JEFF IRWIN
(619) 294-4075
Born, Long Beach CA
1760 W. Arbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92103
E-Mail: jeffery.irwin@gmail.com
Web Site: https://www.jeffirwin.net
EDUCATION
1987 MFA, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
1984 BA, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
1976 AA, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, 1999- 2017, Full time, Ceramics, 1989-1999 Adjunct, Ceramics
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Allied Craftsmen: Hands on Design”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA
2023 “Fragile Earth”, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon CA One person
“Small Scale”, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA , Two person
2022 “Legacy”, 25 Years of Art and Community, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside CA
2021 ”Crafting Memory”, California Center for the Arts Escondido, Escondido,CA
”Trophies”, permanent instillation, Lobby of the Seabird Hotel, Oceanside CA
”Gallery Artists”, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA
2020 “Nature or Nurture”, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA, Two person "Sentiment and Skepticism: Our Culture and Contradictions”, 76 Scripps College Ceramic Annual, The Williamson Gallery Scripps College, Claremont, CA ”Someone’s cup of tea”; Contemporary Teapots from RAM’s collection, Racine Art Museum, Racine Wisconsin
“Exhibition of Alumni”, Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego CA “Broad, Conclave, but mostly Flat”, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College,
“Contingent Upon”’ Southwestern College Gallery, East Lake CA
2019 “San Diego Surreal”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
“Gallery Artists”, RB Stevenson Gallery, San Diego CA “Metamorphosis”, San Diego City College, Juried by Mingei International Museum, SD CA
2018 “San Diego Surreal”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2017 “We the People: Serving Notice”, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
“Group Exhibition”, RB Stevenson Gallery. La Jolla, CA
“Epics, Myths and Fables”, Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah
“BC to BC”, New Ceramic Art from Baja California to British Columbia, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2016 “Homage”, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA, Two Pereon
“Forest for the Trees”, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR, Two Person
“The Lore Behind the Roar”, History Center, San Diego CA, Interactive space
“Of Animal Importance”, History Center, San Diego, CA, Four Person
“Allied Craftsmen, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
“12 Ceramic Sculptors”, Keller Gallery, Point Loma Nazarene University, Point Loma CA”
2015 “The Nature of Trophies”, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla CA, One person
“Making Connections”, Roscoe Gallery, Oakland, CA, One person
“Trophies and Prey”, Curated by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, Peters Projects, Santa Fe NM
2014 “Casting Plus”, San Diego City College Art Gallery, San Diego CA
“Image: A Ceramic Show of Decalcomania”, Eutectic Gallery, Portland OR "Lux Store Project", Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
“OMA Art Auction”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
“Object Object!!”, Helmuth Projects, San Diego CA
2013 "Allied Craftsmen Today", Mingei Museum of Art, San Diego CA
“Clay Prints: Image, Surface and Narrative in Contemporary Ceramics”, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
“Museum Menagerie”, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
“Renewed: A Short Story About the San Diego Public Library’s Visual Arts Program,” San Diego Central Library, Curated by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego CA “Object Object!”, Helmuth Projects, San Diego CA
2012 "Group Exhibition", Point Loma Library, Point Loma, San Diego, CA "Lux Store Project", Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
"Faculty Exhibition", Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
2011 "Trophies", instillation, New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA "Group Exhibition", Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
"Plates and Platters", Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Wash. DC
2010 "Here Not There", Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
"Selected Works of Allied Craftsmen", Escondido Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA "The White Show", Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Wash. DC
"Cups", Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
"Decalomania", Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
"SOFA Santa Fe", Clark+Del Vecchio, Santa Fe, NM
"SOFA NY", Cross Mackenzie Gallery, New York City, NY
"Animal Art", New Childrens Museum, San Diego, CA "Beast", Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
"Flora and Fauna", Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "Boom and Bust", Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
2009 "65th Scripps College Ceramic Annual Invitational", Claremont, CA
"Hot TEA", Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Nature as Trophy", Pacific Beach Library, Pacific Beach, CA, One person
"Functional and Sculptural Teapots", JRB ART at the ELMS Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK "Teapots: Object to Subject", William D. Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
"Allied Craftsmen of San Diego", Mission Valley Library, San Diego, CA
2008 ”Dust to Decadence”, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
“Clay and Print”, Artist Image Resource Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA “Feats of Clay XXl” Lincoln, CA, Tile Heritage Prize “California Clay Competition, Davis, CA
“Nature or Nurture”, Bread and CEI, San Diego, CA, One person “Ceramics Invitational”, McGroarty Arts Center, Tujunga, CA “Sip, Slurp, Gulp”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 “Clay and the Transferred Image”, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN “Agape”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
“Feats of Clay XX, Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA, juried
“Hot Clay”, Idyllwild Center for the Arts, Idyllwild, CA
2006 “Al Fresco”, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
“New Work of Allied Craftsmen”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA “The Yxing Effect”, Holter Museum of Art. Helena, Montana
“Teapot”, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL
“Beatrice Wood Ceramic Annual”, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA
2005 “NCECA Invitational Exhibition”, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan “Clay and Print 1”, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN
“Cups, Cups, Cups”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
“The White Show”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
“Drawing Invitational”, Pacific Beach Library Gallery, Pacific Beach, CA “California Clay Competition”, Artery Gallery, Davis, CA, Laguna Clay Award
2004 “Celebrating Nature”, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA “Summer Group Exhibition”, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, “The Art of Tea”, Rockville Arts Place, Gaithersburg, MD
“New Work”, Allied Craftsmen of San Diego, Grove Gallery, La Jolla
“ Artists Works”, Point Loma Library, Point Loma, CA
2003 “The Nature of Things”, Scott White Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, One Person “ The Inspired Vessel”, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. LA, CA
“ Generations: Impending Lineage”, Art and Industry Gallery, San Diego, CA
“ Painted Clay”, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
“San Diego Clay Artists and their Mentors”’ Santa Fe Room, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA “San Diego State Ceramic Alumni Exhibition”’ Town and Country Convention Center, San Diego, CA
“The Cultivated Landscape”, Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI “Teapot Invitational”, Gallery 999, San Diego, CA
“ Teapots”, Mission Valley Library, San Diego, CA
2002 “Ceramics Invitational” 2002, Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt St. Univ., Arcata CA
“I-5 Resurfacing: Four Decades of California Contemporary Art”, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
“Gallery Artists”, Scott White Contemporary Art Gallery, Telluride, CO
“Terra Sutra”, The Incubator Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“The Art of Clay: Contemporary Ceramic West Coast Artists”, Santa Rosa Junior College
2001 “World Ceramic Biennale”, World Ceramic Center, Ichon, Korea, juried “Plates and Platters Invitational”, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The Yxing Effect”, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Mass.
“Digital Ceramics”, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
“Once Upon A Time”, Wusutum Museum of Art, Racine , WI “California Clay Competition”, The Artery, Davis, CA, Juried
2000 “Artist Statement”, Simay Space Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person Show “Monarch Tile Ceramic Competition”, San Angelo , Texas, Prix Primo Tile Award “Artists and Time”, Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
“Ceramics Invitational 2000”, Texas A&M University Gallery, Commerce, TX “Juried Competition at the Artery” , Artery Gallery, Davis, CA
“Cup Exhibition 2000”, Lill Street Gallery, Chicago, Ill
"The Plate Show", Collins Gallery, England, Scotland, Whales, On tour “ Allied Craftsmen 2000”, Studio Art Building, San Diego, CA
1999 "California Craft Contemporary, Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, Juried "Ceramics Monthly International Competition", Columbus, OH
"Inspired by Nature", Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
"The End is Near", Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
"Erotica in Ceramic Art", SOFA NYC & Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA "The Plate Show", Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
"Paintings & Ceramics, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA, Three Person
1998 "Current Clay Vll, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, Juried, Best of Show
"Invitational Cup Show", Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
"California Clay Competition", The Artery, Davis, CA, Juried
"Contemporary Teapots: A National Survey", Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
" Current Clay and Fiber", Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
"Contemporary Art, Quilts & Clay Forms", Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos
1997 "White Light", Simay Space Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person
"Ten Years, A Retrospective", Simay Space Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person "Monarch Tile Ceramic Competition", Kinnedy-Douglas Center, Florence, AL, Merit Award "Current Clay VI", Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA, Juried, Best of Show
"SOFA", Miami, Ferrin Gallery, Miami, FL
"Teapot Invitational", Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Perspectives", Cable Building, San Diego, CA
"Presence", University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
"Artists and Eating Invitational", Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
1996 "Decoys and Trophies", Simay Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person "Water Theme Invitational", Wustum Museum, Racine, WI "Berkshire Clay National", Maple Hill Gallery, West Stockbridge, MA "Rendezvous Clay", Nebraska Museum of Art, Kearney, NE
"Six Galleries-Six Artists", Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA "Invitational Cup Show", Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR "Invitational Teapot Show", Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
"Teapots at SOFA Miami", Ferrin Gallery, Miami, FL
"Cup as Metaphor 2", Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1995 "New Clay", Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Two Person "Current Clay IV, Gallery 8, La Jolla, CA, Juried, Best of Show
"Feats of Clay", Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA, Merit Award "Invitational Teapot Show", Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Clay on the Wall", Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
"San Angelo Ceramic Competition", San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, TX "Clay Concepts", Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
"The White Show", Susan Street Gallery, Solona Beach, CA
"The Narrative Teapot", Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
"Artists and Domestic Environments", Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
"Six Clay Visions", Maple Hill Gallery, West Stockbridge, MA
1994 "Second Growth", J. Maddux Parker Gallery, Sacramento, CA, One Person "Human Nature", Simay Design Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Aesthetics of Athletics", Wustum Museum of Art, Racine, WI
"Artists Choose Artists", Foster Art Center Gallery, San Diego, CA
"The Artist Speaks", IBM Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Six Ceramist", 660 Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Teapots", Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Another View", Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA "New Artists", Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
"Wit and Imagination", Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 "Allegories in Black and White", Java Gallery Space, San Diego, CA, One Person "New Works by Artists from the Wustum Museum Collection", Wustum Museum
of Fine Art, Racine, WI
"New Art Forms", Chicago Navy Pier, Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL "Jeff Irwin/Paul Soldner", Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL
"The Framed Tea Pot", Pro-Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
"San Diego Tijuana Yokohama Art Exchange", Tijuana Cultural Center, Mexico
"San Diego State University Ceramics Alumni", Foyer Gallery, SDSU, San Diego, CA
1992 "American Korean Ceramic Exchange", Korean Consulate Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "Celebration: Permanent Collection", Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
"San Diego Tijuana Yokohama Art Exchange", Citizens Gallery, Yokohama,
Japan; COVA Gallery, San Diego, 1993 Tijuana Cultural Center, Mexico, Juried "Current Clay", Gallery 21, San Diego, CA
"Metaphorical Tools", Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
"Bindley Collection", Grossmont Gallery, Whitewater, WI
"Cups: Contemporary Views", Pro Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO "View Points", Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
1991 "Irwin/Stephenson", Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL, Two Person "American Korean Clay", Seoul, South Korea,
"Monarch Tile Show", San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX, Juried "Correct Art", Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA Juried
"Ceramics Now", Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, Juried
"New Trends in Ceramics", Signature Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Tea X 3", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Monarch Tile Traveling Exhibit", Kennedy-Douglas Art Center, Florence, AL "Artists and the American Yard", Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
1990 "Jeff Irwin's Allegories in Clay", Java Gallery, San Diego, CA, One Person "28th Ceramic National", Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Juried "Eccentric Teapots", Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL "Opening Show", Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Summer Show", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA "Faculty Show", Mira Costa College Gallery, Oceanside, CA "Birds and Abodes", Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI "Tea and Ceremony", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA "Chairs", Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA.
1989 "SDSU Alumni Choice", University Gallery, San Diego, CA
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2020 Scripps College 76TH Ceramic annual catalog, Curator; Joanne Hayakawa, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
“Living with Clay; California Ceramics Collections”, Lopez, Rory, Fullerton Press
2019, San Diego Surreal catalog, Oceanside and Museum of Art, Curator Susan Anderson
2018 Ollman, Leah, “Living with Clay”, It means what it says, bed, table and all, Los Angeles Times, September, 24
“The Artist Portrait Project”, A photographic memoir of portrait sessions with San Diego artist 2006 through 2016, Spencer, Jennifer,
2017, Ollman, Leah, “Resistance in clay: Ceramic artists speak out against Trump, Los Angeles Times, August 29
2015 Clark, Garth, CFile, “Jeff Irwin: Sawing Wood And Other Acts Of Mutilation at R.B. Stevenson
2013 Hiss, Mark, "Ceramic Menagerie", Stars of San Diego”, San Diego Home and Garden, McKinnon Publishing, December, pg. 46-49
Lawton, Jim, “500 Teapots”, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, NY pg. 183
Wandless,Paul Andrew, “500 Prints in Clay”, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, NY pg. 147
2012 "The Best of 500 Ceramics", Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, NY pg. 227, 230
2010 Ollmen, Leah, "Jeff Irwin: Nature as Trophy", American Craft, Vol. 70, No. 1, pg. 36,37 Pincus, Robert, "A Boisterous Exhibit Shines Spotlight on S.D.", San Diego Union-Tribune, June 13, 2010
Ollmen, Leah, "Here Not There: San Diego Art Now' at the Museum of Contemporary Art", Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2010
Shepherd,Baudelaire, "Here Not There: Rewiew of MCASD Show, Espresso, September 19 Judith Beermann, "Whites It All About", The Georgetown Dish, January 16
Dayton, Linnea, The Photoshop Book, Illus. pg 96,97
Pincus, Robert, "Here are 10 shows that deserve special mention for the year 2009" http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/27/solace-and-light-and-low-cost/ Pincus, Robert, "Big Game Hunter", http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/15/big-game-hunter-8216nature- trophy8217-jeff/?&zIndex=182762
MCASD, Artist Podcast, Itunes address, Track 15: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/track-15/id393327477?i=87442601
2009 "Jeff Irwin", DVD produced by the National Council on the Education of the Ceramic Arts, demonstration, lecture and interview.
Pincus, Robert, Art Review, "Big Game Hunter", San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 15, 2009 Pincus, Robert, "Solace and Light-and low cost", San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 27, 2009
2008 Dayton, Linnea, Photoshop User Magazine, March, Illus. pg 76,77
Lark Books, 500 Platters, Plates & chargers, Sterling Publishing, NY, Illus. pg. 351
"Jeff Irwin Demonstration", Diverse Domain-Contemporary North American Ceramic Art, DVD produced by NCECA
2006 Andrew Wandless, Paul, Image Transfer on Clay, Lark Books, NY Illus. pg. 13,48 Beard, Peter, Resist and Masking Techniques, Pennsylvania Press, PA, pg. 25,36,37 Sweet Marvin, The Yixing Effect, Foreign Languages Press, China, Illus. pg. 122,123 Launer, Pat, “Around San Diego”, San Diego Home and Garden, Illus. & review pg. 3 Lark Books, 500 Animals, Sterling Publishing, NY, Illus. pg. 402,416
2004 Chung, Dong-Hun, “American Contemporary Ceramics”, Korean Craft Publications “500 Cups”, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, NY
2003 Pincus, Robert, “Earth Movers”, San Diego Union, Arts, March 13, pg. 29-30, Illus. Mathieu, Paul, “Sexpots”, Rutgers University Press, Illus. pg. 196
Speight & Toki, “Hands in Clay”, 4th Addition Illus. pg. 336
2002 Ostermann, Matthias, “The Ceramic Surface”, Pennsylvania Press, Illus. pg. 130
Lark Books, “500 Teapots”, Sterling Publishing, NY
Pincus, Robert, “The Road Less Traveled”, San Diego Union, Arts, July 7, F1, F5, Illus. Pincus, Robert, “I-5: On the road contemporary art has taken in Golden State",
San Diego Union, Arts, July 7, F1, F4
“Five Who Fire”, Times Standard, February 22, C1, Illust.
Hertz, Betti-Sue,”I-5 Four Decades of California Contemporary Art”, San Diego Museum of Art quarterly, pg. 5, Illus.
Kendricks, Neil, Artweek, ‘I-5 Resurfacing’ at the San Diego Museum of Art, June 2002
2001 Nelson, Burkett, “Ceramics, a Potters Handbook”, pg.156, 157, Illus.
Zakin, Richard, “Ceramics mastering the craft”, 2nd Ed., Krause Press, Illus. pg. 163
2000 “Lill Street Gallery Cup Show”, Clay Times, Sept. Oct. , Illus. “Monarch Tile Competition”, Ceramics Monthly, Oct., pg.16., Illus.
1999 Speight & Toki, “Hands in Clay”, 3rd Addition pg.336 Illus.
The Plate Show Catalog, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1998 Ollman, Leah, "Jeff Irwin at Simay Space", Art in America, Review, Illus.
Wilson, Lana, "Sgraffito Designs on Commercial Whiteware", Clay Times, pg.18, Illus. Ollman, Leah, "Jeff Irwin", American Ceramics, Review, pg. 54
1997 Ollman, Leah, "Jeff Irwin at Simay Space Gallery", http://Sandiego.Sidewalk.com/detail/13246 Ollman, Leah, "Report from San Diego, A Change of Weather", Art in America,41, 43 Illus. Hur, Min-Ja, "Ceramic Art of Jeff Irwin", Korean Ceramic Art Monthly, Sept., pg. 42-43, Illus. Kim, Yoonchung , "American Narrative", Korean Clay, Jan., Illus., pg. 25 , America Craft, Oct./Nov., Gallery
Triplett, Kathy, Handbuilt Ceramics, Altanont Press, Illus. pg.50 Beard, Peter, Resist and Masking Techniques, pg. Illus. 25, 36, 37,
1996 "Jeff Irwin /Decoys and Trophies", American Craft, May/June, pg. 83, Illus. Zakin, Richard, “Hand Formed Ceramics”, pg. 176 Illus.
1995 "Jeff Irwin/ Society for Contemporary Crafts", American Craft, Gallery, March, pg. 75, Illus. "Jeff Irwin/ Second Growth, Ceramics Monthly, Up Front, June, pg. 20, Illus.
1994 Speight & Toki, "Texture, Color & Glaze, Hands in Clay, pg. 289, 335, 336 Illus. Zakin, Richard, “Electric Kiln Ceramics”, pg. 191 Illus.
1993 "Jeff Irwin", American Craft, Portfolio, Oct./ Nov., pg. 62, Illus.
"Jeff Irwin/ Java Gallery", American Craft, Gallery, April/May, pg. 74, Illus.
Center City East Arts Association Map, Cover Photo, 93/94 1992 Williams, Gerry,"San Diego Sixteen", Studio Potter, Dec., pg. 88
Ollman, Leah, "Show Offers Energy...", Los Angeles Times, December 9, pg. F1 F9, Illus.
1991 "Jeff Irwin's Wax Resist Technique", Ceramics Monthly, Jeff Irwin, Dec., Illus.. "Visions 91, Ceramica, March, pg. 9, Ill., Spain
"Review", Le Ceramque Modern, April, pg. 15, Illus., France
"Review", Neu Kermik, pg.670, Ill., Germany
1990 "Everson Museum 28th Ceramic National, Ceramics Monthly, Dec., Illus.
"Ceramics Now", Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA Juried
"Wichita National '89", Wichita Art Assoc. Gallery, Wichita, KS, Juried "Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo Museum of Fine Art,
San Angelo, TX Juried
"Ceder Creek National Teapot Show", Ceder Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC Juried, Honorable Mention
"San Diego Focus", Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA "Variations", Gallery of Functional Art, Santa Monica, CA
1988 "Monarch Tile National Ceramic Competition", San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX Juried
"Ceramic Invitational", Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA "Clay for the Wall", Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL
"Tea and Ceremony", Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Platters and Chairs", Wita Gardner Gallery, San Diego, CA
1987 "Ceramics from the Collections of: Lucille and Ron Neeley", Mesa Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Small Image Show", Gallery 21, San Diego, CA, Jurors Award
"Cups", Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA
"Masters Thesis Exhibition", Masters Gallery, San Diego State Univ., SD, CA
COLLECTIONS
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art
Ichon World Ceramic Museum, Ichon, South Korea
Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI
California Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX
Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Ireland
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona CA
Hugh and Faye Davies
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
2022, Humboldt State University, Zoom Workshop, Arcata CA
2020 Zoom Interview, SmallTalk with OMA, Hotel Sneak Peek, organized by the Oceanside Museum of Art
2020, Group Lecture, “Broad, Conclave, but mostly Flat”, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
2019 Panelist, Allied Craftsmen Exhibit discussion with Rob Sidner and Arlene Fisch, San Diego City College
2017 San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, Panel Discussion
2015 University of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, Lecture and workshop
2013 Mingei Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, Lecture, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Lecture
2011 Contemporary Arts Committee, San Diego Museum of Art Support Group, Lecture
2009 Pacific Beach Library, Pacific Beach, California, Lecture
2007 Idyllwild Summer Arts, Workshop and Lecture, Ceramic Artists of San Diego, Grossmont College, Demonstration & Lecture
2004 NCECA Conference, Indianapolis, IN, Demonstration & Lecture
2003 San Diego Museum Arts Council, Lecture ,San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Lecture, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, Lecture
2002 Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, Demonstration & Lecture
2001 San Francisco Community College, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, Demonstration & Lecture
1997 Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, Demonstration & Lecture
1995 Ceramic Artists of San Diego, San Diego, CA, Demonstration & Lecture
1994 American Ceramic Society, Los Angeles, CA, Demonstration & Lecture
1991 Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA, Demonstration & Lecture
1990 American Korean Clay Camp, I-Ri City, South Korea, Workshop & Lecture
GRANTS
1990 San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
2011 Executive committee member, Allied Craftsmen of San Diego
2006 San Diego Art Institute, Juror, San Diego, CA
2003 Humboldt State University Student Exhibition, Juror, Arcata, CA