RESUME
Education/Professional Training
1982 Alfred University, summer school class in ceramics
1968-70 Pottery Apprenticeship with Daisei Gama, and Masanao Narui - Mashiko, Japan
1966-68 Ochanomizu Design Academy, studied drawing and basic design, Tokyo, Japan
1961-65 Tokyo Aeronautical Technical College
Selected Exhibitions
2000 Finalist for Forum Sculpture , Wilmington , NC
1993-94 Craft of Carolinas, Gibbes Museum of Art, Clemson University, Charleston, SC
1991 Common Ground, a juried national ceramics exhibition, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1989 Spotlight '89, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL
1988 Northern Telecom, North Carolina Sculpture Competition, Raleigh, NC
1987 North Carolina Craft Exhibition, North Carolina History Museum, Raleigh, NC
1986 North Carolina Artists' Competition, R.J. Reynolds, Winston-Salem, NC
1986 Annual North Carolina Art Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
1982 American Porcelain Show, Asian Tour, Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.
1976 Marietta College Crafts National, Traveling Show, Marietta OH.
1974 Annual Piedmont Crafts Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.
1973 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C..
One Person and Invitational Shows
2011 Three Person Show, Claymakers, Durham, NC
2006 Two person Show, Francis Marian University, Florence, SC
2003 Foshan Ceramics Exposition, Foshan, China
1997 North Carolina Pottery Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
1997 New Artists, BIue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
1993 A North Carolina Crafts Invitational, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1992 One Person Show, St. John's Museum Sculpture Garden, Wilmington, NC
1992 Three Person Show, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
1990 Clay Invitational, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1990 Two Person Show, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
1989 Out of Carolina, International Gallery, San Diego, CA
1986 One Person Show, Morikami Museum, Delray Beach, FL
1985 Functional Ceramics1986, Wooster College , Wooster, OH
1984-85 "USA, Portrait of the South" Invitational, Charlotte, NC, Palazzo Venizia, Rome, Italy and North Carolina tour
1984 One Person Show, American Wind Symphony; Pittsburgh, PA
1983 Colored Clay Invitational, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
1982 Colored Clay Project National Invitational, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1981 Neriage and Nerikomi Invitational, Marcia Rodell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 One Person Show, Virginia Entremont College, Bristol, VA
1974 Annual Craftsman Invitational, SCCA, Winston-Salem, NC
Awards
North Carolina Living Treasure , University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC. ~ 2006
Emerging Artist Grant, Wilmington, NC. ~1988
Purchase Award, Northern Telecom N.C. Sculpture Competition, Raleigh, NC ~ 1987
Purchase Award, Northern Telecom N.C. Sculpture Competition, Raleigh, NC ~ 1984
Third Prize, Ceramics 1984, Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami, FL
2 Honorable Mentions, North Carolina Craft Exhibition, NC History Museum, Raleigh, NC. ~ 1983
First Prize, Ceramics 1981, Rocky Mount Annual Arts & Crafts Show, Rocky Mount, NC
Publications
Our State Magazine, August 2009
North Carolina Living Treasure , University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC., 2006
Ceramics Monthly, Nov 2002
Ceramics Monthly, May 1987
The News and Observer, Raleigh, January 1986
NC Art Journal, September 1983
Washington Post, October 1980
Corporate/Institutional Collections
Louise Wells Cameron Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Library, Wilmington NC.
Faytteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC.
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA.
Houston Athletic Center, Houston, TX.
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.
North Carolina National Bank, Charlotte, NC
Northern Telecom Company, Raleigh, NC.
Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC.
Mint museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.
R. J. Reynolds Foundation, Winston-Salem, NC.
Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC
World Modern Ceramic Museum of Foshan, Foshan, China
Representations
New Elements Gallery, Wilmington NC
Professional Organizations
2007-Present, President, Coastal Carolina Clay Guild
Carolina Designer Craftsmen
1982 Alfred University, summer school class in ceramics
1968-70 Pottery Apprenticeship with Daisei Gama, and Masanao Narui - Mashiko, Japan
1966-68 Ochanomizu Design Academy, studied drawing and basic design, Tokyo, Japan
1961-65 Tokyo Aeronautical Technical College
Selected Exhibitions
2000 Finalist for Forum Sculpture , Wilmington , NC
1993-94 Craft of Carolinas, Gibbes Museum of Art, Clemson University, Charleston, SC
1991 Common Ground, a juried national ceramics exhibition, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1989 Spotlight '89, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL
1988 Northern Telecom, North Carolina Sculpture Competition, Raleigh, NC
1987 North Carolina Craft Exhibition, North Carolina History Museum, Raleigh, NC
1986 North Carolina Artists' Competition, R.J. Reynolds, Winston-Salem, NC
1986 Annual North Carolina Art Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
1982 American Porcelain Show, Asian Tour, Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.
1976 Marietta College Crafts National, Traveling Show, Marietta OH.
1974 Annual Piedmont Crafts Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.
1973 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C..
One Person and Invitational Shows
2011 Three Person Show, Claymakers, Durham, NC
2006 Two person Show, Francis Marian University, Florence, SC
2003 Foshan Ceramics Exposition, Foshan, China
1997 North Carolina Pottery Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
1997 New Artists, BIue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
1993 A North Carolina Crafts Invitational, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1992 One Person Show, St. John's Museum Sculpture Garden, Wilmington, NC
1992 Three Person Show, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
1990 Clay Invitational, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1990 Two Person Show, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
1989 Out of Carolina, International Gallery, San Diego, CA
1986 One Person Show, Morikami Museum, Delray Beach, FL
1985 Functional Ceramics1986, Wooster College , Wooster, OH
1984-85 "USA, Portrait of the South" Invitational, Charlotte, NC, Palazzo Venizia, Rome, Italy and North Carolina tour
1984 One Person Show, American Wind Symphony; Pittsburgh, PA
1983 Colored Clay Invitational, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
1982 Colored Clay Project National Invitational, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
1981 Neriage and Nerikomi Invitational, Marcia Rodell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1980 One Person Show, Virginia Entremont College, Bristol, VA
1974 Annual Craftsman Invitational, SCCA, Winston-Salem, NC
Awards
North Carolina Living Treasure , University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC. ~ 2006
Emerging Artist Grant, Wilmington, NC. ~1988
Purchase Award, Northern Telecom N.C. Sculpture Competition, Raleigh, NC ~ 1987
Purchase Award, Northern Telecom N.C. Sculpture Competition, Raleigh, NC ~ 1984
Third Prize, Ceramics 1984, Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami, FL
2 Honorable Mentions, North Carolina Craft Exhibition, NC History Museum, Raleigh, NC. ~ 1983
First Prize, Ceramics 1981, Rocky Mount Annual Arts & Crafts Show, Rocky Mount, NC
Publications
Our State Magazine, August 2009
North Carolina Living Treasure , University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC., 2006
Ceramics Monthly, Nov 2002
Ceramics Monthly, May 1987
The News and Observer, Raleigh, January 1986
NC Art Journal, September 1983
Washington Post, October 1980
Corporate/Institutional Collections
Louise Wells Cameron Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC.
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Library, Wilmington NC.
Faytteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC.
Worcester Museum of Art, Worcester, MA.
Houston Athletic Center, Houston, TX.
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.
North Carolina National Bank, Charlotte, NC
Northern Telecom Company, Raleigh, NC.
Rocky Mount Art Center, Rocky Mount, NC.
Mint museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.
R. J. Reynolds Foundation, Winston-Salem, NC.
Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC
World Modern Ceramic Museum of Foshan, Foshan, China
Representations
New Elements Gallery, Wilmington NC
Professional Organizations
2007-Present, President, Coastal Carolina Clay Guild
Carolina Designer Craftsmen
