JOHN SHEA
American, b. 1989

EDUCATION

2015-2018           
MFA, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI

2015-2017           
MA, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI

2012-2013           
Post-Baccalaureate Program, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

2007-2011           
BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023
standard, abstract, HB381, New York, NY

2022
ghost of a dead flame, Manners/Pappas Gallery, University of Arkansas- Little Rock, AR
Cloud Nine, NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Sacramento, CA

2021
Collect 2021, Online Edition, Hostler Burrows, London, England

2020
Main Dishes: A Ceramic Encyclopedia, Online Exhibitions, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
John Shea: New Work, Hostler Burrows, New York, NY
Color and Production: From the Atom to the Void, Curated by Libby Sellers for Collective Design, Frieze NY, NYC
Collect 2020, UK Crafts Council Art and Design Fair, Officine Saffi, London, England
Forest Primeval, Group Exhibition, Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles, CA

2019
Unwedged, Juried Exhibition, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
New Artists, Group Exhibition, Hostler Burrows, New York, NY
ReVerb, Group Exhibition, City Art Space, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Perfect Darkness, Group Show, Milan Design Week, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
MiArt Milano, Art and Design Fair, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
Collect 2019, UK Crafts Council Art and Design Fair, Officine Saffi, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Open to Art, Juried Exhibition, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
Articulating Craft, Juried Exhibition, Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY

2018
A Material Thing, Firehouse Gallery, Flower City Art Center, Rochester, NY
Visions in Clay, Juried Exhibition, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Southern Miss Ceramics National, Juried Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
The Clay Studio National, Juried Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Objective, Master of Fine Art Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI

2017
10 Years in the Making, Concurrent NCECA Exhibition, Portland, OR
Talente 2017, Juried Exhibition, Internationale Handwerkmesse Munich, Munich, Germany
Object Logic, Master of Art Exhibition, Gallery 7, Madison, WI

2016
Bizarre Stuff, Group Exhibition, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI

2015
Practice and Memory, Group Exhibition, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR

2012
With Fire, Carmichael Library, Montevallo, AL

2011
A Marker’s Path, Bachelor of Fine Art Exhibition, The Lower Mill, Honeoye Falls, NY

RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS

2021- Present     
Resident Artist, University of Arkansas- Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

2019                    
Wellin Museum Grant for innovative Teaching, Hamilton College, NY

2018-2019           
Studio Resident, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2014-2015           
Community Artist, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR

2011-2012            
Artist In Residence, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2021-Present      
Visiting Artist and Instructor, University of Arkansas- Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

2019                    
Visiting Lecturer, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

2018-2019            
Adjunct Instructor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

2016-2018            
Instructor of Record, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI