What We Make, Black Quantum Futurism: Howardena Pindell, Hank Willis Thomas,
Andrew Cornell Robinson, et al. Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH
Così via, curator Paul D’Agostino, Centotto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Makers, Jane Hartsook Gallery, NY, NY
Earth Manual Project: Home is Where the Heart Is II, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery,
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, NY, NY
Line of Vision, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Yellow Chair, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
True Believers, curator Daniel Gadd, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
Queer Fight Songs, Gran Fury, Hunter Reynolds, J. Morrison, John Hanning, Mark Morrisroe,
Andrew Cornell Robinson, Peter Clough, Anthony Viti, Phoenix Lindsey-Hall, Cupid Ojala, and Vincent Tiley, curators Christopher Stout and Rick Herron, ADO Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Home Is Where the Heart Is, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Most Human, David & Schweitzer, Brooklyn, NY
Whitney Biennial, Debtfair, participating artist, a project of Occupy Museums, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, NY
A Call to Action, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Reading Obama, Outsider Art Fair, NY, NY
2016
Flores Para Sarah, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
Precarious Constructs, curators Levan Mindiashvili and Etty Yaniv, Venus Knitting Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Pop Up, Kustra Projects, Brooklyn, NY
NOMENCoLorATURE, curator Paul D’Agostino, Studio 10 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Ultra Pro Sculptures That Cook, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, NY
Eyelevel BQE, BHQFU Book Fair, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Rebus, curators Will Hutnick and Christopher Stout, Spring/Break Art Show, NY, NY
2015
Army of Lovers, Christopher Stout Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Querulous, curated by Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Christopher Stout, Satellite Fair, Miami, FL
Gift Shop, Satellite Fair, curator Brian Andrew Whitely, Miami, FL
Skin-In The Game, Christopher Stout Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pop Up, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Premier Showcase, Christopher Stout Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Making History, Store Front Ten Eyck Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Westernized, Watered-down Zen Philosophies, Fred Frelinghuysen Presents, Queens, NY
2014
Select Contemporary Art Fair, Bushwick Art Crit Group, Miami, FL, 2014
Sodom + Gomorrah, Degenerate Craft Fair, NY, NY
Echo Art Fair, Bushwick Art Crit Group, Buffalo, NY
Meeting Past, curator Bibiana Huang Matheis, Akin Museum, Pawling, NY
Pulling the Devil’s Tail, curator Michael Kirk, Horace Mann School, Bronx, NY
Mariposa, Andrew Robinson and George Plionis, Fitzgerald Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Eternal Misunderstandings in the Parking Lot, Fred Frelinghuysen Presents, NY, NY
I Want Love, Rox Gallery, NY, NY
2013
Andrew Robinson, Doron Langberg, and Kyle Coniglio, Anna Kustera Gallery, NY, NY
2012
Juried Exhibition, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
2011
The Eye in Eye Level, Eye Level BQE, Brooklyn, NY
Naming of the Animals, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2010
The Box Which Contains the World, Brooklyn Fire Proof Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Focus, Eye Level BQE, Brooklyn, NY
2009
ABCyz, Silver Shed, NY, NY
Strange Fruit, curator Gabriell Alva cal y Mayor, Brooklyn Artillery, Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural Studies, Fox Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Installation, Space Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
1990
Clay in the East, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Review, Space Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Sculpture Show, Fox Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Ceramic Sculptors, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Awards + Residencies
2023
Grand Prize, Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2022
Artist Residency and Grant, Guttenberg Arts, Guttenberg, NJ
2017
Urban Glass Scholarship, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Research Assistant Grant, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
Creative Practice Grant, Making Meaning, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
2015
Creative Practice Grant, Craft Thinking, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
Research Assistant Grant, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
Visiting Artist Residency, Donna Karan’s Artisan Project, Design Organization and Training, Port Au Prince, Haiti
Visiting Artist Residency, Agastya Foundation, Bangalore, India
2014
Queens Art Intervention Grant, Rego Park Green Alliance, Queens, NY
Research Assistant Grant, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
2013
Cross School Grant, Design Improv, New School University, NY, NY
2012
Artist Residency, Artists Summer Institute, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Creative Capital, NY, NY
2010
Artist Residency, Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, NY
2007
Associate Creative Director, Silver Cyber Lion, R/GA, Cannes, France
Curatorial
2019
Queer + Peculiar Craft, The Clemente, NY, NY
Limited Editions, Ceramics and Prints, Equity Gallery, NY, NY
2018
Earth Manual Project: Home is Where the Heart Is II, Kellen Gallery, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, NY, NY
2017
Home Is Where the Heart Is, Kustera Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Crafting Resistance, exhibition production team, Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY
Nasty Women, exhibition team, A benefit for Planned Parenthood, Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY
2015
Westernized, Watered-down Zen Philosophies, Fred Frelinghuysen Presents, Queens, NY
Craft Thinking, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
Parsons Pop Up Print Show, NY Print Week, Shelia C. Johnson Design Center, NY, NY
Capstone Exhibition, Parsons School of Design Strategies, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
Shirt Stories Fashion Lab, benefiting Housing Works, Shelia C. Johnson Design Center, NY, NY
2014
Making / Meaning, co-curator, Shelia C. Johnson Design Center, NY, NY
Eternal Misunderstandings in the Parking Lot, Fred Frelinghuysen Presents, Queens, NY
Academia
2005 – Present
Faculty, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
2022
Visiting Artist, Drawing BFA Senior Reviews, Pratt, Brooklyn, NY
2020
Visiting Artist, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Visiting Artist, Suffolk County Community College, SUNY, Long Island, NY
2019 – 2020
Ceramic Sculpture Faculty, West Side YMCA, NY, NY
2017 – 2023
Faculty, Sculpture and Ceramics, Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY
2017
Visiting Artist, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2016 – 2020
Ceramics Consultant, Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Visiting Artist, Donna Karan’s Artisan Program, Design Organization and Training (DOT), Port au Prince, Haiti
Visiting Artist and Educator, Agastya Foundation, Bangalore, India
2012
Curriculum Development, Indian School of Design and Innovation, Mumbai, India, 2012
2010
Visiting Artist / Faculty, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Faculty, Luxury Education Foundation, Columbia University, NY, NY
2005
Visiting Artist, Cooper Union, NY, NY
2001 – 2003
Ceramist Studio Technician, Craft Students League, NY, NY
1998 – 2000
Education Technologist, New School University, NY, NY
Teaching + Service
2005 – Present, Faculty Member, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2017 – Present, Assistant Professor of Art and Design
Teaching MFA and BFA introductory and experimental ceramics studios, as well as studios in integrated design, sculpture, and foundation three-dimensional design
Curriculum and course coordinator for the Integrated Design BFA core studio
2015 – 2017, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design
Teaching MFA and BFA ceramics, integrated design studios and seminars
Created the Parsons Print Pop Up Show, an exhibition and workshop showcasing art work by students, faculty and scholars from University of Massachusetts and Marymount Manhattan College as part of the New York Print Week and the International Print Dealers Association
Created the Up-Cycling Fashion Lab, an exhibition and workshop benefiting Housing Works
Program Director, 2016, Fashion AAS, mentoring faculty and students in a 300+ student cohort
Associate Director, 2015, Fashion AAS, member of the curriculum taskforce responsible for the development of new degree programs and minors in Fashion Communications
Member of the Integrated Design Program curricular task force
Member of the School of Design Strategies Public Programs Committee
Moderator of the Strategic Design and Management Industry Event: Managing Creative Teams
2015, Visiting Artist and Faculty, Design, Organization and Training, Port au Prince, Haiti
I coordinated the design, development and launch of a ceramic fabrication studio supporting Haitian artisans and advising a Parsons post-graduate creative incubator working with young artists and designers to develop art and design projects for Urban Zen, Donna Karan’s lifestyle brand.
2015, Visiting Artist and Faculty, Agastya Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India
Developed new initiatives impacting interdisciplinary art and design facilities and programs serving over five million Indian public-school students
Co-wrote a proposal for a design centered education program and course offering in collaboration with Agastya and Parsons
Led educators’ workshops to facilitate integrated learning opportunities across S.T.E.A.M. disciplines
2012 – 2015, Assistant Professor of Design, First Year School-Based Coordinator
Member of the Committee on Undergraduate Education responsible for the redesign and state accreditation of the Parsons four-year undergraduate curriculum
Chair of the School Curriculum Committee
Member of the Parsons Curriculum Council
School Coordinator for the New York and Paris School of Design Strategies
Chair of the School of Design Strategies Public Programs and Exhibitions Committee
Lead faculty of Design Improv, a grant funded workshop and collaboration between visual art and design students, visiting artists from Lincoln Center, production designers from Broadway, and students from the New School for Drama
Faculty of Curating Art and Design, a graduate level course resulting in a public exhibition as part of the Parsons Festival that showcased art and design projects in an expansive exhibition at the Sheila Johnson Design Center
2005 – 2012, Assistant Professor of Art and Design
A member of the faculty teaching sculpture, drawing, two- and three-dimensional design, and creative strategies studio and seminar courses
Curriculum development of a suite of four studio courses addressing art and the elements of design
Faculty for Design and Marketing of Luxury Products, a collaborative course with Columbia University and Parsons in partnership with luxury brands. Students designed responses to creative briefs in collaboration with creative teams from Haviland, Lalique, Bulgari, Maclaren, Loro Piana, and Hermès
2017 – Present, Ceramics Faculty, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Teaching intermediate and advanced ceramic sculpture studios; slip-casting, mold making, wheel throwing, and a ceramic study group that visits ceramic collections and artists’ studios
2019 – 2021, Ceramics Faculty, Westside YMCA, New York, NY
Visiting artist teaching hand building sculpture studios with a focus on surface and design
2010, Visiting Sculpture Faculty, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching sculpture and three-dimensional design studio courses to BFA undergraduate students
2005 – 2008
Visiting Critic for the senior capstone project reviews, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2005, Visiting Faculty, Cooper Union, New York, NY
Visiting faculty in Jeffrey Gibson’s college portfolio preparation summer arts studio
Skills
Ceramic: Throwing, Hand building, Slip-casting, Press Mold, Jigger and Jolly Mold and Plaster work, Glaze composition, kiln building, experience using both reduction and oxidation firing atmospheres. Firing the following types of kilns: Electric, Raku, Pit Fire, and Gas
Sculpture: Welding, Oxy Acetylene, and TIG, Bronze, Aluminum and Iron Casting, Wood Working, Modeling clay and wax, Figurative Sculpture, Plaster, Slip, Silicone, Acrylic, CNC Plasma Cutter, Laser Etch and Cut, Three-dimensional printing, CNC Router
Drawing: Gesture, Contour, Isometric, Orthographic, Life drawing, Perspective, Figurative, Landscape, Still-life, Pencil, Pastel, Chalk, Graphite, Ink, Charcoal, etc.
Painting: Acrylic, Gouache, and Oil. Chalk, Gesso and Oil grounds on panel, canvas or linen
Print Making: Silkscreen, Letter Press, Etching, Engraving, Relief woodblock and lino-cut, Monotype, Collagraphy, etc.
Design: Typography, Branding, Color, Fundamentals of the elements of two and three-dimensional design, layout, information design, product design, interaction design, creative direction
Photography: Film Color and Black and White, Cyanotype, and DSLR Photography
Selected Professional Accomplishments + Collaborations
2022-2023
Ceramic fabrication and consultant for Juana Valdés’ The Deepest Blue, a commissioned ceramic wall installation using CNC routed, and slip-cast topographical map of the ocean floor following the path of the Middle Passage. Art in Public Places, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami, FL
2021 – 2022
Frank Holliday, artist’s assistant, print and ceramic fabrication for an exhibition at Public/Private Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016 – 2021
Powerhouse, consultant, working in collaboration architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron and arts leadership in the design of a ceramic fabrication studio, Powerhouse Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Besame Mucho, Sound Sculpture and Performance collaboration, Andrew Cornell Robinson and Brett Sroka, Christopher Stout Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Everyone in the Laundromat is Equal, Fashion and Performance collaboration, Andrew Cornell Robinson and Greg Climer, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
2015
The Design Endurance Project, Andrew Cornell Robinson and Dr. Timo Rissanen, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY
2014
Marat Mahākāla, collaboration with Andrew Cornell Robinson and Michael Kirk, and students from Parsons and Cooper Union, NY, NY
2013
Bürolandschaft, a multi-disciplinary collaboration, with fashion, graphic and product designers, sculptors, print makers, performing artists and musicians, Arts + Crafts Research Studio, Brooklyn, NY
EQHMER, a collaboration with Andrew Cornell Robinson and Julien Gardair, Arts + Crafts Research Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Extrusions, fabrication and collaboration with Frank Benson on the production of a series of extruded ceramic sculptures exhibited at the Andrew Kreps Gallery
Toyota Tea Ceremony, Collaboration with Sean Naftel in the design and production of a porcelain tea ceremony sculpture for Toyota Automotive, United States of America and Japan, Plano, Texas
2010
Alix Lambert, collaboration and fabrication of a series of cast porcelain sculptures for an exhibition at the Anna Kustera Gallery, NY, NY
Silhouettes, fabrication of ceramics with Fanny Allié for an exhibition at St Eustache Church in Paris, France
HOXTON, a collaboration with fashion designer Sigfrido Holguin in the creation of a series of fashion accessories, Brooklyn, NY
2003 – 2009
Associate Creative Director, Interaction Design Director, R/GA, NY, NY
2003 – 2008
Art Critic, Gay City News, NY, NY
2001 – 2003
Vice President of Interaction Design, Citigroup, NY, NY
2000 – 2001
Senior Information Architect, Siegel & Gale, NY, NY
2000
Artist’s Assistant to painter Frank Moore, supporting digital design for a body of prints, NY, NY
1999
Tour Guide, participant in Christine Hill’s performance at Deitch Projects, NY, NY
1998 – 2000
Instructor and Technologist, New School University NY, NY
1995 – 1998
Instructional Technologist and Trainer, William Morris Agency Inc., NY, NY
1994 – 2023
Creative Director, acrStudio, art, ceramics, product design, and communication design consultant, NY, NY
1993
Cornelia Parker, exhibition assistant, Eigen Art, NY, NY
Luccio Pozzi, artist’s assistant, NY, NY
Taeg Nishimoto, exhibition assistant, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Artist collaboration with New York Cares Mural Project, Jackie Robinson Intermediate School, Brooklyn, NY
