EDUCATION
2014 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2010-12 Post-Baccalaureate, Ceramics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
2001 MBA/MA (Arts Administration), Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
1999 BA, Music/Pre-veterinary medicine, University of California, Davis, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2023-24 Traces | Works & Process, Interloc, Thomaston, Maine
2021-22 Elaine K. Ng: Fingerprints of Place - Taiwan, The Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York
2020-22 ANTIGRAVITY: a circle, a line, an arc, The Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York
2020 OVER/UNDER, Interloc, Rockland, Maine
2019 Return to Place (living installation), Djerassi, Woodside, California
New Threadwork, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut
2018 The Map is Not the Territory, Chin Chin Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
Forming Thought, Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan (2-person)
2017 [Collective] BASH, Farnsworth Art Museum at 449 Main Street, Rockland, Maine
2016 From A to B, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Shaping Time, University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado
2025 Life Forms: Grow, Art Galleries, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine
2024-25 Transformations, Winterthur Museum, Delaware
2024 sotto voce, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
Life Forms: Gather, Speedwell Projects, Portland, Maine
2023 CMCA Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine
2021 Fulbright 75 Virtual Art Exhibit, online
2020 Platform Project/Walks: ecologies of the local, Speedwell Proejcts, Portland, Maine
2019 Space Heater, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, Maine
Korea International Ceramics Biennial 2019, South Korea
2018 CMCA Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine
In Residence: Selections from Haystack's Open Studio Residency, Dear Isle, Maine
2016 Belfast Poetry Festival, Barbara Kramer Gallery, Belfast, Maine
Cranbrook +/-25 years
- 2016 NCECA 50th Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri
- University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Ceramic Research and Brickyard Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
2015 Panels, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2014 Vessels, The Qube, Detroit, Michigan
Small Favors IX, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2013 The Balance, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Art Y’All, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas
A New Interior, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Experiencing Perspectives 2013-14, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, Farmington Hills, Michigan
CERAMICA: Contemporary Clay, Galleries of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2011 1:1, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, Colorado
HIVE, Galleries of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, Colorado
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
2019 Winterthur Maker-Creator Research Fellowship, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Delaware
2017-18 Fulbright Research Fellowship (Taiwan), U.S. Department of State
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2024 Project Grant, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation
2024 Allen + Benner Island/Betsy Wyeth Residency, Colby College Museum of Art
2023 Project Grant for Artists, Maine Arts Commission (also 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2016)
2021 Guest Artist, Corning Glass Museum
2020 Project Grant, Ellis-Beauregard Foundation
Maine Artist Fellow 2020, Visual Arts, Maine Arts Commission
2019 Surf Point Foundation Residency, York, Maine
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, California
Ellis-Beauregard Artist Residency, Rockland, Maine
St. Botoloph Club Foundation - Emerging Artist Award
2018 Project Grant for Artists, Maine Arts Commission
2017 Haystack Open Studio Residency, Deer Island, Maine
Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Lovell, Maine
2016 Project Grant for Artists, Maine Arts Commission
2009 Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Arango, Jorge S. “Art Review: At a pair of Midcoast galleries, emotional evocations of a sense of place.” Portland Press Herald. Jan 7.
2023 Arango, Jorge S. “Identity, environment and resourcefulness all served up at the excellent CMCA Biennial.” Portland Press Herald. Feb 12.
Grunewald, Will. “In with the New.” Down East, Mar 2023
2016 3rd International Photography Annual (INPHA 3), Manifest Press. (Published poem)
UPPERCASE Magazine, Vol 28, Jan-Mar 2016. "Wire Works" by Geraldine Jones.
2015 The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Vol. 54, No. 1, April 2015.
2013 Colorado Springs Independent, Feb 6-12, “Inbetween Days” by Joshua Michael Torres.
2011 Colorado Springs Independent, Aug 27, IndyBlog, “Review – HIVE” by Edie Adelstein.
ARTIST TALKS, PANELS, & WORKSHOPS
2025 Watershed Workshop: Mapping the Unmappable, Langlais Art Preserve, Cushing, Maine
Guest Artist, Research and Inquiry Studio Class, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
Artist Lecture, Unity College, New Gloucester, Maine
2024 Visiting Artist Lecture, Installation Sculpture Class, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine (Spring and Fall)
Visiting Artist Lecture, Graduate Extended Media Class, University of Maine, Orno, online
2023 Artist Panel, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, online
2019, 2020 Guest Lecturer, Professional Practice Seminar, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine
2019 Artist Panel, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, Connecticut
2018 Tuesday Talk, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Artist Lecture, Chin Chin Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
Artist Lecture, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
2017 Public Lecture, You | Niversity, Taipei, Taiwan
Visiting Artist Lecture, Tainan National University of the Arts (TNNUA), Tainan, Taiwan
2015 Artist Lecture, Tainan National University of the Arts (TNNUA), Tainan, Taiwan
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017-18 Visiting Artist, Graduate Dept of Applied Arts (ceramics & fiber departments)
Tainan National University of the Arts (TNNUA), Tainan, Taiwan
2014 Sessional Faculty, Fall 2014 – Lecturer, Introductory Ceramics and Advanced Studio,
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2011 Teaching Assistant, Handbuilding I, Instructor: Scott Chamberlin
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES & NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
2023 - Knox County Committee, Maine Community Foundation
2017 Grant Review Committee Member, Organizations, Visual Arts and Crafts, Maine Arts Commission
2016-19 Board Member, Monhegan Artists' Residency, Maine
2008-10 Organizing Committee Member, PechaKucha Night Rockland
2008-10 General Manager, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, Maine
2007-09 Committee Member, Art Coast Maine
2007-08 Director of Development, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2007-08 Founding Committee Member, Juice Conference – Powering the Creative Economy
2005 Panelist, Sarbanes-Oxley Panel Discussion, Arts Administration Program, New York University
2004-06 Managing Director, Gotham Chamber Opera, New York, New York
2001-04 Associate Director, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, San Francisco, California
2000-01 Chair, Cox School of Business, Full-time MBA Class of 2001 Endowment Campaign, Dallas, TX