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  Susan O’Brien
EDUCATION  
1995-1998 Louisiana State University: Baton Rouge, LA. MFA, Ceramics
1994-1995 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design: Halifax NS. Post Baccalaureate
  Exchange Student, Ceramics
1992-1994 University of Colorado: Boulder, CO. Post Baccalaureate, Ceramics
1981-1986 University of Tennessee: Chattanooga, TN. BFA Sculpture/BS
  Psychology
EMPLOYMENT
2004- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Associate Professor
1999-2004 Murray State University, Assistant Professor
1998-1999 Sam Houston State University, Visiting Assistant Professor
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2011 Ms. Informed: A Homage To Women Who Have Changed History
  Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans LA Solo exhibition
  Queens of Confection NCECA National Ceramics Conference
  Invitational 6 person exhibition
  From the Center to the Edge Archie Bray Foundation, Helena Montana
  Invitational exhibition/auction
  Cedar Creek Gallery National Teapot Show VIII Cedar Creek Gallery,
  Creedmoor NC Invitational group exhibition
2010 The Eighteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition San Angelo
  TX Juried exhibition
2009 Susan O’Brien & Margaret Bohls Lill Street Art Center, Chicago.
  Invitational two person exhibition
2008 Second Nature Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans LA. Invitational
  three person exhibition
  The Curiosity Shop River Gallery, New Orleans LA. Invitational group
  exhibition
  Gifted The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA. Invitational group exhibition
  Tis a Gift Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN. Invitational group
  exhibition
 
2007 NCECA Clay National Biennial Exhibition Kentucky Museum of Arts &
  Design, Louisville KY. Juried exhibition
  Europocentric Works Kentucky Museum of Arts & Design, Louisville KY.
  NCECA Six person exhibition
  Plates and Platters: Salon Style The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA.
  Invitational group exhibition
  Mastery in Clay The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA. Invitational group
  exhibition
2006 Susan O’Brien, Ceramic Works & Jon Swindler, Prints Judy Collins
  Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University, Montgomery AL. Two
  person exhibition
  36th Annual Ceramics Exhibition Crossman Gallery, UW Whitewater, WI
  Invitational group exhibition
  2006 Bray International The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT.
  Invitational group exhibition/auction
  Gifted The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA. Invitational group exhibition
  Mastery in Clay The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA. Invitational group
  exhibition
2005 Hot Stuff, Clay Tigers The Signature Shop & Gallery, Atlanta GA.
  Invitational retrospective exhibition
  One & Only John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Invitational group
  exhibition
  Mastery in Clay The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA. Invitational
  exhibition/auction
2004 Dinner Works Louisville Visual Art Association. Louisville, KY.
  Invitational exhibition
  This Splendid Table: Fantastic Dishes for Food Kentucky Museum of
  Arts & Design Louisville KY Invitational exhibition
2003 Lancaster Museum of Art Crafts National Lancaster, PA.Juried
  exhibition
  International Exchange Exhibition 2003 Daegu University Design
  Institute, Japan. Invitational exhibition
  Table For Two/Tea For Two The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA.
  Invitational group exhibition
  Consuming Passion: Edible By Design Ohio Wesleyan University,
  Delaware OH. National Colloquium Food, and Art Exhibition. Group
  Invitational exhibition
  Dessert Works Ronald L Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New
  Albany, Indiana. Invitational group exhibition
2002 Delicacies of Decadence: New Work, Susan O’Brien Giles Gallery,
  Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond KY. Solo invitational exhibition.
  Elegance in Form and Function Lill Street Art Center, Chicago Ill.
  Invitational five person exhibition
 
PUBLICATIONS & CITATIONS
2010 500 Vases, Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form Book, Lark
  Publications. Work cited. Oct. 2010
2007 Welch, Adam. “NCECA Biennial: Reconsidering Exhibition Practice”
  Ceramics Art and Perception December 2007-Feb 2008: 70 pg 94-101.
  Work reviewed
  “Perspectives on Multiple Vessel Forms” NCECA Journal 2007 .
  Davis-Rosenbaum, Steve; O’Brien, Susan; Pool, Christopher; Yoppolo,
  Gwendolyn.
  “2007 Exhibit Preview: NCECA Clay National” Clay Times January
  2007, 13: 1 pg 41, work cited
2001 The Art of Contemporary American Pottery, Book, Krause Publications.
  Kevin Hluch, Author. Work cited
1999 Ceramics Monthly Periodical. “Up Front” January 2000, Work cited
  A Pottery Tour of Kentucky Book, Crystal Publications. Joe Molinero,
  author. Work cited
  The Contemporary Potter Book, Rockport Publishers. Christopher
  Gustin, Jonathan Fairbanks & Angela Fina, authors. Work cited
1998 Best of Pottery II Rockport Publishers. Glouchester MA. Work cited
LECTURES/ WORKSHOPS
2009 The State University of New York, Brockport Workshop and lecture
2007 Perspectives On Multiple Vessel Forms NCECA, Panel Discussion
  Moderator
2004 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis One Day Workshop and Lecture
  Southern Illinois State University, Carbondale One Day Workshop and
  Lecture
  Fifty years of the Archie Bray, Lecture, University of Kentucky Art
  Museum
2003 Art & Dining Rituals, Ohio Wesleyan University, Two Day Workshop and
  Lecture Symposium
  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Two Day Workshop and Lecture
2002 Eastern Kentucky University One Day Visiting Artist Workshop and
  Lecture
2001 University of Wyoming Framing Taste, “ The History of Dining” Panel
  discussion and symposium on “The Art of Dining” Two-day workshop &
  lecture
  University of Texas, El Paso One day Workshop and Lecture
CURATORIAL
2009 College Clay Collective Genesee Pottery, Rochester NY. Juror
  Teapots: Formal, Functional, Narrative Foster Art Gallery UWEC Eau
  Claire WI, Co-Curated with Margaret Bohls
 
2007 Europocentric Works NCECA International Conference, Kentucky
  Museum of Arts & Design, Louisville KY.
2006 Surface Tension Foster Art Gallery UWEC Eau Claire WI.
COLLECTIONS
2006 University of Arkansas Fulbright College Ceramics Collection
  Fayetteville, Arkansas
1998 Berea College Permanent Collection Berea, KY
1999 Archie Bray Foundation Permanent Collection Helena, MT
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2012 The Philadelphia Clay Studio Visiting Artist in Resident
1998 Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts Summer Resident

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