Jane Shellenbarger CV
Teaching Appointments
2011
Present Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Associate Professor
2007- 2011
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI. Assistant Professor
2002-2007
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO Assistant Professor
Education
1996
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
Master of Fine Arts
1993
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Drawing with Form, Solo Exhibition, ,Boger Gallery, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
2015
Solo Exhibition of New Work, The Kiln Studio Gallery, Mobile, AL
2007
Image and Pattern, a solo Exhibition, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2005
Solo Exhibition, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Jane Shellenbarger, Solo Exhibition, Lacoste Gallery of American Crafts, Concord, MA
Jane Shellenbarger, Solo Exhibition, Pitcher Masters Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2003
Linear Qualities of Form, Solo Exhibition, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA
2002
Solo Exhibition, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2001
Jane Shellenbarger, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 1021: Lill Street, Chicago, IL
Jane Shellenbarger, Solo Exhibition, Red Star Studio, Kansas City, MO
Selected Invitational and Group Exhibitions
2024
Teapot X, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
St. Croix Pottery Tour, Hosted by Linda Christianson, Lindstrom MN
Embracing Change, NCECA Exhibition, Richmond VA
2023
St. Croix Pottery Tour, Hosted by Linda Christianson, Lindstrom MN
Dan Anderson Memorial Retrospective and Alumni Exhibition, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Department of Art and Design, Edwardsville, IL
2022
Flower City Pottery Invitational, Exhibition, Flower City Art Center, Rochester, NY
St. Croix Pottery Tour, Hosted by Linda Christianson, Lindstrom MN
Influence and Creativity, A Retrospective of Rock Creek Pottery, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Twenty x 5, Curated by Ben Ahlvers, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2021
St. Croix Pottery Tour, Hosted by Linda Christianson, Lindstrom MN
6th Dirty South Cup Call, River Oaks Square Art Center, Alexandria, LA
2020
Old Church Pottery Exhibition and Sale-46th Annual Show and Sale, Demarest NJ
Design and Pattern, Schaller Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI
St. Croix Pottery Tour, Hosted by Linda Christianson, Lindstrom MN
2019
Structurally Sound, Schaller Gallery, Benton Harbor, MI
The Persistence of the Mingei: Influence Through Four Generations of Ceramic Artists, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
St. Croix Pottery Tour, Hosted by Linda Christianson, Lindstrom, MN
2018
St. Croix Pottery Tour, Hosted by Linda Christianson, Lindstrom MN
2017
REVISIT: The Boneyard, Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, ClayArt Center, Port Chester, NY 2016 Eclectic Earth, Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2016
Eclectic Earth, Invitational Ceramics Exhibition, Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
American Pottery Festival 2016, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Flower City Pottery Invitational 2016, Genesee Center for the Arts, Rochester, NY.
Past Presenter Exhibition, Exhibits associated with UCVII: Celebrate the Object Conference and Symposium, Arrowmont School of Crafts, TN
NCECA 2016 50th Annual Conference Makers, Mentors and Milestones, Expo Exhibition, Represented by Northern Clay Center, Kansas City, MO
NCECA 2016 50th Annual Conference Makers, Mentors and Milestones, Represented by Cerbera Gallery, Kansas City MO
Lineage: 41 years of SIUE MFA’S, NCECA 2016 50th Annual Conference Makers, Mentors and Milestones, Morton Hall, Kansas City, MO
Two, A Group Exhibition, Gallery San Bao, San Bao Ceramic Art Village Museum, Jingdezhen, China
2015
Decalomania, The Ruth Reese Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
Contemporary Ceramics 2015, Dairy Barn Invitational, A national exhibition of artists working with clay, Curated by Brad Schwieger and Chuck McWeeny.
Flower City Pottery Invitational, Genesee Center for the Arts, Rochester, NY. The event hosts Twenty premier ceramic artists from across the country celebrating and exhibiting the best in contemporary clay. The event includes a special artist reception, pottery exhibitions, demonstrations, workshops and talks by the visiting artists. 2015 exhibiting artists are: Mark Shapiro, Dan Finnegan, Jane Shellenbarger, Kristen Kieffer, Jenny Mendes, Forrest Lesch-Middelton, Mary Barringer, Bob Briscoe, Julie Crosby, Peter Beasecker, Ryan Greenheck, John Gill, Doug Peltzman, Liz Quackenbush, Bryan Hopkins, Kenyon Hansen, Matt Metz, Tony Clennell, Carolyn Dilcher-Stutz and Richard Aerni.
Pouring Vessels, NCECA 2015 Providence, RI: , Invitational, Curated by Jim Lawton, Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA
Solo Exhibition of New Work, The Kiln Studio Gallery, Mobile, AL
Serviceability, Curated by Ben Bates, Robert T. Wright Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, National Invitational exhibition
Teapot VII, Baltimore Clayworks, curated by Mark Shapiro, National Invitational exhibition
2014
The Crucible Project, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, A Group Exhibition of multiple artists exploring the theme of the crucible. Richard Hirsch, Michael Rogers David Schnuckel, Kenneth Baskin, Scott Meyer, Christa Assad, Jeffery Mongrain, and Judy Moonelis.
Within and Without, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT. National Invitational. A focus on large jars as carriers of content on the surface of the vessel (without), while they function as carriers of various substance (within). This invitation is being issued to eight artists: William Brouillard, Danny Brown, Jeremy Kane, Jeffrey Sincich, Wes Harvey, Yoko Sekino Bove, Jane Shellenbarger, Zachary Tate, and Justin Rothshank
2013
World Craft Competition, Kanazawa 2013, The Time Space Interval of Tea. Invited Artist, Period 1: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, JAPAN , Period 2: Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum, Period 3: Meitetsumza Department store 8 th floor
2012
DIMENSION, a two-person exhibition. Davison gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester NY
Enlightened Earth: The Ceramics Invitational, Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College, Pittsford, NY
Selected Visiting Artist and Lecture Invitations
2024
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL
2023
California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
2021
Indiana Clay Conference, Panelist and Presenter, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN
2019
Visiting Artist Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2017
College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
2016
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
San Bao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China
2015
Kiln Studio and Gallery, Visiting Artist, Fairhope AL
Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua Summer Schools of Fine & Performing Arts, Chautauqua, NY
California State University Northridge, Visiting Artist, LA, CA
Professional Experience
2023-26 Ann Mowris Mulligan Endowed Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2024 Red Lodge Clay Center, Artist Invite Artist Residency, Red Lodge, MT
2023 Embracing Change, Artist Invite Artist Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
2019 Resisdent, Peter Voulkos Visiting Artist Studio, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2017 Director at Large, NCECA
Awarded Tenure at Rochester Institute of Technology
2016 Director at Large, NCECA
Exploring Porcelain and Iron in China, A faculty led student trip working for three weeks n studios in Jing Dezhen China.
2015 Director at Large, NCECA
2014 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) elected as Director at Large (2014-2017) in charge of Emerging Artists, International Residencies,
and Graduate Student Fellowships.
2010 Red Lodge Clay Center, Artist Invite Artist Residency, Red Lodge, MT
2009 Four-week intensive study with industrial mold making and porcelain at the International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
2008 Utilitarian Clay V: Celebrate The Object, Presenter, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2007 National Juried Ceramics Exhibition and Symposium, Presenter, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2006 Jane Shellenbarger Artists Invite Artist session, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
2002 Demonstrator 37th Annual NCECA Conference; “Borders in Flux”, San Diego, CA
1996-97 Residency at the Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
1987-88 Penland Core Fellowship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Selected Publications
2022 Still Learning, Ceramics Monthly Masters Series, article by Susan McHenry,
2014 American iPottery “The Art of Contemporary American Pottery” expanded to a digital version. Kevin Hluch
2011 Ceramics Monthly, “MFA Factor”, Nov. 2011
2008 Ceramics Technical, Kitchen Table Ceramics, Vol. 26
2006 Clay Times, “The Yin and Yang of Pottery Making”, Vol. 12 No. 5, September/October, pp. 51-54
2005 Studio Potter, Vitality of Functional Pottery, June, 2005, pp. 36-39
Public Collections
2024
University of North Florida
2019
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2016
San Bao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China
2013
Ohi Museum, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
2010
San Angelo Museum of Fine Art
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
1998
Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1997
The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
1996
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
1993
Kenneth R. Ferguson Teaching Collection, KCAI, Kansas City, MO