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:

Archie Bray Foundation

Northern Clay Center

Penland School of Craft

Abel Contemporary

Blue Spiral

The Art Spirit Gallery

Clay Akar

Red Lodge Clay Center

The Signature Shop

Trax Gallery

The Copper Fox Gallery

Schaller Gallery