RESUME
EDUCATION
2007-2009 M.F.A. Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics
Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Bowling Green, Ohio
2002-2006 B.F.A. Bachelor of Fine Arts, 3D Studio Art
Adrian College (AC), Adrian, Michigan [Summa Cum Laude]
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2023-present Program Director University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
2021-present Associate Professor University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
2015- 2021 Assistant Professor University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
2014-2015 Instructor, Ceramics Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2011-2014 Interim Area Head Ceramics/ Instructor/ Sabbatical Leave Replacement for John Balistreri
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2009 - 2010 Adjunct Instructor Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2009 - 2010 Adjunct Instructor Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio
2008 - 2009 Instructor of Record Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2019 Artist-in-Residence C.R.E.T.A. Rome, Rome, Italy
2016 Artist-in-Residence Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
2010-2011 Artist-In-Residence Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (select)
2020 Manises Ceramics Museum, Contemporary Ceramics Collection, Manises, Spain (1 piece)
2019 C.R.E.T.A. Rome, Rome Italy (2 pieces)
2016 Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark (2 pieces)
Dinnerware Museum, Detroit, Michigan (3 pieces)
2015 National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia (1 piece)
2013 Harrisburg Area Community College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (1 piece)
2012 The Rosenfield Collection (David and Louise Rosenfield), Dallas, Texas (1 piece)
2011 AMACO/ Brent Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana (1 piece)
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2024 International Cup, Clay Studio Missoula, Missoula MT
2022 Belonging: NCECA Annual, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
International Cup, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
2021 Social Recession: NCECA Annual, Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Bray North Gallery, Helena, MT
International Cup, Clay Studio Missoula, Missoula, MT
2019 XIV International Biennial of Ceramics in Manises, Museu Ceramica, Manises, Spain
International Juried Ceramics Exhibition, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2018 Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Bray North Gallery, Helena, MT
2017 Dish, Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Ceramic Innovations, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2016 International Cup, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana
2015 3rd International Triennial of Ceramics Unicum 2015, National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lively Experiments: NCECA Biennial, Brown University, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
2014 Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Bray North Gallery, Helena, MT
2013 Medalta International Cup Show, Medalta Art Center, Alberta, Canada
2011 Tidal Forces: The Next Wave, NCECA Biennial, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2010 Bowl Me Over, 3rd Annual Lillstreet International, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2009 CraftForms 2009, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2nd Annual Lillstreet International, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
4th Biennial of Contemporary Ceramics, Museum of Contemporary Ceramics M.I.C.C., Buenos
Aires, Argentina
2008 4th International Ashes to Art: Scattered, The Gallery at Funeria, Graton, CA
1st Annual Lillstreet International, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
The Tile Project, Destination: The World, Chang Hai International, Beijing, China and Kanoria Centre
for the Arts, Ahmedabad, India
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Fahrenheit, American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Pomona, CA
2023 Claybash, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Practice is the Point, Fargo Museum of Art, Fargo, ND
Molded Expressions, Wooten Clayworks, Hackettstown, NJ
Mugshots: The Art of Coffee Containment, the Ford Studios, Marion, VA
2022 24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
Bare Essentials, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2021 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
2020 The Clay Studio National , The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX
Tectonic Plates, Utilitarian Clay VIII Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN (postponed)
2020 Annual Cup Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2019 Red Lodge Clay National V, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Bridging the Gap: Contemporary Craft Practices, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
The Eloquent Vessel, University of Oklahoma: School of Visual Arts, Norman, OK
27th Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, E. Petersburg, PA
Working Pots IV, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
Casting Class, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Timeless Clay: Future Artifacts, ClayHouston Biennial, HCCC Visual Arts Gallery, Houston, TX
Texas Contemporary, ClayHouston Booth, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
7th Annual Cup Show, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
2018 Carbondale Clay National XIII, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Fahrenheit, American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA), Pomona, CA
Cups of Conversation, Everyday Cafe, NCECA Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 A la Carte: From the Studio to the Table, Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Collective Transference, Stephen F. Austin State University, Houston, TX
2016 CraftTexas 2016, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Designed to Dine, Tea + Art Gallery, Houston, TX
The Almighty Cup, Gandee Gallery, Syracuse, NY
6th Contemporary Clay Biennial, The Art Center, W. Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
ClayHouston Biennial, The C.G. Jung Educational Center, Houston, TX
After All These Years, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, NC
2015 Red Lodge Clay Center National III, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Contemporary Ceramics: Dairy Barn Invitational, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
Fresh Perspectives, Ohio Craft Museum, Ohio
Zainesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, Zainesville Museum of Art, Zainesville, OH
2014 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft House Center, E. Petersburg, PA
Carbondale Clay National IX: Aisthesis, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
The Clay Studio National, The Clay Studio, Harrison, Reed-Smith Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Plate, Mudfire Clayworks, Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA
New for April, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI
Functional Ceramics, Wooster Center for the Arts, Looney Gallery, Wooster, OH
2013 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Cente, E. Petersburg, PA
Cup the Intimate Object IX, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Tabletop, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Longing For Repetition, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
All-Ohio Ceramics Invitational, Heights Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Legacy, Valade Gallery, Adrian College, Adrian, M
2012 DeLuce Clay National, DeLuce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
Cup the Intimate Object VIII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Invitational Cup Exhibition, Studio 550, Manchester, NH
Daily Companions, Exhibition Gallery, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
The World Is Your Oyster, Solo Galley, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Functional Clay: Celebratig the Useful Object, River Gallery, Rocky River, OH
2011 Alchemy: From Dust to Form, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL
National Juried Cup Exhibition, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Bowls, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
Functional Clay: Celebrating the Useful Object, River Gallery, Rocky River, OH
Plate It Up: 100 Artists Show, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
White, Schaller Gallery, Red Lodge, MT
2010 Setting the Mood: The Artful Table, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Heat + Pressure; KSU Ceramics, KWU Gallery, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, KS
Liquid Measure, Main Street Art Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
Functional Ornament, Rivers Gallery, Rocky River, OH
Porcelains and Celadons, The Myers Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
Geometric Abstraction, Still Point Art Gallery, Brunswick, ME
Functional Relationships, MUW Art Gallery, Columbus, MS
Clay on the Wall, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Aaron Macy Legacy Exhibition, NAU Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
2009 Objects of Virtue, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
BGSU Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
BGSU Exhibition, Wittenberg University, Ann Miller Gallery, Springfield, OH
Owens Community College Faculty Exhibition, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Toledo, OH
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, E. Petersburg, PA
History in the Making IV, The Firehouse Gallery, Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY
Dining In: An Artful Experience, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
The Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Northern Exposure, Promega Corporation, Madison, WI
Drink It In, The Jared Michael Branfman Memorial Gallery, Needham, MA
Generations: Teachers and Students, Laporte County Convention Bureau, Michigan City, IN
National Juried Cup Exhibition, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2008 Ceramics Biennial Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Soda Salt National IV, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
48th Greater Michigan Exhibition, Alden B. Dow Museum, MI
MCAA Michigan Ceramics 2008, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
12th Annual Lines into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
Artful Drinking Vessel, Potworks Studio & Gallery, Hamilton, MI
History in the Making III, The Firehouse Gallery, Genesee Pottery, Rochester, NY
Platters and Pourers, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
National Cup Show - Director’s Choice, Barrett Clay Works Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
8th Annual National Juried Cup Show, Downtown Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Central Time Ceramics, Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
17th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
North American Cup Show, Studio Angelico, Sienna Heights University, Adrian, MI
NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
8 Fluid Ounces III, A.C.G. Exhibition Gallery, LSU School of Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2007 It’s Only Clay, Bemidji Community Art Center, Bemidji, MN
7th Annual National Juried Cup Show, Kent State University, Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH
Empty Spaces: Bowls, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2006 Cup: the Intimate Object V, Charlie Cummings Studio and Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Fire and Mud, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI
SOLO / TWO / THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 Reclaiming the Table, Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
2019 Serving Shape, C.R.E.T.A. Rome, Rome, Italy
2014 Clay Leonard, David Eshelman, and Camila Friedman-Gerlicz, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Crafting Communication, Ceramics Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2010 Domestic Design, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Return to the Table, The Heritage Gallery, Adrian College, Adrian, MI
Back to the Table, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2008 Gesture and Line, BTSU Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2007 Repetition and Rhythm, LCVA Gallery, Adrian, MI
PUBLICATIONS (select)
2022 “Potluck” Pottery Making Illustrated, Ceramic Publications Company, January/February Issue
2020 Members Spotlight Interview, ClayHouston, https://www.clayhouston.org/page-1802550
2019 The Potter's Cast, Interview, Episode 521, Paul Blais, 45:52 http://thepotterscast.com/521
2016 “Exhibitions in Brief: White Can Be Imperceptive, Subversive, Unifying and Strange”, Finaly, Margaret, CFile. February, 3, 2016 [Review]. https://cfileonline.org/exhibitions-in-brief-white-contemporary-ceramic-art/
2015 “2015 NCECA Biennial”, Brown, Glen R., Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH Ceramic Publications Company, December Issue, p. 61 [Review].
2014 The Complete Guide to Mid-Range Glazes, Britt, John, Lark Books, Images 73, 76.
"Up Front: Let There Be Light: Lillstreet's 39th Annual Holiday Show", Ceramics Monthly,
December Issue, Image p.18.
2013 "Exposure", Ceramics Monthly, Ceramic Publications Company, November Issue, Image, p. 22.
2012 Craft and Art of Clay, 5th Edition, Susan and Jan Peterson, Laurence King Publishing, Image, p.63.
2011 Leonard, Clay, "Purposeful Design" Ceramics Monthly, Ceramic Publications Company, December
Issue, p. 46, 47.
"Strictly Functional Pottey National" Clay Times, Pre-Holiday Issue, Volume 17, Issue 92, p. 19.
"Up Front; Strictly Functional Pottery National" Ceramics Monthly, September Issue, Image, p. 16.
"Crazy About Clay" Creative Loafing, March 31- April 6, 2011, Volume 24, pages 26, 27
"Artist of the Day" Musing About Mud, February 17, 2011 http://musingaboutmud.blogspot.com
"MFA Factor: Kansas State University" Ceramics Monthly, January Issue, page 52
2010 500 Vases, Lark Books, October 2010, page 290
Ceramics Today, Schiffer Publishing, 2010. p.156
Clay on the Wall: 2010 Clay National, Texas Tech University, (catalog photo) page 19
17th Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, (catalog photo) page 17
2009 "Emerging Artists"” Ceramics Monthly, May Issue, 2009, page 60
NCECA Journal Volume 29, “Exhibitions” (review) page 11, and “Gallery” (photo) page 133
"Clay Leonard Back on Campus as Alumni Professor for a Day”" Adrian College News, September 24, 2009.
2008 "MFA Factor: Bowling Green State University” Ceramics Monthly, December Issue, page 45
500 Plates and Chargers, Lark Books, July 2008, Front Cover Inside Flap and page 187
Ceramics Biennial 2008, New Hampshire Institute of Art (brochure catalog photo)
International Ashes to Art: Scattered, The Gallery at Funeria, (catalog photo) page 14
17th San Angelo Ceramic Competition, SA Museum of Fine Arts, (catalog photo) page 24
2007 "The Gallery"” Clay Times: May/June Issue, 2007, page 55
AWARDS
2021 2nd place, Ruminations, Clay Festival, Silver City, NM
2019 3rd Place, 7th Annual Cup Show, Jansen Arts Center
2018 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award - Semi-Finalist (1 of 7 Faculty selected from UHCL) Houston, TX
2013 Honorable Mention Tabletop, The Art Leagu Gallery
2011 AMACO/ Brent Purchase Award NCECA Biennial,Tampa Museum of Art
Honorable Mention, 3rd National Juried Cup Exhibition, LUX Center for the Arts
2009 Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly, May 2009
2009 Distinguished Thesis Award Nominee, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2008 Merit Award, MCAA Michigan Ceramics, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
2007 Honorable Mention, 7th Annual National Juried Cup Show, Kent State University
WORKSHOPS and LECTURES
2021 Dallas Pottery Invitational, Visiting Artist, one-Day, Dallas, TX
2019 University of Alabama, Visiting Artist Lecture, Tuscaloosa, AL
C.R.E.T.A. Rome, Artist Lecture, Rome, Italy
2016 Guldagergaard: International Ceramics Research Center, Artist Lecture, Skaelskor, Denmark
Clay Houston, Workshop and Artist Lecture, One-Day, Houston, TX
College of the Mainland, Visiting Artist Lecture, Texas City, TX
2013 Michigan Mud Conference, Presenter/Demonstrator, Two-Day, MI
2010 Wichita State University, Visiting Artist/ Demonstrations, Three-Day, Wichita, KS,
Center for Child Development, Lecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Kansas State University, Demonstration/ Lecture, Manhattan, KS
Kansas Wesleyan University, Gallery Talk, Salina, KS
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Workshop Instructor/One-Day, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Wittenberg University, Lecture/Gallery Talk, Springfield, OH
Adrian College, Alumni Guest Professor, Lecture and Critiques/One-Day, Adrian, MI
Adrian College, Workshop Instructor/One-Day, Adrian, MI
2008 Tea Time Artist Series, Bowling Green State University, Lecture, Bowling Green, OH
Community Arts Class, Adrian College, Guest Artist, Lecture and Critiques, Adrian, MI
2006 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Lecture, Deer Isle, ME