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Education

Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters M.F.A. Ceramics, 2005

St. Petersburg Marine Technical University (former Leningrad Shipbuilding University), St. Petersburg, Russia, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1980


Selected Art Exhibitions

2021

Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, Florida

Nature Reformed, Six Perspectives in Contemporary Ceramics

2020

Oolite Arts, Miami, Florida

Materialize

Bridge Red Studios, Miami Florida, Group Exhibition

Clay

2019

Pinta Art Fair, Art Basel Miami, Applied Art Project

Between the Legible and the Opaque, Group Exhibition, Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida

2018

Rocking Chair Sessions Volume 1-50 Group Exhibition, Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida

Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Miami Gallery,

Wynwood Art District, Florida

2017

"Dimentions", Three Artist Exhibition, Da Fonseca Contemporanea, Wilton Manors, Florida

Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Miami Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Florida

2016

Pinta Fair, Art Basel Miami, Applied Art Project

2015

Rocking, gently, Two-Person exhibition, curated by Jacqueline Falcone, Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida

2013

Cluj International Biennale 2013, International Competition, Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

The Nature of Silence, Two-Person exhibition, Swenson Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida

Multiplicity, Group exhibition, The Richard Shack Gallery, ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida

Art Wynwood, International Art Fair, Bakehouse Art Complex Booth A27, Miami, Florida

100 Teapots VI, National Juried Competition, Baltimore, Maryland

2011

In Between: The Twin Connection Group Show, Swenson Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida

Cafecito International Juried Competition, Tampa, Florida, NCECA

2010

Bowl Me Over, Third Lillstreet International Juried Competition Chicago, Illinois

2008

International Ceramics Competition, La Rambla (Cordoba), Spain

Dinner table Invitational, food for thought, group exhibition, Palm Beach Community College Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Celebration of diversity, Women artists, group exhibition, Palm Beach Community College Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

2007

By the Ounce, International Competition, Louisville, Kentucky, NCECA

100 Teapots III, National Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland

2006

International Cup, International Juried Exhibition, Missoula, Montana

Forms and Shapes: The Useful Teapot, National Juried Exhibition, Iowa City, Iowa

2005

The Container: To receive, to hold, to nurture, to bear, MFA Thesis exhibition

Soda/Salt National IV, National Juried Exhibition, Missoula, Montana

In Our Cups, National Juried Exhibition, SUNY Geneseo, New York

Process/Progression, Selected work from the MFA Program in Visual Arts at Florida Atlantic University’s School of the Arts, Armory Art Center of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach, Florida

2004

Bowl’d and Beautiful, International competition organized by Ceramics: Art & Perception magazine, Paddington, Australia

Unearthed, A Tribute Exhibition to the Ceramic League of Miami,
The Klein Family Gallery at Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, Florida

100 Teapot II, National Juried Teapot Show Baltimore, Maryland

2002

National Invitational Teapot Show V, Creedmore, North Carolina

Vessels that Pour, National Juried Exhibition, Wilmington, North Carolina

Necessary Objects, National Juried Exhibition St. Petersburg, Florida

Utilitarian Ceramic National, Thibodeaux, Louisiana

2001

The First World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea, Suwon, Korea, juried by a panel of five international jurors

The Sydney Teapot Show 2001, Sydney, Australia

Tea as Art, National juried teaware exhibition, Water Mill, New York
Celadon Clay Art Gallery

12th Annual Teapot Show: Teapots for the 21st Century and Beyond,
Chicago, Illinois

Porcelain 2001, International Exhibition, Rochester, New York

National Juried Teapot Show 100 Teapot, Baltimore, Maryland

2000

Focus on Function, National Ceramics Biennial 2000, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Eighth annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Publications

Luxe. Interior+design, March/April 2017 Editorial "Second Nature"

Cluj International Ceramics Biennale, 1st edition, 2013, Cluj-Napoca Museum of Art, Romania

500 Bowls, Lark Books, 2003

500 Teapots, Lark Books, 2002

The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea, International Competition, 1st edition, 2001


Teaching

Teaching privately one-on-one sessions, Bakehouse Art Complex,

2018 to present

University of Miami, Ceramics Department, Coral Gables, Florida, Part Time Lecturer, 2009–2019

Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, Florida Adjunct Instructor, 2013, 2010/2011

Easter Seals, Art Programs for inner city schools Art Instructor, 2008

Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Adjunct Instructor, 2006, Teaching Assistant, 2002–2005

Ceramic League of Miami, Miami, Florida, Pottery instructor, 2005–2006, 2001–2002


Honors and Awards

Robert and Betty Minemier Purchase Award:

In our cups, National Juried Exhibition, Geneseo, SUNY, New York, 2005

John McCoy Ceramic Award:

F.A.U., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, 2003

Honorable Mention, The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea International Competition

In Honor of Michael Douglas, Merit Award

53th Annual Membership Exhibition, Ceramic League of Miami, juried by Sandy Pierantozzi, 2005

54th Annual Membership Exhibition, Ceramic League of Miami, juried by Ron Meyers, 2004

Buck Weaver Memorial Merit Award, Ceramic League of Miami, 2002

52nd Annual Members’ Exhibition juried by Cynthia Bringle

In the Spirit of Donna Wilt Sperow, Merit Award

50th Anniversary Members’ Show, Ceramic League of Miami, juried by Robin Hopper, 2000

49th Annual Members’ Exhibition, juried by Silvie Granatelli, 1999

48th Annual Members’ Exhibition, juried by Karon Doherty, 1998

Clay Times Subscription Award, Ceramic League of Miami, 1997

47th Annual Members Exhibition, juried by Paula Winokur

Jo de Ville Founders’ Award, Ceramic League of Miami, 1996

46th Annual Members’ Exhibition, juried by Wayne Higby


Museum Collections

Cluj-Napoca Museum of Art, Romania

Ichon World Ceramic Center, South Korea

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