DE
Alumni Exhibition, Hillman-Jackson Gallery, Great Barrington USA
2021 Flame Path, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin Queensland AU
2018 Emerging Artists’ Exhibition, Cultural Confluence Woodfire Symposium, Helena USA
2016 Vision and Persistence, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan USA
2015 a shovel, a shovel (solo show), North Gallery, Pottery Northwest, Seattle USA
Woodfire Invitational, Loft Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Montana USA
Clay Collects Clay, North Gallery, Pottery Northwest, Seattle USA
2014 Throwbacks and Unusuals, South Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle USA
Glazed by Fire: Atmospheric Invitational, Taos Clay, El Prado USA
Distilled, North Gallery, Pottery Northwest, Seattle USA
2012 20th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market Craft Center, Lancaster PA USA
2011 10 x 10 x Tieton, Tieton Warehouse Gallery, Tieton USA
NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Centre Gallery, Tampa FL USA
July Residents’ Collective, Les Manning Gallery, Medicine Hat Alberta CA
Senior BFA Exhibition, Studio 102, Utah State university, Logan USA
2010 Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Studio 102, Utah State University, Logan USA
2009 Generations: A Teacher-Student Exhibition, Gallery 421, Michigan City IN USA
2007 Local Clay, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen CN
AWARDS
2016 Texas Star Scholarship, Recipient, Penland School of Craft, Penland NC
2013 Resident Artist Project Grant, Recipient, Pottery Northwest, Seattle WA
2011 Featured Artist, Undergraduate Showcase, Ceramics Monthly Sept 2011
2010 First Place, Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Utah State University, Logan UT
2006 Sadie C. Miller Family Scholarship for Art, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington MA