EDUCATION
2000 Steel fabrication, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
1999 Steel fabrication, South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
1992-1996 BFA Jewelry and Light Metals, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,
1994 University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
EXPERIENCE
2000-2008 Holloware Instructor, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2006 Metal Jewelry Instructor for Middle School Age Youth through Coyote Central, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Lecturer, Winter Lecture Series, Seattle Metals Guild, Seattle, WA
2002 Lecturer, SMG Jewelry and Metals Symposium, Seattle, WA
2001 Beginning Jewelry Instructor, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
2000 Beginning Jewelry Instructor, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
SOLO EXIBITIONS
2008 Dig, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2005 Constructing Deconstruction, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 The Black Box Series, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Metal-Urge, Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Home, Ottmar Gallery, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Metal Magic, Chasing and Repousse, Facere, Seattle, WA
2008 Small/Big Metals, Pratt faculty exhibition, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA
2007-2008 Art and Soul in Contemporary Metalwork, SNAG juried exhibition, Eugene City Airport, Eugene, OR
2006-2007 Seattle Metals Guild Biennial, Sea-Tac Airport, Seattle, WA
Material and Space, An Exhibition of Contemporary Metalwork, traveling exhibition
Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Kentucky School of Craft, Hindman, KY
2006 All That Glitters, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Nature Calls, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, WI
Snap, 3rd Place Juror’s Award, Emerson Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Building Allegory, William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2005 Holiday Exhibition, Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA
2004 Six in the City, Juried Faculty Show, Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2003 New Works in Metal, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 SOFA (Sculptural Object, Functional Art), New York, NY
SOFA (Sculptural Object, Functional Art), Chicago, IL
Steel City, Contemporary America in Metal, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
Northwest Documta I, Salem Art Association, Salem, OR
Two Person Show, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 SOFA (Sculptural Object, Functional Art), New York, NY
SOFA (Sculptural Object, Functional Art), Chicago, IL
Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
New Metal, Emerging Views, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Letter Openers, 20th Century International Arts Fair, New York, NY
Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
City of Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
Etta’s Restaurant, Seattle, WA
AWARDS AND HONORS
2009 Artist Trust GAP Grant, Seattle, WA
2006 CityArtist Grant (collaboration with Darin Montgomery), Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2003 Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust, EDGE Career Development Grant, Seattle, WA
2000 Poncho Artist-in-Residence, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust GAP Grant, Seattle, WA
1998 Student Silversmiths Competition, Honorable Mention, Society of American Silversmiths
1995 Royal Marcher Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Corey-Butler, Jessica. “Metal-Urge”, Weekly Volcano, June 4, 2009
2007 Lark Books. 500 Metal Vessels, Contemporary Explorations of Containment. Lark Book Publications, 2007
2005 Wagonfeld, Judy. “Ceramic opposites make for a delightful curiosity,” Seattle PI, p. 28, Nov. 18
2001 Exhibition in Print; Contemporary Holloware, Metalsmith Magazine
2000 Contemporary Crafts Gallery New Metal/ Emerging Views Review, American Craft Magazine
