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Education
2006 MFA, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2003 BFA, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
Residencies
2021 Welch School of Art & Design Gallery Summer Artist in Residence, Atlanta, GA
2018 Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Scripps College, Claremont, CA
2013 The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2011 The Clay Studio Guest Artist in Residence, Philadelphia
2010 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2008 Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2006 The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Mere Mortals, The New Gallery at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
2021 Mere Mortals, Welch School of Art & Design Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta
2020 Looking at a Naked Man, 186 Mitchell St, Atlanta
2019 Unscene, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
2018 Screen, Mattress Factory Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Stage Left, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2016 Stay Asleep, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
2016 Christina A. West: Unmet, CG2 Gallery, Nashville
2015 Intimate Strangers, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
2013 Misfits, Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, Athens
2011 What a Doll: the Human Object as Toy, UNF Gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Jacksonville, FL
2011 New Work by Christina West, Trace Gallery, Athens, GA
2010 What a Doll: the Human Object as Toy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2009 Wild Things, Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
2008 No Exit, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin--Osh-Kosh
2008 Shadows and Fog, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2007 Lilian Fellowship Exhibition, Warehouse Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2006 The Sleep of Reason, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
2003 Refiguring the Ordinary, Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
Group Exhibitions
2023 Akin to Realism (two person with Melissa Huang), Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta
Figuring Space, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia
2022 Forever is Composed of Nows, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
The Sculpture Shoppe, Ithaca Mall with Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2021 Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow, Atlanta Contemporary
Recent Acquisitions to the AEIVA Permanent Collection, Birmingham, AL
2020 She Is Here, Atlanta Contemporary
About Face: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
and Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA
2019 Insight, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Key Figures, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Project, Temporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2018 Easy Air: Ridley Howard, Scott Ingram, Christina A. West, Hathaway Gallery, Atlanta
The Figure: the Indicative & the Allusive, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2017 Hoping for a Happy Ending, CG2 Gallery, Nashville
Groundbreaking: Innovations in Clay, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
Anti-Reflet, Galerie C.O.A., Montreal, Canada
Pulse Art Fair with Hathaway Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta
Re: Semblance, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit
Bodies + Beings II, Abmeyer + Wood, Seattle
Artaxis, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis
2015 Pause, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA
Ceramix, Hartsfield Jackson International Airport, Concourse E, Atlanta
Sexual Politics, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Body Norms: Selections from the Dean Spong Collection, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo
Modeling Life, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2014 Figurative Association: The Human Form, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
Coast to Coast: Ceramic Sculpture, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee
The Clay Studio: 40 Years, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia
2013 Call and Response, The Jung Center of Houston, TX
Post-Coital: a Romantic Commentary, The Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Magical Thinking: the Narratives of Marc Burckhardt, Kate Mac Dowell, Christina West, Christopher
Winter, Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston
2012 Push Play, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
OutFigured, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
To Be Human... Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
Explicit Content, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
14th Annual Exhibition and Auction, The Bemis Center, Omaha, NE
Emerge Art Fair, Washington D.C., with The Mindy Solomon Gallery
2011 Movers and Shakers, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
The Strangely Familiar: Mark Burleson and Christina West (two person), West Tampa Arts Center
Personal Icons, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Figuration, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Contemporary Figurative Ceramics, Barton College Art Gallery, Wilson, NC
12th Annual Art Auction and Exhibition, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Positioning the Figure, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Pretty Young Things, Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA
Corporeal Manifestations, Mutter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, PA
ArtAxis Invitational Exhibition, Cheltenham Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Ceram-A-Rama Exhibition and Auction, ASU Art Museum Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
2009 Former Firsts, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Workshop Preview Exhibition, Santa Fe Clay, NM
2008 Contemporary Ceramic Art: A Survey, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
The Seven Deadly Sins, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
A New Breed: Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Ceram*A*Rama: Soul on Fire, ASU Art Museum, Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Interpreting the Figure, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
All Fired Up, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2007 Renegade Clay: Five Views from the West, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
The Northwest Figurative Sculpture Exhibition, Turman-Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
The Archie Bray Artists Exhibition, Shanghai, China
The Interpreted Figure, The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Art, Alfred, NY
Ceramics…On The Edge, UMLAUF Sculpture Garden and Museum, Dallas, TX
2006 The Figure, Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen, CO
Alfred on 25th, J. Cacciola Gallery, Chelsea, NY
The Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Awards/Grants
2022 Puffin Foundation Grant
2018 Virginia Groot Foundation Third Place Award
2010 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Emerging Artist Award
2009 Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) Indvidual Artist's Fellowship
2009 Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Grant, Milwaukee, WI
2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
2007 George Sugarman Foundation Grant
2006 Lillian Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2006 First Place, The Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia
2004 Third Place, National Ceramic Compettion, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art
Published Writing
2014 “Jeff Campana’s Reconstructed Vessels.” CFile. Web. 20 October 2014.
2012 “Lauren Gallaspy’s Workmanship of Risk.” Ceramics: Art and Perception. No. 90, 2012, p. 54-57.
2010 “Bits and Pieces: A Sculptor’s Reflection on Meaning.” Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of
Persuasion. Web. February 2010
Selected Bibliography
2020
Allen, Ruth. "Looking at a Naked Man: A Classical View." Burnaway. Web. 24 March 2020.
2017
Feaster, Felicia. "Art Watch: Three Artists Moving the Atlanta Art Scene Forward." Atlanta Magazine. Oct 2017, p. 76.
2015
Albritton, Laura. “Review: Christina West/Mindy Solomon Gallery.” Sculpture Magazine. Vol 34. No. 9. p.70-71.
“Garth Clark Speaks with Christina West.” CFile. Web. 18 March 2015.
2012
Garcia, Edith. “Christina West.” Ceramics and the Human Figure. London: A&C Black, 2012. p.102-105.
Copeland, Colette. “Figuration at the Clay Studio.” Ceramics: Art and Perception. No. 87, 2012. p. 96-99.
2011
Temin, Christine. “Pretty Young Things.” Ceramics Art and Perception. No. 84, 2011, p.62-64.
2010
Chang Hyun Bang. “몸. 모옴. ㅁ 아홉 번째 작가: 크리스티나 웨스트 Christina West.” Monthly Ceramic Art (Korea), December 2010, p. 76-81.
Nadelman, Cynthia. “Pot People: Recent Figurative Ceramic Sculpture.” Sculpture Review, Fall 2010, Vol. LIX,
No.3, p.21 and 23.
Boyles, James.“ReFiguring Connections: An Interview with Christina West.” SECAC Review, Vol.15,
No.5, 2010, p. 608-617.
2008
Barr, Peter. “The Push and Pull of Christina West’s Ceramic Sculptures.” 2007-08 Clay in Art International Yearbook, Athens, Greece, p. 120-129.
2007
Ruble, Casey. “The Strangely Familiar.” The Archie Bray Foundation Fellowship Catalogue, 2007.
Employment
2022- Assistant Professor of Art, Ceramics
current University of Wiscosin, Madison
2009- Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics
2022 Georgia State University, Atlanta
Public Lectures
2023 Indiana University-Southeast, New Albany, IN
2022 Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
2021 University of North Carolina-Charlotte
2019 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
2018 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Scripps College, Claremont, CA
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
2017 Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
Jacksvonville Univesity, Jacksonville, FL
Berry College, Rome, GA
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta
2015 CRETA Rome Art Center, Rome, Italy
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2014 University of Alaska-Anchorage
University of North Georgia, Dahlongea, GA
2013 Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA
Cochise College, Sierra Vista and Douglas, AZ
2012 The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Metropolitan State College of Denver, Co
2011 Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Tempe, AZ
College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, St. Joseph, MN
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, FL
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2010 The University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Philadelphia, PA
Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2009 Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2008 The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Colloquium Series
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2007 The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Other Professional Experience
2019 Curator, Kent State National Ceramics Invitational, Kent State Univ Downtown Gallery, OH
2018 Instructor: Uncanny Objects, 2-week workshop, Anderson Ranch Art Center
2017 Instructor: Learning to Look, 2-week workshop, Alfred University
Visiting Critic, New York Academy of Art, NYC
2015 Instructor: Permission to Stare: Sculpting the Figure, 2-week workshop, CRETA Rome, Italy
Instructor: Picturing People Naked, One-Week Workshop at Santa Fe Clay, NM
2014 Presenter, The Human Form Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg
2012 Instructor: The Psychologically Charged Figure, Archie Bray Foundation, MT
2009 Instructor: Site Sensitive Figuration, One-Week Workshop, Santa Fe Clay, NM
Permanent Collections
Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, Birmingham, AL
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
The Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Wright State University, Dayton, OH