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Education
and Training
| 2006 |
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Artist Residency, Taipei and Ping-si, Taiwan: Master Ah Leon
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| 2004 |
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Artist Residency, Yingge, Taiwan: Masters Ah Leon, Woon, and Li
• Artist Residency, Shui-Li Snake Kiln & Cultural Park, Taiwan,
Masters Lin and Jeong
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| 2003 |
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Yixing teapot workshops with Master Ah Leon, Cornell University
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| '96-'98 |
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Studio pottery study under the direction of Lloyd Fitzsimmons, Ithaca
Clay
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| 1985 |
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Ithaca College, BA
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International,
National and Regional Group Exhibitions
| 2008 |
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Ithaca Ceramics, H. F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY
• The Object and Beyond: 2008 Everson Biennial, Everson
Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
• Hot Tea invitational, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles,
CA |
| 2007 |
• Red,
Baltimore Clayworks, MD; Juror: Richard Notkin
• Kent State University 7th Annual National Juried
Cup Show, (Grand Prize), Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH; Juror:
Bill Jones, Editor, Pottery Making Illustrated
• History in the Making II, (Third Place), Genesee
Pottery, Rochester, NY; Juror: Val Cushing
• Cyberclay: The First International Exhibit of Clayart,
NCECA, Gallery Janjobe, Louisville, KY
• Ah Leon & Friends: Taiwan Inspired Ceramic Art,
Community School of Music & Arts, Ithaca, NY
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| 2006 |
• Craft
Art Western New York, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, The Museum
for Western NY Arts; Juror: Lloyd Herman, founding Director of the
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery
• Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA;
Juror: Tom Coleman
• Feats of Clay XIX, (Merit Award), Lincoln Arts &
Cultural Foundation, CA; Juror: Judith Duff
• Skin Deep, Francis Marion University, SC; Juror: Val
Cushing
• Teapot Invitational, Rochester Folk Art Guild, NY
• Art on the Water, Vanishing Point Art Gallery, NY
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| 2005 |
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Clay Lover's Calendar Exhibition, Two Sisters Gallery, NC; Juror:
Lisa P. Skeen
• It's Only Clay, Bemidji Arts Council, Region 2 Arts
Council, and Bemidji State University Visual Arts Department, MN;
Jurors: Bob and Cheryl Husby
• Ceramics 2005 - Fifth Biennial Exhibition of North American
Clay, Guilford Handcraft Center, CT; Juror: Chris Gustin
• Earth, Wheel & Fire, International Museum of Art
& Science, a Smithsonian affiliate, TX; Juror: Juan Granados
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| '03-'07 |
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The Artists of The Greater Ithaca Art Trail, State of the Art
Gallery, Ithaca, NY
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Solo
Exhibitions
| 2005 |
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Opened Earth: The Beauty Within, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning,
NY
• Visions from East Asia, Community School of Music &
Arts, Ithaca, NY; co-sponsored by Cornell University, Department of
East Asian Studies
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| 2004 |
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Opened Earth: The Beauty Within, Blink Gallery, Andes, NY;
Taiwan-inspired works
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| 2003 |
• The Wessex-Bristol Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY; selected terra
sigillata sawdust-fired pottery
• Lakefront Gallery, Ithaca, NY; featured artist; recent works
with gallery talk
• Long Lake Gallery, Skaneateles, NY; selected terra sigillata
sawdust-fired and glazed works
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| 2002 |
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Painting with Fire, The Wessex-Bristol Art Gallery, Ithaca,
NY; sawdust pit-fired pottery
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Awards
| 2008 |
• Exhibitors'
Choice Bronze Award - Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC
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| 2007 |
• Best
of Show - Split Log Teapot, State of the Art Gallery Regional,
Ithaca, NY
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Best of Show - Forest for the Trees, Memorial Art Gallery
Museum Fine Craft Fair, Rochester, NY
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Grand Prize - Mossy Mugs, Kent State University 7th Annual
National Juried Cup Show, Kent, OH
• Third Place - Mossy Teapot, History in the Making
II, Rochester, NY
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| 2006 |
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Merit Award - Weathered Log Teapot, Feats of Clay XIX, Lincoln
Arts & Cultural Foundation, CA
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| 2005 |
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Second Place, Ceramics - Opened Earth Pottery, Best of New
York Artists and Artisans
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| 2004 |
• Second Place, Ceramics - Opened Earth Vessel, Allentown
Art Festival, Buffalo, NY
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| 2003 |
• First
Place, Ceramics - Pit Fired Vessel, Downtown Syracuse Arts &
Crafts Festival, NY
• Best of Show - Buhner Award, Central New York Maple
Festival, Marathon, NY
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Publications
| 2008 |
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James Renwick Alliance Quarterly, (photo), "Smithsonian Craft
Show a Mecca for Collectors"
• Surface Decoration: Finishing Techniques, (cover photo and
chapter), American Ceramics Society
• Hot Tea!, exhibition catalog (photos), del Mano Gallery
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| 2007 |
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Clay Times, (photo)
• IC View, The Magazine of Ithaca College, (profile),
"Claymate of the Year", Spring
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| 2006 |
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Ceramics Monthly, (feature) "Opened Earth: The Beauty
Within", December
• Pottery Making Illustrated, (cover and feature), "Unearthing
Beauty: Revealing Surfaces from Within", Sept./Oct.
• Cone Three Ceramic Formulas, (photo) by John W. Conrad
• 2006 Clay Lover's Calendar (photos)
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| 2005 |
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Best of New York Artists and Artisans, (photo), Kennedy Publishing
• Clay Times, (photo) July/August
• Ceramics Monthly, (photo) February
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| 2008 |
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CAP II grant, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins Count, new work
development
• Local Capacity Building grant, Community Arts Partnership of
Tompkins County, visiting artist instructor
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Selected
Fine Art and Fine Craft Shows
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• Smithsonian Craft Fair, Washington, DC
• Long's Park Art & Craft Fair, Lancaster, PA
• Fine Craft Fair, Memorial Art Gallery Museum, University
of Rochester, NY |
Grants
| 2008 |
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CAP II grant, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins Count, new work
development
• Local Capacity Building grant, Community Arts Partnership of
Tompkins County, visiting artist instructor
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| 2007 |
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Local Capacity Building grant, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins
County, visiting artist instructor
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| 2006 |
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New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) S.O.S. grant for development
of new ceramic works in Taiwan
• Local Capacity Building grant, Community Arts Partnership of
Tompkins County, visiting artist instructor
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| 2004 |
• New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) SOS grant for development
of new ceramic works in Taiwan
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Selected Collections
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The Everson Museum of Art
• The Kamm Teapot Foundation
• Shui-Li Snake Kiln and Cultural Park, Taiwan |
Selected
Workshops, Demonstrations & Presentations
| 2008 |
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Chinese and Japanese Tea and Tea Bowls, Dryden High School
visiting artist, with Momoko Takeshita Keane and Julie Crosby
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| 2007 |
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Opened Earth workshop, Ottawa Potter's Guild, Canada
• Gallery Talk and the Kung-Fu Art of Brewing Tea demonstration,
Ah Leon & Friends: Taiwan Inspired Ceramic Art, Community
School of Music & Arts, Ithaca, NY
• Chinese and Japanese Tea and Tea Bowls, Dryden High
School visiting artist, with Momoko Takeshita Keane
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| 2006 |
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Opened Earth: Taiwanese Pottery workshop, Multicultural Arts
Days, Mansfield University, PA
• Opened Earth: The Beauty Within workshop, Syracuse Ceramic
Guild, Syracuse University, NY
• Opened Earth: The Beauty Within master class and workshop,
including New York to Taiwan, A Journey in Clay, 171 Cedar
Arts Center, Corning, NY
• Gong-Fu Tea Brewing and Tea Wares, Dryden High School,
NY, visiting artist
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| 2005 |
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Visions from East Asia-New York to Taiwan: A Journey in Clay,
Community School of Music & Arts, Ithaca, NY, cosponsored by Cornell
University, East Asia Program
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| 2004 |
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New York to Taiwan, A Journey in Clay, Taipei County Yingge
Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
• Wheel-thrown Teapots and Altered Clay Slabs, Taiwan
National Central University
• Wheel-thrown Ceramics and Altered Pots, Shui-Li Snake
Kiln and Cultural Park, Taiwan
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| '02-'06 |
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Raku and Sawdust Firing, Greater Ithaca Art Trail
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Professional
Experience
| 2008 |
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Guest Curator, Ithaca Ceramics, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
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| 2007 |
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Guest Curator, Ah Leon & Friends: Taiwan Inspired Ceramic Art,
CSMA, Ithaca, NY
• Founded Eric Serritella Studio
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| 1999 |
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Founded Muddy Paws Pottery
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Associations
& Memberships
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Charter member, Potters Council of The American Ceramics Society (ACS)
• American Craft Council (ACC)
• Greater Ithaca Art Trail
• Syracuse Ceramic Guild
• Clayart
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