c.v.
E D U C A T I O N
M.F.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, May 2004 – July 2005 (Ceramics Emphasis, Sculpture Minor)
M.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, August 2002 – May 2004 (Ceramics Emphasis, Sculpture Minor)
Apprentice to Don Reitz, Ceramic Artist, Clarkdale, Arizona, December 2001 – August 2002
B.F.A. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, August 1997 – December 2001 (Ceramics Emphasis)
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, August 1994 – May 1996 (Photography Emphasis)
E X H I B I T I O N S (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
2013 (upcoming) Summer Workshop Faculty Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Craft, Cookeville, Tennessee
EUP Bruce Gallery Ceramic Invitational, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvannia
Texans and Exs, in Conjunction with NCECA Conference, Winter Street Studios, Houston, Texas
Complimentary, The Green Building Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2012 Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Reflections: National Ceramics Biennial, Halcyon Gallery, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana
IU Southeast Fine Art Faculty Biennial, Ronald L. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2011 *Brian Harper: Oscillations, LOT Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Powering Creativity: Air, Fuel, Heat, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, Indiana. Curator: Karen Gillenwater, Director, Carnegie Center
Visions in Clay 2011, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Delta Center for the Arts, Stockton, California. Juror: Judith S. Schwartz
2010 Critical Chaos, in conjunction with Critical: Santa Fe Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico
National Ceramics Invitational, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ohio University Ceramic Invitational, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, Ohio
Gulf Coast Connections, Pensacola State College, Pensacola, Florida
Aaron Macy Memorial Exhibition, (traveling) Bowling Green, OH
Artaxis.org: An Independent Evolving Network of Artists, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Merge 2010, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, Ohio
2009 Merge, Fawick Gallery, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
Clay3: National Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Clayspace, Warrenville, Illinois
Biennial Juried Ceramics Exhibition, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona
*Brian Harper: Strings in the Aether, Ronald L. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2008 30 x 5 – Legacy: Bunny McBride, (Invitational), Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
Faculty Exhibition, Ronald L. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Feats of Clay 2008, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, California
Dualis (Invitational), Grand Arts Center, Tracy, California
*Brian Harper: Private Archaeology, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas
The 2008 Teacher – Protégé Exhibition, (with my student – Lauren Rusten), Saulsbury Gallery, Azalee Marshall Cultural Center, Temple, Texas
2007 *Brian Harper: New Work, College of Saint Benedict & Saint Johns University, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Fired Forms: Figures, Objects and Abstracts Clay Invitational, The Arts Gallery, Collin Community College, Plano, TX
Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma juror: Judy Onofrio
2007 NCECA Clay National, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky jurors: Syd Carpenter, Sylvie Granatelli, Nick Kripal
Blue (Invitational), East Central College Gallery, Union, Missouri
Ink and Clay 33, Kellogg University Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
2007 Studio Faculty Exhibition, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
49th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
2006 *Brian Harper: New Myths, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Young Fire: A Woodfire Invitational, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Kansas State – Baylor University Faculty Exchange Exhibition, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Stability in Transition (Invitational at NCECA), Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, Washingtion
*Brian Harper: New Work, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Suitcase Boogie Ceramic Invitational (at NCECA), Dreambox, Jupiter Hotel, Portland, Oregon
2005 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, South Korea
2005 NCECA Clay National, Center for Visual Art and Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, jurors: Ron Nagle, Andrea Gill, and Linda Arbuckle
Feats of Clay XVIII, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, California
Clay: A Compelling Expression (Invitational), Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
American Al2o3 Si02 2H2o: Contemporary Sculpture, Area 405, Baltimore, Maryland
2005 International Cone Box Show, NCECA, Baltimore, Maryland
*Brian Harper: A New Myth – The Road, The Bridge Space, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Graduate Clay, Marvin Cone Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
M.F.A. Exhibition, Museum of Fine Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Gallery International Ceramic Competition, Gallery International, Baltimore Maryland
2004 *Brian Harper: New Myth Series, Armature Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
The Next Generation (Invitational), Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Brian Harper: New Works, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Jersey Shore National, m.t. burton gallery, Surf City, New Jersey
The Young and the Restless: Eight Emerging Wood Fire Artists (Invitational), Phoenix Rising Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 International Orton Cone Box Show (Traveling), NCECA, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003 *Brian Harper: New Ceramic Works, Kristen Wigley-Fleming Art Gallery, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
St. Petersburg Clay National 2003, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida
International Teabowl Invitational, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Ceramics 2003, Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut, Juror: Susan Peterson
Four Sculptors, Armature Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
27th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
Units, CSPS Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2002 Bendel with Friends, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City Missouri
2001 Monuments: B.F.A. Exhibition, Beasley Gallery, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Out of the Fire: Woodfire, Concordia University, Kreft Center Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Get Your Art On!, Juried Student Exhibition, Beasley Gallery, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
1997 – 2000 NAU Ceramics Exhibition, Babbitt Administrative Building, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Yuma 21, Yuma Art Symposium, Yuma, Arizona
Group Ceramics Exhibition, Don Bendel Ceramics Gallery, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Altarpiece: An Installation, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts
T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E
Assistant Professor of Fine Art, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana, August 2008 – Present, Director of Ceramics Area, Barr Gallery Director, BFA Coordinator, Teaching all levels of ceramics, Full budget responsibilities, Management of ceramics studio
Full Time Lecturer – Ceramics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, August 2007 – May, 2008 Ceramics IA, IIA, handbuilding, throwing, firing, clay and glaze formulation, budget responsibilities
Part Time Lecturer – Ceramics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, August 2006 – May 2007 Ceramics IA, IIA, handbuilding, throwing, firing, clay and glaze formulation
Part Time Assistant Professor, Ceramics, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas 2006 Spring Semester Appointment, Critique Course for Advanced Ceramic Students
Instructor of Record, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, February 2003 – May 2005 Beginning Ceramics, handbuilding, developed syllabi and course content, full grade book responsibility
W O R K S H O P S
2013 (upcoming) Instructor, Appalachian Center for Craft, Cookeville, Tennessee
2012 Instructor, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvannia
2009 Instructor, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvannia
2006 Instructor, Wood Kiln Redesign and Rebuild Workshop, Taos Art Retreat, Taos, New Mexico
2005 Instructor, Anagama Kiln Loading and Firing Workshop, Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, Navarre, Florida
2004 Instructor, Anagama Kiln Building Workshop, Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, Navarre, Florida
2003 Instructor, Anagama Kiln Loading and Firing Workshop, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida
2002 Instructor, Anagama Kiln Building Workshop, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida
2001 Teaching Assistant, Summer Wood-fire Workshop, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
A W A R D S / G R A N T S R E C E I V E D
2012 IU Southeast Large Grant Program recipient, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Indiana Arts Commission, Individual Artist Grant, Indianapolis, Indiana
Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Grant-in-Aid for Research, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2011 Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award, New Albany, Indiana
2010 Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award, New Albany, Indiana
2009 Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2006 Honorable Mention, 49th Annual Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
2005 Purchase Award, Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, California
Honorable Mention, 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
Scholarly Presentation Award Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Dewey Stuit Fund Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2004 Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2003 Iowa Arts Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Award of Excellence, St. Petersburg Clay National 2003, St. Petersburg, Florida
2002 Iowa Arts Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2001 Aaron Macy Memorial Scholarship, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
2000 Frederick J. Dockstader Scholarship, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
V I S I T I N G A R T I S T L E C T U R E S / C O N F E R E N C E S
2012 Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvannia
2010 National Council on the Education of Ceramic Art (as part of Emerging Faculty: New Approaches to Teaching Ceramics Panel), Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia
2009 Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvannia
2008 International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
University of Miami, Miami, Florida
Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Tarant County College, Fort Worth, Texas
McClennan Community College Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Waco, Texas
Ohio University, Artist Panel: Non-Traditional Approaches to Material, Athens, Ohio
2007 College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University, St. Joseph, Minnesota
Collin County Community College, Plano Texas
2006 Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Taos Art Retreat, Taos, New Mexico
2005 Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, Navarre, Florida
NCECA Graduate Student Slide Forum, Baltimore, Maryland
Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York
2004 Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, Navarre, Florida
NCECA Graduate Student Slide Forum, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003 Luther College Center for the Arts, Decorah, Iowa
St. Petersburg Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida NCECA
Graduate Student Slide Forum, San Diego, California 2002
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida (slide lecture and demonstration)
St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida
2001 Mt. Elden Middle School, Flagstaff, Arizona
University of Iowa Summer Woodfire Workshop, Iowa City, Iowa
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
2013 Completed Professional Grant Development Workshop, Bloomington, Indiana
2012 Audio/Visual Task Force: National Council on the Education of Ceramic Art (NCECA)
2011 Panelist: Graduate School Seminar, Bellarmine University, Louisville, Kentucky
Curator: Strange Attractors: Exchanges between Reason and Potential, Ronald L. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
2010 Panelist: Emerging Faculty: New Approaches to Teaching Ceramics, National Council on the Education of Ceramic Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia
Juror for Scholastic Art Awards, Louisville, Kentucky 2010
Curator of NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Artaxis.org: An Evolving Independent Network of Artists, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pennsylvannia
2009 Juror for OH + 5 Biennial Exhibition, Dairy Barn Art Center
Juror for Scholastic Art Awards, Louisville, Kentucky
2008 Founded and now the Faculty Advisor for the Indiana University Southeast Clay Club
2007 Rebuilt floor, arch, and two walls of 40 cu. ft. Bailey car kiln with Rafael Molina and Paul McCoy
2005 Founded ArtAxis.org, an independent evolving online network of artists
Arts Coordinator, Project Art, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
2004 Designed and managed construction of 32 foot anagama kiln for the Gulf Coast Kiln Walk, Navarre, Florida
Assisted Don Bendel with creating, firing, and installing 70 foot ceramic mural, Flagstaff, Arizona
2003 Designed and managed construction of 30 foot anagama kiln for the St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, FL
2002 Assisted with construction of 21 foot anagama kiln and shed, Don Reitz Studio, Clarkdale, Arizona
2001 Designed, raised funds, and managed construction of 29 foot anagama kiln and 30’ x 50’ timber frame kiln shed at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Installed three 36 foot ceramic murals made under the supervision of Don Bendel, Flagstaff, Arizona
Assisted in building 22 foot anagama kiln, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
2000 Designed and built gas fired downdraft soda kiln, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Assisted in building 18 foot train kiln, Don Reitz Studio, Clarkdale, Arizona 1999
Designed and built gas fired castable downdraft soda kiln, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S (select)
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Northern Arizona University Museum, Flagstaff, Arizona
St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida
University of Kansas Ceramics Department, Lawrence, Kansas
P R I V A T E C O L L E C T I O N S (select)
Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Anton and Joan Schiffenhaus, Scottsdale, Arizona
Israel Davis, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Don Reitz, Clarkdale, Arizona
Patty and Barry French, California
Larry Manning, Brewton, Alabama
Victor Bassman, St. Louis, Missouri
Steve and Shelley Schmitt, Chicago, Illinois
Katherine Boeckman Howd, St. Petersburg, Florida
Adam Welch, Brooklyn, New York
T E C H N O L O G Y
Artaxis.org – www.artaxis.org
The Open Crowd Project – www.theopencrowdproject.com
The Claybucket - www.claybucket.com
SpaceLab - www.spacelabproject.com
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
Linda Kopp, editor. “The Best of 500 Ceramics”. Lark Crafts
Artist Feature, Pure I Uncut I Candy, Louisville’s All Inclusive Art Browser, Volume 1, Issue 6, July 2011, page 16
Triplett, Jo Anne, LEO Weekly, “Strange Attractors”, pg. 25, Feb. 2, 2011 issue
Panhandler Magazine, Contemporary Ceramic Artists Issue, Fall, 2010, (4 page spread, 6 images, bio, artist statement, profile image)
Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott, editor. Glen R. Brown, curator. “500 Ceramic Sculptures: Contemporary Practice, Singular Works” Lark Books
Adam Welch, “NCECA Biennial: Reconsidering Exhibition Practice” Ceramics Art and Perception, No. 70 December 2006 – February 2007, 94-101
Catalog: Ink and Clay 33, page 57, online at: http://www.csupomona.edu/~kellogg_gallery/web-content/PDF/IC33_Cat.pdf
Adam Welch, “Minimalism and Ceramics: the Sculptural Perplex of Brian Harper”, Ceramics Art and Perception, No. 63 March – May 2006, 53-57
Joshua Green, “Meditations on the NCECA Clay National Exhibition”, NCECA Journal 2005, Volume XXVI, 30-34
Web Video: Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, www.jonathanferraragallery.com, “Artist Video Interview with Sidonie Villere”
Catalog: 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea (CEBIKO)
Catalog: NCECA Clay National, 2005
Web Video: Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, www.kilnwalk.org, “Closing the Anagama / Preparing to Fire”, direct link: http://kilnwalk.org/kilnAnagamaVideo.aspx
Web Video: Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, www.kilnwalk.org, Don Reitz and Brian Harper – Question / Discussion Session Following the Opening / Lighting Ceremony, direct link: http://kilnwalk.org/mediaHarperReitz.aspx
Web Video: Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, www.kilnwalk.org, Brian Harper – Anagama Build and Use, direct link: http://kilnwalk.org/mediaBHarper001.aspx
Ken Garner, “All Fired Up”, Navarre Press, December 8, 2005
Lisa Newall and Victoria Papajohn, “Kiln Gets Fired Up”,Splash!, December 2005
Amy Adams, “Arts Restorative Power”, Design and Architecture, p. 36-39, Jan/Feb Issue, 2005
Elizabeth P. Crowe, “A Hot Time in Holley”, Navarre Press, August 12, 2004, Navarre, Florida
Christina Drain, “Community Fire”, Pensacola News Journal, August 4, 2004, Pensacola, Florida
David Kamm, “Brian Harper: New Ceramic Work”, October 27, 2003, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa
Lennie Bennett, “Into the Fire”, St. Petersburg Times, June 19, 2003, St. Petersburg, Florida
Becky Pallack, “Rare Kiln Breathes for Annual Lighting”, The Lumberjack Axe, August 22-28, 2001, Flagstaff, AZ
Dean Bonzani, “New Kiln at NAU”, Flagstaff Live!, July 6-12, 2000 Vol. 6, Issue 27
R E F E R E N C E S
(contact information available upon request)
Samantha Earley, Dean, School of Arts and Letters, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Debra Clem, Professor of Fine Art, School of Arts and Letters, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Brian Jones, Professor of Fine Art, School of Arts and Letters, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana
Paul McCoy, Professor of Ceramics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Susan Mullally, Assistant Professor of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Patrick Veerkamp, Professor of Ceramics, Southwesten University, Georgetown, Texas
Don Bendel, Professor Emeritus, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Don Reitz, Studio Artist, Clarkdale, Arizona; Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
Israel Davis, Director of Ceramics, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan