I am an artist from northern Maine. I grew up very close to nature, in potato farming country. I have made art for as long as I can remember. I discovered my affinity for clay while completing my BFA at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. I have identified myself as a sculptor ever since.
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BIOGRAPHY
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I am an artist from northern Maine. I grew up very close
to nature, in potato farming country. I have made art for
as long as I can remember. I discovered my affinity for clay
while completing my BFA at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
I have since established my own home studio and practice.
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Education
2020 University of Maine Presque Isle: B.F.A. in ceramics, Magna cum Laude
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Residencies ​
Sept 2024 Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, Pennsylvania
May 2024 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine (Work Exchange)
February 2023 Jeff Whyman Studio, Delray Beach, Florida
June 2022 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, Maine
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Exhibitions & Juried Competitions
July 2024 Down the Rabbit Hole Lights Out Gallery at Wolf & Harp, Norway, Maine
June 2024 Solo Exhibit Clutch Reed Fine Art Gallery, University of Maine Presque Isle
Aug. 2023 Little Sparks Lights Out Gallery, Norway, Maine
April 2023 High Fire Wildfire Ceramics Studio, Missoula, Montana
April 2023 Rejected Queen City Clay Studio, Norwood, Ohio
March 2023 Biomorphic Idyll NCECA 2023 Norwood, Ohio
July 2022 Flora|Fauna|Fiction Wildfire Ceramics Studio, Missoula, Montana
Feb. 2022 XPLICIT IV: Erotic Art Exhibit House of Shadows Gallery, Tampa, Florida
Aug. 2021 Debut: Art Extravaganza Lights Out Gallery, Portland, Maine
May 2021 Off Center: Juried Ceramics Competition Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
May 2021 Purely Abstract Exhibition Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Nov. 2020 The Small Works Show 2020 Core New Art Space, Lakewood, Colorado
Nov. 2020 Abstractions 2020 Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, Mass.
Nov. 2020 Solo Exhibit Morphology Reed Fine Art Gallery, University of Maine Presque Isle
Oct. 2020 Abstract Only! 10th Anniversary Wailoa Center, Hilo, Hawaii
Sept. 2020 7th Annual Abstract Catalyst Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Aug. 2020 Off Center: Juried Ceramics Competition Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California
Honors & Awards
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July 2024 Micro-grant for Rural Aroostook County Artists Maine Arts Commission
July 2023 Micro-grant for Rural Aroostook County Artists Maine Arts Commission
February 2023 Guest Artist Talk & Demonstration Palm Beach Atlantic University
July 2020 Robert Wanbaugh Memorial Art Award University of Maine Presque Isle
