Education
2006 MFA, Metal Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1999 BFA Magna Cum Laude, Sculpture with concentration in Jewelry/Metals, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Professional Experience
2014-present Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor, Indiana, PA
2011-2014 Slippery Rock University, Gallery Director, Slippery Rock, PA
2012-2014 Waynesburg University, Adjunct Instructor, Waynesburg, PA
2011-2014 Community College of Allegheny County, Instructor, Pittsburgh, PA
2009-2012 Society for Contemporary Craft, Sales Gallery manager, Pittsburgh, PA
2008-2009 Purdue University, Visiting Instructor, West Lafayette, IN
2006-2008 Interlochen Arts Academy, Instructor, Interlochen, MI
2001-2003 Central Piedmont Community College, Instructor, Charlotte, NC
Selected Exhibitions
2019 Pathways Contemporary Craft Satellite Gallery at BNY Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA (solo exhibition)
2018 2018 New Taipei City International Metal Craft Competition Exhibition, Gold Museum, New Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan
Perfect Strangers, Showcase 20a, Munich, Germany
Place as Landscape, Place as Concept: Contemporary Enameling in the US, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
Vitreous Voices, Wellington B. Grey Gallery, Greenville, NC
Artists Who Teach, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
Identi-TEA: 16th Biennial Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, MO
Mountain Muse, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
net/work, Kauffman Gallery at Shippensburg University (two-person show with Sean Derry)
IUP Faculty Triennial, University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 106th Annual Exhibition, Southside Works, Pittsburgh, PA
In Profile: Modern Cameos, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2017 Beijing International Jewelry Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Park, Beijing, China
From Minimal to Bling, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Icons at Play, Brooklyn Metal Works, NYC
IMAGINE: Peace Now, Grey Gallery, Greenville, NC; Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
Unconventional Departures, Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill, SC
Current Reflections on the Natural and Man Made, Texas Tech University, Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX (curated by Gail Brown)
Momentum: Juried Glass Exhibition, The Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
Teapots 11, Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburgh, PA
Pattern, Rhythm, Repetition, Facèré Gallery, Seattle, WA
(In)Visible Wall, Tallinn, Estonia
Plate Glass, Arrowmont Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN
Duality of Presence, super + Centercourt, Munich, Germany
2016 Shadow Themes, Reinstein | Ross Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Biba Schutz and Marjorie Simon)
Walls Can’t Talk but These Tell Stories, Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO (solo exhibition)
Typeset and InTransit at ZOOM Symposium, Milwaukee, WI
Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 105th Annual Juried Exhibition, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Forget Them, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
AAP New Member Exhibition, The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
25th Legnica International Jewellery Competition: CITY, Legnica, Poland
Unexpected, Craft Council of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Schmuck 2015, 67th Internationale Handwerksmesse, München, Germany; Glass-museum ZIBA, Prague, Czech Republic
New Acquisitions: Contemporary Art Jewelry, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Looking Ahead-2015 Master Artists Workshop Presenters, Paducah School of Art and Design, Paducah, KY
A Sense Of Color: Invitational Enamel Exhibition, Creative Metalsmiths, Chapel Hill, NC
Brickwork and Streetviews, Studio 2504, Morgantown, WV (solo show)
92nd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (juried by Jo Farb Hernandez)
Placement, Reinstein Ross Gallery, NYC (collaboration with Logan Hicks)
CoOperation Garnish, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA (collaboration with Vincent Pontillo-Verrastro)
a-brooch-able; Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL
Under Fire, Enamel Guild Northeast juried exhibition, juror Barbara Seidenath
Temporary Sculpture Garden: Lubbock, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX (curated by Eli Blasko)
Jewelry Boundless, Beijing International Jewelry Exhibition, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China
2014 Schmuck 2014, 66th Internationale Handwerksmesse München, Germany (international juried exhibition)
50/50, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC; (curated by Tara Locklear & Bob Ebendorf)
Material Matters: Making Connections, Greenville, NC
Rust & Dust (2 person exhibition with Ian F. Thomas) Iron Gate Gallery, Farmington, PA
Chroma: Jewelry in Color, College of the Albemarle, Manteo, NC
Residence and Residents, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
Ties That Bind, Sheffield Wood Gallery at the Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
2013 Alloy Collective Exhibition, Bea Campbell Gallery, Touchstone Center For Crafts
Chain Project, A CASA, Museum of Brazilian Object; São Paulo, Brazil
Caffeine and Saw Blades, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
All Fired Up: Enamel work from ECU Metal Design Alumni, Greenville, NC
The Bob Ebendorf Commemorative Pin Exhibition, Equinox Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2012 Clasp, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO (curated by Robert Longyear)
The Year Was 2006, Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia (international juried)
THE ART OF SEDUCTION: Exquisitely Crafted Temptations, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, curated by Gail M. Brown
Touchstone Faculty Exhibition, Fallingwater estate
The Art of Enameling, College of the Albemarle, Manteo, NC (curated by Kathryn Osgood)
Small Metals in the Steel City, Society for Contemporary Craft satellite gallery at One Mellon Center, Pittsburgh, PA
World Championship Belt Buckle Competition, Bozeman, MT
Pomp and Swagger, Exhibition in Motion, SNAG conference, Phoenix, AZ
2011 Geography, SNAG Seattle and SOFA Chicago, curated by the Art Jewelry Forum
Alumni Exhibition, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Radical Alchemy, Portsmouth, VA
Point/Counterpoint, Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary
Faculty Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock University
Gioelli per la Ricerca, Le Arti Orafe, Firenze, Italy
2010 Inhorgenta Munich, Germany;
Pittsburgh Metal Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
SOFA Chicago represented by Charon Kransen Arts
SOFA New York represented by Charon Kransen Arts
SOFA West represented by Charon Kransen Arts
2009 Lucca Preziosa Young Le Arti Orafe, Lucca, Italy and Barcelona, Spain
SOFA NY represented by Charon Kransen Arts
Decorative Resurgence Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Feeling Groovy, Textures in RAM’s Collections Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
American Enamels The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
The New Steel v2 The Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
SOFA West Santa Fe, NM, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
Jewelry In Motion: Revolution Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Enamel Experience, International Badge Exhibition Kent State, Kent, OH, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Stimulus Sienna gallery, Lenox, MA
2008 Refined: Abundance; Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Palm Beach 3 West Palm Beach, FL; represented by Charon Kransen Arts
Sharon Massey and Renee Robbins Macomb College Art Gallery, Clinton Township, MI
Fine Arts Center Alumni Exhibition; Sheffield Wood Gallery, Greenville, SC
Materials: Hard & Soft; Center for the Visual Arts Meadow Gallery, Denton, TX
Japan Jewelry Design Association Biennale Exhibition The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo; The Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami City; Sendia Mediatheque Gallery, Sendai City; International Design Center, Nagoya City; Mitsubishi Artium, Fukuoka City
2007 SOFA Chicago represented by Charon Kransen Arts
International Art + Design Fair New York, NY, represented by Charon Kransen Arts
Metalsmiths Linking: A Cross Cultural Exchange Hiko Mizuno Jewelry College, Tokyo, Japan
Material Alchemy gallery M.I.M., Baltimore, MD
The New Steel Delta Axis (Powerhouse), Memphis, TN
Contemporary Enameling Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
The Earring Show; Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
Handcrafted 9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition The Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Fusion: 11th Biennial International Juried Exhibition; Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
2006 RAM’s Tales: Women Jewelers from the Permanent Collection Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
The Necklace Show Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
On Fire! Contemporary Enameling gallery M.I.M., Baltimore, MD
Parameters of Preciousness William E. Gahlberg Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL
Vitreousity: Visions in Enameling Gallery 21, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
The Art of Enameling Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Golden Opportunity Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Adornment, Ornament, Sentiment MFA Thesis Exhibition Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
The Arsenal Metals and Enamels Exhibition 2006 The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
Crafts National 2006 Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
8th International Juried Enamel Exhibition Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
American Craft Council Spotlight 2006 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
The Art of Enameling NC State Gallery of Art and Design, Raleigh, NC
Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood The Arts Center at the Imperial Centre, Rocky Mount, NC
2005 CRAFT USA ’05 National Craft Triennial Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Made in America Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
.925 + Ingenuity = Art Jewelry The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
On the Verge: SNAG Student Exhibition and Learning Curves Cleveland Institute of Art, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH
Multiple Palettes/Varied Vision: 30 Artists Explore Color White Lotus Gallery, Eugene, OR
Metamorphosis Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN
An Affiliation of Past and Present City Art Gallery, Greenville, NC
Metal Design Graduate Student Exhibition Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
200 Rings Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; Obsidian Gallery, Tuscan, AZ; Gallery M, Cleveland, OH; Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME; Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Fine Contemporary Crafts Artspace, Raleigh, NC
The Rebel Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
Hammer & Hand: Contemporary American Metal Center Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Down East Sculpture Exhibition Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
Playing with Fire: Glass on Metal San Diego, CA
Rings Cannon Gallery of the Gallery of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC
The Quickening Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC
American Craft Council Spotlight 2004 Southeast Region, West Virginia
Hand Crafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Materials: Hard & Soft Center for the Visual Arts Meadow Gallery, Denton, TX
2003 Craft Forms 2003 National Juried Exhibition of Fine Contemporary Crafts Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, Wayne, PA
Java Underground, Juried Vessel Show Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
American Craft Council Spotlight 2003 Southeast Region; Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Permanent Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Raleigh, North Carolina
Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
Enamel Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
2018 American Craft magazine, Vol. 78, No. 03, pg. 54
2018 New Brooches, by Nicolas Estrada, Promopress, pg. 119
2018 Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey, Vol. 1, pg. 75
2017 IMAGINE: Peace Now, pg. 94
2016 Metalsmith Magazine, Exhibition in Print, Shifting Sites, pgs. 24-25
2016 Art Jewelry Today 4th Edition, Schiffer Publishing, pgs. 154-155
2015 Schmuck 2015, pg. 65
2014 Schmuck 2014, pg. 57
2011 Geography catalog, photograph pg. 52
2011 Catalogo Dei Gioielli, October 2011, photograph, pg. 23
2011 Art Jewelry Today 3rd Edition, Schiffer Publishing, photographs, pg. 165, 166
2011 Pittsburgh 360 on WQED, airdate January 13, 2011
2010 Craft Insight video, www.Crafthaus.ning
2009 khVERK, Norwegian magazine, page 19
2009 500 Enameled Objects, Lark Books, photograph, pgs.182, 376
2008 Art Jewelry Today, 2nd edition, Schiffer Publishing, photograph, pgs. 33, 105, 112
2008 500 Pendants and Lockets, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 34
2007 500 Earrings, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 19
2007 Ornament Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 4, photograph, pg. 34
2006 500 Necklaces, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 316
2004 1000 Rings, Lark Books, photograph, pg. 370
2004 The Art of Enameling, by Linda Darty, Lark Books, illustrations, pgs. 39, 109, 116; photograph, pg. 135; project, pgs. 140-142
Publications as Author
2013 Metalsmith magazine, October 2013, pg. 62, review: Bridge 12: Melissa Cameron
2012 Metalsmith magazine, Vol.32, No. 5, pg.60, review: Rebecca Strzelec: The Age of Bears and Other Self Portraits
2012 Art Jewelry Forum, The Heat is On and the Air Conditioning is Blasting: Lectures at the SNAG conference
2008 SNAG Technical Article, Imagery and Text in Enamel: Alternative Techniques, Volume 16, Number 4, August 2008, pgs. 16,17,18
Visiting Artist Lectures and Workshops
2018 Experimental Enameling workshop, Haystack, Deer Isle, Maine
2018 Artist lecture and workshop, Colorado Metalsmithing Association, Salida, CO
2017 Artist lecture, Texas Metals Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2017 Artist lecture and Champlevé for Steel workshop, Enamel Guild North East conference, White Plains, NY
2017 Champlevé for Steel, Demonstration, Material Topics Symposium, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2016 So Graphic: Champlevé for Steel, Radical Enameling Workshop, Center for Enamel Art, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2015 Alternative Techniques in Enamel demo, Keystone Metals Forum at Touchstone Center for Craft
2015 Rings for Big Brothers Big Sisters at Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 Challenging Jewelry, lecture, Keystone Metals Forum at Touchstone Center for Craft
2014 Mods and Rockers, Contemporary Craft with the Millvale Community Library, Pittsburgh
2013 Teaching artist, STEAM workshops, Assemble Gallery at the Hill House, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Imagery in Jewelry, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Challenging Jewelry, Winchester Thurston School and the Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Jewelry Fabrication in Steel, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2012 Enameling lecture and workshop, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA
2011 PechaKucha, lecture, Assemble Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 Cloisonné enameling, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Emerging Artist Lecture, sponsored by Art Jewelry Forum, SOFA Chicago
2009 Michigan Art Association Professional Development Workshop, Kalamazoo, MI
2009 Artist lecture, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
2008 Emerging Artist Lecture, sponsored by SNAG, SOFA Chicago
2008 Michigan Art Association Professional Development Workshop, Kalamazoo, MI
2008 Artist lecture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2008 Artist lecture, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
2008 Enameling workshop and lecture, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2007 Enameling workshop and lecture, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 Artist lecture, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
2007 Artist lecture, Crit-o-Rama, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2005 Jewelry Fabrication 101 workshop, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2002 Etching for Jewelry workshop, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Artist Residencies
2016 Smitten Forum, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
2013 Short-term residency, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2013 Short-term residency, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA
2004, 2005 Studio Resident, Metals, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Awards, Honors, Noteworthy Activity
2018 Finalist Award, 2018 New Taipei City International Metal Craft Competition,
2018 Dean's Outstanding Researcher, College of Fine Arts, IUP
2018. University Senate Research Travel Grant
2017 PA Project Stream Grant
2015 Juror’s choice award, Under Fire, juried enamel exhibition
2014 Purchase Award, Ties That Bind, Sheffield Wood Gallery, Greenville, SC
2013 Artist Opportunity Grant, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
2013 Honorable Mention, Caffeine and Saw Blades
2009 Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award
2008 First Place, Refined: Abundance
2008 Juror’s Award, Materials: Hard & Soft
2005 Gravely Scholarship, School of Art, East Carolina University
2004 Award of Merit, The Down East Sculpture Exhibition
Professional Service
2017-present Board of Trustees, The Enamelist Society
2016 Juror, Enamelist Society, 16th Biennial International Juried Enamel Exhibition
2012-2015 Board of Directors, Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
2013 Juror, Represented, New Jersey Metal Arts Guild
2013 Juror, Sup Brooch, One Wall Gallery
2013-2015 Studio Advisor, Touchstone Center for Crafts
2012 Curator, Small Metals in the Steel City, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Curator, Charmed III-Third Times a Charm, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Juror, Art of the Found Object, State College, PA
2011-2013 Steering Committee Member, Pittsburgh Emerging Arts Leaders
2011 Juror, Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
2010 Juror, LEAP (Lydon Emerging Artist Program) Award
2010 Juror, 2010 Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artist Award
2008-2009 Faculty Advisor, Purdue Art Jewelry and Metals Association
2007-2008 Gallery Coordinator, Interlochen Arts Academy
2007-2008 Artistic Task Force, Interlochen Arts Academy
2007 Juror, East Lansing Art Festival, East Lansing, MI
2006-2008 Visiting Artist Committee, Interlochen Arts Academy
2004-2008 SNAG Silent Auction Co-Manager, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2004-2005 President, Graduate Student Alliance, East Carolina University
Professional Organizations
Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG)
Art Jewelry Forum (AJF)
Allegheny Metals Club
Klimt02
The Enamelist Society
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (AAP)