R E S U M E
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