Artist Statement
My current works are inspired by biology and ecosystems. Whether micro, or macro, these complex systems include both harmonious, and chaotic forces. I am particularly intrigued by human physiology. The human body is an incredibly complicated organic machine with its numerous and diverse activities of cells, tissues, organs, and systems. The dynamic of all these systems is akin to how multiple systems within aquatic ecosystems function. Because water is essential to life, the health of aquatic ecosystems directly relates to the health of people and other living creatures.
My investigation of these themes employs elements of design including form, color, texture, and scale, resulting in sculpture and utilitarian pieces. I use dramatic texture to add movement to my pieces, inviting the viewer to engage tactilely with a piece. The experience and relationship a person has with my pieces is important to me. I believe that well-designed ceramic art can add beauty to daily life while also serving a functional purpose.
My current works are inspired by biology and ecosystems. Whether micro, or macro, these complex systems include both harmonious, and chaotic forces. I am particularly intrigued by human physiology. The human body is an incredibly complicated organic machine with its numerous and diverse activities of cells, tissues, organs, and systems. The dynamic of all these systems is akin to how multiple systems within aquatic ecosystems function. Because water is essential to life, the health of aquatic ecosystems directly relates to the health of people and other living creatures.
My investigation of these themes employs elements of design including form, color, texture, and scale, resulting in sculpture and utilitarian pieces. I use dramatic texture to add movement to my pieces, inviting the viewer to engage tactilely with a piece. The experience and relationship a person has with my pieces is important to me. I believe that well-designed ceramic art can add beauty to daily life while also serving a functional purpose.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
2020
Stand By Me
Juried Exhibition
Visual Arts League of Allen
Allen, Texas
Faculty Exhibition
Art Corridor, Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus
Arlington, Texas
2019
In a Pinch
District exhibition of Ceramic work by Art Faculty
Brazos Gallery, Richland College
Dallas, Texas
2018
Ceramics on the Wall
Goldmark Cultural Center
Dallas, Texas
Faculty Show
Cedar Valley College
Lancaster, Texas
Merkai: The Soul of the Artist
Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, Texas
2017
Waterside Artisan Market
Invitational Art Show
Fort Worth, Texas
Arts in the Square
Juried Art Festival
Frisco, Texas
Mountain View Faculty Show
Mountain View College
Dallas, Texas
2016
Huffhines Art Trails – Featured Artist
Juried Art Festival
Richardson, Texas
Prism 2
Art Forum of Waco
Waco, Texas
Tarrant County College Faculty Show
Southeast Campus
Arlington, Texas
Mountain View Faculty Show
Mountain View College
Dallas, Texas
2016 FWCAC Biennial
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Fort Worth, Texas
2015
Founder’s Foyer Fall & Spring Exhibit
Juried Show
Dallas County Community College District Office, Dallas, Texas
23rd Annual Texas Clay Festival
Juried Art Festival
Gruene, Texas
Box 13 ArtSpace
Solo Show
Houston, Texas
Main Street Arts Festival
Juried Art Festival
Fort Worth, Texas
Solo Show
Rockport Center for the Arts
Rockport, Texas
AI2Si2O5(OH)4
Curator: Ovidio Giberga
Terminal 136 Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2014
Founder’s Foyer Fall 2014 Exhibit
Juried Show
Dallas County Community College District Office, Dallas, Texas
Tarrant County College Faculty Show
Southeast Campus, Arlington, Texas
22nd Annual Texas Clay Festival
Juried Art Festival
Gruene, Texas
Nucleotide
Solo Show
Art Center of Corpus Christi, Galveston, Texas
Mountain View College Faculty Show
Cliff gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013
TCU Faculty Exhibition
Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth Texas
HardWare: National Ceramics Exhibition
Juried Show, Jurror: Juan Granados
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
The Right Atmosphere: Clay in Central Texas
Invitational group show
NCECA 2013, Houston, Texas
Women in Art
Invitational group show
Northeast Lakeview College, Universal City, Texas
47th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition
Juried show, Juror: Kurt Dyrhaug
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Drink This! Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show
Juried show, Juror: Linda Arbuckle
Lorton Arts Foundation Gallery, Lorton, Virginia
University of Dallas Regional Ceramics Juried Exhibition
Juried show, Juror: Les Manning
Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, Irving, Texas
2012
20th Annual Texas Clay Festival
Juried Art Festival
Gruene, Texas
One Foot: TASA Member Exhibition
Group show
UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas
Genome
Solo show
Blue Star Contemporary Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Submerged
Solo show
REM Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Obstruction/ Deconstruction: Work from the Women of UTSA
Invitational group show, Curator: Trina Faundeen
San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce, San Antonio, Texas
International Sculpture Symposium Exhibition at UTSA
Group show
West Campus S&C Exhibition Space, San Antonio, Texas
2012 Texas Arts and Crafts Fair
Juried art fair
Kerrville, Texas
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Spontaneous Generation
Solo Show
UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas
UTSA Student Exhibition
Juried show, Juror: Derrick Durham
San Antonio, Texas
2012 NICHE Awards winner
Juried show
http://www.nicheawards.com/category/2012-winners/student-2012-winners/
Fresh Meat: College Expo
Juried show, Juror: Cris Worley and Erick Swenson
500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011
Texas Arts and Crafts Fair
Kerrville, Texas
Destinations: Juried Exhibition of Texas College and University Art Students
Juried show
Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center Gallery, Ingram, Texas
A South Texas Ceramic Showdown: POTS Clay Demos
Group show
South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
Open To Interpretation. San Antonio Potter’s Guild Juried Exhibition
Juried show, Juror: Von Venhuizen
Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2010
Craft Forms 2010: Wayne Art Center’s 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition of
Contemporary Craft
Juried show, Juror: Jane C. Milosch
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Destinations: Juried Exhibition of Texas College and University Art Students
Juried show
Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center Gallery, Ingram, Texas.
2010 Juried Student Art Exhibition, UTSA Fine Arts Assocation
Juried show, Juror: Able Ortiz
San Antonio, Texas
A South Texas Ceramic Showdown: Up and Down and All Around
South Texas College
McAllen, Texas
New Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2010
Juried show, Juror: Malaquias Montoya & Valerie Cassel Oliver
San Antonio, Texas
2010 Texas Arts and Crafts Fair
Kerrville, Texas
Six Pack Show, Texas Clay Arts Association
Group show
Coop Gallery, San Angelo, Texas
UTSA Juried Student Exhibition
Juried show
San Antonio, Texas
1, 2, 3 Show, UTSA Satellite Space
Group show
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Collegiate Student Exhibition
Group show
San Antonio, Texas
2009
Candle Light Reading, Sagebrush Review
Invitational show
San Antonio, Texas
2008
B.F.A. Exhibition
Denton, Texas
AWARDS:
2018 Merkai: The Soul of the Artist, Texas Wesleyan University, Best in show
2012 NICHE Award
2011 Emerging Artist Scholarship Merit Award, The Official Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair
2010 Emerging Artist Scholarship Merit Award, The Official Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair
2020
Stand By Me
Juried Exhibition
Visual Arts League of Allen
Allen, Texas
Faculty Exhibition
Art Corridor, Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus
Arlington, Texas
2019
In a Pinch
District exhibition of Ceramic work by Art Faculty
Brazos Gallery, Richland College
Dallas, Texas
2018
Ceramics on the Wall
Goldmark Cultural Center
Dallas, Texas
Faculty Show
Cedar Valley College
Lancaster, Texas
Merkai: The Soul of the Artist
Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, Texas
2017
Waterside Artisan Market
Invitational Art Show
Fort Worth, Texas
Arts in the Square
Juried Art Festival
Frisco, Texas
Mountain View Faculty Show
Mountain View College
Dallas, Texas
2016
Huffhines Art Trails – Featured Artist
Juried Art Festival
Richardson, Texas
Prism 2
Art Forum of Waco
Waco, Texas
Tarrant County College Faculty Show
Southeast Campus
Arlington, Texas
Mountain View Faculty Show
Mountain View College
Dallas, Texas
2016 FWCAC Biennial
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
Fort Worth, Texas
2015
Founder’s Foyer Fall & Spring Exhibit
Juried Show
Dallas County Community College District Office, Dallas, Texas
23rd Annual Texas Clay Festival
Juried Art Festival
Gruene, Texas
Box 13 ArtSpace
Solo Show
Houston, Texas
Main Street Arts Festival
Juried Art Festival
Fort Worth, Texas
Solo Show
Rockport Center for the Arts
Rockport, Texas
AI2Si2O5(OH)4
Curator: Ovidio Giberga
Terminal 136 Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2014
Founder’s Foyer Fall 2014 Exhibit
Juried Show
Dallas County Community College District Office, Dallas, Texas
Tarrant County College Faculty Show
Southeast Campus, Arlington, Texas
22nd Annual Texas Clay Festival
Juried Art Festival
Gruene, Texas
Nucleotide
Solo Show
Art Center of Corpus Christi, Galveston, Texas
Mountain View College Faculty Show
Cliff gallery, Dallas, Texas
2013
TCU Faculty Exhibition
Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth Texas
HardWare: National Ceramics Exhibition
Juried Show, Jurror: Juan Granados
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
The Right Atmosphere: Clay in Central Texas
Invitational group show
NCECA 2013, Houston, Texas
Women in Art
Invitational group show
Northeast Lakeview College, Universal City, Texas
47th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition
Juried show, Juror: Kurt Dyrhaug
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Drink This! Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show
Juried show, Juror: Linda Arbuckle
Lorton Arts Foundation Gallery, Lorton, Virginia
University of Dallas Regional Ceramics Juried Exhibition
Juried show, Juror: Les Manning
Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, Irving, Texas
2012
20th Annual Texas Clay Festival
Juried Art Festival
Gruene, Texas
One Foot: TASA Member Exhibition
Group show
UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas
Genome
Solo show
Blue Star Contemporary Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Submerged
Solo show
REM Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Obstruction/ Deconstruction: Work from the Women of UTSA
Invitational group show, Curator: Trina Faundeen
San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce, San Antonio, Texas
International Sculpture Symposium Exhibition at UTSA
Group show
West Campus S&C Exhibition Space, San Antonio, Texas
2012 Texas Arts and Crafts Fair
Juried art fair
Kerrville, Texas
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Spontaneous Generation
Solo Show
UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas
UTSA Student Exhibition
Juried show, Juror: Derrick Durham
San Antonio, Texas
2012 NICHE Awards winner
Juried show
http://www.nicheawards.com/category/2012-winners/student-2012-winners/
Fresh Meat: College Expo
Juried show, Juror: Cris Worley and Erick Swenson
500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011
Texas Arts and Crafts Fair
Kerrville, Texas
Destinations: Juried Exhibition of Texas College and University Art Students
Juried show
Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center Gallery, Ingram, Texas
A South Texas Ceramic Showdown: POTS Clay Demos
Group show
South Texas College, McAllen, Texas
Open To Interpretation. San Antonio Potter’s Guild Juried Exhibition
Juried show, Juror: Von Venhuizen
Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2010
Craft Forms 2010: Wayne Art Center’s 16th Annual International Juried Exhibition of
Contemporary Craft
Juried show, Juror: Jane C. Milosch
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Destinations: Juried Exhibition of Texas College and University Art Students
Juried show
Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center Gallery, Ingram, Texas.
2010 Juried Student Art Exhibition, UTSA Fine Arts Assocation
Juried show, Juror: Able Ortiz
San Antonio, Texas
A South Texas Ceramic Showdown: Up and Down and All Around
South Texas College
McAllen, Texas
New Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2010
Juried show, Juror: Malaquias Montoya & Valerie Cassel Oliver
San Antonio, Texas
2010 Texas Arts and Crafts Fair
Kerrville, Texas
Six Pack Show, Texas Clay Arts Association
Group show
Coop Gallery, San Angelo, Texas
UTSA Juried Student Exhibition
Juried show
San Antonio, Texas
1, 2, 3 Show, UTSA Satellite Space
Group show
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio Collegiate Student Exhibition
Group show
San Antonio, Texas
2009
Candle Light Reading, Sagebrush Review
Invitational show
San Antonio, Texas
2008
B.F.A. Exhibition
Denton, Texas
AWARDS:
2018 Merkai: The Soul of the Artist, Texas Wesleyan University, Best in show
2012 NICHE Award
2011 Emerging Artist Scholarship Merit Award, The Official Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair
2010 Emerging Artist Scholarship Merit Award, The Official Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair