EDUCATION

1991 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Master of Fine Art

1985 Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Bachelor of Fine Art


EXHIBITIONS

Solo Exhibitions
2008 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
2007 Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2006 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2004 Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2003 John Elder Gallery, New York, NY
2000 John Elder Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions
2009 Sofa Chicago, John Natsoulas Gallery, Chicago, Il
2009 South by Southeast , Ferrin Gallery, Pitsfield, Ma
2009 NCECA; Santa Fe Clay, La Mesa, Udinotti Gallery, Pheonix, AZ
2008 The Narrative Figure, The Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA.
2007 Pursuing Excellence, The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC
2007 Form and Imagination, women ceramic sculptors
AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
2007 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2006 National Biennial Ceramics Invitational, Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL
2006 ‘Beasties’, Penland gallery, Penland, NC
2006 NCECA – Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2006 3rd World Ceramic Biennial, Trans Ceramic Art, Korea
2005 Hot Ice Teapots and Pitchers, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC

TEACHING
2008 Armory Art Center, Palm Beach, FL
2008 Iowa State University, Ames, IW
2007 Hot Clay, Palm Springs, CA
2007 MudFire, Atlanta, GA
2005 – 06 Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Adjunct Professor in Sculpture.
2005– 06 Odyssey Center for the Arts, Asheville, NC
Figurative Sculpture; Metal & Clay
2004 Penland School for the Crafts, Penland, NC
Figurative Sculpture; Metal & Clay
2004 Clay space, Puget Sound, WA

HONORS AND AWARDS

1999 Virgina Groot Foundation Grant, Second Place

PUBLICATIONS

2008 Lisa Clague, John Natsoulas Press
2006 500 Animals, Clark Books
2004 500 Figures, Clark Books
2002 Visual Perspectives, Chicago, IL
14 Years of the Virgina A. Groot Awards
2002 Terrors and Wonders. DeCordova Museum, MA
Monsters in Contemporary Art