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Selected Exhibitions
2019 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2019, South Korea (forthcoming)
       We Live Here, 1301 Broadway, Detroit, MI
      Works in Progress, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2018   Future of the Arts, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
From then til downtown., 1301 Broadway, Detroit, MI
2017 Student & Faculty Exhibition, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
      Suspended States, Tessellate Gallery, Pontiac, MI
      Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
               (in collaboration with Flor Widmar)
      Something Green, Reyes Projects, Birmingham, MI
      They don’t love you like I love you, Trinosophes, Detroit, MI
          Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
      Life, Laughter, Love, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016   You can go with this or you can go with that, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
      Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, MI
      Welcome To The Thunderdome : Pt 2 Wet Hot Cranbrook Summer, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
      SAIC/CAA CeraMix Exchange Exhibition, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015     2015 Thesis Show Exhibition, CSUN Main Art Gallery, CSUN, Northridge, CA
2014   In Tandem, Shed Gallery, CSUN, Northridge, CA
          Ceramics Guild Show, West Gallery, CSUN, Northridge, CA
      Handcrafted, West Gallery, CSUN, Northridge, CA

Education
2017 MFA in Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2015 MA in Visual Arts, Ceramics, CSUN, Northridge, CA
2012 BA magna cum laude, Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

Projects
2018 Pop-up at MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
Picnic with Campo Collective, Simone DeSousa EDITION, Detroit, MI
Everywhere -Michelle Branch, Dubois Basement, Detroit, MI (forthcoming)
      Ice Palace, Tessellate Gallery, Pontiac, MI
2017    Suspended States, Tessellate Gallery, Pontiac, MI

Professional Experience
2018 – Present Mostly Butter Artist Residency, Detroit, MI
Ceramics Instructor and Studio Manager, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
Co-Director, Tessellate Gallery and Residency, Pontiac, MI
2017 – Present Gallery Assistant, Reyes Projects, Birmingham, MI
2016 – 2017 Adjunct Professor, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
          Department Assistant (with Anders Ruhwald), Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016     Workshop Instructor, SugarHill Clay, Detroit, MI
2015     Assistant in Kiln Building, CSUN, Northridge, CA
          Studio Assistant and Production Potter, BitterRoot Pottery, Los Angeles, CA
          Throwing/Handbuilding Instructor, BitterRoot Pottery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 – 2015 Graduate Assistant, California State University Northridge Northridge, CA
              Instructor: Patsy Cox
          Teaching Assistant, California State University Northridge
              (Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics), Northridge, CA
              Instructor: Patsy Cox

Awards/Scholarships
2015     Stephen and Valerie Svec Scholarship Award, CSUN, Northridge, CA
2014     Thesis Support Award, CSUN, Northridge, CA
2012     Ceramic Arts Scholar of Distinction, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
      Jeanne Ward Scholarship American Ceramic Society – Design Chapter of Southern California, CA

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