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 

Artist Residencies 

2023     IaRex l'Atelier, International Artist Residency Exchange, Saint-Raphaël, France 

2019     Dachau Art Association (Künstlervereinigung Dachau) RAUS Residency, Dachau, Germany


Teaching Experience

2023 - 2024       Instructor of Record, Hand Building 1, University of Iowa
2022                   Instructor of Record, Wheel Throwing 1, University of Iowa                    

2023                   Teaching Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Natalia Arbelaez, Modest to Monumental 

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


Grants and Awards

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 

2023    Research Grant for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Graduate College, Iowa City, IA
  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 Resolution - Forgotten Life Stories, Symposium at Pinakothek der Moderne,

            Munich, Germany - 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. 


Exhibitions  

2024    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 (CIRCA), 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 

          

           *canceled due to covid19


Collections

Fox Run, Bezirksmuseum Art Museum, Dachau, Germany 

Half Acre, Rathaus, Dachau, Germany 


Artist Lectures & Demos

2024    Pinakothek der Moderne, Wallach Project Presentation, Munich, DE
2023    University of North Carolina, Asheville, Senior Exhibition, Artist Lecture via zoom  

2023    Münchner Stadtmuseum Artist Lecture and Workshop, Munich, DE

2023    Penland School of Craft Art Talk, Penland, NC

2022    Cornell College Artist Lecture via zoom 

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 


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