Education
2024 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Printmaking secondary, Expected Graduation May 2024
MFA Summer Fellow
2023 Master of Arts, Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Iowa Arts Fellow, Digital Publishing and Scholarship Fellow
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics Concentration, University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville NC
Distinction in Art, University Research Scholar, Magna cum laude
Teaching
2022 - Present Instructor of Record, Wheel Throwing 1, University of Iowa
Instructor of Record, Hand Building 1, University of Iowa
2023 Teaching Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Natalia Arbelaez, Modest to Monumental
2021 Instructor, Art and Storytelling, Creative Summer Workshops, Columbus College of Art and Design
Instructor, Textile Design Block Printing, Creative Summer Workshops, Columbus College of Art
and Design
Residencies
2023 IaRex l'Atelier, International Artist Residency Exchange, Saint-Raphaël, France
2019 Dachau Art Association (Künstlervereinigung Dachau) RAUS Residency, Dachau, Germany
Grants and Awards
2024 Dare to Discover, University of Iowa Featured Research Scholar, Iowa City, IA
Research Grant for the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Graduate College, Iowa City, IA
2023 MFA Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, Munich, Germany
2022 Digital Publishing and Scholarship Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2021 $20,000 Iowa Arts Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2019 Stipendium Recipient, KVD Artist Association, Dachau, Germany
2018 Big Crafty Emerging Artist Award, Asheville, NC
Recipient of Windgate Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Recipient of Windgate Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts
National Conference on Undergraduate Research Grant, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
Honorable Mention, 51st Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Asheville Area Arts Council
2017 Biltmore Iron and Metal Scholarship, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2017 Summer Research Grant, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
Research
2024 Speaker and Panel Member - Art, Looting and Resolution - Forgotten Life Stories, Symposium at Pinakothek der Moderne,
Munich, Germany (Forthcoming)
2023 MFA Summer Fellowship - Utilized to host The Wallach Project symposium at the Münchner
Stadtmuseum in Munich, Germany.
2022 Digital Publishing and Scholarship Summer Fellowship - Utilized to build an online platform for The
Wallach Project including an extensive archive of Wallach artifacts that were dispersed throughout the world
after WWII.
2022 Co-Founder, The Wallach Project, A German based nonprofit (Verein) dedicated to the promotion of arts and
culture, in particular, the artistic and cultural heritage of the traditional Wallach Haus fur Volkskunst und Tracht
company, and the promotion of local (German Jewish) history and culture.
2019 Volksfest, Dirndl Dialogues collaborative film screening and art exhibition, Au an der Donau, Austria
2018 Research and Publication presentation, National Conference for Undergraduate Research “Folk Art and
Ancestry: German Jewish Creation through Time.”
2017 Summer Research Grant, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC - 6 weeks of lineage and artistry
research conducted throughout Germany.
Exhibitions
2024 DuMA Craft Invitational, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA (forthcoming)
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia PA (forthcoming)
One Wild Hunt, Solo Exhibition, Ana Mendieta Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2023 The Consortium for Intercollegiate Research in the Ceramic Arts (CIRCA), Colorado University, Boulder, CO
Potted and Planted, The Greenhouse, Iowa City, IA
Lushly NCECA, Cincinnati, OH (Juried by Paul Maloney and Sydney Ewerth)
CIRCA Somerset Pop Up, Cincinnati, OH
2022 Ceramics Invitational Exhibition and Symposium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Whispers in the Weeds, Butterfly House Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2021 Think Pink, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
Hang In There Baby, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA
NCECA Regional Clay Invitational, Queen City Clay, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Talente International Exhibition , Handwerk & Design, Munich, Germany *
2019 Festival Der Regionen, Volxfest, Au an der Donau, Austria
RAUS, House @ Home, Neue Gallerie, Dachau Germany
NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN (Juried by Steven Young Lee and Linda Lopez)
2018 Tell Tale, Solo Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville NC
3-D Showcase, Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC
51st Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville NC (Juried by Robert Tynes)
2017 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, A. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
(Juried by Dan Millspaugh)
2014 Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Ohio Governor's Art Exhibition, James A Rhodes State Office Tower, Columbus, OH
2013 Regional Governors Art Exhibit, McConnell Arts Center, Columbus, OH
*canceled due to covid19
Collections
Fox Run, Bezirksmuseum Art Museum, Dachau, Germany
Half Acre, Rathaus, Dachau, Germany
Lectures and Symposiums
2023 University of North Carolina, Asheville, Senior Exhibition, Artist Lecture via zoom
2023 Münchner Stadtmuseum Artist Lecture and Workshop, Munich, DE
2023 Penland School of Craft Art Talk, Penland, NC
2022 Cornell College Artist Lecture via zoom
2021 Artist Lecture and Workshop, WKHS, Worthington, OH
2019 Künstlervereinigung Dachau Artist Lecture, Dachau, DE
2018 National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Edmond, OK
2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Asheville, NC
Publications and Features
2023 Scharfenberg, Leonard. “Many People Know the Name Wallach, but Not the Story.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21
July 2023.
2020 Lösche, Wolfgang. Talente 2020. Handwerkskammer Für München und Oberbayern, 2020.
2019 Art of Co. (2019). Dirndl Dialogues.
2019 Schiegl, Gregor. “The Age of the Owl.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, 9 Aug. 2019, https://www.sueddeutsche.de/.
2018 Rosenberg, Amelia. “Folk Art and Ancestry: German Jewish Creation through Time.” 2018 NCUR, National
Conference for Undergraduate Research