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Associate
JAY STROMMEN - ARTIST BIO
GALLERY (click any photo to enlarge for slide show)
www.ashandflash.com
Education-
• Master of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2000
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of South Florida(Tampa), 1996
-Professional Experience-
2008 – Retired to life/Self sabbatical
2006 – Present / Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
Ceramics Instructor
2005 – 2006 / Workshops University of Illinois Champaign
Wood fire workshop in alternative clay surfaces and processes on the wheel.
1999 - Present / Gallery Parkwest, Chicago, IL
Director of Ceramics, Assistant Curator and Beginning\Advanced Ceramics Instructor
1999 - 2000 / Trinity Christian College, IL
Assistant Curator; Advanced, Intermediate, Beginning Photography and Ceramics Chair: John Bakker
1999 - 2001 / The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Kiln Room Technician
1993 - 1996 / A Touch of Sanibel Pottery, Sanibel Island, Florida
• Apprenticeship under Master Potters Barbra and David Hoggatt
• Firing, glazing, production pottery, hand building and Sweeping
• Daily Demonstration for customers and kids
1995 - 1996 / University of South Florida, Tampa Florida
Assistant Professor to Charles Fagger, teaching throwing, sculpting & firing
1992 - 1994 / Edison Community College, Ft. Myers, Florida
Assistant Professor to Tim Smith
-Grants-
The Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grant 2003
The Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grant 2004
-Notable Accomplishments-
Artist In Residency: The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Nov. 1, 2001 - April 2002.
Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grant 2003 visit www.ashandflash.com for images
-Gallery Contacts-
Perimeter Gallery – 210 W. Superior St. Chicago, IL 312.266.9473
Japoneque – 824 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, Calif. 415.391.8860
-Exhibition Record-
Jay Strommen.com
• 2008 Internaional Orton Cone Box JURORS: John Neely, USA; Bede Clarke, USA; Inge G. Balch, USA
• Roswell Visual Arts Gallery. Pour and Contain. Jan. 14th – Feb. 14th, 2008 Curator: Jayson Lawfer
• Art Basel Miami, Imoderni Gallery. 2007. www.imoderni.com
• Vasefinder Internationals. Curated by: Elaine Coleman Aug. 1st – Nov. 1st 2007. www.vasefinders.com
• Sofa Chicago 2007: Nov. 2 – 4th, Expostion of Sculpture, Objects and functional art. Perimeter Gallery
• Being to Being: A collective conversation in clay. Jay Strommen, Emily Murphy, Joanna Kramer, Gina Hutchings and Shane Grimes. Parkwest Ceramics Gallery. Chicago Oct. 12th – Nov. 1st
• ARTropolis 2007 – Chicago, Perimeter Gallery – Merchandise Mart, 2007 works on paper
• International Orton Cone Box Show – NCECA 2006, Portland, Oregon. Holt/Russell Gallery. Curators Steven Hill and Don Reitz, Purchase Award
• International Cup Show – Missoula – 2006 - Helena, Mt
• “Hand Harvested: Our future in Genetic Engineering” – 2006 Tojo Gallery Chicago, IL
• “People Of The Mud: A look at Chicago Ceramics” 2005 curator Nathan Mason
• Sofa Chicago 2005: October 28-30, Perimeter Gallery-Sculpture
• Sofa Chicago 2004: November 5-7, Perimeter Gallery-Sculpture
• The Glamour of War" September 11, 2004. Curator: Alison Riess
• Sofa New York 2003: May 28 - June 1, Perimeter Gallery - Sculpture
• Sofa Chicago 2003: Oct. 17 - 19th, Perimeter Gallery - Sculpture
• "Art for Act", Edison College, Ft. Myers, Florida. July 20 - August 22, 2002 Curator: Ron Bishop, Included Artists: Rauschenberg, Potorff, Gettford, Voytech, Strommen as well as other international artists.
• The Cube Gallery, Sculpture and Painting, Shigaraki Japan, March-April, 2002
• Kumehama International Invitational, Sculpture and Pottery, Kumehama, Japan, May 2002
• Horixon Gallery, Current Painting, "American Appreciation" Solo Exhibition September 1 - October 31, 2001
• Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea "Bottle Rockets" Firenze, Italy, December 7 - 16th, 2001
• Gallery Parkwest, Chicago, IL. Recent Works, Clay & Painting May 11th, 2001
• Art Institute of Chicago (Gallery 2), "Blank Canvases" Oct. 14th 2000
• Gallery Parkwest, Chicago, IL. "A Touch of Capitalism" May, 2000, Solo Exhibition
• A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL. "Ceramics In Chicago 2000", Group Exhibition, 9 artists. Curator: Jay Strommen
• Student Union Gallery - School of The Art Institute of Chicago, "A retrospective of the Figure". Alumni, Faculty and Students Spanning the past fifty years. February, 2000 Curator: Zak Pollock
• Trinity Christian College, "Recent Works" Clay and Painting, Solo Exhibition January 2000. Curator: John Bakker/Chair
• A.R.C Gallery, Chicago, IL. "Millennium Mélange" Art for the end of the century. November 30 - December 24th, 1999. Curator: Corolyne King
• 20th Annual March of Dimes Art Auction, Tuesday 0ctober 26th, 1999 Holiday Inn, St. Cloud, Mn.
• 1999 International Wood fire Conference, Iowa. September 10-30th. Jurors: Simon Levin and Michael Smith.
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