Education:
2008 B.A., Visual Art, Bemidji State University, MN.
2007 B.S., Biology, Bemidji State University, MN. Minor: Chemistry.
Minor, Chemistry, Bemidji State University, MN, Spring.
2006 Study Abroad, Oxford University, Oxford, England.
Professional Experience:
2018-Present Studio Artist, Shafer, MN.
2015-2018 Resident Artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
2013-2015 Long-Term Resident, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2012-2014 Assistant to Tara Wilson, Helena, MT.
2013 Resident, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FA.
2012 Artist in Residence, Summer, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2011 Artist in Residence, Summer, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2010 Tile Maker and Glaze Technician, North Prairie Tile, Minneapolis, MN.
Studio Assistant, Judith Duff, Penland School of Crafts, Summer Session.
Studio Assistant, Bede Clark, Penland School of Crafts, Summer Session.
2009 Artist in Residence, Cub Creek, Appomattox, VA.
2008 Apprenticeship, Simon Levin, Gresham, WI.
Teaching Experience:
2022 Sugar Maples Center for the Arts, 1 week workshop, Maplecrest, NY.
Studio Practices, Virtual Workshop. The Art School at the Old Church, Demarest, NJ.
2021 Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin River Falls, River Falls, WI.
2020 Visiting Artist, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Anoka, MN.
Virtual Workshop, Pocosin School of Fine Art, Columbia, NC.
2019 Visiting Artist, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, CA.
1-day workshop, Flower City Art Center, Rochester, NY.
Cone 2 Soda Firing, 1-week workshop, Peter’s Valley School of Crafts, Layton NJ.
Intermediate Ceramics, Community Class, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN.
2018 Fall Concentration, 2 months, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
1-day workshop, Sawtooth School of Visual Art. Winston-Salem, NC.
2017 Visiting Artist, 4-days, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
1-day workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
2-day workshop, Hintonburg Pottery, Ottawa, Ontario Canada.
2016 1-day workshop, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY.
Visiting Artist, 2 days, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA.
Visiting Artist, 1 day, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Visiting Artist, 1 day, lecture and demonstration, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA.
Cone 2 Soda Firing Workshop, Eureka Pottery, Northfield, MN.
2015 Adjusting Volume, 5-day Workshop, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
1-Day Workshop, University of Missoula, Missoula MT.
2104 2-Day Surface/Making Workshop, Capital High School, Helena MT.
2013 1-Day Workshop, Anoka-Ramsey Community College, Anoka, MN.
Teacher, Soda Firing/Wheel Throwing, Community Classes, Archie Bray, Helena, MT.
Workshop Soda Firing Techniques, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FA.
Teacher, Intermediate Wheel Throwing, Community Classes, Archie Bray Helena, MT.
Teacher, Hand Building, Soda Firing, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FA.
2012 Workshop, Paris Gibson Square Museum, Great Falls, MT.
Form and Surface Workshop, Minnetonka Art Center, Minnetonka, MN.
2006 Teaching Assistant, Intro to Ceramics, Bemidji State, Fall 2006-Spring 2008.
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions:
2022 Still Life, A Minimalist Exploration, Abel Contemporary, Stoughton, WI.
2019 Tangents, The Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA.
2018 Minimal, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO.
2017 Two Young Minnesotans, Mike Helke and Tom Jaszczak, Lacoste Gallery Concord, MA.
2016 Boundary Lines, Tom and Maggie Jaszczak, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
Recent Works, Tom and Maggie Jaszczak, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY.
Recent Works, Artisan Gallery, Belleville, WI.
2015 2nd Year Fellowship Show, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
Recent Works, Sunshine Cobb, Doug Peltzman, Tom Jaszczak, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM.
2014 New Views, Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
1st Year Fellowship Show, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2012 3 Jerome Artists, Gallery M, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN.
New Directions, Grand Hand Gallery, St. Paul, MN.
2008 Relationships in Clay, BA Show, Touché Gallery, Bemidji State, Bemidji, MN.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 Sprooted Roots, NCECA, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour, at Linda Christianson Stop, Lindstrom, MN.
Pottery Invitational, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA.
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN.
2021 The 47th Pottery Sale at the Art School at the Old Church, Demarest, NJ.
Jaszczak X 2, Schaller Gallery, Baroda, MI.
Earth to Table, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour, at Linda Christianson Stop, Lindstrom, MN.
Western Contemporary, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d Alene, Idaho.
2020 8 Fluid Ounces, Glassell Gallery, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.
The Cup Show, Worcester Center for the Arts, Worcester, MA.
St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour, at Linda Christianson Stop, Lindstrom, MN.
Devil is in the Details, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA.
2019 Color Spectrum, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC.
Flower City Invitational, Flower City Art Center, Rochester, NY.
Minimalist Makers, Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2018 The 44th Pottery Sale at the Art School at the Old Church, Demarest, NJ.
Flower City Invitational, Flower City Art Center, Rochester, NY.
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Appalachian Dirt, Blakey Center, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA
Southern Table, The Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Piedmont College, Demorest, GA.
8 Fluid Ounces, Glassell Gallery, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.
2017 For the Table, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH.
The 43rd Pottery Sale at the Art School at the Old Church, Demarest, NJ.
It’s All About the Atmosphere, Gallery 224, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Functional Ceramics, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH.
Square, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI.
La Mesa, NCECA, Portland, OR.
16 Hands Spring Tour, Floyd, VA.
2016 Clay and Atmosphere, Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE.
Forms, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI.
Americano Invitational, Akar Gallery, Iowa City. IA.
Sustain, Clay to Table, North Florida University, Jacksonville, FA.
Designed and Crafted, The Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA.
The 42nd Pottery Sale at the Art School at the Old Church, Demarest, NJ.
Utilitarian Clay VII, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
Emerging Artist Show, NCECA, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MI.
Influenced and Evolved, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN.
Planes, Akar Design, Iowa City, IA.
Archie Bray Resident/Visiting Artists, Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MI
La Mesa, NCECA, Kansas City, MI.
2015 The 41st Pottery Sale at the Art School at the Old Church, Demarest, NJ.
Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
The Barns, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC.
Penland Resident Artists, VCU Gallery, Richmond, VA.
Apprenticelines, NCECA Pawtucket Armory, Pawtucket, RI.
La Mesa, NCECA, Providence, RI.
12th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Belleville, WI.
2014 Yunomi Invitational, Akar Design, Iowa City, IA.
Crafted, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA.
11th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Belleville, WI.
Emerging Artist Show, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX.
La Mesa NCECA, Milwaukee, WI.
Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
NCECA Archie Bray Resident Show, Milwaukee, WI.
2013 30x5 Sushi Tray Exhibition, Akar Design, Iowa City, IA.
Iowa Seeds, Akar Design, Iowa City, IA.
Bray Residents at Kolva-Sullivan, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane,WA
Let There Be Light, Lil Street Art Center, Chicago, IL.
Western Wisconsin Pottery Tour, Joe Singewald’s Studio, River Falls, WI.
Yunomi Invitational, Akar Design, Iowa City, IA.
Contemporary Traditionalists, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT.
Archie Bray Show, NCECA, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX.
Mentorship, Nicklaus Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2012 Bray Residents at Kolva-Sullivan, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane,WA.
Resident Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA.
Perfect Plate, Lil Street Art Center, Chicago, IL.
42nd Utility in Contemporary Ceramics, Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI.
2011 Bray Residents at Kolva-Sullivan, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, Washington.
Holiday Show, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO.
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA.
Winterfest, Baltimore Claywork, Baltimore, MD.
2010 Nascent Legacy, Signature Shop, Atlanta, GA.
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA.
In the Beginning, Chroma Gallery, Charlottesville, VA.
3rd Biennial Contemporary Clay, Western Colorado Art Center.
Feats of Clay, Lincoln Art Center, Lincoln, CA.
2009 Objects of Virtue, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA.
Awards and Honors:
2022 Creative Support Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, MN.
2021 Creative Support Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, MN.
2019 Essential Artist Award, ECRAC, Braham, MN.
2016 Emerging Artist, NCECA, Kansas City, MI.
2015 Lillstreet Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2014 Makers Faire, Honored Maker, The White House, Washington DC.
Rudy Autio Grant, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2013 Lincoln Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2012 Windgate Scholar, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2011 Juror’s Choice Award, Cup Show, Lux Art Center, Lincoln, NE, Juror: Julia Galloway.
Jerome Ceramic Artist Project Grant, Northern Clay Center.
Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, Minneapolis, MN.
2010 2nd Place, 3rd Biennial Contemporary Clay, Western Colorado Art Center, Pete Pinnell.
Public Collections:
University of Little Rock Arkansas, Little Rock, AR.
Archie Bray Foundation Permanent Collection, Helena, MT.
Margaret Harlow Collection, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN.
Weisman Art Museum, Permanent Collection, Minneapolis, MN.
Publications:
2020 Low Fire Soda, Book, Justin Rothshank.
2018 Making & Using Molds & Templates, Book, The American Ceramic Society.
2017 Serving Trays and Bisque Molds, Pottery Making Illustrated.
2014 Ceramic Excellence, Fellowships at the Archie Bray Foundation, Nancy M. Servis.
2013 Emerging Artists, Ceramics Monthly.
Gallery Representation: