Susan Beiner Ceramics





		EDUCATION 1993 University of Michigan, School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics 1985 Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ. Bachelor of Fine Arts . TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2006- present Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, Herberger College of Fine Art, Tempe, AZ 2000-2005 Associate Professor, Ceramic Department California State University, San Bernardino, CA 1994-2000 Adjunct Faculty, Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI 1995-1996 Department Chair-Ceramics, Sabbatical Replacement, Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI 1994-1995 Adjunct Faculty, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI 1994 Adjunct Faculty, Ann Arbor Art Association, Ann Arbor, MI . RESIDENCIES 2008 Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China 2007 European Ceramics Workcentre, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 2005-2006 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 2002 & 2004 Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT 2003 International Ceramic Research Center-Guldagergard, Skaelskor, Denmark 1997 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Arts/Industry, Sheboygan, WI . AWARDS 2007 Artists Grant, Herberber College of Art, Tempe, AZ Mini Grant, Herberger College of Art, Tempe, AZ 2006 The 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Honorable Mention, Korea Independence Foundation Grant, Philadelphia, PA 2003 Craft Forms Exhibition, 2nd Place Award 2002 Cups of Merit, Commission Award NCECA Teaching Study Skills Award, California State University, San Bernardino, CA Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay Exhibition, Honorable Mention Viewpoint Ceramics Exhibition, 1st Place Award 2001 Teaching Study Skills Award, California State University, San Bernardino, CA The Art of Tea Exhibition, 2nd Place Award Handcrafted Exhibition, Best of Show Award Viewpoint Ceramics Exhibition, 3rd Place Award 2000 Zanesville Art Center, International Juried Exhibition, Purchase Award The 2000 International Orton Cone Box Show, Purchase Award Viewpoint Ceramics 2000 Exhibition, Honorable Mention 1999 Craft Forms 99’ Exhibition, Jurors Choice Award 1998 Michigan Ceramics 98’, 2nd Place Award Feats of Clay XI, Merit Award Crossroads in Clay Competition, Merit Award 12th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, Merit Award 1997 Feats of Clay X Exhibition, Purchase Award Clay Cup VI Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Museum, Purchase Award 1996 Michigan Ceramics 96’ Exhibition, Detroit Institute of Arts, Purchase Award Michigan Ceramics 96’ Exhibition, Fourth Place Award Feats of Clay X Exhibition, Purchase Award 1995 Celebrate Michigan Artists Exhibition, Honorable Mention Award Michigan Ceramics 95’, Merit Award 1993 University of Michigan, Redstone Discretionary Grant 1992 Central Michigan University, Alumni Student House award Call it the Blues Exhibition, Recognition Award . PUBLICATIONS 2008 Masters of Porcelain, Richard Burkett, Curator, Lark Books 2006 Works By Ceramic Artists From Around the World, Shanghai Fine Arts Publications, China The Yixing Effect: Echoes of a Chinese Scholar, Marvin Sweet Teapots: Makers and Collectors, Dona Meilach, Schiffer Books 500 Cups, Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books Deliciously Decadent Tableware of the 20th and 21st Centuries, 010 Publishers, Princessehof Leewarden, Netherlands Tea Anyone? The Donna Moog Collection, Glen Adamson and Davira Taragin, Racine Art Museum Sexpots, Paul Mathieu, Rutgers University Press 500 Bowls, Suzanne Tourtillott, Lark Books The Ceramic Surface, Matthias Ostermann, University of Pennsylvania Press Experience Clay, Maureen Mackey, Davis Publications 500 Teapots, Kathy Triplett, Lark Books The Artful Teapot, Garth Clark, Watson-Guptill Publications Teapots Transformed, Leslie Ferrin, Guild Publishing Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000, Jo Lauria, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rizzoli Publishing Nouvel Object IV, Seoul, Korea The Spirit of Clay, Revised Edition, Robert Piepenburg The Best of New Ceramic Art, Toni Fountain Sikes, Guild Publishing . PERIODICALS 2007 American Style Magazine, August, Issue 56, Exhibition review 2005 Ceramics Art and Perception, June, After Palissy by Anne Wollman Ceramics Monthly, March, Too Much is not Enough by Billie Sessions 2004 Craft Arts International, No. 61, The Inspired Vessel by Kevin Wallace Ceramics Art and Perception, January, Coincidentia Oppositorium by Dennis Stevens 2003 American Style, No. 35, Cozying up to Teapots by Margaret Littman Craft Arts International, No. 58 2003 Scripps College 59th Ceramic Annual by Kevin Wallace Ceramics Art and Perception March, Clay and the Nature of Things by Jo Lauria 2002 Kerameiki Techni, December, Eco Rhythms by Elaine Levin Kerameiki Techni, October, Tea for Arts Sake by Garth Clark 2000 American Style, Spring, Teapots in the 21st Century by Lynda McDaniel 1999 Ceramics Monthly, February, Up Front: Fun, Funky & Functional Teapots 1997 American Craft, October/November, Portfolio . WORKSHOPS/LECTURES 2008 Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, 5 day workshop Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff, AZ, 3 day workshop 2007 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, workshop and lecture 2006 Maine College of Art, Portand, ME Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 2005 Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China Yixing International Ceramics Conference, Yixing, China Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China Metropolitan State College of Denver, CO 2004 University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA San Jose State University, San Jose, CA California State University at Chico, Chico, CA College of Marin, Kentfield, CA 2003 Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Grossmont Community College, Grossmont CA El Camino College, Torrance, CA 2002 NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO, emerging artist slide lecture Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2001 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2000 Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN . SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 Synthetic Reality, installation, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ 2004 Inspirations from Denmark, LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA 2002 Out of Bound, Robert Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA Screwed Teapots, Avante Gallery, Cleveland, OH The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 1997 Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI Opulence, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY . EXHIBITIONS BY INVITATION 2009 Ceramic Invitational Exhibition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL Flora and Fauna, Archer Gallery, Vancouver, WA 2008 Full and Spare, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL Shared Journeys: Chinese/American Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China 2006 China Response, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM Archie Bray 2006 International, Turman Gallery, Helena, MT The Yixing Effect: Echoes of a Chinese Scholar, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT The Art of the Teapot, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, MI Tactile Appeal, Mark Wooley Gallery, Portland, OR Beatrice Wood Ceramic Annual, Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA Clay, Cross-Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington, D.C. Watershed 20th Anniversary, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA 2005 Mastery in Clay 2005, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Clay From Molds, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI Ceramics Invitational 2005, Texas A & M University, Commerce, TX White, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM La Mesa, Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor (NCECA), Baltimore, MD Human Nature, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD XXX, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM Excess, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 2004 Kilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA The Vessel, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA SOFA/Chicago, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Just Desserts, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM Cups, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Forms without Function, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM Our Cups Runneth Over, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA The Art of Tea, Rockville Arts Place, Gaithersburg, MD 30th Anniversary Benefit Auction, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA One Hour Drive, Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA (catalog) Celebrating Nature, Los Angeles, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA Resident Artists Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT Steamin’, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ Hot Tea!, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA SOFA/NYC, LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA Multiples, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA Service, An Unconventional Approach, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA Southern California Ceramic Artists, Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM 2003 Deliciously Decadent, Princessehof Keramiekmuseum, Leewarden, Netherlands The Inspired Vessel, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery/Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Recent Acquisition, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA Releasing the Mold: New Applications in Contemporary Ceramics, State University of New York, Brockport, NY 21st Century Ceramics, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH Efflorescence, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI Botanical, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA Art Auction X, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA Hundreds of Cups, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM American Potters Working in the Realist Tradition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Hot Tea!, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Reinventing Pleasure: Ornamentation in Contemporary Ceramic Art, University Art Gallery, San Diego University, San Diego, CA 59th Ceramics Annual Exhibition, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA (catalog) After Palissy, LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA 2002 Teapots Transformed: A Group Show, SOFA/Chicago, Ferrin Gallery, N. Hampton, MA The Ceramic Cup, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA Tastefully Tawdry, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Mastery in Clay, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Annual Resident Artist Exhibition, The Archie Bray Foundation Warehouse Gallery, Helena, MT Clay and Wood, Fine Arts Federation, Burbank, CA The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection (catalog) Traveling Exhibition May 16, 2002-October 10, 2004; Copia, The American Center for Wine, Food and Arts, Napa, CA; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL; The Gardiner Museum of Fine Art, Toronto, Canada; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC Embellished with Gold, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Hot Tea!, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA International Infusion IV, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI . JURIED EXHIBITIONS 2006 The 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea 2005 International Teapot Exhibition, Yixing Ceramics Museum, Yixing, China 2004 4th Annual Cup Show, Kent State University, Kent, OH Crafts National 38, Penn State University, University Park, PA Starbrick Clay National 2004, Starbrick Clay, Nelsonville, OH 100 Teapots 2, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD 2002 Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA George Ohr National Arts Challenge, The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK The 14th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX (catalog) The 2002 International Orton Cone Box Show, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS Terra Sutra, 21st Century Erotic Ceramics, Incubator Gallery, Kansas City, MO Viewpoint Ceramics 2002, Grossmont College, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC 24th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ 2001 Craft Forms 2001, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA La Petite IX, Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR Quill n’ Kiln, The Ohr-Okeefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS Crafts National 35, Penn State University, University Park, PA The Art of Tea, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA Stretch Invitational, Afro- American Cultural Center, Charlotte, NC Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC Viewpoint Ceramics 2001, Grossmont Community College, Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA Ink and Clay, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA . SELECTED COLLECTIONS Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum, Jingdezhen, China ASU Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ Yixing Ceramics Museum, Yixing, China Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH Princessehof Keramiek Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX Renault, Corporate Design TechnoCentre, Paris, France Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA COPIA; The American Center for Wine, Food and Art, Napa, CA Danmarks Keramikmuseum, Guldagergard, Denmark XL Screw Corporation, Wheeling, IL John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI Southern Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, IL Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit, MI Detroit Zoo, Nautilus Gallery, Detroit, MI .