Curriculum Vitae
Education
2024 - 2027 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Florida State University. Tallahassee Florida.
2017 - 2021 B.S. Creative Technology, Berry College. Rome, GA.
Experience
2026 - Present
Instructor of Record, Florida State University: Ceramics II: Wheel as Tool
2025
Graduate Assistant, Florida State University.
Fired and maintained electric, gas, and soda kilns in the graduate and undergraduate studios. Mixed and maintained studio glazes, performed various kiln maintenance, and managed ceramic material waste.
Pottery Instructor, Beartree Pottery.
Taught one-time and four-week intermediate wheel classes.
2024
Summer Artist in Residence, STARworks.
Wheel Throwing Teacher, MAKEbhm.
Taught 4-week beginner wheel throwing classes.
2023 - 2024
Artist in Residence, Cub Creek Foundation.
Fired and maintained Anagama, Naborigama, Cross-draft soda kiln, sourced and prepared wood, researched local materials, and maintained grounds & studio.
2022 - 2023
Wheel Production Thrower and Teacher, Glazing and Firing Technician, Earthborn Studios.
Production Throwing, January-May. Performed all finishing stages associated with ceramic production: glazing, firing, polishing, quality control, order fulfillment, inventory management, and material handling/distribution (August-January). Responsible for teaching community studio classes throughout.
2022
Industrial Design, Process Engineering, Fabrication Internship; Corona Group Inc.
Industrial Engineering and Process Engineering, tasked with iteration upon proprietary machinery and custom product fabrication/assembly machinery.
Publications & Achievements
2024
“The Search for Wild Clay in Virginia”, Cub Creek Foundation Handbook, written by John Jessiman and edited by Doug Keating, published March 2024. ISBN: 978-0-000000-0
2020
Campbell School of Business Thornton Entrepreneurial Fellow (February, 2020)
Awarded a grant to fund the materials and construction of a CNC Machine.
2017
Eagle Scout
Exhibitions & Sales
2026
“Shino Odessey” Juried by Matt Hyleck
“Chain of Parks” (Juried), Tallahassee, Florida
2025
33rd Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Juried by Mark Hewitt, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster PA
“Magic City Art Connection,” Sloss Furnaces (Juried), Birmingham, AL
“Bottoms Up,” Juried by Takuro Shibata, Artspace, NC
2024
Moss Rock Art Festival, Hoover, AL
“Feral and Functional,” Juried by Hamish Jackson, Ology Gallery, Savannah, GA
2023
“Birmingham Bonsai Society Annual” Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, AL
“Magic City Art Connection,” Sloss Furnaces (Juried), Birmingham, AL
“Look at That Ash,” Stone Brewing, Richmond, VA
“Millrace Market” Deep Roots Milling at Woodson’s Mill, Lowesville, VA
“Dark but not Scary Invitational,” Wild Altar Farmstead, Vesuvius, VA
2022
“Blue Light Show,” Earthborn Studios, Leeds, AL
2021
“Student Exhibition” Berry College, Mount Berry, GA
Workshops Attended, Assisted, & Taught
2025
Attended “Precision” Taught by Randy and Jan McKeachie Johnston, Jacksonville, FL
Assisted “Wild Clay Exploration” Assisted and Co-Taught with Zach Sierke, Fairhope, AL
2024
Attended “Between Two Ewers” Taught by Suze Lindsey and Mackenzie Smith, The Morean Center for Clay, St.Petersburg, FL
2023
Assisted “Wild Clay and Glaze” Taught by Hamish Jackson, Appomattox, VA
Attended “Wild Clay Exploration” Taught by Zach Sierke, Fairhope, AL
Assisted “Alternative Techniques” Taught by John Dix, Appomattox, VA