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EDUCATION
2008 M.F.A., University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1999 B.F.A., Alfred University School of Art & Design, cum laude, Alfred, NY
1995 Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 How Did We Get Here?, Ceramic & Metal Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 My Time, Art Patch Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006 Off the Wall, Gallery 1216, Seattle, WA
2006 Plasticity, Pottery Northwest Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Transmutation, Sideshow Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999 Senior Show, Harder Hall, Alfred, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Menage a Trois, 108 Occidental Gallery, Seattle, WA
Sound Transit Window Installations on Broadway, Seattle, WA
Grand Opening, 360SEE Gallery, Chicago, Il
You Can’t Get There From Here, Artopia, Rainier Cold Storage Building, Seattle, WA
University of Washington Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition 2008, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
House, Tree, Sun, Yard, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Ceramic Showcase, SeaTac Airport, Seattle, WA
New Year’s Resovolution Political Art Show, Underground Events Center, Seattle, WA
2007
Studio Art Program in Rome, Palazzo Pio, Rome, Italy
Summer Works Graduate Exhibition, Ceramic & Metal Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
Artopia, Installation of Life Cycle, Rainier Cold Storage Building, Seattle, WA
36 Hour Installation, Not a Space, Diller Hotel, Seattle, WA
Coupling V Bifocal, Ouch My Eye Gallery, Seattle, WA
Works In Progress, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust Auction, Seattle, WA
Scholarship of Scholars Exhibition, Ceramic & Metal Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
Small Objects Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, UW, Seattle, WA
The Re-Store Recycled Art Show, The Re-Store, Seattle, WA
Secret of Gold, Smoke Farm, Mt. Vernon, WA
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Auction, Seattle, WA
40 Years of Clay, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
A Horse of a Different Color, PONCHO Auction, Seattle, WA
Pottery Northwest Instructors Show, Pottery Northwest Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005
After Arcimbaldo, Pottery Northwest Gallery, Seattle, WA
Bashville: Henry Art Gallery Auction, Seattle, WA
Detritus III, Tacoma Contemporary Space, Tacoma, WA
TORA 2005, The Other Roadside Attraction, Mt. Vernon, WA
Soil Artist Cooperative Auction, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA
Holidays on the Rocks, Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004
Pilchuck EAiR Show, Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ikebana X, Pottery Northwest Gallery, Seattle, WA
Detritus: Capital Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2003
SOIL Artist’s Cooperative Auction, Noodle Works, Seattle, WA
Faculty Show, Pottery Northwest Gallery, Seattle, WA
Plinth II: Gulassa & Co. Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
The Diller’s Alive, Diller Hotel, Seattle, WA
Round, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001
Faculty/Staff Show, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1999
Residences Show, Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound, WA
PUBLICATIONS
2008
Hackett, Regina. “Art lights the way for Sound Transit” Seattle PI. 29 Sept. 2008
“Capital Hill STart Installations” Art Zone in Studio with Nancy Guppy. Seattle Channel. Seattle. 23 Oct. 2008
Hackett, Regina. “Henry Gallery exhibit is a strong showing from 2008 UW master's degree class” Seattle PI. 22 May. 2008
Vroom, Steven. “A eulogy for doomed architecture” Capitol Hill Times.com. 3 Oct. 2008
Peter Kelley. “Making meaning: Master of Fine Arts students show their work at the Henry” University Week. 22 May. 2008
2007
Hackett, Regina. “In the Galleries April” Seattle PI. 5 April. 2007
2006
Time Out New York. August 24-30, 2006, Out There. {photograph}
Peters Sue. “Evan Blackwell at Gallery 1216” Seattle Weekly. 28 June 2006
2005 Farr, Sheila. “Betty Bowen Award” Seattle Times. 6 Oct. 2005
2004 Hackett, Regina. “Ikebana X” Seattle PI. 24 Aug. 2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009
Instructor: Ceramics, Pottery Workshop Shanghai, Shanghai, China (upcoming)
2008
Instructor: Throwing, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Graduate Instructor: Wheel Throwing, University of Washington, Seattle WA
2007
Graduate Instructor: Handbuilding, University of Washington, Seattle WA 2006
Graduate Teaching Assistant: for Akio Takamori: Throwing University of Washington, Seattle WA
Instructor: Throwing, Handbuilding, Mold Making, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2005
Youth Instructor: Throwing, Handbuilding, Seattle Center Academy, Seattle, WA
Instructor: Throwing, Handbuilding, Mold Making, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2004
Youth Instructor: Throwing, Handbuilding, Seattle Center Academy, Seattle, WA
Instructor: Throwing: Handbuilding, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2003
Youth Instructor: Throwing, Handbuilding, Seattle Center Academy, Seattle, WA
Instructor: Throwing: Handbuilding, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2002
Teaching Assistant for Ceramic Arts Classes: Chris Staley, Julia Galloway, Angelica Pozo, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
Instructor: Throwing: Handbuilding, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2001
Teaching Assistant for Ceramic Arts Classes: Tetsuya Yamada
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
Instructor: Throwing, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
LECTURES-PANELS-WORKSHOPS
2007
How Did We Get Here?: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2006
New Artists Lectures: University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Panelist, 4 Culture, Public Art Panel, Seattle, WA
Workshop Instructor, Mold Making, Pottery Northwest, Workshop, Seattle, WA
Lecture, PONCHO Special Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA
2005
Workshop Instructor: Wheel Throwing Seward Park Clay Studio, Seattle, WA
Youth Workshop Instructor, Charter School Clay Intensive, Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2004
Workshop Instructor: Gene Juarez Beauticians Clay Workshop Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Youth Workshop Instructor, Charter School Clay Intensive, Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2000
Workshop Instructor: Wheel Throwing Workshop Queen Ann Community Center, Seattle, WA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2008
Artist Assistant: for Rob Snyder. Responsible for design, fabrication and installation of glass art works
2007
Artist Assistant: for Norie Sato & Dan Corson. Responsible for collaborative design, fabrication and installation of public art works
2006
Artist Assistant: for Norie Sato. Responsible for collaborative design, fabrication and installation of public art works
Production Potter: Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound WA. Responsible for the production of custom designed ceramics
2005
Artist Assistant: for Norie Sato Responsible for collaborative design, fabrication and installation of public art works
Visitor Service Officer: Seattle Art Museum Assist patrons and secure artworks
Production Potter: Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound WA. Responsible for the production of custom designed ceramics
2004
Artist Assistant: for Norie Sato Responsible for collaborative design, fabrication and installation of public art works
Visitor Service Officer: Seattle Art Museum Assist patrons and secure artworks
Production Potter: Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound WA. Responsible for the production of custom designed ceramics
2003
Visitor Service Officer: Seattle Art Museum Assist patrons and secure art works
Production Potter: Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound WA. Responsible for the mass production of custom designed ceramics
2002
Ceramic Studio Coordinator: Haystack Mountain School of Craft Managed Supplies, oriented and trained new teachers and teaching assistants
Production Potter: Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound WA. Responsible for the mass production of custom designed ceramics
2001
Production Potter: Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound WA. Responsible for the production of custom designed ceramics
2000
Production Potter: Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound WA. Responsible for the production of custom designed ceramics
1999
Production Potter: Orcas Island Pottery, Eastsound WA. Responsible for the production of custom designed ceramics
AWARDS AND HONORS
2009
Pottery Workshop Shanghai Residency, Shanghai, China (upcoming)
2008
de Cillia Teaching with Excellence Award, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2007
Gonzales Scholarship/Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Takt Kunstprojektraum Residency, Berlin, Germany
Gonzales Scholarship/Studio Art, Rome Italy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2006
Gonzales Scholarship/Ceramics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Art Patch Project Award, Art Patch, Seattle, WA
2005
PONCHO Special Recognition Award, PONCHO & Seattle Art Museum
Betty Bowen Memorial Award Finalist, Seattle Art Museum, WA
2003
Emerging Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, WA 2002
Mary B. Bishop/Francis S. Merritt Grant, Haystack Mountain School, ME
2001
Mary B. Bishop/Francis S. Merritt Grant, Haystack Mountain School, ME
1999
Lisa Elwell Ceramic Artists Endowed Grant, Alfred University, NY
1998
Marci Ann Miller Fellowship, Alfred University, NY
