Artist: Wesley Harvey
Wesley Harvey, GEORGIA
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My current body of artwork examines gay male sexuality through the lens of queer theory by the use of appropriation, drawing, and collage to create narratives on hand-built ceramic objects including plates, teapots, vessels, and cups as well as works on paper, paintings, and photography. I want to address the social and cultural differences of "being gay" in a society that is becoming more accepting of what used to be a scarlet letter worn only in the shadows of back alleys and dimly lit rooms. I want to examine not only the normative behavior but also the deviant lifestyle that often gets neglected and chastised. With previous artwork, I was examining my surroundings and personal encounters as the influence for the start of the collage process. Recently, I have put myself aside as the starting point and have begun looking at others, almost in a voyeuristic way, through the use of personal ads posted to websites, specifically Craig’s List, online apps, chat rooms, and dating sites. In this online realm, I am able to find both the normative and the deviant behaviors that interest me and help to create the narratives that begin on paper and often transition to ceramics.
The Baroque and Rococo periods provide a great source of inspiration for me. The use of gold and floral designs in excess give me a visual overload of imagery and objects that deeply satisfy my tawdry desires. Ancient Greek and Roman pottery are an endless source for my starting point when working with ceramics. Kitsch and popular culture let me appropriate an endless supply of imagery that teeters from the extreme tacky to the candy-coated sickness that lies in heart of both kitsch and popular culture. Drag queens share my love of gold, glitter, and excessive prettiness that I adore. Illustrations from 1960’s male physique magazines allow me to appropriate a fantasy male subject who is handsome and extremely physically fit, that interacts with other men in encounters that ride a line between caring and loving to deviant sexual acts that can be sometimes hard to look at.
EDUCATION
2007
Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, & RESIDENCIEs
2016
Invited Artist-in-Residence, Arrowmont Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Weeklong invitational artist residency consisting of ceramic, textile, metal, and 2D/mixed media artists
2015
Visiting Artist Lecture, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2013
Artists Looking at Artwork Lecture, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX, In conjunction with my exhibition, Cloud Bangin’
Short-Term Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Invited to do a six-week residency
2012
Short-Term Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Juried from over 50 applicants and invited to do a four-week residency
2008
2008 Shanghai World Modern Ceramics Art Exhibition: Porcelain in Contemporary Discourse, Series 1 of 2010 China China, part of the World Expo in Beijing in 2010, Shanghai Arts & Crafts Museum, Shanghai, China, March 8-May 10, invited for a one week long residency that consisted of workshop demonstrations, panel discussions, interviews, and press interviews,
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2015
1st Biennale de Paraguay, El Estar Gallery, Asuncion, Paraguay, Oct. 1 – 31, invited by Royce Smith,curator, as one of 45 international artists to exhibit in the first Biennale for Paraguay, 25 plate installation
2008
2008 Shanghai World Modern Ceramics Art Exhibition: Porcelain in Contemporary Discourse, Series 1 of 2010 China China, part of the World Expo in Beijing in 2010, Shanghai Arts & Crafts Museum, Shanghai, China, March 8-May 10, invited for a one week long residency that consisted of workshop demonstrations, panel discussions, interviews, and press interviews, *3 pieces selected*
2007
Combined Talents: Florida International Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, Aug. 27-Sept. 23, Jurors: Joe Sanders, Art Department Chair, & Holly Hanessian, Professor of Art, 48 artists selected from 359 entrants, 65 pieces. *2 pieces selected*
55th Premio Faenza, Fondazione Museo Internazionale della Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy, May 25-Aug. 19, Jurors: Jadranka Bentini, Franco Bertoni, Robert Daolio, Simon Froom Thimo to Dutis, & Boijmans Vans Beuningen *1 piece selected*
Feats of Clay XX, Gladding McBean Terra Cotta Factory, Lincoln, CA, April 28-May 27Juror: Sherman Hall, editor of Ceramics Monthly, 80 pieces selected from 1200 entries by 725 artists. *1 piece selected*
2006
2006 International Orton Cone Box Show, NCECA, Portland, OR & Baker University, Baldwin City, KS, 2 year traveling exhibition, Jurors: Steven Hill, Don Reitz, & Inge Balch *1 piece selected*
2005
Earth, Wheel, and Fire, International Museum of Art & Science, McAllen, TX, Feb. 19-April 23 Juror: Juan Granados, Associate Professor of Art, Texas Tech University, *2 pieces selected*
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
there is no happy ending…, Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX, April
2013
Cloud Bangin’, lecture and exhibition, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
dreaming in gold, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2012
Solo Exhibition: Wesley Harvey, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2011
kissed again, Three Walls Gallery, BlueStar Arts Complex, March, Contemporary Art Month(CAM), San Antonio, TX
2010
Our First Kiss, Fl!ght Gallery, September 6 – October 4, San Antonio, TX
2009
Wesley Harvey, Joan Grona Gallery, BlueStar Arts Complex, November, San Antonio, TX
Collected Arrangement, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, November, Lubbock, TX
2007
Featured Artist: Wesley Harvey, Charles Adams Gallery, June, Lubbock, TX
Kitchen Sex: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Landmark Arts Studio Gallery, Texas Tech University, April 4-11, Lubbock, TX
2004
Ceramic Sculpture by Wes Harvey, Rosemary P. Miller Gallery, John Waldron Arts Center, August, Bloomington, IN
2003
Recent Work: Wes Harvey, Gallery North, October, Bloomington, IN
2002
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, SOFA Gallery, Indiana University, December 1-8, Bloomington, IN
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2016
10th Yunomi Invitational Exhibition, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA, May 13 – June 15, 2016, 100 artists invited
Decalcomaniacs, Red Star Studios, NCECA, Kansas City, MO, curated by Jeremy Brooks, 15 artists included
NCECA EXPO Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, 20 artists included
Cupling, CFile.org, invitational exhibition of cup pairs, 7 artists included, online exhibition
2015
50/250 Works on Paper, French & Michigan Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Dec. 1 – 31, 2015, 50 artists invited
Patent Pending, Charles Adams Gallery, Lubbock, TX, July 1 – 31, curated by Jonathan Whitfill, 40 artists invited to participate by creating artwork form a 1960’s patent book
Creativity, Craft, Community, & Change, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, May 16 - July 4, invitational exhibition curated by Laura Cohen, Director of Community Arts, artists were selected from her cross-country trip of visiting artist residency centers
2014
Within:Without, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, March 1 – April 30, curated by Jill Foote-Hutton, 12 artists invited
2013
Texas Tech Alumni Exhibition, NCECA, Houston Community College, Houston, TX, March, exhibition of the last ten years of MFA Ceramic graduates
Texan’s & Ex’s, NCECA, Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX, curated by Kate Fisher and Wesley Harvey, the exhibition featured current and former Texas artists, 20 artists included
2012
Inaugural Perennial: Natural Abstraction, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, San Antonio, TX, nine artists selected by Francis Colpitt, who is an art critic, curator, and art historian
2011
Pouring Permanence, Interior Motives, March 20 – April 30, NCECA Juried Exhibition, curated by Kate Fisher and
Wesley Harvey, 20 invited artists, St. Petersburg, FL
Figured Narratives, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Dallas, TX, Dec. 8, 2010 – Jan. 28, 2011, 2-person exhibition with Andrea Moon, ceramic artist
Layered Narratives, Semmes Gallery, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX, March 1 - 31, 2-person exhibition with Brianna Burnett, photography
2010
All School Exhibition 2010, Russel Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX, July 15 – Sept. 12, I was the invited artist for Ceramics invited by the Chair of Ceramics, Dennis Smith, the annual All School Exhibition showcases recent works in a variety of media by artists, teachers and students at the Southwest School of Art & Craft
Creature Comforts, Anya Tish Gallery, July 9 – August 7, curated by Jennifer Nutall and included Ann Wood, Jennifer Nutall, Dawn Black, Wesley Harvey, and Mindy Kober, Houston, TX
Relative Distances, UTSA Satellite Gallery Space at BlueStar Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX, January, curated by Ovidio Giberga, 4 San Antonio artists invited
State of the Art 2010: National Biennial Ceramics Invitational, Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College, Champaign, IL, Feb. 15-March 30, curated by Erin Furimsky, 10 artists invited
2009
Generously Odd: Craft Now, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, Oct. 23-Dec. 31, curated by Travis Townsend, 75 pieces included in exhibition
Craft Out of Bounds, Nancy Fyfe Cardozier Gallery, University of Texas at Permian Basin, Odessa, TX, Oct. 23-Nov. 30, 12 artists invited
39th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, 2’x2’x2’: A Mixed Bag of Small Ceramic Wonders, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, Feb. 23-March 19, 22 artists invited
What the Future May Hold: Artists Consider the Post-Bush World, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, Jan. 23-Feb.21, 29 artists invited
Starting a Hare in Ceramics, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI, Jan. 16-March 15, 13 artists invited
2008
Bling, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, May 23-June 21, 29 artists represented
Sip, Slurp, Gulp, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, June 27-July 26, over 80 artists included
2007
Y Que, Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University, School of Art, Oct. 5-Nov. 18, 26 Texas artists curated by Harmony Hammond, artist and independent curator.
Gallery Clay Invitational, G gallery, Houston, TX, August 4-28
2006
Anniversary Exhibition, M2 Gallery, Houston, TX, Sept. 15-Oct. 30, curated by Max Harrison Monochrome: Orange, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX, Jan. 23-March 3, curated by Robin Germany, Associate Professor of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Carol Flueckiger, Assistant Professor of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Sang-Mi Yoo, Assistant Professor of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2005
Way Out West, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, April 29- June 3, curated by Sally Sprout
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2016
8th Annual Beyond the Brickyard Juried Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, juried by Peter Beasecker, Helena, MT, Jan. 29 – April 2, 2016, *1 piece selected*
2015
Glitter Bomb, SOMArts Cultural Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 4 – 27 *1 piece selected*
Ruby Jubilee Art Auction Exhibition, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT *1 piece selected*
2014
Seventh Annual Cup Show: Form and Function, Amelia Center Gallery, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL, Nov. 24 – Dec. 18, juried by Chandra DeBuse *1 piece selected*
20th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, April 11 – June 29, juried by Leopold Foulem, *1 piece selected* *Best of Show Award*
2013
Cherrywood Art Fair, Austin, TX
2012
Blue Genie Art Bazaar, Marchesa Theater, Austin, TX
2011
Recontextualizizng the Found Object, Slippery Rock University Gallery, Slippery Rock, PA, juried by Sean MacMillan, 20 artists included in the exhitbition, *3 pieces selected*
2010
Fiesta Art Fair, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX, April 17 & 18, 125 artists represented from 23 states from Maine to Washington.
San Antonio Art League Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, TX, April 11-May 22, juried by Edward M. Schad, Curator at The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, CA *1 piece selected* *Ceramics Award*
Thoughts about Tea…, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 4-22, juried by Brenda Lichman, artist and instructor at the University of North Texas, Denton, *3 pieces selected*
2009
Fiesta Arts Fair, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX, April 18 & 19, 125 artists represented from 23 states from Maine to Washington.
All School Exhibition 2009, Russel Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX, April 16-June 21, the annual All School Exhibition showcases recent works in a variety of media by artists, teachers and students at the Southwest School of Art & Craft, *2 pieces selected*
2008
Cast Menagerie, waterSpace North, Slaton, TX, May 2-16, juried by Peter Briggs, curator, art historian, and critic, *3 pieces selected*
2007
Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, July 6-29, Jurors: Bill Daley, Jeff Guido, & Marge Brown Kalodner, over 110 students applied for the exhibition *1 piece selected*
18th Annual Teapot Show On The Road Again, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago, IL, April1-May 1 *1 piece selected*
Ink & Clay 33, Kellogg University Gallery, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, CA, Jan. 18-Feb. 24, Jurors: Kirk Delman, curator of the Ruth Chander Williamson Gallery, & Kathleen Howe, director of the Pomona College Museum of Art, 104 works selected from 800 entries, *2 pieces selected*
2006
Materials: Hard & Soft, The Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX, Jan. 28-March 26, Juror: Lloyd Herman, Director of Smithsonian Institute’s Renwick Gallery from 1971-86 *2 pieces selected*
Ink & Clay 32, Kellogg University Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, Jan. 17-Feb. 25, Jurors: Marilyn Zeitlan, Director of ASU Art Museum, Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics at the Ceramics Research Center of the ASU Art Museum, 139 works selected from 800 entries *2 pieces selected* *Juror’s Choice Award (Permanent Collection Award)*
La Petite XIII, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR, Nov. 22-Jan. 21, Jurors: Ellen Tykeson, teaches at Lan Community College, HattieMae Nixon, museum docent for the University of Oregon Natural History Museum & Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Dena E. Brown, professional exhibit curator and designer, *3 pieces selected*
2005
Feats of Clay XVII, Gladding McBean Terra Cotta Factory, Lincoln, CA, April 23-May 22, Juror: Rodney Mott, Professor of Art at Sierra College and American River College, 1092 entries by 428 artists, 75 pieces selected *1 piece selected*
Illuminance: The Show, The Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX, March 29-May 7, Juror: Keith Carter, international photographer and Educator *3 pieces selected*
Red Heat, The Alexander Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, Feb. 3-23, Juror: Patti Warashina, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, 353 entries by 238 artists, 49 entries selected, *Honorable Mention*
2004
La Petite XII, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR, Nov. 23-Jan. 23, Jurors: Hester Coucke, curator of Corvallis Art Center, Jerry Williams, Professor Emeritus in Theatre Design, University of Oregon, Dena E. Brown, professional exhibit curator and designer *1 piece selected*
National Society of Arts & Letters, Rosemary P. Miller Gallery, The John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN *2 pieces selected* *Rosemary Frazier Award (second place)* *Peggy Bachman Merit Award*
Vitrified Clay National: Form & Content, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX, Jurors: Juan Granados, Associate Professor of Art, Texas Tech University, Von Venhuizen, Assistant Professor of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, *2 pieces selected*
Starbrick Clay National, Starbrick Clay Gallery, Nelsonville, OH, Feb. 27-March 31, Juror: Brad Schweiger, Professor of Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH, *2 pieces selected*
Materials: Hard & Soft, The Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visua Arts, Denton, TX, Jan. 31-March 21, Juror: Davira S. Taragin, Director of exhibitions & programs, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI *1 piece selected*
2003
La Petite XI, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR, Nov. 18-Jan. 23, Jurors: Dena E. Brown, Steve Reinmuth, & Jill Akin
Ceramics USA 2003, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Juror: Doug Casebeer
59th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN, July 9-Aug. 3, Juror: Lawrence Rinder, curator of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Wichita National 2003, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS, Juror: Josh Deweese, Resident Director, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Clayfest 2003, Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, Juror: Rimas VisGirda * Undergraduate Ceramics Award*
2 PERSON & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Different Perspectives, Northwest College, Powell, WY, February, group exhibition featuring resident artists and staff members from the Red Lodge Clay Center
Small Works from a Big State, The Clay Studio of Missoula, June 3 – 24, 2016, group exhibition featuring the current members from Montana Clay, Missoula, MT
2015
#redlodgeclaycenter, Northwest College, Powell, WY, February, group exhibition featuring resident artists and staff members from the Red Lodge Clay Center
2014
5th Annual Cookie Jar Exhibition, Lily’s Cookies, San Antonio, TX, March 1 -30, Contemporary Art Month (CAM) curated by Wesley Harvey and featuring five artists from San Antonio exhibiting cookie jars in one of San Antonio’s best bakeries
Clamp Light @ Fl!ght, Fl!ght Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Clamp Light Artist Studios Resident Artists Exhibition, Fort Worth Community Art Center, TX, exhibition of current Resident Artists
2013
Itch!, Flight Gallery, San Antonio, TX, curated by Justin Parr, owner of Fl!ght Gallery and featured artist who have exhibited with the gallery in the past five years
Resident Artists Exhibition, Clamp Light Studios & Gallery, San Antonio, TX, exhibition of current Resident Artists
Delicious & Sweet, Lily’s Cookies, San Antonio, TX, curated by Wesley Harvey and featuring 5 artists from San Antonio exhibiting cookie jars in one of San Antonio’s best bakeries
2012
Resident Artists Exhibition, Clamp Light Studios & Gallery, San Antonio, TX, exhibition of current Resident Artists
Cookies, Lily’s Cookies, San Antonio, TX, curated by Wesley Harvey and featuring 5 artists from San Antonio exhibiting cookie jars in one of San Antonio’s best bakeries
2011
Milk & Cookies, Lily’s Cookie Shop, San Antonio, TX, March 21 – April 22, Contemporary Art Month (CAM)
2010
In-Appropriate, Joan Grona Gallery, San Antonio, TX, May 1-June 30, 2-person exhibit with Kelly O’Connor
Strange Brew: The Gerry & Daphna Cramer Teapot Collection, Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center, Phoenix, AZ
6, Clamp Light Studios, San Antonio, TX, March 1-31, Group exhibit featuring the founding members of Clam Light Studios
The Cookie Jar Show, Lily’s Cookies Shop, San Antonio, TX, March 1-31 curated exhibit of 4 San Antonio ceramic artists
2008
ordinary narratives, M2 Gallery, Houston, TX, July 12-August 2, Two person exhibition featuring Wesley Harvey and Lauren Boldon
40th Anniversary Lubbock Area School of Art Alumni Exhibition, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, June 7-July 25
Sara Waters & Wesley Harvey, waterSpace south, Slaton, TX, Jan. 11-Feb. 2, Two person exhibition featuring Sara Waters, Professor of Sculpture, Texas Tech University, and Wesley Harvey
2007
wesley/wiederaenders, r gallery, Lubbock, TX, Nov. 2-Dec. 1, Two person exhibition featuring Wesley Harvey & Matthew Wiederaenders,
ShinoFest 2, Art Depot Gallery Annex #1, Lubbock, TX, March 1-10, curated by Ian Shelly, exhibition celebrating the 500 year old tradition of shino glazed ceramics
2006
MFA Candidate Exhibition, The Landmark Arts Studio Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Sept. 1-30, exhibition of current MFA candidates from the School of Art
Not Everything’s BIGGER in Texas 2, NCECA, Portland, OR, March 8-11, Hilton Executive Tower Suites, exhibition of faculty and current MFA & BFA candidates from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
ShinoFest, V2 Gallery, Slaton, TX, Jan. 19-Feb. 4, curated by Ian F. Thomas & Ian Shelly, exhibition celebrating the 500 year old tradition of shino glazed ceramics
2005
Marfa, Christopher Building, Marfa, TX, Oct. 7 & 8, exhibition of artwork by faculty and MFA Candidates from Sculpture & Ceramics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
MFA Candidate Exhibition, The Landmark Arts Studio Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Sept. 6-Oct. 2, exhibition of current MFA candidates from the School of Art
2005
Not Everything’s BIGGER in Texas, NCECA, Baltimore, MD, Holiday Inn, March 11-14, exhibition of faculty and current MFA & BFA candidates from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2004
Texas Tech University Department of Ceramics, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Oct. 1-30, exhibition featuring faculty & current MFA & BFA candidates, Texas Tech University
MFA Candidate Exhibition, The Landmark Arts Studio Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Sept. 1-25, exhibition of current MFA candidates from the School of Art
AWARDS, GRANTS, & SCHOLARSHIPS
2014
Best of Show/First Place 20th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX, Juror: Leopold Foulem
Artist Foundation of San Antonio Finalist, Artist Foundation, San Antonio, TX
2012
Artpace International Artists-in-Residence, Finalist for a two-month residency, Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2010
SAALM Juried Exhibition Award(Ceramics) SAALM Juried Exhibition, San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, TX
2007
Horn Professors Graduate Achievement Award Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; This award is given to graduate students to recognize and reward outstanding research or creative activity outside the university, I was the first recipient in the history of the School of Art to receive this award.
2006
Purchase Award
Ink & Clay 32, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, Jurors: Marilyn Zeitlan & Peter Held
2005
Honorable Mention
Red Heat, The Alexander Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, Juror: Patti Warashina
Graduate School Grant-$6,300 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, received $6,300 to help fund an exhibition exchange with the Ceramics Departments at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas; the exchange consisted of exhibitions at both venues, panel discussions, and a publication about the event
Lawrence L. Graves Memorial Scholarship-$1,000 Texas Tech University Federal Credit Union, Lubbock, TX
2004
2nd Place-The Rosemary Frazier Award
National Society of Arts & Letters, The John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
Merit Award National Society of Arts & Letters, The John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
SBC/Chancellor’s Fellowship-$3,000 Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2004-07
Graduate Scholarship-$2,000 Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Graduate Assistantship-$7,500 Texas Tech University, School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2003
Clayfest 2003 Undergraduate Ceramics Award
Clayfest 2003, Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, Juror: Rimas VisGirda
2002
Indiana University Ceramics Area Award Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2013
Permanent Collection, de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA
2010
Arizona State University, Ceramics Research Center Permanent Collection. Tempe, AZ
2009
Private Teapot Collection of Gerry and Daphina Cramer, ceramic collectors
2008
Shanghai Museum of Arts and Crafts, Shanghai, China
Private Collection of Sandy Besser, ceramic collector
2007
Permanent Collection, Fondazione Museo Internazionale della Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
Art & Artifact Collection, The Kinsey Institute for Research on Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Private Collection of Sandy Besser, ceramic collector
2006
Permanent Collection, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
2005
The Millennial Collection, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2004
Art & Artifact Collection, The Kinsey Institute for Research on Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
PUBLICATIONS
2016
Ceramics Monthly, January 2016 issue, Montana Clay article, *1 image*
8th Annual Beyond the Brickyard, catalog from the exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramics Arts, *1 image*
2015
Biennale de Paraguay, 2 catalogs from the exhibition, 1st Biennale de Paraguay, Asuncion, Paraguay *multiple images*
2014
20th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, catalogue from the exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art *1 image*
Ceramic Arts 2015 Yearbook, Ceramics Monthly *1 image*
2012
500 Teapots, Lark Books, *1image*
2011
Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books, *1 image*
500 Raku, Lark Books, juror: Jim Romberg, *1 image*
2010
Kitsch Instinct, San Antonio Express-News, SA Life, May 30, pages K1 & K3, cover story by Steve Bennet *6 images and cover story*
SAALM Juried Exhibition catalogue, San Antonio Art League & Museum, San Antonio, TX, *1 image*
State of the Art 2010: National Biennial Ceramics Invitational, catalogue from the exhibition, Parkland College, Champaign, IL *1 image & statement*
2009
Relative Distances, catalogue, UTSA Satellite Gallery Space, BlueStar Arts Complex, San Antonio, TX, *1 image & statement*
Spunk magazine, Issue no. 6, Summer 2009, New York, *1image*
Ceramics Monthly, On View, Starting A Hare In Ceramics, p. 22, review about exhibition, April 2009 issue, *review and 1 image*
500 Sculptures, Lark Books, juror: Glen Brown, *2 images*
2008
Panhandle Odyssey, Part II, www.glasstire.com, Titus O’Brien, article on West Texas artists
Spunk magazine, Issue no. 5, Summer 2008, New York, *1image*
Art in America, “Wesley Harvey at WaterSpace South, Slaton, Texas,” Exhibitions, p. 202, review written by Matthew Kangas, June/July 2008 issue, *review & 1 image*
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican’s Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment, & Culture, June 27-July 3, pg. 86, *1image*
Pasatiempo, “The unbearable lightness of Bling,” The New Mexican’s Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment, & Culture, p. 40-43, * image & article*
500 Plates, Platters, & Chargers, Lark Books, juror: Linda Arbuckle, *1 image*
2010 China China: Porcelain in Contemporary Discourse, catalogue from exhibition, Shanghai Arts & Crafts Museum, Shanghai, China, *3 images & statement*
2007
Y Que catalogue, Landmark Arts Galleries, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Exhibition curated by Harmony Hammond, *2 images and statement*
Combined Talents: Florida International Exhibition, catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl, *2 images and statement*
55th Premio Faenza, catalogue, Fondazione Museo Internazionale della Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy, *1image*
Feats of Clay XX, catalogue, Gladding McBean Terra Cotta Factory, Lincoln, CA *1 image*
The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting, Lark Books, juror: Andrew Martin, *3 images*
2006
500 Animals in Clay, Lark Books, juror: Joe Bova, *2 images*
Spunk magazine, Issue no. 4, Winter 2006, New York, *1 image*
The Best Photos of 2005, International Library of Photography, editor: L. Clerkin, *1 image*
Reflections of the Heart, International Library of Photography, editor: L. Clerkin, *1 image*
2005
Illuminance: 2005 Catalogue, Illuminance Exhibition, The Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
The Big Bend Sentinel, “Texas Tech Art faculty, students exhibit work in Marfa,” Thursday, October 6, 2005, *review*
Marfa brochure, Texas Tech University, School of Art, *1 image*
500 Pitchers, Lark Books, juror: Terry Gess, *1 image*
Way Out West brochure, Texas Tech University, School of Art, *1image*
2004
Spunk Magazine, Issue no. 2, Winter 2004, New York, *1 image*
Bloomington Herald-Times, “Color and Sexuality,” Lydia B. Finkelstein, Sunday, March 7th, 2004, *1 image* & review
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
College Art Association
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Red Lodge Clay Center