Permanent Collections- 

SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA

The Renwick, Washington, DC

National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, AU

Carnegie Museum of Art-Pittsburgh, PA

Museum of Fine Arts- Houston, Houston, TX

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

Kohler Company, Sheboygan, WI

John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI

Racine Art Museum Racine, WI

Honolulu Museum of Art- Honolulu, HI

University of Arkansas- Little Rock, Little Rock, AK

Capital One, Richmond, VA 

Education-

2012      

MFA & MA Art - University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI

2008     

BFA Jewelry/ Metal Arts with High Distinction - California College of the Arts - Oakland, CA

Fellowships, Residencies, and Grants-

2024

Adjunct Faculty Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2020    

Virginia A. Groot Foundation- Third Place Winner Lake Forest, IL

Artist Relief Grant, Chicago, IL

Virginia Museum of Fine Art Artist Relief Grant, Richmond, VA

Virginia Arts Commission Grant, Virginia Arts Commission, Richmond, VA

2019    

Burke Prize Finalist, Museum of Art and Design, New York City, NY

Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME

2018    
Arts/Industry Kohler Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI 

2014-17

Artist in Resident, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2016     

North Carolina Arts Fellowship, Durham, NC

2015      

American Craft Council Emerging Voices Award, Minneapolis, MN Interview

2014      

Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant, New York, NY

2013      

Fountainhead Fellow, Dept. of Craft/Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2012      

Artist in Resident- 12 Month Residency, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

2009      

University Fellowship- University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI      

 

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions-

2027     

Home, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA (August)

2024     

Sediment, Alma’s, Richmond, VA

2023     

Commune, Capital One Town Center, Richmond, VA

2020     

Ghosts, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 

Gain, Gather, Grow, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY 

2019   

Dustings, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD

2018     

Dust, Form and Concept, Sante Fe, NM

2017     

Give, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

Forms and Functions, 21C-Durham, NC

Given, Doane University, Crete, Nebraska

2016    

Lost Cause, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY

2014       

Fountainhead Fellow Exhibit, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2013       

Presence of Absence, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY

Mitosis of Memory, Overture Gallery, Madison, WI

2012       

Still- Master of Fine Art Exhibition, Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI                

2008      

Refined, BFA Exhibition, North Gallery, Oakland, CA

 

Selected Exhibitions-

2025     

Design/Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL (December)

Objects USA: 2020, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA (February)

Objects USA: 2020, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA (October)

The Dazzle of Darkness, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

2024 

National Gallery of Victoria Triennial, NGV, Melbourne, AU

Design/Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL

Homo Faber 2024: Journey of Life Biennial, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy

Coined in the South: 2024 Biennale, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

Design Miami/Los Angeles, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Steinbeisser Dinner, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK

The Weight of Wonder, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

Fog Fair, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Studio Practice: Material Transformations, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art, Little Rock, AK

Tradition Interrupted, Baker Museum, Naples, FL

Tradition Interrupted, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA

Tradition Interrupted, Marion Art Gallery, SUNY: Fredonia, Fredonia, NY

2023     

Design/Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL

Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2023, South Korea

Refresh, Hodges and Taylor, Charlotte, NC

Farm to Table, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC

Tradition Interrupted, OSU Museum of Art, Stillwater, OK (April)

2022     

Public Display in the British Silver Collection, Museum of Fine Arts-Boston, Boston, MA

Overdose, Design Museum Holon, Holon, Isreal

Design/Miami, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL

Salon Art and Design, Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, New York City, NY

Tradition Interrupted, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI

Tradition Interrupted, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

Nature Morte, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, NC

2021     

Design/Miami, on display with Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL 

Salon Art & Design Fair, on display with Ornamentum Gallery, New York, NY

Objects USA 2020, R & Company Gallery, New York City, NY 

Materials Redefined, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY 

Crafted Identities, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State University, MS 

2020      

Design/Miami (Chosen as one of the top ten Contemporary Pieces at the fair), on display with Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, FL

Extraordinaire/extraordinary, Musee de Design et D’arts Appliques Contemporains, Laussane, CHE 

Not So Common Objects, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, SC 

2019     

Burke Prize Exhibition, Museum of Art and Design, New York City, NY

Design/Miami, on Display with Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, Florida

Mending: Craft and Community, Museum of Fine Arts: Houston, TX

Steinbeisser’s Experimental Gastronomy, Brooklyn, NY

Tradition Interrupted, Bedford Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Appetites and Objects, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD

2018      

NCAC Arts Fellowship Exhibition Cameron Art Museum, 

Wilmington, NC Curated by Bob Unchester 

Design/Miami, on Display with Ornamentum Gallery, Miami, Florida

Reliant Objects, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR Curated by Courtney Kemp and Lyndsay Rice 

Dustings, American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN

Sparkle Plenty, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA

Yuma Art Center Exhibition, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ 

2017     

The Good Making of Good Things: Craft Horizons, Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, Asheville, NC, Elizabeth Essner, Lily Kane, and Meaghan Roddy

The Craft School Experience: Outcomes and Revelations Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA Curated by Emily Zaiden

Pursuing Excellence, Blue Spiral One, Asheville, NC. Invited by Michael Manes

Duality of Presence, Munich, Germany. Curated by Kerriane Quick and Jessica Tolbert

2016       

Go For Baroque, Racine Art Museum, WI Invitation by Lena Vigna

3 x 3, Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC Invitation by Jordan Ahlers 

Maximum Craft, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2015       

Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2015, Cheongju Tobacco Processing Plant, South Korea, Curated by Hyeyoung Cho (September 2015)

Engendered, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI, Curated by Niki Johnson

Dining and Discourse, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX Invitational by Kathryn Hall

Haystack/Components, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Invitational Ellen Weiske and Claire Sanford

2014    

Metamorphosis: the Transformation of Everyday Objects, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA, Curated by David Cole

Press: Artist and Machine, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY

Table, Invitational by Caroline Wright, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA

Anywhere But Now, Invitational by Margaret Lindaur, Wilton House Museum, Richmond, VA

Refined VIII: Maker’s Choice, Juried by Cindi Strauss, Stephen F. Austin Art Gallery, Nacogdoches, TX

Look Again, Invitational by Hoss Haley, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC

2013       

In-Residence Show, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

2012       

Reflection: 100 Years of Jewelry/Metal Arts at California College of the Arts, Juried by Marilyn da Silva and Curtis Arima, Oliver Gallery, Oakland, CA            

2011       

Gather- Master of Art Exhibition, Old Kroger Building, Madison, WI

Connect- Georgetown Art & Cultural Center, Seattle, WA

Retrospectives- Third Year Review Show, Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI

2009      

Love Show, Shibumi Gallery, Oakland, CA

2008      

CCA Baccalaureate Exhibition, Oliver Gallery, Oakland, CA

2007       

Best of Junior Review, Oliver Gallery, CCA, Oakland, CA

360 Degrees. Co-Curated Ring show, South Gallery, Oakland, CA

2004      

Epicenter, Oliver Gallery, Oakland, CA

Professional Experience-

2024     

Adjunct Professor, Old Dominion University

Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy

2023     

Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2020-21 

Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2017 - 18    

Adjunct Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

2016     

Winter Session Instructor, Found, Rhode Island School of Design, RI

2015     

Fall Concentration Instructor, Found, Penland, NC

2013      

Adjunct Instructor,  Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Adjunct Instructor, Houston Community College-Northline, Houston, TX       

2012-13 

Metals Instructor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, Summer Pre-College Program

Board Member and Committee Work-

2025

Beasties Curator, Dransfield Jewelry, Richmond, VA

2024     

Craft and Design Show Jury, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA

2022-   

Craft Emergency Relief Fund Board Member (Cerf+), Montpelier, VT

               Chair, 2024-

               Vice Chair, 2024

               Grants and Strategic Planning Committee, Craft Emergency Relief Fund (Cerf+)

               Get Ready Grant Committee Cycle 13

               Get Ready Grant Committee Cycle 12

2018-9 

Adorned Spaces Committee, Society of North American Goldsmiths

2016     

Core Fellowship Review Committee, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC

2015     

Artisphere Review Committee, Artisphere Art Festival, Greenville, SC

Resident Review Committee, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC

2014     

Fountainhead Fellowship Review Committee, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 

Visiting Artist/ Lectures-

2025     

Instructor, Intro to Metalworking, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA

2024     

Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Lecture, Renwick Craft Alliance, Washington, DC

Lecture, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Instructor, Intro to Metalsmithing, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA

2023     

Instructor, Intro to Metalsmithing, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA

Instructor, Containers, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA

Instructor, Marriage of Metal, Pocosin, Columbia, NC

Lecture and Workshop, East Carolina Symposium, Greenville, NC

Instructor, Containers, Metalwerx, Waltham, MA

2022

Instructor, Fabrication, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (June)

2019

Lecturer, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

Ring in A Day, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME

Lecturer, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD

2018  

Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI

Lecturer, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Lecturer, MINE: Symposium, University of Texas-El Paso, TX 

Lecturer, Yuma Symposium, Yuma, AZ

2017     

Instructor, Found, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

Lecturer, SNAG Nexus: A Connection of Ideas, New Orleans, LA

Lecturer, Craft In America, Los Angeles, CA.  Lecture

2016     

Lecturer, SUNY- New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Visiting Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Lecturer, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, NC

2015      

Instructor, Creative Side Jewelry Academy of Austin, Austin, TX, Beginning Jewelry Class        

2014

Lecturer, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Louisville, KY

2013

Lecturer, Bayou Bend Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Instructor, Creative Side Jewelry Academy of Austin, Austin, TX, Drafting for Metalsmiths     

Instructor, Creative Side Jewelry Academy of Austin, Austin, TX, Beginning Jewelry Weekend Class    

2012      

Lecturer, Houston Metals Arts Guild Presentation of Resident Artist

 

Selected Publications-

2021

Artist Lecture/Interview, CraftNOW-Objects USA 2020, Video

Perceived Value Podcast, Interviewed by Sarah Rachel Brown, Podcast

2020      

Architectural Digest, Germany: Kunst und Kulinarik: Die Initiative Steinbeisser feiert skurile Tischkultur by Mailin Sophie Zeisser         

Sensa: Avantura Za Stolom, by Aurora Weiss

Gastonomija: kao eksperiment, by Aurora Weiss

2019     

Mending: Craft and Community- Selections from Museum’s Collection, Web Article

2018

Video Interview for the Arts/Industry Residency for John Michael Kohler, Video

2017     

Metalsmith Magazine: Exhibition in Print, Vol. 37 No. 4

2016     

Bally, Boris, Imagine Peace Now, ISBN: 968-0-692-80506-0

Adamson, Glenn, Lost Causes, Ornamentum Gallery, Statement

Adair, Ahna, Jaydan Moore: Lost Causes, Art Jewelry Forum, Interview

CNN Style, Cool New Designs from Jelly, Dung, and Garbage, Images

2015 

 Metalsmith Magazine: Exhibition in Print, Vol. 35 No. 4

 Price, Perry, Next Generation, Craft Magazine, Vol. 75 No. 3

Herriman, Kat, 5 Up-and-Comers You Should Find at Design Miami/ Basel, Artsy, Interview      

Patrick, Emily, Memories in Metal, Citizen-Times December 28th, 2015

2014      

Brown, Glen, Metalsmith Magazine: Anti-Trophy, Vol. 34 No. 1 2014

2013      

PBS: Art Insight, Houston, TX, Interview

Wozny, Nancy, Culture Map: Houston, Ultimate Recycling: Artist turns silver trays into timeless sculptures- dents and all, Interview

Gallery Representation-

Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, NY

Hodges Taylor, Charlotte, NC

Jouwstore, Netherlands