About
My wood fired sculptures reflect my architectural background. As Hideaki Miyamura notes in a catalog essay, “You have to be able to build it. In both architecture and ceramics, the challenge is both aethetic and substantive.” And after years of building design and construction, I’m drawn to the immediacy of clay. Viewers see fantastic buildings in my pieces, and I enjoy their reactions.
I trained in hand building with coils under Peter Callas and Joyce Michaud. I’m inspired by the sculpture of Arnaldo Pomodoro and by antique skeleton watches, where the appearance of the internal mechanism is as important as the engraving on the case.
The surfaces of my pieces are achieved by wood firings through the action of flame and ash. I trained in firing with Roger Baumann, Kristin Muller, and Dan Greenfeld. Their kilns, based on ancient Japanese models, are stoked by teams for several days around the clock, reaching 2300 degrees.
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Education: MArch, Harvard Graduate School of Design; BA, University of Pennsylvania
Critical Ceramics Workshops: Steven Hill, Joyce Michaud, Peter Callas
Wood Firing Experience: Kilns of Roger Baumann, Kristin Muller, Dan Greenfeld, Susan Kotulak, Lynn Isaacson, Peters Valley School of Craft
Publication: A Gradual Transition, Ceramics Monthly, October 2017
Member: BAU Gallery, Beacon NY; Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie NY
Studio: Peekskill Clay Studios, Peekskill NY
Solo and Two Person Shows
2024
Vessels, BAU Gallery, Beacon NY, with Anita Fina Kiewra
Texture - Hard Surfaces, Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie NY, with Bob Madden
2023
Bookends, BAU Gallery, with Linda Winters
Crazy Quilt, BAU Gallery
Illusions Delusions, Lagstein Gallery, Nyack NY, with Win Zibeon
2021
Construction, Queen City 15 Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY
Dimensions, BAU Gallery, Beacon NY, with Ilse Schreiber Noll
Group Shows
2024
Sculpture IV, Live 4 Art Gallery, Pawling NY (upcoming, with Bob and Karen Madden)
2023
Will of the Kiln, Painted Path Gallery, Woodbridge CT, (Chris Gustin, juror)
Connections VII, Atlantic Gallery, New York NY (invited by Joan Walton)
Personal Search, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson NY
Shapes of Influence, Springfield Art Association, Springfield IL (Jennifer Holt, juror)
2022
The Art of Wood Fire, Main Street Studio, Charlton NY (Jason Nemec, juror)
Gems V, Arts Benicia, Benicia CA (Susan Aulik, juror)
Small Worlds, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Traverse City MI (Tami Miller, juror)
Ignite, BAU Gallery, Beacon NY (Carl VanBrunt, juror)
10 x 10 x 10 x Tieton, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton WA (Bruce Guenther, juror)
Connections VI, Atlantic Gallery, New York NY (invited by Joan Walton)
Members Show, Garrison Art Center, Garrison NY
Surface, d’Art Center, Norfolk VA (Jorge A. Saenz, juror)
2021
Small Wonders, Kavanaugh Gallery, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles IL
10 x 10 x 10 x Tieton, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton WA (Theresa Bembnister and Valerie Lazalier, jurors)
Connections V, Atlantic Gallery, New York NY (invited by Joan Walton)
Height by Width by Depth, San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center (Charles Sherman, juror)
Playing With Fire: Altered Atmospheres, Saratoga Clay Arts Center (Mark Shapiro, juror)
Inspired by Malcolm, Sandy Spring Museum, Sandy Spring MD (Matt Hyleck, juror)
2020
smallWORKS, Garrison Art Center, Garrison NY - Best in Show 3D (Paulien Lethen, juror)
Abstractions, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, (Robert Nash, Amy Neill, Lauren Wolk, jurors)
Kindled Spirits, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham WA (Simon Levin, juror)
10 x 10 x 10 x Tieton, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton WA (M. Pacini and T. Standring, jurors)
Contemporary Clay, Western Colorado Center for the Arts (Bill van Gilder, juror)
A Change in Atmosphere, Umbrella Arts Center, Concord MA (Trevor Youngberg, juror)
Small Works 2020, Five Points Gallery, Torrington CT (Power Boothe, juror)
2019
Art of Clay National, North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove NC (Douglas Fitch, juror)
Clay Cubed, Clay Space, Lisle IL (Ben Carter, judge)
Confluence, Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon NY (Joel Brown, curator)
2018
Goods Things Come in Small Packages, Flower City Arts Center (Lydia Johnson, juror)
Act 2, Peters Valley Gallery, Layton NJ (Jennifer Zwilling and Brienne Rosner, jurors)
2017
Naked and Refined, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas NV (Peter Jakubowski and Clayton Keyes, jurors)
Fire and Clay, M T Burton Gallery, Surf City NJ
2016
Out of the Ashes, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg FL (Matt Schiemann, juror)
Nellie Allen Smith Competition, Cape Fear Studios, Fayetteville NC (Simon Leach, juror)
Fire, Clay, Paint, Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon NY (Joel Brown, curator)
In the Atmosphere, Hood College, Frederick MD (Leslie King, curator)
TriState of Mind, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY (Leslie Ferrin, curator)
2015
Mug Shots, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln NE (Brian Harper, juror)
2014
Fire, Clay, Paint, Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon NY (Joel Brown, curator)
2013
Artifacts from the Inferno, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD (Jack Troy, juror)
Riding the Wave, Peters Valley Gallery, Layton NJ
2012
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, Lancaster PA (Jack Troy, juror)