Education
2024 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Printmaking Secondary
MFA Summer Fellow, Honors Commendation
2023 Master of Arts, Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Iowa Arts Fellow, Digital Publishing and Scholarship Fellow
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics Concentration, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville NC
Distinction in Art, University Research Scholar, Magna cum laude
Teaching Experience
2025 Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics I/II, Blue Ridge Community College, Hendersonville, NC
2024 Adjunct Faculty, Modern Art History, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
2023 - 2024 Instructor of Record, CERM 101, Hand Building 1, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2022 Instructor of Record, CERM 201, Wheel Throwing 1, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2023 Teaching Assistant, Modest to Monumental with Natalia Arbelaez, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2021 Instructor, Art and Storytelling, Creative Summer Workshops, Columbus College of Art and Design
Instructor, Textile Design Block Printing , Creative Summer Workshops, Columbus College of Art
and Design
Artist Residencies
2025 Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster, Tandem Ceramic Artist Exchange, Neumünster, Germany (Forthcoming)
2023 IaRex l'Atelier, International Artist Residency Exchange, Saint-Raphaël, France
2019 Dachau Art Association (Künstlervereinigung Dachau) RAUS Residency, Dachau, Germany
Related Professional Experience
2021 - present Co-Founder and Deputy Chair, The Wallach Project, Nonprofit Organization, Munich, Germany
2024 - present Gallery Manager, North Carolina Glass Center, Asheville & Black Mountain, NC
2024 Ceramics Area Administrator, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2019 - 2021 Assistant Printmaker, Sister Nettle, Columbus, OH
Exhibitions
2025 Tandem Exchange Exhibition, Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster, Neumünster, Germany (Forthcoming)
One Certainty, NCECA Sponsored Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT (Forthcoming)
To All Who Have Found, Solo Exhibition, Spiers Gallery, Brevard College, Brevard NC
2024 Memoria, Continuum Art Gallery, Hendersonville, NC **
DuMA Craft Invitational, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque IA
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA
Hush Hush, Grandstaff and Stein, NCECA Pop Up, Richmond, VA
One Wild Hunt, Solo Exhibition, Ana Mendieta Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2023 The Consortium for Intercollegiate Research in the Ceramic Arts, Colorado University, Boulder,CO
Potted and Planted, The Greenhouse, Iowa City, IA
Lushly NCECA, Cincinnati, OH (Juried by Paul Maloney and Sydney Ewerth)
CIRCA Somerset Pop Up, Cincinnati, OH
2022 Ceramics Invitational Exhibition and Symposium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Whispers in the Weeds, Butterfly House Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2021 Think Pink, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
Hang In There Baby, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA
NCECA Regional Clay Invitational, Queen City Clay, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Talente International Exhibition , Handwerk & Design, Munich, Germany *
2019 Festival Der Regionen, Volxfest, Au an der Donau, Austria
RAUS, House @ Home, Neue Gallerie, Dachau Germany
NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN (Juried by Steven Young Lee and Linda Lopez)
2018 Tell Tale, Solo Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville NC
3-D Showcase, Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC
51st Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville NC (Juried by Robert Tynes)
2017 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, A. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
(Juried by Dan Millspaugh)
2014 Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Ohio Governor's Art Exhibition, James A Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus, OH
2013 Regional Governors Art Exhibit, McConnell Arts Center, Columbus, OH
**postponed due to Hurricane Helene *canceled due to covid19
Collections
Jump or freeze, if it's fast will you believe? Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque IA
Fox Run, Bezirksmuseum Art Museum, Dachau, Germany
Half Acre, Rathaus, Dachau, Germany
Grants and Awards
2025 Residency Stipendium Keramikkünstlerhaus Neumünster, Neumünster, Germany
2024 Collection Prize Finalist, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
Honors Commendation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, Iowa City, IA
Dare to Discover, University of Iowa Featured Research Scholar, Iowa City, IA
Research Grant for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Graduate College, Iowa City, IA
2023 MFA Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, Munich, Germany
2022 Digital Publishing and Scholarship Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2021 $20,000 Iowa Arts Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2019 Stipendium Recipient, KVD Artist Association, Dachau, Germany
2018 Big Crafty Emerging Artist Award, Asheville, NC
Recipient of Windgate Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Recipient of Windgate Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts
National Conference on Undergraduate Research Grant, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
Honorable Mention, 51st Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Asheville Area Arts Council
2017 Biltmore Iron and Metal Scholarship, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2017 Summer Research Grant, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
Research
2024 Art Looting and Restitution - Forgotten Life Stories, Symposium at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany -Keynote Speaker and Panel Member, Stipendium Recipient
2023 MFA Summer Fellowship - Utilized to host The Wallach Project symposium at the Münchner Stadtmuseum in Munich, Germany.
2022 Digital Publishing and Scholarship Summer Fellowship - Utilized to build an online platform for The Wallach Project including an extensive archive of Wallach artifacts which were dispersed throughout the world after WWII.
2022 Co-Founder, The Wallach Project, A German based nonprofit (Verein) dedicated to the promotion of arts and culture, in particular the artistic and cultural heritage of the traditional Wallach Haus fur Volkskunst und Tracht company, and the promotion of local (German Jewish) history and culture.
2019 Volksfest, Dirndl Dialogues collaborative film screening and art exhibition, Au an der Donau, Austria
2018 Research and Publication presentation, National Conference for Undergraduate Research “Folk Art and Ancestry: German Jewish Creation through Time.”
2017 Summer Research Grant, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC - 6 weeks of lineage and artistry research conducted throughout Germany.
Artist Lectures & Demos
2025 University of North Carolina Asheville, Visiting Artist, Asheville NC*
2025 Penn State, Guest Artist, Advanced Ceramic Sculpture Course, Virtual*
2025 Brevard College, Artist Talk, Brevard NC
2024 Webster University, Senior Exhibition Student Interview, Virtual
2024 Pinakothek der Moderne, Wallach Project Presentation, Munich, DE
2023 University of North Carolina, Asheville, Senior Exhibition, Virtual Artist Lecture
2023 Münchner Stadtmuseum Artist Lecture and Workshop, Munich, DE
2023 Penland School of Craft Art Talk, Penland, NC
2022 Cornell College, Virtual Artist Lecture
2021 Artist Lecture and Workshop, WKHS, Worthington, OH
2019 Künstlervereinigung Dachau Artist Lecture, Dachau, DE
2018 National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Edmond, OK
2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Asheville, NC
*forthcoming
Publications and Features
2023 Scharfenberg, Leonard. “Many People Know the Name Wallach, but Not the Story.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21 July 2023.
2020 Lösche, Wolfgang. Talente 2020. Handwerkskammer Für München und Oberbayern, 2020.
2019 Art of Co. (2019). Dirndl Dialogues.
2019 Schiegl, Gregor. “The Age of the Owl.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, 9 Aug. 2019, https://www.sueddeutsche.de/.
2018 Rosenberg, Amelia. “Folk Art and Ancestry: German Jewish Creation through Time.” 2018 NCUR, National Conference for Undergraduate Research