Education
Georgetown University, Washington DC, B.S. in Business Administration, with additional coursework in Art History, Studio Arts, Psychology, Philosophy, and Theology
The Ween Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, PhD in Weasel Studies
Classes and workshops taken: Adrian Arleo, Wally Asselberghs, Susan Beiner, Rick Berman, Steven Branfman, John Britt, Joy Brown, Kyle Carpenter, Lisa Clague, Tony Clennell, Arlene Cohen, Cynthia Consentino, Cristina Cordova, Judith Duff, Debra Fritts, Gwen Fryar, Erin Furimsky, Annette Gates, Silvie Granatelli, Molly Hatch, Niel Hora, Ken Horvath, Mark Issenberg, Mel Jacobson, Tom Kerrigan, Kristen Kieffer, Kathy King, Yosuke Koizume, Leah Leitson, Forrest Lesch-Middelton, Paul Lewing, Po-Wen Liu, Jennifer Martin, Jenny Mendes, Ron Meyers, Andy Nasisse, Sandra Nissen, Richard Notkin, Jeff Oestreich, Lisa Orr, Vicki Paulet, Mark Peters, Ronan Peterson, Sandi Pierantozzi, Liz Quackenbush, Kari Radasch, Louise Radochonski, Charlie & Linda Riggs, Ron Roy, Akira Satake, Michael Schmidt, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Nancy Selvin, Mark Shapiro, Paul Soldner, Gay Smith, Kevin Snipes, Stacey Stanhope, Liz Zlot Summerfield, Tip Toland, Rimas VisGirda, Paul Andrew Wandless, Janis Mars Wunderlich
Group Exhibits
National Teapot Show X, Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC, 2017
Cupful, Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC, 2017
Featured Artist, Invitational Solo Show, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL 2016
Unresolved, Invitational, Cabarrus Arts Council, Cabarrus, NC, 2016
3 Artists 3 Worlds, Featured Artist Show, FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2015
Fired Works: Regional Ceramics Exhibition, Invitational, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA, 2015
Vessels of Merriment, Invitational, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2015
Cup: The Intimate Object XI, Juried, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL, 2015
Garden Show & Potters Market 2015, Juried, Crow Valley Pottery, Eastsound, WA, 2015
Fired Works: Regional Ceramics Exhibition, Invitational, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA, 2015
Cupful, Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC, 2015
2014 Winter Show, Invitational, GreenHill, Greensboro, NC , 2014
Talk to Me, Invitational, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA , 2014
Garden Show & Potters Market 2014, Invitational, Crow Valley Pottery, Eastsound, WA, 2014
Cup & Bowl Shows, Invitationals, Worcester Center for Craft, Worcester, MA, 2014
Print, Invitational, Curated by Ann Treadwell, Jewish Cultural Center, Chattanooga, TN, 2014
Tomato Art Show, Juried by Meg MacFadyen, Art & Invention Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2014
Fired Works: Regional Ceramics Exhibition, Invitational, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA, 2014
Hops and Crafts – A Beer Stein Exhibit, Invitational, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2014
Summer Swan, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2014
National Teapot Show IX, Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC, 2014
Fired Works: Regional Ceramics Exhibition, Invitational, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA, 2013
Madison County Potters Market, Guest Artist, Marshall High, Marshall, NC, 2013
Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA, 2013
One & Only: Gifts Made by Hand, Invitational, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, MI, 2012
The Clay Cup, Juried by Pete Pinnell, Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2012
Art Visions, Invitational, Paideia School, Atlanta, GA, 2012
Politically Charged, Invitational, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC, 2012
Pottery & The Handmade Object, Invitational, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA, 2012
Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA, 2012
ATL ‘n RDU, 3 person show, Claymakers, Durham, NC, 2012
Image and Form, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, 2012
Summer Swan, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2012
Containment 3, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC, 2012
Fired Works: Regional Ceramics Exhibition, Macon Arts Alliance, Macon, GA, 2012
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, 2012
Art Visions, Invitational, Paideia School, Atlanta, GA, 2011
NCECA Drinking Vessel Exhibition curated by Pete Pinnell, Online Sale & Presented at SOFA, Chicago, IL, 2011
Interpreting the Cup, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC, 2011
One & Only: Gifts Made by Hand, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, MI, 2011
Dining with FRANK, FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC, 2011
2011 Hambidge Invitational, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA , 2011
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, 2011
Containment II, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC 2011
Georgia Clay, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, GA, 2010-2011
Containment, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC, 2010
The Cup, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL, 2010
Sharing, Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville, NC, 2009
Circus-Cartoon Madness, Alcove Gallery, Avondale Estates, GA, 2009
Fired Clay, Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, Decatur GA, 2009
Hank of Oz, Alcove Gallery, Avondale Estates, GA, 2008
Earth, Globe Gallery, Clayton, GA, 2007
Georgia Pottery Sale, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA, 2007-2010
Gallery Zero, a nomadic gallery, 2003-2005
Works and Process, Youth Art Connection Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2003
4th Annual Centered on Clay, Cherokee County Arts Center, Canton, GA 2003
Various group, solo, and two person exhibits, MudFire Gallery, 2002-2011
Publications
“Art Walk Set for Friday”, show mention with photo published, Cabarrus Independent Tribune, Jun. 15, 2016
Vessels of Merriment, artwork featured in advertisement by Grovewood Gallery, American Craft, October/November 2015
“Artistic Dialog: JCC exhibit celebrates power of written word”, show review with photo, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Nov. 16, 2014
“New exhibit at JCC”, show review with photo, TheChattanoogan.com, Oct. 27, 2014
Featured artwork, photo published, American Craft Week Brochure, October 2014
“3rd Annual Ceramic Surface Forum”, lecture photo from ceramic decal printer demonstration, Ceramic Arts 2015 Yearbook, December 2014
“Artist of the Day”, in-depth artist overview with multiple images, FrankIsArt.com, Oct. 26, 2014
“MudFire Clayworks Expands Programming”, story on change in MudFire ownership, AtlantaPlanIt.com, March 11, 2013
“New Owner Fires Up Plans”, story on change in MudFire ownership, Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 11, 2013
“Claymakers Gallery…”, show review with featured image, CarolinaArts.com, Sept. 15, 2012
“Interpreting the Cup”, mention in show writeup, The Mountain Express, Nov. 1, 2011
“Top Five Ceramics Exhibits – December 2010”, image of vase, Ceramic Arts Daily, Nov. 29, 2010
#392, image of large platter, A Plate A Day blog, May 6, 2010
“Art Community”, artist and event profile, DeKalb Neighbor Newspaper, February 10, 2010
“Draw + Decal”, editor, profile on group exhibition with quote, Ceramics Monthly, September 2009
“Firing Mid-Range Reduction at MudFire Clayworks”, by John Britt, review of studio glaze research and operations, Ceramics Monthly, October 2008
“Fired Up Over Pottery”, studio and artist profile, The Champion Newspaper, September 2008
“David Eichelberger”, authored cover article feature length artist profile, Ceramics Monthly, April 2008
“Rick Berman: Clayworker”, studio photography provided for retrospective book, October 2007
“Get Mud Fired Up”, studio profile, Sunday Paper newspaper, March 25, 2007
“MudFire Studio Offers New Concept For Those Who Like To Play With Clay”, cover story – artist and studio profile, The Story – Central DeKalb news paper, September 15, 2005.
“Potters Keep an Eye on History”, artist and studio profile, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 31, 2005
“Serve This”, authored four page curators notes and show review, Clay Times magazine, January-February 2005
“Talk of The Town”, quoted in show review, Creative Loafing city paper, May 27, 2004
“Clay Creations”, photo in arts calendar, Season magazine, Spring 2004
“Clear as Mud”, artist and studio profile, Atlanta Buckhead newspaper, February 2004
“Around Town”, vase photo in arts calendar, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles magazine, December 2003
“Starting Over”, artist profile, People magazine, February 3, 2003
“MudFire”, artist and studio profile, Piedmont Review newspaper, November 2002
Workshops & Lectures Taught
Pottery & Sculpture Lessons, taught daily at MudFire, 1000+ students, 2002 to 2013
Introduction to Raku, Paideia School, Atlanta, January 2011
Throwing and Decorating, Dogwood Festival, three day demonstration, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Introduction to Raku, Emory University, one day workshop for ceramics students, Atlanta, 2008
Thrown and Altered Pottery, American Craft Council Show, three day demonstration, Atlanta, 2008
Gallery Management – Curating – Judging – Jurying
MudFire Gallery, Gallery Manager and show curator, 90+ group and solo shows, 2002-2013
Summer Swan Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Ceramics Curator, 2011
Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Student Art Show awards judge, 2009
Decatur Arts Festival, 3D applications juror, 2009
Fired Clay, Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, curator, 2009
Atlanta Dogwood Festival, 3D applications juror and 3D awards judge, 2008
Atlanta Arts Festival, 3D applications juror and 3D awards judge, 2007
Decatur Arts Festival, applications juror, 2007
Atlanta Teapot Festival, Founder and President, 2006
Works In Clay, Roswell Visual Arts Center, awards judge, 2004
Atlanta Dogwood Festival, 3D applications juror and 3D awards judge, 2004
Television & Radio Appearances
NBC, Fox, & ABC news, live pottery demonstrations & lessons at Dogwood Festival, 2010
Good Day Atlanta, Fox 5 News, studio visit and pottery lesson, July 2009
The Sound of Atlanta / Atlanta Sounds, WABE public broadcasting, studio and artist profile, December 2008, repeat airings through 2010
Best of the City, Comcast on Demand, artist interview & studio sounds, November 2008
Search for the Perfect Girlfriend, Playboy Channel, host for pottery lessons date, October 2008
Morning News, WXIA NBC Atlanta, work featured during three minute segment on MudFire event, February 2007
Blue Collar TV, The WB, on-air appearance with Jeff Foxworthy, et al. teaching pottery, August 2004
Arts In Atlanta, Comcast Community Television, studio and artist profile, May 2003
Gallery Representation
MudFire Gallery, Decatur, GA
FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Crow Valley Pottery, Eastsound, WA
Surface Craft Gallery, Charleston, SC
Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Winder Binder Gallery & Bookstore, Chattanooga, TN
Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC
Taupe Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC
Seven Sisters Gallery, Black Mountain, NC
Butteroni’s Emporium, Charlotte, NC
Ember Studio & Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Professional Experience
Studio Artist, 2003-present
Website Design, 2001-present
Pickle Hill Farm, 2013-present
Rail Arts District, neighborhood artist coalition, Founder / Coordinator, 2008-2013
MudFire, Co-Owner, Gallery & Workshops Director, 2002-2013
Synchrologic, Dir. of Marketing, 1999-2002
POINT Information Systems, Marketing Manager, 1996-1999
Gnossos Software, Senior Management Team, 1994-1996
AbramsonEhrlichManes Advertising, Media Coordinator, 1993
WGTB 690 AM, Programming Director and On-Air Personality, 1990-1993
Yacht Snow Belle, First Mate, 1989-1992
Additional experience: Raspberry picker, cobbler’s apprentice, retail sales, and paralegal
