1985 CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART Bloomfield Hills, MI Ceramics department
1983 MACALESTER COLLEGE St. Paul, MN
DEGREE
Master of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Majors: Art, French Highest honors for thesis on "Surrealism in its Purest Forms..."
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present -1985 STUDIO ARTIST 2004-2002 ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, St. Olaf College, Northfield MN 2001-1999 RESIDENT ARTIST AND PROJECT COORDINATOR, Seward Montessori School, Mpls., MN 1998 JURY PANEL MEMBER, Jerome foundation emerging artists project grant. Minneapolis, MN JUROR, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibit VISITING ARTIST, St Olaf College, Northfield, MN Lecture / workshop 1997 VISITING ARTIST, Macalester College. St. Paul, MN Lecture / workshop 1995-1985 HEAD OF CERAMICS DEPARTMENT, INSTRUCTOR, Edina Art Center, Edina, MN 1995-1993 OWNER, SPIRAL CLAYWORKS, Minneapolis, MN 1993-1985 INSTRUCTOR, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN 1992-1991 MENTOR, W.A.R.M. mentorship program. 1990 JUROR, Art Center of Minnesota Member's Exhibit, Minnetonka, MN VISITING ARTIST, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN Lecture / workshop 1990-1987 VISITING ARTIST, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN "Total arts day camp" 1986 INSTRUCTOR, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN After school art classes in suburban and city elementary schools INSTRUCTOR, Twin City Institute for Talented Youth 5 week multimedia workshop, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2004 ARTIST OF THE MONTH, Northern Clay Center
FIFTEENTH SAN ANGELO NATIONAL, San Angelo Museum of Arts, San Angelo Texas
"MOVE", Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN.
2003 MINNESOTA CLAY, an Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN.
TEA FOR TWO OR TWENTY Northern Clay Center, MN
HUNDREDS OF CUPS, an invitational, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 30th ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN (Best of Show, Ceramics award)
MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 29th ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
MADISON ART ON THE SQUARE Madison, Wisconsin (invitational award)
EXCHANGING VIEWS The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
STRICTLY FUNCTIONAL The Artworks, Ephrata, PA
CLAY SURVEY Edina Art Center, Edina, MN
2000 TEN YEARS IN RETROSPECT Northern Clay Center, Mpls. MN
UPTOWN ART FAIR Mpls, MN (invitational award)
MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 28TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St. Paul
MADISON ART ON THE SQUARE Madison, Wisconsin (invitational award)
MONICA RUDQUIST AND MICHAEL BAILEY Lowertown Gallery, St. Paul, MN
1999 A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE ;AN EXHIBIT OF FINE CRAFT The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson Wisconsin
7th ANNUAL STRICTLY FUNCTIONAL, The Artworks, Ephrata, PA
CLAY CUP VII Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL
TEAPOT (solo show) The Phipps Center for the Arts Hudson, Wisconsin
AMERICAN CRAFTS EXPO St. Paul, MN
MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 27th ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St Paul, MN
MADISON ART ON THE SQUARE Madison, Wisconsin
UPTOWN ART FAIR Minneapolis, MN
1998 IN HONOR OF JOAN MONDALE Saint Paul Academy, St. Paul, MN
AMERICAN CRAFTS EXPO St. Paul, MN
MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 26th ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St Paul, MN
MADISON ART ON THE SQUARE Madison, Wisconsin (Best of Show Award)
UPTOWN ART FAIR Minneapolis, MN
1997 AMERICAN CRAFTS EXPO St. Paul, MN
UPTOWN ART FAIR Minneapolis, MN (Best of show award - ceramics)
MINNESOTA / WISCONSIN INVITATIONAL Gallery 1021: Lill Street, Chicago, IL
1996 UPTOWN ART FAIR Minneapolis, MN (Best of show award - ceramics)
MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 24th ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St Paul, MN
WOMEN IN CLAY, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
5 JEROME ARTISTS, Northern Clay Center St. Paul, MN
11th ANNUAL SAN ANGELO NATIONAL San Angelo, TX
1995 MINNESOTA HOT DISH Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN
REGIONAL CERAMIC ARTISTS EXHIBITION Edina Art Center, Edina, MN
MINNESOTA CRAFTS COUNCIL 23rd ANNUAL FESTIVAL College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
OUT OF THE FIRE INVITATIONAL St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
POWDERHORN FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS Minneapolis, MN
HONORS AND AWARDS
2002 BEST OF SHOW (ceramics), Minnesota Crafts Festival, St. Paul, MN
2001 Awarded a House Resolution by the State of Minnesota recognizing her artistic contributions to the state of Minnesota.
INVITATIONAL AWARD, Madison Art on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
2000 INVITATIONAL AWARD, Madison Art on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
INVITATIONAL AWARD, Uptown Art Fair, Mpls. MN
1999 INVITATIONAL AWARD, Madison Art on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
1998 BEST OF SHOW (ceramics) Madison Art on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
1997 BEST OF SHOW (ceramics) Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN
HONORABLE MENTION, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN
1996 BEST OF SHOW (ceramics) Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN
1995 JEROME ARTIST PROJECT GRANT, Northern Clay Center, St. Paul, MN; Grant for equipment and materials to develop and test variations of grolleg porcelain clay body
1994 HONOR AWARD, Minnesota State Fair juried exhibition.
1993 2nd PLACE AWARD, juried member show, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
1992 FIRST HONORS, juried member show, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
1988 MERIT AWARD WINNER, N.C.E.C.A. juried member show. Sponsored by N.C.E.C.A. at the 1989 Concorso Internazionale D'art in Faenza, Italy
1987 HONORABLE MENTION, juried member show, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
HONORABLE MENTION, 30 Below, University of Minnesota Art Museum
1983 HIGHEST HONORS in both the Art and French departments for honors thesis:Surrealism in its purest forms... Robert Desnos, a poet; and Yves Tanguy, a painter.
DISTINGUISHED MERIT AWARD, Art Department, Macalester College, St.Paul, MN
MERIT BOOK AWARD: highest award for work in ceramics, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
PI DELTA PHI, French honors society.
1982 STUDENT / FACULTY BUSH RESEARCH GRANT, fellowship to research: aluminum plate lithography - photographic applications, its limits and advantages
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM SHOP, New York, NY
THE CLAY STUDIO, Philadelphia, PA
ROCHESTER ART CENTER, Rochester, MN
WEISMAN ART MUSEUM STORE, 1996 - present, Minneapolis, MN
STUDIOLO, 1997 - present, Iowa City, IA
SARAH THOMAS COLLECTION, 1994 - present, Edina, MN
NORTHERN CLAY CENTER GALLERY AND SHOP, 1991 - present, Minneapolis, MN
ELAN, 1996 - present, Dayton, OH
ADAM WHITNEY GALLERY, 1990 - present, Omaha, NE
ANDERSON AND ANDERSON, 1986 - 1994, Minneapolis, MN
