Artist: Nicholas Danielson

Nicholas Danielson, MONTANA
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STATEMENT
I create objects to present food, offer conversations, invite touch, and enrich space. The work grows from a deep love for historical communal wares; I am inspired by their humility and unapologetic functionality. With inspiration comes adaptation. I touch clay with sensitivity and momentum in order to imagine and design pieces that integrate strength and softness. My work explores the boundaries of function, and the relationship between object and viewer—finding balance between the utility and visual intrigue

EDUCATION
2016
Master Of Fine Arts, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2015
Exchange Program, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
2012
Bachelors of Fine Arts, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
RESIDENCIES
2016 - 2017
Long Term Resident, Joan Lincoln Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2013
Short Term, April 2013, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT

EXHIBITIONS
2017
Americano Invitational 2017, ClayAKAR, Iowa City, IA
Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Group Show, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
Dish, Medalta International Exhitbtion, Yuill GalleryAlberta, Canada
25 th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Show, Market House Craft Center,
Lancaster, PA
First-Year Fellowship Artists Exhibition, Archie Bray Warehouse Gallery, Helena, MT
Resident Artist Exhibition. Archie Bray Warehouse Gallery, Helena, MT
Working Pots II, 2nd Annual Juried Utilitarian Ceramics Exhibition, James May Gallery,
Algoma, WI (1st Place)
Bray Resident Artists, Lewis & Clark College, Smith Hall, Portland, OR
Bray Days Exhibition, The Exit Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Featured Ceramic Artist, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL (Invited)
Selections From The Archie Bray Foundation, Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula, MT
2016
Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
ClayFest Northwest Exhibition , Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA (Invited)
Nothing Comes From Nothing, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ready Made Gallery and Projects
Gallery, Logan, UT (Solo)
delecTABLE: the Fine Art of Dining, Third Biennial Juried Exhibit of Functional Ceramics
at The Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO (Juried)
Beyond the Brickyard, Eighth Annual Juried Exhibition, Bray North Gallery, Helena, MT
(Juried)
2015
Annual MFA Exhibition, Ready Made Gallery, Logan UT
Narrative, E-HU Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (Solo)
NCECA: National Student Juried Exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI (Juried)
Reflex Blue, 102 Gallery, Logan UT (Juried)
2014
Annual MFA Exhibition, 102 Gallery, Logan
International Cup 2014, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT (Juried)
Glaze by Fire: Atmospheric Invitational, Taos Clay, El Prado, NM (Invited)
2013
Contemporary Traditionalists, Loft Gallery, Red Lodge, MT (Invited)
Juried National II, Loft Gallery, Red Lodge, MT (Juried)
MSU and UM Student and Faculty Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2012
Winter Solstice BFA Show, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Experimental Wood Kiln Dedication, Waller-Yablonsky Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Clay: Three Ways, International Workshop, Waller-Yablonsky Gallery, Bozeman, MT

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017
Instructor, Intermediate Ceramics (Special Topics), Archie Bray Foundation Community
Class, Helena, MT
Instructor, Children & Young Adult Summer Ceramic Classes, Archie Bray Foundation,
Helena, MT
Instructor, Beginning Ceramics (Spring) - Handbuilding and Throwing, Archie Bray !
Foundation Community Class, Helena, MT
Instructor, Beginning Ceramics (Winter) - Handbuilding and Throwing, Archie Bray !
Foundation Community Class, Helena, MT
2015
Graduate Instructor (instructor of record) , Intermediate Ceramics - Handbuilding, Utah
State University, Logan, UT
2014
Graduate Instructor (instructor of record), Beginning Ceramics, Utah State University,
Logan, UT
Graduate Instructor, LifeSpan (Community Ceramics Class), Utah State University, Logan,
UT
Graduate Instructor (instructor of record), 3-D Design, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2013
Teaching Assistant, 3-D Design, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Ceramics, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Kiln Area Coordinator, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012
Teaching Assistant, Landscape Mediascape, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Studio Technician, International Summer Clay Intensive, Montana State University, !
Bozeman, MT

PRESENTATION & WORKSHOPS
2017
Visiting Artist, Bray Days at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
Assistant to Michael Connelly and Alleghany Meadows, Workshop at the Archie Bray
Foundation, Helena, MT
2015
Workshop Demonstrator - Patterning In Clay, Circle - Line - Dot, Nora Eccles Harrison
Museum of Art, Logan, UT
Panel Presenter - Taproot: A Question of Influence, Contextualizing Craft + Design –
Symposium, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS and AWARDS
2016
Graduate Arts Tuition Award, Utah State University
2015
Graduate Arts Tuition Award, Utah State University
2014
Arthur & Diana Norris Scholarship, Utah State University
Christensen Support of the Arts Stipend, Utah State University
Utah State University Scholarship, 2nd European Wood Fire Conference, International
Ceramic Research Center - Guldagergaard, Skælskør, Denmark
2012
Montana State University Scholarship, Arrowmont: Utilitarian Clay VI: Celebrate The
Object Symposium, Gatlinburg, TN
2011
Undergraduate Scholars Program Grant, Montana Ceramic Research: Methodologies
and Materials

MUESUM EXPERIENCE
2014
Curatorial Intern, BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE: SHAPING CRAFT + DESIGN, Nora
Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT
Collections Research Intern, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, UT

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Bruce Linderman, Northville, Michigan
Jim Kolva and Pat Sullivan, Spokane, Washington

PRESS
2015
Ceramics Monthly, 2015, September issue, NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition
2013
Ceramics Monthly, 2013, May issue, Exposer Image
2012
Montana State University Magazine: Mountains and Minds Wild Clay