Artist Statement

This figural work is centered on the idea of persona and the stories revealed by the public faces we assume. I have always been attracted to historical clay female figures, primarily early Grrek terra cotta figures. In this work, I have combined elements of both extremes- the figure as icon and the figure as a form of play- in order to communicate this duality between the ways we see ourselves and who we really are.

Artist Biography

Education

M.F.A., Ceramics, May 1990.

Program in Artisanry, University of Massachusetts , Dartmouth , North Dartmouth , MA .

B.F.A., Ceramics, with Honors, December 1986.

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston , MA .

Selected Exhibitions

2009 Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, "The State of Clay 2009", Lexington , MA

2008 MCLA gallery 51,"All Fired Up" invitational ceramics group show, North Adams , MA

2008 Chang Hai International," The Tile Project, Destination: The World", Beijing , China

2008 The Kanoria Centre For Arts, "The Tile Project, Destination: The World," Ahmedabad , India

2007 MCLA gallery 51, "Hometown Hits", North Adams , MA

2007 Gallery Wright, " Landscapes of Emotion", Wilmington , VT

2007 MCLA Gallery 51, "Here's Looking at You", North Adams , MA

2006 Eclipse Mill Gallery, "4+4," North Adams , MA

2005 Stark Hose Gallery, "Portraits in Mixed Media & Paint" two person invitational show, Bennington, VT

2005 Pascal Center Gallery, "Ceramic Currents," Arnold , MD

2004 New England Institute of Art, " Brookline Arts Center Treasures: Past and Present," Brookline , MA

2004 Vermont Arts Exchange, "Friends and Faculty Show," North Bennington , VT

2003 Zeitgeist Gallery, "Journeys in Metal and Clay" two person invitational show, Cambridge , MA

2002 The Brookline Arts Center Gallery, " Brookline Art Center Faculty Show," Brookline , MA

2001 The Fuller Museum , "Artists in the Schools," Brockton , MA

2001 Monroe Center for the Arts, " Monroe Center Faculty Show," Lexington , MA

2000 The Mizel Museum of Judaica, "The Tzedakah Box Invitational," Denver , CO

2000 Coburn Art Gallery , Colorado College , "On the Wall: A Clay Invitational," Colorado Springs , CO

2000 Sparks Gallery, NCECA Conference, "Karon Doherty Memorial Invitational Show ," Denver , CO

2000 Hill Country Arts Foundation, "Origins in Clay," Ingram , TX

2000 Business of Art Center , "Into the Looking Glass: Self-Portrait Exhibit," Manitou Springs , CO

2000 The Foothills Art Center , " Colorado Clay," Golden, CO

1998 The Clay Studio, "Tiles," Philadelphia , PA

1998 Coburn Art Gallery , Colorado College , "Color and Light: A Craft Invitational," Colorado Springs , CO

1997 The New Bedford Art Museum , "Ceramic and Textile Figurative Exhibition," New Bedford , MA

1997 The Roundtree Art Center, "Colorado Teaches Clay," invitational show , Denver , CO

1997 The Foothills Art Center , " Colorado Clay," Golden, CO

1996 El Dorado Gallery, "The Art of the Mask," Kansas City , MO

1996 Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, "Monarch National Ceramic Competition," Florence , AL

1996 Lincoln Arts, "Feats of Clay," Lincoln , CA

1996 Penland Gallery, " Penland School of Crafts Summer Faculty Show," Penland , NC

1996 Coburn Art Gallery, "American Figurative" invitational group show," Colorado Springs , CO

1995 The Fine Arts Center , "Emerging Traditions" Colorado Springs , CO

Visiting Artist Residencies/ Lectures /Workshops

2008 Williams College , Visiting Lecturer, "Printmaking on Paper Clay", Williamstown , MA

2006 Williams College , Visiting Lecturer, "Printmaking on Paper Clay," Williamstown , MA .

2001 Yavapai Community College , Visiting Artist, Prescott , AZ

2001 Fuller Museum of Art, Artist in Residence, Artists in the Schools, Brockton , MA

2000 The Colorado College , Visiting Lecturer, "Tiles in Portugal ," Colorado Springs , CO

1996 Penland School of Craft, Instructor,"Tea-off", Penland , NC

1994 NCECA Conference, discussion moderator, "Salt Firing," New Orleans , LA

1993 NCECA Conference, discussion moderator, "Non-traditional Glazing Techniques," San Diego , CA

1991 Anderson Ranch Arts Center , Visiting Artist, Artist in Residency Program, Snowmass Village, CO

1990 Portoroz , Yugoslavia , Visiting Lecturer, "Terra 90: Figurative Ceramics"

Publications

2005 Making and Installing Handmade Tiles, Lark Books