SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2018 Drawn to Clay – Vessels & Works on Paper, St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL
- 2011 Drawn to Clay, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
- 2008 Black, White, Red: The Painted Bird, Illinois Artisans Shop, Chicago, IL
- 2005 Works in Clay, Works on Paper, Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN
- 2002 Faces, Flora, Fauna, Illinois Artisans Program, Chicago, IL
GROUP SHOWS / INVITATIONALS
2024
Featured Artist, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2023
- CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- National Teapot Show XII, Cedar Creek Gallery
- Form & Feature-two person show, Tamarack Gallery, Omena, MI
- September Artists of the Month, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 2022
- CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- Cup: The Intimate Object, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
- 16 Hands Studio Tour w/ Ellen Shankin & Brad Warstler, Floyd, VA
- 2020
- CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- National Teapot Show XI, Cedar Creek Gallery
- Women Who Handbuild, Inver Hills Community College, Inver Grove Heights, MN
2019
- CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- June Artists of the Month, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Small Works, 1+1=1 Gallery, Helena, MT
2018
- CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- Drawn to Clay, St. Xaviers University, Chicago, IL
- Vessel, 1+1=1 Gallery, Helena, MT
- Small Works, 1+1=1 Gallery, Helena, MT
2017
- CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- National Teapot Exhibition X, Cedar Creek Gallery
- A Culture of Pots-25th Anniversary of the St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour, Weisman Art Museum, Univ. of Minnesota
- June Artists of the Month, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
- BODY, 1+1=1 Gallery, Helena, MT
- CONNECTIONS, Robert Morris University-State Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016
- CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery
- 40th Anniversary Show, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
- 10th Annual Yunomi Invitational, AKAR
- 16 Hands Fall Art Tour-Floyd, VA. Visiting Artist with Ellen Shankin & Brad Warstler
2015
- CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery
- Teapots VII, Mark Shapiro, Juror, Baltimore Clayworks
- 9th Annual Yunomi Invitational, AKAR
- June Artists of the Month, Northern Clay Center
- Wild Things, Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA
- October Featured Artist, Northern Clay Center
- One & Only, ArtSpace, Kohler Art Center, Kohler , WI
2014
- Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
- National Teapot Show IX, Cedar Creek Gallery
2013
- Plates and Platters Invitational, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
- Yunomi Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
- Bountiful Harvest, Cedar Creek Gallery
- 16 Hands Fall Art Tour-Floyd, VA. Visiting Artist with Ellen Shankin & Brad Warstler
- From the Earth, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012
- Featured Artist, Cedar Creek Gallery
- Yunomi Invitational, AKAR
- Line and Color-Women in Clay, 18 Hands, Houston, TX
- Politically Charged, Cedar Creek Gallery
- 16 Hands Fall Art Tour-Floyd, VA. Visiting Artist with Ellen Shankin & Brad Warstler
2011
- Laurie Shaman, Ed Hinkley, Eric Jensen, Luce Gallery, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA
- Functional Ceramics Exhibition 2011, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH
- Yunomi Invitational, AKAR
- 19th Annual Minnesota Potters Tour of the Upper St. Croix River: Guest Artist
- Featured Artist: AKAR
- 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
- National Teapot Show VIII, Cedar Creek Gallery
2010
- Yunomi Invitational, AKAR
- Small Favors V, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
- 18th Annual Minnesota Potters Tour of the Upper St. Croix River: Guest Artist
- Liquid Measure Invitational, Main Street Gallery, Edwardsville, IL
2009
- Yunomi Invitational, AKAR
- The Great Vase, Cedar Creek Gallery
- Small Favors IV, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
- 17th Annual Minnesota Potters Tour of the Upper St. Croix River : Guest Artist
- Garden Party/Artist of the Month, Northern Clay Center
- Thinking Out of the Box, Cedar Creek Gallery
- Art of Tea, Vis Arts, Rockville, MD
2008
- People of the Mud 2: Another Look at Chicago Ceramics, Chicago Cultural Center,
- The Bird: Homage to Brancusi, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
- La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA
- CATS, Santa Fe Clay,
- Yunomi Invitational, AKAR
- National Teapot Show VII, Cedar Creek Gallery
- Sip, Slurp, Gulp, Santa Fe Clay
- Laurie Shaman & David Zimmerman, Tamarack Gallery, Omena, MI
- Featured Artist: Chicago Artists Month, Haus, Chicago, IL
2007
- Tea, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe
- Yunomi Invitational, AKAR
- La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Louisville, KY
- Plates and Platters: Salon Style, The Clay Studio
- Artist of the Month, Northern Clay Center
- Plates and Platters, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
- Made in Illinois, Robert Morris University Gallery, Springfield, IL
- Featured Artist, Chicago Artists Month, Haus
- For the Table, Santa Fe Clay
2005 – 2006 Select Exhibitions
- Group Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay
- For the Table, Santa Fe Clay at NCECA, Portland, OR
- Featured Artist, AKAR
- The Narrative Vessel, AKAR Gallery, Juror: Dan Anderson
- Cups, Cups, Cups, Santa Fe Clay
- Chicago Tapestry (and friends), Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
1999 – 2004 Select Exhibitions
- For the Table, Santa Fe Clay
- Unbroken Circle, former students of Bing Davis, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
- Significant Signifiers, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
- Vessels inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphosis, University of Chicago Basic Program, Graham School of Liberal Studies
- National Teapot Show IV, Cedar Creek Gallery
1990 – 1997 Select Exhibitions
- 6th Annual Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
- Monarch National Ceramic Competition, Florence, AL
- 4th Annual Cup Invitational, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
- The Last Pitcher Show ’95, Lill Street Gallery
- The Narrative Teapot, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
- SOFA, Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL
- New Art Forms, Chicago, IL
- Six Artists: Strength from Within, McLean Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
- The Ceramic Vessel: Traditional Notions, Recent Directions, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL. Juror: Ruth Kohler
- Great Lakes Show, Lill Street Gallery ~ Juror: Ron Nagle
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION
- 2009 “In the Swim” a six-panel ceramic mural permanently installed in the Hayes Park Natatorium, Chicago Park District, Public Art Program, City of Chicago
- 2007 Ravenswood ArtWalk: Arts Advocate Award custom vases commission
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
- Higham Hall, Cumbria, England
- McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Education
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL
- Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN
- Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
- Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- University of Illinois at DeKalb
- Oakton Community College, Niles, IL
- York High School, Elmhurst, IL
- New Trier High School, Wilmette, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2006-Present
- Ceramic studio in Ravenswood Arts Corridor, Chicago, IL
2001-2006
- Ceramic studio, Midwest Clay Guild, Evanston, IL
1988-2001
- Director, Lill Street Gallery & Classrooms, curator of over 45 ceramic exhibitions, studio member
- Studio Potter, Mineral Point, WI
EDUCATION
- Basic Program of Liberal Education, Graham School of Liberal Studies, University of Chicago
- 1977 B.A. in Ceramics, Magna cum laude, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
RESIDENCIES
- 1995 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
- 2000 Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI
AWARDS
- 2008 Honorable Mention: National Teapot Show VII, Cedar Creek Gallery
GRANTS
- 2016 Professional Development Grant, Individual Artists Program (IAP), Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago
- 2005 Website Development, Community Arts Assistance Program Grant (CAAP), Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago
- 1997 Monoprints produced at Anchor Graphics, CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago
- 1994 Promotional and support materials, CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, City of Chicago
PUBLICATIONS
- Northern Clay Center Summer Newsletter-cover and interview, 2015 (PDF)
- 500 Teapots, Vol II, Lark Books, 2013
- The Best of 500 Ceramic, Lark Books, 2012
- 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form, Lark Books, 2010
- Ceramics for Beginners: Surfaces, Glazes & Firing, Lark Books, 2010
- 500 Platter, Plates and Chargers, Lark Books, 2008
- Crafts Report, April, 2008
- Minneapolis / St. Paul Magazine, 2006
- Outdoor Illinois, December, 2006
- 500 Animals in Clay, Lark Books, 2006
- Ceramics Monthly “Upfront”, May, 2004
- Crafts Report, Vale Craft Gallery, June, 2004
- Chicago Artists News, photo, June, 2002
- Clay Times, cover photo, July/August, 2001
- Ceramics Monthly, “Upfront”, September, 2001