Current Position

1999- Assistant Professor of Art, Ceramics and Sculpture
South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Ceramics I-III, Sculpture I-III, Independent Study: Special Topics in Ceramics/Sculpture, Fundamentals of 3-D Design, and Art Appreciation

Education

1998 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics/Sculpture
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1995 Bachelor of Arts, English
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Solo Exhibitions

2005
Doris Ullman Gallery, Berea College, Berea, KY (scheduled)
Lipscomb Gallery, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, SC (scheduled)

2004
Louise Jones Brown Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC, (scheduled)


2003
AVA Gallery, Requiem for a Hardware Store, Chattanooga, TN

2001
Cottingham Theater, The Princess Project, Columbia College, Columbia, SC

2000
Russell Hall Gallery, Requiem, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA

1998
The Shedd Arts Center, a gender poem, Beaufort, SC
Gallery 80808, a gender poem, Columbia, SC

1997
Ponder Fine Arts Gallery, Bound, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

1996
Huntington Gallery, Mother Love, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Group Exhibitions

2002
I.P. Stanback Museum, When the Artist is a Teacher, Faculty Exhibition at South Carolina Sate University, Orangeburg, SC
Downtown Sumter, House of Lazurus, Sumter, SC (invitational)

2001
Sumter Dry Goods, Accessibility: SALE, Sumter, SC (invitational)
Orangeburg Arts Center, ArtFac: Requiem, Orangeburg, SC

2000
Uptown Center, Installations on Main: Altar of the Girl, Sumter SC
John Deere Building, Artista Vista: Irony, Columbia SC

1999
I.P. Stanback Museum, Image, Media and Technology: Bound, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Uptown Center, Installations on Main: Window Display, Sumter, SC
Visual Arts Gallery, Clay: Love Objects, University of South Carolina Spartanburg SC (juried exhibition)
Dupres Building, Installations in the Vista: Window Display, Columbia, SC

1998
Angels Gate Cultural Center, Vessels for the Journey, Sausalito, CA (juried exhibition)
John and June Alcott Gallery, Thixotropic Ceramics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, (juried exhibition)
Gallery 701, Elemental Installation: Love Objects, Columbia, SC
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, International Sculpture Exhibit, New Castle, PA (juried exhibition)

1997
Gallery 701, Vista Lights: Female Perversions, Columbia, SC
Hickory Museum of Art, Spotlight '97: Mother Love, Hickory, NC juried exhibition)
Lewis and Clark Gallery, Artista Vista Annual Artists Exhibition, Columbia, SC
Alley Café, Artista Vista: Snake Charmer, Columbia, SC McKissick Museum, Student Art Exhibition, Columbia, SC (juried exhibition)

1996
Kirkland Studios, Installations at Kirkland: Cat Dance, Columbia, SC
Hinson's Feed and Seed, Artista Vista: Belly Ward, Columbia, SC
McKissick Museum, 22nd Annual Student Art Exhibition, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (juried exhibition)

 

Publications, Reviews, Interviews

Nichols, Ann, Requiem for a Hardware Store , Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, TN, September 28, 2003

Day, Jeffrey, Accessibility on Main Street, (color photo), The State, Columbia, SC, September 27, 2002

Jamison, Jonathan, Artist Keeps Grandmotherís Memory Alive, Focus, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, February, 2001.

Sheaperd, Boo, Orangeburg In and Out (television interview) Channel 12, WOLO, Orangeburg, SC

McFarland, Beverly, ed., "Belly" (cover photo), "Female Perversions", "Mother Love"
CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Corvalis, Oregon, vol. 19:1, November, 1999.

Smith, Charlotte, "Installation Art at Artista Vista" The Free Times, Columbia, SC, May 5-11, 1999.

Pinckney, Adams, "Now on Display: A Gender Poem" Carolina Morning News, Beaufort, SC, September 10, 1998.

Holowacz, Eric Vaughn, "Aha! Bounces Back", (color photo) Art News, Beaufort, SC, August/September 1998

Day Jeffrey, "Sculpture Show Shines in Vista Lights", (color photo) The State, Columbia, SC, November 30, 1997.

Professional Grants and Awards

2003
Artist's Residency Grant, Fundacion Valparaiso, Almeria, Spain
Honorarium, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

2002
Artist Fellowship Alternate in Visual Arts, South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia, SC
Project Grant, Sumter County Arts Council, Sumter, SC

2001
Project Grant, Sumter County Arts Council, Sumter, SC
Cultural Support Grant for Sculpture Lecture Series, Office of Cultural Enrichment South Carolina State University
Honorarium, Columbia College, Columbia, SC

2000
Cultural Support Grant for Sculpture Lecture Series, Office of Cultural Enrichment
South Carolina State University
Honorarium, Sumter County Arts Council, Sumter, SC
Artistís Fellowship Grant, Womenís Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York

1998
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Student Art Exhibition, McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1996
Highwater Clay Award, 22nd Annual Student Art Exhibition, McKissick Museum
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1995
University of Illinois Talent Grant, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Related Activities

2003
Juror, Student art Exhibition, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN
Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

2002
Set Design, Blues for and Alabama Sky, Hendersen-Davis Theater, Orangeburg, SC

2001
Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Columbia, SC
Set Designer, The Life and Times of an African Queen, Hendersen-Davis Theater, Orangeburg, SC

1999
Visiting Artist, University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, SC

1998
Featured Poet, Poetry, Politics and Peace, Nickelodean Theatre, Columbia, SC

1997
Sculpture Exhibition Coordinator, Vista Lights, Gallery 701, Columbia, SC
Featured poet, Tabu: poetry and fiction, Alley Cafe, Columbia, SC
Featured Poet, Two Worlds Collide: poetry and performance, Art Bar, Columbia, SC

1995-97
Participant, Graduate Student Poetry Reading, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Panels and Organizations

2001- Present
College Art Association, Member
2001
Orangeburg Consolidated School Districts, Council Member
2000- Present
Southeastern College Art Conference, Member
National Conference for Education in the Ceramic Arts, Member
1997
Columbia Ceramic Art Association, Visiting Artist Search Committee
University of South Carolina, Columbia SC
1996-97
Russell House Arts Council, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Southeastern College Art Conference, Graduate Student Studio Panel, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC