Education
MFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
BFA Studio Art, Rhode Island College, Providence
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
BFA Creative Writing, Emerson College, Boston
Grinnell College, IA
Exhibitions
Group Exhibition, The Collective, Lafayette, Colorado 2020
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Alumni exhibition, NCECA, Attleboro Museum of Art, Attleboro, MA 2015
Figure Found, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, March/April 2014
Solo Show, La Petite Gallerie, Montreal, Canada, February 2014
Video Installations, Movimiento, Boston, MA, November 2013
Constant Tango, Cafe Tango, Somerville, MA, February 2013
Nous le sommes pas: What we are not, Studio Beluga, Montreal, August 2012
State of Art 2012, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, August 2012
House: Home, Kimmel Galleries, NYC, June 28- September 10, 2012
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, Boston, MA 2012
Profiles of the [dis]connected, Huret and Spector Gallery, Emerson College, Boston 2011-12
Friends and Fire mates, Keramikmuseum Grimmerhus, Denmark 2011
Creatures, MAC650 Gallery, Middletown, CT 2011
Back on Main, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 2010
Project Network Exhibition, Grimmerhus, Middelfart, Denmark 2010
Project Network Exhibition, Guldagergaard, Skælskor, Denmark 2009
Sculptural Element, Hera at the Courthouse, RI 2009
Synthesis, NCECA, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Clay3 National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Warrenville, IL 2008
Earthworks, Kingston, RI 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004
ICMEA Emerging Artist Competition, Fuping China 2007
Solo show, AS220, Providence RI 2006
The Steelyard Summer Tour, Providence, RI & Portland, ME 2005
NCECA Student Regional Show, Baltimore MD 2005
Blackstone River Gallery, Woonsocket, RI 2005
Awards
Antonio Cirino Memorial Arts Education Fellowship, Rhode Island Foundation 2010-2012
Rhode Island State Council for Arts Crafts Merit Award, 2009
NCECA International Residency Fellowship, 2007
Excellence in Education Award, National After-School Association 2007
Residencies and Workshops
Studio Beluga, Montreal, Canada, 2012
Project Network, International Emerging Artists, Skælskor, Denmark, 2009
International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskor, Denmark, 2008
Studiomate Residency, Accra, Ghana 2007
Faculty Assistant, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 2006
Faculty Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2009
Lectures and Publications
NEWS CHEONJI newspaper, March 14, 2012, South Korea http://www.newscj.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=121840
Global Explorations, NCECA, Phoenix, AZ 2009
Rhode Island College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Providence, RI, 2008
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI, Discovery and Inspiration from Ghana and Denmark, 2008
University of Science and Technology, lecture, Kumasi, Ghana 2007
Niche, Tabletop Accessories, Six studios add decorative flair to functional works, Claire Patterson (Winter 2008)