Resume
Brian Chen
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Ceramic Artist and Potter
Instagram: @brianchenpottery
(908) 420-9578
Education
2018 - BA, Organismal Biology and Ecology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Professional Experience
Work Experience
2023- current - Studio Artist, Pittstown, NJ
2021 - 2023 - Resident Artist, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2019 - 2020 - Apprentice to Simon Levin, Pawnee, IL
Workshops/Teaching
2024 - 2 day sculpture workshop, OkiDoki Studio, Germantown, NY
- 2 day sculpture workshop, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
- Demo workshop, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY
2021 - 2023 - Primary Teacher, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2022 - Visiting artist 2 day workshop, Burnish Clay Studio, Bellingham, WA
- Cone 10 Soda fire workshop, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2019 - Visiting artist 2 day workshop, Bemis School of Art, Colorado Springs, CO
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Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2022 - Cusp, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
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Group Exhibitions
2023 - The Unimagined Place, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
- CCC Holiday Invitational, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2022 - Our Residents: 2000 - Now, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
- Current CCC Residents, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2020 - Lineage, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
Juried Exhibitions
2024 - Mug Madness 2024, Saltstone Ceramics, Seattle, WA
2023 - Winter Warmers Cup Show, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
- Clay National XVII, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale CO
2022 - Mug Madness 2022, Saltstone Ceramics, Seattle, WA
2021 - Hella Cups, Applied Contemporary, Oakland, CA
- Juried National VI, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
- Pitcher Perfect II, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
- Mug Madness 2021, Saltstone Ceramics, Seattle, WA
2017 - The Skin I Live In, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
Invited Exhibitions
2025 - (Upcoming) Princeton Pottery Festival, Princeton, NJ
2024 - The Cup, The Mug, Mainstreet Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
- Mudties NCECA Pop-up show, Richmond, VA
- Emergence, Wooten Clayworks, Hackettstown, NJ
- Influenced, Queen City Clay, Cincinnati, OH
- Flower City Pottery Invitational, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY
- The Cup, The Mug, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
- Material Mugs IX, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2023 - Emergence, Cincinnati Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, OH
- 406 Cup Show, Wildfire Ceramics, Missoula, MO
2022 - Chroma, Saltstone Ceramics, Seattle, WA
- 100 CUPS Invitational, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
- 8th Annual Cupful Show, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
- Pairings, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
- Margarita Invitational, Companion Gallery, Humbolt, TN
2021 - Holiday Show, Wildfire Ceramics Studio, Missoula,MO
- Americano Invitational, ClayAkar, Iowa City, IA
- ClaySiblings Holiday Benefit, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
- Solo Feature, ClayAkar, Iowa City, IA
- Woodfireworks IV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
- Yunomi Invitational, ClayAkar, Iowa City, IA
- Cup Invitational, Good Earth Pottery, Bellingham, WA
2020 - Yunomi Invitational, ClayAkar, Iowa City, IA
- Americano Invitational, ClayAkar, Iowa City, IA
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Publications
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2022 - The First Step, January Edition pg 18, Ceramics Monthly, Westerville,OH
- Exposure, June edition, pg 18, Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH
- Elemental, September edition, pg 50 Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH
- Exposure, November edition, pg 16, Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH
2021 - Emerging Artist, May Edition pg 42, Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH
2020 - Exposure, January Edition pg 17, Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH
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Collections
2020 - The Rosenfield Collection, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Awards/Grants
2021
- Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly
2019
- Studio Potter 10,000 Grant