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