Adam Knoche
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Artist Statement
My work has a solid foundation in material. I am drawn to the color, texture, and feel of clay. The way in which clay records the mark of the touch shows a raw gesture of movement of the maker. This emotive connection to object making predates historical record keeping and holds its roots to the deepest parts of human nature and desire. Studying the history of ceramics and art in general, I have developed a palette that is derived in material methodology. I have always been intrigued in experimental methods of art making, and my process of creating comes from a place of the historical, personal, and contemporary. I began using dry clay as a means of creating clay objects after returning from Australia, where I lived for three months during my stay as the resident artist at Strathnairn Arts Association in Canberra. While in Australia I observed an ossuary which was used to preserve and honor the dead ancestors of Aboriginal tribes people. This ossuary would house the pulverized bones of the deceased. The body would first be buried and allowed to decompose, then the bones would be dug up and crushed into powder to be put into an elaborately decorated ossuary. I found this process completely different from any burial ceremony and compelling to say the least. This inspired me to begin to use pulverized clays in containers to abstractly signify the body. CV adamknocheceramics@gmail.com EDUCATION MFA, Studio Art, Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville, 2014 BFA, Studio Art, Ball State University, 2010 AS. Lewis and Clark Community College, 2006 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Professor, Brookhaven County Community College, Dallas, TX, 2016-Present Instructor, Greenwich House Pottery School of Art, Glaze Clinic and Calculation, 2016 Instructor, Greenwich House Pottery School of Art, Advanced Hand building in Porcelain, 2016 Instructor, Greenwich House Pottery School of Art, Advanced Wheel Throwing 2015-2016 Instructor, Jacoby Arts Academy, Ceramic Instructor, Alton, Illinois 2014- 2015 Teaching Assistant, hand building 202 SIUE 2013-2014 Teaching Assistant, wheel throwing 305 SIUE 2013-2014 Instructor, Summer Arts Class1st-3rd 2013 Instructor, Summer Arts Class 7th-12th 2013 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Instructional Associate 3D, Ceramics and Sculpture, Brookhaven County Community College, 2016-Present Studio and Fabrications Manager, Greenwich House Pottery, NYC 2015-2016 Instructor, Jacoby Art Center, Alton, IL, 2014 Board of Education, Jacoby Art Center, Alton, IL 2014 Graduate Assistant, Ceramic Technician, SIUE 2013-2014 Graduate Assistant, Sculpture/Woodshop, SIUE 2012-2013 Graduate Assistant, Ceramic Technician, SIUE 2011-2012 Machine Operator, Computer Numerical Control, HGH Products 2012-2014 Lathe Operator, Computer Numerical Control, HGH Products 2012-2014 Ceramic Studio Assistant, Ball State University 2009 Woodshop Assistant, Ball State University 2009 FABRICATION/CONSULTING
AWARDS AND GRANTS 2018 Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly, May 2018 Issues 2017 3rd Place 2017 "Landscape" Exhibition, Light Space and Time Gallery 2014 Thomas D. Gipe Sculpture award 2013 Recipient of the RGGS (Research Grant for Graduate Student 2011 $1,000 Purchase Award, Permanent Collection, Student Success Show, SIUE 2010 Ball State Annual Student Show, Best in Show Award 2010 “Bookish” Best in Show Award RESIDENCY Strathnairn Art Association, Canberra, Australia, Summer, 2012 GALLERY REPRESENTATION Artsy, www.artsy.net RO2 Art Gallery, Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth, Dallas, TX 2018-Present Strathnairn Art Association Gallery, Canberra, Australia Craft ACT, Canberra, Australia Jacoby Art Center, Alton Illinois VISITING ARTIST Workshop/Lecture, Pacific University 2018 Hockaday, ISAS Workshop and lecture, 2018 Brookhaven County Community College, Workshop and Lecture, 2016 Jacoby Art Center, Primitive Ceramics: Obtaining local materials for glazes and clays, Two day Workshop. Alton, Illinois, 2014 2-day Guest Artist, Demonstration, Althoff High School, Belleville, Illinois, Spring 2013 2-day workshop, Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University, Fall 2012 Guest Lecturer, Canberra Potter’s Society, Canberra, Australia, Summer 2012 2-day workshop Strathnairn Arts Association, Canberra, Australia, Summer 2012 PUBLICATION Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist May 2018 Ceramics: Art and Perception, November 2017 Ceramics Monthly, February 2016 issue, Upfront Exposure ArtAscent International Magazine, December 2014 issue, Feature: “RED”, Distinguished Artist The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 513 November 2012 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2018 Ro2 Gallery, "Chaos", Dallas, TX "Texas Talent" Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX Art Aspen, Aspen Ice Gardens, Urban Expositions, Aspen, CO Invitational, RO2 Gallery, "Charma Cameleon", Dallas, TX Invitational, RO2 Gallery, "Sideshow", Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX Ceramics Monthly 2018 Emerging Artist "Small Favors", The Clay Studio Philadelphia, Juror: Lauren Mabry, Philadelphia, PA Curated Exhibition, "Natural Confluence" Forum Gallery, Dallas, TX Invitational, ISAS Fine Arts Festival Exhibition, Hockaday, Dallas, TX Invitational Group Show, James May Gallery, WI 2017 Invitational, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL Invitational, Latino Multicultural Center, Dallas, TX Invitational, Faculty Group Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX Faculty Exhibition, Brookhaven Community College, Dallas, TX Contemporary, Conception Global Art Collective, Dallas, TX "New Texas Talent", CraigHead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX Invitational, "Chaos", RO2 Gallery, Dallas TX 2017 "Landscape", Light Space and Time Gallery, Jupiter, FL Crafting Resistance, ACLU, New York City, NY. Janehartsook Gallery Solo Exhibition Brookhaven College Studio Gallery, Farmers Branch TX Invitational, PAA Gallery, Plano Art District, TX University of Dallas Regional Ceramic Competition, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery and Witchita Falls Museum of Art, Juror: Virginia Marsh REDUX: Transformation 6x6 Invitational, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY 2016 Open Studios Exhibition at the Cedars, Dallas, Tx Brookhaven College, Faculty Exhibition, Dallas, Tx Irons in the Fire, Campanin Gallery, Juror: Justin Rothshank, Homboldt, TN Tristate of Mind Emerging Artist, Juror: Leslie Ferrin, Port Chester NY 41 Years of Lineage SIUE MFA Exhibition, NCECA, Morton Ballroom, Kansas City, MO 2015 Invitational, A.I.R. Retrospective of Artist in Residence Strathnairn, Canberra, Australia Edwardsville Art Center, Cup Show Invitational, Edwardsville, Made in Clay III, NYC, Invitational Exhibition Origins in Clay III, Brooklyn Water Front Arts Coalition, Juror: Judith Schwartz, NY Jane Hartsook Gallery, Faculty and Staff Show, New York City, NY Dirty South Mug Competition, River Oaks Square Art Center, LA, Juror: Tom Coleman Twin Cups Ceramic Exhibition, Missouri Western State University, MO, Juror: Steven Hill 2014 Invitational, “Disturb NCECA”, Milwaukee, WI 25th Annual Teapot Show “On the Road Again”, Juror Joan Houlehen, WI Group show: Sarah Gillispie and Adam Knoche, Jacoby Art Center, Alton, IL Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Perceptive Connections, West Gallery Art and Design, IL Invitational, SIUE Ceramic Exhibition, Curator: Eric Hoefer, Edwardsville, IL, MUC Gallery Invitational, Governor French Academy Exhibition, Belleville, IL Invitational Holiday Show, Jacoby Art Center, Edwardsville, IL Annual Graduate Exhibition, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL, Juror: Stephine Kirkland 2013 Invitational Tea for Two, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, curated by Joan Houlehen Invitational Graduate Ceramic Exhibition, Greenville College, Greenville, IL Holiday Show, Invitational, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, Francis Park Art in the Park, Francis Park, St. Louis MO Graduate and Faculty Show, Edwardsville, IL, MUC Gallery 23rd Annual Teapot Show, Chicago, IL, Chiaroscuro Gallery Solo Exhibition, Stone Bridge Valley Art Center, Michael, IL 2013 Teabowl National, KC Clay Guild, Kansas City, MO, Juror: Doug Jeppesen 2012 Schlafly Bottleworks Art Outside, St. Louis MO Functional/Dysfunctional, Morean Art Center, Jurors Steve Young Lee, and Kathy King Drink This! The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show, Lorton Arts Foundation, Juror Linda Arbuckle Cup of Comfort International Ceramics Biennial, Swope Art Museum/Halcyon Art Gallery, Juror Ray Chen Solo Exhibition, Woolshed, Strathnairn Art Association, Canberra Australia Student Success Show, Morris University Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois, Juror Michael Parrett Graduate Show Exhibition, New Wagner Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois, Juror: Arny Nadler 2011 Invitational Exhibition, Artsplace Gallery, Portland Indiana 2010 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Surfaces of Traditions Lost, Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie Indiana Last Call Juried National Exhibition. St. Petersburg Clay Center, St. Petersburg FL, Juror Adam Yungbluth, Matt Schiemann Bookish Ball State University Center Gallery, Muncie Indiana Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Gladding McBean Factory Gallery. Lincoln, CA Juror: William Van Gilder Exhibition of Ball State University 3-D Arts, Center Gallery, Muncie, Indiana One Night Stand, Downtown Arts walk Exhibition, Muncie Indiana Third Annual Cup Show, Form and Function, Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City FL, Jill Foot-Hutton 8 Fluid Ounces Glassell Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA, Juror: Andy Shaw 10th Annual National Juried Cup Show Kent State University School of Arts Downtown Gallery, Juror Dean Adams KILN BUILDING Centre College, Danville, Kentucky
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois
Personal Wood Kiln, Alton, Illinois
AFFILIATION Greenwich House Pottery 2015-2016 College Arts Association Member 2013-2017 Jacoby Arts Academy Educational Board member 2014 President of Wagner Potters Association, SIUE 2011-2012 Wagner Potters Association Member 2010-2014 President of BSU Clay Guild 2010 Fine Arts League 2009-2010 BSU Clay Guild Member 2009-2010 NCECA Member 2009-2017 Studio Potters Archive 2012 |
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