AMANDA C.

SMALL
919.270.9593 | amanda@amandasmall.com | www.amandasmall.com

EDUCATION

2006-2009 2004-2005 1999-2003 2001-2002

MFA-Ceramics- Kansas State University Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship - University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Bachelor of Arts-Studio Art, Ceramics - California State University-Chico, Chico, CA National Student Exchange, Ceramic Art - University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS

2013

WithinYouWithoutYou. Front Space Gallery, Soho, NYC Trans.(in) form*a*tion, Amelia Center Gallery. Panama City, FL All Truths Wait In All Things. Stuart Center Gallery, Purdue University, IN (Some)Where We Meet/Antipodes. Pool Art Center Gallery. Drury University. Springfield, MO Inhabitation. 68 Square Meteres Artspace. Copenhagen, Denmark Between Us and Them. Australia National University Exit Show. Canberra, ACT Australia On*to Genesis. MFA Thesis Exhibition William T. Kemper Gallery, Manhattan, KS Small Things. Manhattan Arts Center, Summer Series, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS

2012

2011 2010 2009 2007

EXHIBITIONS

2013 2012 2011

CODE. Spring Street Studios, NCECA. Houston, TX Small Favors. The Clay Studio. Philadelphia, PA Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor. Colorado Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, Colorado. Award Received: Grand Prize Next: Whats New + Whats Next in Contemporary Art + Design BECA. ICAD Gallery, Albuquerque, NM Alchemy. From Dust to Form. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL. Jurors: Nan Smith, Kathy King ACGA National Craft Exhibition. Brea Gallery, Brea, CA. Juror: Jo Lauria

2010

Project Network. 13 by Seven. Novus Contemporary Urban Center. Liverpool, England NICE Festival. 13 by Seven. Islington Mills Art Center. Manchester, England. Something Completely Different. Red Lodge Clay Center, Loft Gallery. Invitational . Red Lodge, MT 18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition. San Angelo Fine Arts Museum, San Angelo, TX. Juror: Sherman Hall; Ceramics Monthly Magazine. The Solitude of Good Company. Grimmerhus: Museum of International Ceramic Art. Middelfart, Denmark

Project Network 2010. International Ceramic Research Center-Gulgegergaard. Apple House Gallery. Skaelskor, Denmark 2009 Chashama NYC. On*to-Gen*e-sis. 201 East 42nd Street New York, NY International Abstract Art Competition. Upstream People Gallery, Omaha NE Award Received: Special Mention Watershed/Water Street Artists Summer Series. The Stable Gallery Damariscotta, ME Feats of Clay XXII. Lincoln Arts Cultural Foundation, Juror: Tony Marsh, Lincoln, CA Award Received: Purchase Award Kansas State University Ceramics: Leading in Functional and Sculptural Design. 5.4.7 Art Center, Greensberg, Kansas 2008 Thixotropic. Ann Miller Gallery, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH Amalgamation. Capps Capozzolo Academic Center for the Arts, Pueblo, CO Birger Sandzen Memorial College Aesthetics Exhibition. Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery. Juror: Loren Lukens. Lindsborg, KS Award Received: Excellence Award Orton Cone Box International Juried Exhibition. Traveling Exhibition/NCECA. Jurors: John Neely, Bede Clark, Inge Balch Convergence. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 2007 Molded Earth Target Gallery at Torpedo Factory Art Center Juror: Judith Weisman, British Ceramics and Craft Collector, Alexandria, VA Multiplicity. An Art Affair Gallery, Juror: Inge Balch, Baldwin City, KS Collective. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS GCCC 2007 Exhibition Series. Jurors: Anna Callouri Holcomb, Yoshiro Ikeda, Garden City, KS GSOVAS Witnesses. Chapman Gallery, Manhattan, KS 2006 2006 Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission .2006 Series. Chapel Hill Town Hall, Jurors: CHPAC Committee, Chapel Hill, NC Womens Work. Sisters of Sound, Manhattan, KS Through Womens Eyes, By Womens Hands. 22nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Betty Bowen Pringle, John Rosenthal Chapel Hill, NC Award received: Jurors Choice Southeastern Regional Sculpture Competition. Aiken County Historical Museum, Juror: Albin Beyer, Aiken, SC Faces of Woman. 16th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Las Vegas Arts Council, Juror: Cynthia Sanchez, Las Vegas, New Mexico Award Received: Best 3 Dimensional Discovering Contemporary Art in the Carolinas. Fayetville Museum of Art, 34th Annual Juried Competition, Juror: Mark Sloan, Fayetville, NC 2005 Through Womens Eyes, By Womens Hands. 21st Annual Juried Exhibition , Jurors: Beth Grabowski, John Craven Bloedom, Chapel Hill, NC Clay: Form and Function. Media Image Gallery, Juror: Linda Arbuckle Gainesville, FL.

GRANTS/AWARDS

2013 2012

Vanderbuilt University. Special Collections. Purchase Award North Carolina Arts Council. Fellowship Award Lincoln Arts Center. Grand Prize Recipient

2009 2008

Feats of Clay XXII. Purchase Award Memorial College Aesthetics Exhibition. Excellence Award

PUBLICATIONS

2010

Ceramics Review- The International Magazine of Ceramic Art and Craft, Jul/Aug 2010 Creative Quarterly- The Journal of Art and Design: No. 20. Professional

2009

Creative Quarterly- The Journal of Art and Design No.14 Award Received: Merit 500 Sculptures Lark Books Juror: Dr. Glen Brown

2008

Creative Quarterly- The Journal of Art and Design No. 10 Award Received: Silver

REVIEWS

2012 2011 2010 2009

Specific Environments. Landscape as a Metaphor. http://leannegoebel.com/tag/amanda-small/ Politiken Avis. Kultur. Inhabitation.68 Square Metres Artspace. July 24th, 2011 Skaelskor Avis, Carina Christensen Kommer til Guldagergard. Solveig Hansen. American, Amanda Small, Project Network. January 19, 2010 Creative Quarterly, The Journal of Art and Design No. 14. What Inspires U Amanda Small?. Spring 2009 The Kansas State Collegian. Kansas State University. OnToGenesis Opens at Wm. T Kemper Gallery. May 4, 2009 The Manhattan Mercury. OnToGenesis to Open at Wm T. Kemper Gallery. May 1, 2009

2008 2007 2006

Statements Magazine. Students Make Art Their Priority. Amanda Small - Melibia. Fall, Garden City Telegram. Amanda Smalls Garden City Detail on Display. March 24, 2007 Arts Ramble - The On-line Arts Magazine, Raleigh. Technical Ability Abounds in Amanda Smalls Glimpse and Genesis. December 17, 2006 The Herald Sun, The ARTS. Durham NC. Chapel Hill Opens Corridors to Artists. Amanda Smalls Serpentinous On Display. December 17, 2006

VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS/LECTURES

2013

Stuart Center Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Amelia Gallery, Panama City, FL

2012 2011

Pool Art Center Gallery, Drury University, Springfield, MO 68 Square Meters, Copenhagen, Denmark Guldagergaard, International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark

2010

AIR: Unitec University, Auckland, New Zealand Australia National University, Canberra, Australia

2008

Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH Minnesota State University-Mankato, Mankato, MN Colorado State University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO

2007

Garden City Community College, Garden City, KS

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Vanderbuilt University, Special Collections, Nasheville, TN Australia National University, Canberra, Australia Guldagergaard-International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, DK Lincon Arts Center, Lincoln, California Skopeleos Foundations for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009

Instructor of Record-Ceramics 13 Semesters, Summer School.Instruction in basic hand building and wheel throwing. Instructor of Record- Ceramics II Hand building- 1 Semester. Instruction in more advanced sculptural techniques and creative processes. Instructor of Record-3 Dimensional Design2 Semesters. Instruction in Fundamentals of Design including Principles and Elements. Instructor of RecordArt for Elementary Education Majors2 Semesters. Instruction in myriad art techniques. Students were responsible for writing lesson plans based on the Discipline Based Art Education model.

2008

2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011- Programs Coordinator/Directors Assistant, Guldagergaard-International Ceramic 2013 Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark 2010 2009 Project Network/Resident Artist, Guldegergaard, International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark Studio Staff, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

2008- Potters Guild Member/Volunteer, Elected Position- President Kansas State University 2009 2007 Professional Practices Lectures/Presentation 3D Design-Kansas State University Student Representative- Kansas Artists and Craftsman Association (KACA) Elected Position Intern- Strecker Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS 2006 NCECA Volunteer- Critical Ceramics Portland, OR Intern- Skopelos Foundation for the Arts-Skopelos, Greece 2005 Artist in Residence- Skopelos Foundation for the Arts-Skopelos, Greece Instructor- Oak Hall Ceramics Camp, Oak Hall School, Gainesville, FL NCECA Volunteer-Baltimore, Maryland 2004 Curator/Installer-Clayboration-Ceramic Exhibition, Gainesville, FL Member/Volunteer-H.O.T Clay, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2003 NCECA Volunteer- San Diego, CA