Artist: Angel Brame

Angel Brame, MISSOURI
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BIO:

 Brame’s initial love in art was paint.  It was the love of the ability of paint to be manipulated to create color and texture on a flat surface that draws your attention and makes you want to reach out and touch it.  

After years of taking a break from art, Brame took a local pottery class for therapy.  She found herself in the local community clay center several days a week and wanted more.

Clay is her way of thinking outside of the box and outside of her comfort zone while having some fun playing in the mud.  She found that clay offered things that paint cannot.  Clay gives the challenge of transforming a lump of mud into something useful through the utilization of the spinning wheel, dexterity, and coordination.  It makes her think ten steps ahead so that the transformation is successful.  It also provides a bonus.  Once done with the creation process, Brame can still revert back to her love of color and texture with slip and glazes.  There is not only a useful platter, but a canvas to paint on as well.  For Brame, this is the best of all worlds.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My first taste of art was with paint, oils specifically.  I loved the idea of color and texture by manipulating the surface of the canvas with thick paint.  Clay offers me things paint cannot.

I love the challenge of transforming a lump of mud using a spinning wheel and my own dexterity and coordination.  Clay makes me think ten steps ahead to form, function, and finishes.    Once I am done, I can revert back to my love of color and texture with slip and glazes.  I not only have my useful platter, but a canvas to paint on as well.

I find that I am most drawn to those pieces I can touch.  I incorporate that in my own work by creating pieces that are durable, useful, and colorful.  For as much as I want to pick up a piece, I want the viewer to want to do the same with my work.  Pick it up.  Turn it around.  Use it….

EDUCATION

Missouri Southern State University - Joplin, MO
Graduated May 2008 with Bachelor’s of Arts in Studio Art with an emphasis in Ceramics with a 3.9 GPA.  Additional Continuing Education courses in Clay Techniques; Spring 2008 to Winter 2011.
Springfield Pottery - Springfield, MO
Private studio lessons in Cone 6 Oxidation, Raku, and Majolica pottery from 2005 to 2007
Ottawa University - Kansas City, KS
Graduated February 2006 with Bachelor’s of Arts in Human Resources with a 4.0 GPA.
Southwest Missouri State University - Springfield, MO
Transferred to SMSU to work towards BA in fine arts.  Completed approximately 110 hours.
East Central College - Union, MO
Received Associates of Arts Degree in Fine Art.  Named Outstanding Student in Art-1991. 
--Spring 1991 Show Awards:  2nd Place, Painting and 3rd Place, Printmaking
--Spring 1990 Show Awards:  1st Place, Mixed Media and 3rd Place, Sculpture
St. Clair High School - St. Clair, MO
Graduated in the top 10% of the Senior Class with honors.  

WORK EXPERIENCE

05/08-Current – Owner | Joplin, MO
Owner of Dragonflies and Mud Pottery.  Responsible for all production of functional and non-functional works, glazing, loading and unloading of kilns, maintenance and repair of kilns, and all traditional duties of a production potter.
03/15-12/16 – Resident Potter  | Joplin, MO
Resident Potter at Crackpot Pottery and Art Studio.  Responsible for gallery inventory, glaze mixing, kiln loading, firing and unloading, general upkeep of studio and gallery spaces.  Also assistant instructor for beginning wheel throwing classes and private lessons. 
02/12-05/14 – Resident Potter | Joplin, MO
Resident Potter at Phoenix Fired Art.  Responsible for gallery inventory, glaze mixing, kiln loading, firing and unloading, general upkeep of studio and gallery spaces.  Also assistant instructor for beginning wheel throwing classes and private lessons.  Additional duties included gallery sales and special events. 
08/03-10/16 – Independent Contractor | St. Clair, MO
Independent Contractor for Fairway Needlecraft, Inc.  Freelance design work for national counted cross-stitch company, responsible for the design and color designation of new patterns.  Current patterns are sold in the United States and Canada at such places as Ben Franklin, Hancock Fabrics and Hobby Lobby. 

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

Bede Clark, Ceramic Workshop, Springfield Pottery, Springfield, MO
Russel Wrankle, Ceramic Workshop, College of the Ozarks, Branson, MO
Malcolm Kucharski, Ceramic Workshop, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
Tara Dawley, Ceramic Workshop, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
Eileen Cohen, Ceramic Seminar, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
Jed Schlegel, Ceramic Seminar, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
Tom Coleman, Ceramic Workshop, Jed Schlegel Studio, Joplin, MO
Danny Meisinger, Ceramic Workshop, Missouri Southern State University,Joplin, MO
Fong Choo, Ceramic Workshop, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO
Bede Clark, Ceramic Workshop, Phoenix Fired Art, Joplin, MO
Tom Hubbell, Ceramic Workshop, Phoenix Fired Art, Joplin, MO
John Britt, Glaze Workshop, Phoenix Fired Art, Joplin, MO
Malcolm Kucharski, Ceramic Workshop, Phoenix Fired Art, Joplin, MO
Dick Lehman, Ceramic Workshop, Phoenix Fired Art, Joplin, MO
Matt Long, Ceramic Workshop, Kansas City, MO
Chris Gustin, Ceramic Workshop, Kansas City, MO
John Balistreri, Ceramic Workshop, Kansas City, MO
Kenyon Hansen, Ceramic Workshop, Diamond, MO
Dick Lehman, Ceramic Workshop, Springfield, MO
Martha Grover, Ceramic Workshop, Las Vegas, NV
Lorna Meaden and Brad Schwieger, Ceramic Workshop, Fayetteville, AR

DEMONSTRATIONS/LECTURES

Focus on Function, Two day presentation on functional work with exploration in texture and glaze application at Clay Arts Vegas, Last Vegas, NV, 2015
Repurpose, Reengineer & Relocate, One day presentation on sculptural pieces by exploring combining wheel thrown and hand-built components.  Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, 2024

GALLERY/ RETAIL REPRESENTATION

Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
Cherry’s Custom Framing and Art Gallery, Carthage, MO
Eclectics, Kansas City, MO
Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Art Impressions, Sedalia, MO
The Crystal Fish, Branson, MO
Art4U, Springfield, IL
Bluestem Missouri Crafts, Columbia, MO
Artists in the Loop, St. Louis, MO
Asbury House, Higginsville, MO
Amana Colonies Bakery, Amana, IA
Red Door Gifts, Rolla, MO
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL

AWARDS

2026 – 1st Place, “All Things Clay” Juried Exhibit, WHAM Art Association, Surprise, AZ
2025 – 1st place, “What Dreams May Come”, Juried Exhibit, Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Joplin, MO
2025 – Honorable Mention, “On The Road” Juried Show BOMH, Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO
2025 – 3rd Place, “Over The Top”, Juried Exhibit, Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Carthage, MO
2024 - 2nd Place, “You're an Animal”, Juried Show, Corgi Art Center, Stafford, VA
2024 - 2nd Place, “Put A Lid On It”, Juried Show, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2024 – Honorable Mention, “On The Road” Juried Show BOMH, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
2023-3rd Place, 76th Annual Spiva Membership Show, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2022-Krueger Pottery Purchase Award, Teabowl National, Kansas City, MO
2021-3rd Place, “Vertically Inclined” Juried Show, Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Joplin, MO
2021-Honorable Mention, 74th Annual Membership Show, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2021-3rd Place, “Light in the Darkness” Juried Show, Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Joplin, MO
2020-Honorable Mention, 73rd Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO
2019-”Spirit of the Drink Award”, Art of the Drink Juried Competition, Butler Art Center, Butler, PA
2019-2nd Place, 3-D Category, 72nd Annual Membership Show, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2019-Best in 3D, Summer Solstice Art Fair, Springfield, MO
2019-Honorable Mention, 7th Annual Cup Show, Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
2018-3rd Place, “Art Speaks” Juried Show, Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Carthage, MO
2017-3rd Place, 3-D Category, 70th Annual Membership Show, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2017-1st Place, “Yes We Can” Juried Show, Joplin Regional Arts Coalition, Nevada, MO
2017-2nd Place, 3-D Category, St Avips Annual Juried Exhibit, Friends of St Avips, Joplin, MO
2016-1st Place, “Vibrant” Juried Show, Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Buttonwood ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO
2016-1st Place, 3-D Category, 69th Annual Membership Show, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2015-2nd  Place, 3-D Category, “In Flight” Juried Show, Joplin Regional Arts Coalition, Mt Vernon, MO
2014-2nd Place, ArtCentral Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO
2013-Best 3-D Category, Annual Small Works Exhibit, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2013-3rd Place, ArtCentral Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO
2011-Honorable Mention, Emerging Artist Competition, Fresh Gallery, Springfield, MO
2010-1st Place 3-D Category, Parsons Art Walk, Parsons, KS
2009-2nd Place 3-D Category, Parsons Art Walk, Parsons, KS
2009-Juror’s Recognition-Spiva Center for the Arts Membership Show, Joplin, MO

PRIVATE INSTALLATION/ PERMANENT COLLECTION

2015  Spencer Fane Law Office, Springfield, MO

MEMBERSHIPS

George A Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

• Volunteer Coordinator 2012-2019

Midwest Clay Artists, Joplin, MO

• President, 2010-11

• Co-President, 2016-2017

Best of Missouri Hands-Juried Member, Columbia, MO

• Board Member

Joplin Regional Arts Coalition, Joplin, MO

• Board Member

Potter's Council

NCECA

EXHIBITS

• 2026 “Hot Chocolate Mugs II” Invitational Exhibit, Gainesville, FL

• 2026 “Sip” National Juried Competition, Savannah, GA

• 2026  “All Things Clay” National Juried Competition, Surprise, AZ

• 2025 “Pure Enjoyment” Regional Juried Exhibit, Springfield, MO

• 2025  “Pots with Purpose” Regional Juried Exhibit, Wichita, KS

• 2025  “Cup: The Intimate Object XXI”  National Juried Exhibit, Gainsville, FL

• 2025 “Put A Lid On It” National Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO

• 2025 “KCCG Teabowl National, National Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO

• 2025 “15th Annual National Juried Show” National Juried Competition, Sheridan, WY

• 2025  “What Dreams May Come” Regional Juried Competition, MSSU, Joplin, MO

• 2025 “15th Annual Workhouse Clay International” International Juried Competition, Lorton, VA

• 2025  “Breakfast” National Juried Exhibition, Schuylerville, NY

• 2025  “Repurpose, Reengineer & Relocate” Solo Exhibit, Cottey College, Nevada, MO

• 2025  “Last Call X” National Juried Exhibition, Humboldt, TN

• 2025 “Sip” International Juried Competition, Savannah, GA

• 2025 “Dirty South Cup Competition” National Juried Competition, Alexandria, LA

• 2025 “BOMH On The Road” Regional Competition, Columbia, MO

• 2024   “Cup: The Intimate Object XX”  National Juried Exhibit, Gainsville, FL

• 2024  “The Banquet” Regional Juried Exhibit, Thunderbolt, GA

• 2024 “Geaux Cups VI”, International Juried Exhibition, New Orleans, LA

• 2024  “Strictly Functional” National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster, PA

• 2024  “You're An Animal” National Juried Exhibit, Stafford, VA

• 2024  “Flora & Fauna” National Juried Exhibit, Prescott, AZ

• 2024  “KCCG Teabowl National” National Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO

• 2024  “BOMH On The Road” Regional Competition, Alton IL

• 2024  “Awkward Family” Regional Juried Exhibit, Joplin, MO

• 2024  “Creep Show” International Juried Exhibit, New Orleans, LA

• 2024  “Functional Fall-Put a Lid On It” National Juried Exhibit, Port Chester, NY

• 2024   “Feast!” National Exhibit, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO

• 2024   “Brimming: Goblet Invitational” Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, MO

• 2024    “Embrace the Vase” National Juried Exhibit, Worcester, MA

• 2024  “14th Annual Workhouse Clay International” International Juried Exhibit, Lorton, VA

• 2024   “Everything Is A Remix” National Juried Exhibit, St. Charles, MO

• 2024   Featured Artist, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, FL

• 2024  “Repurpose, Reengineer & Relocate” Solo Exhibit, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS

• 2024  “Plant Pots III” National Juried Exhibit, Gainsville, FL

• 2023  76th Annual Membership Show, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

• 2023  “Halloween Delights II”  National Invitational, Gainsville, FL

• 2023  “KCCG Teabowl National” National Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO

• 2023  “CT Women Artists National Juried Open Show:  National Juried Competition, Farmingtion, CT 

• 2023  “Cup: The Intimate Object XIX”  National Juried Exhibit, Gainsville, FL

• 2023  “Functional Fall: A Seat at the Table” National Juried Exhibit, Port Chester, NY

• 2023  “Delectable: Art of the Edible” National Juried Exhibit, Joplin, MO

• 2023  “On The Road: The World We Create” Best of Missouri Hands Exhibition, Joplin, MO

• 2023  “Wanderlust” National Juried Exhibit, Webster Groves, MO

• 2023  “Summer is Served: Pitchers” National Juried Exhibit, Gainsville, FL

• 2023  “Raise a Toast III” National Juried Exhibit, Edwardsville, IL

• 2023  “Plant Pots II” National Juried Exhibit, Gainsville, FL

• 2022  “It's Only Clay” National Juried Exhibit, Bemidji, MN

• 2022  75th Annual Membership Show, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

• 2022  “Art of Food” Regional Juried Exhibit, St Louis, MO 

• 2022  “Constructed Visions IV” National Juried Exhibit, St Louis, MO

• 2022  “Art of Assemblage” Regional Juried Exhibit, St Louis, MO

• 2022  “Strictly Functional” National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster, PA

• 2022  “Repurpose, Reengineer & Relocate” Solo Exhibit, Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO

• 2022  “Teabowl National” National Juried Exhibition, Kansas City, MO

• 2022   “Cup XVIII, The Intimate Object” National Juried Exhibition, Gainsville, FL

• 2022  “Summer Is Served: Breakfast” National Invitational, Gainsville, FL

• 2021  “State of the Craft” Juried Exhibition, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK

• 2021  “Vertically Inclined” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Joplin, MO

• 2021  “The Light in the Darkness” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Joplin MO 

• 2021  74th Annual Membership Show, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

• 2021 “The Personal Universal; 50 Women: A Celebration of Women's Contribution to Ceramics” International Juried Exhibition, University of Missouri, Kansas City

• 2021  “Cup XVII, The Intimate Object” National Juried Exhibition, Gainsville, FL

• 2021  “Repurpose, Reengineer & Relocate” Solo Exhibit, Jacoby Center for the Arts, Alton, IL

• 2021  “FunctionFest” Juried Exibit, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

• 2021  “Collaboration” Invitational Exhibit, Las Vegas, NV

• 2021  “9th Annual Cup Show” Juried Exhibit, Jansen Art Center, Lyndon, WA

• 2020  “Repurpose, Reengineer & Relocate” Solo Exhibit, Southwest Illinois College, Belleville, IL and Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

• 2020  “CupXVI, The Intimate Object” National Juried Exhibition, Gainsville, FL

• 2020  73rd Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2020  “Teabowl National” National Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO

• 2020  “Lip Service” National Juried Exhibit, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY

• 2020  “6th Annual Dirty South Cup Competition” National Juried Competition, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA

• 2019  “Repurpose, Reengineer & Relocate” Solo Exhibit, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

• 2019  “ARTerior MOtives” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Joplin, MO 

• 2019  72nd  Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2019  “Art of the Drink” National Juried Competition, Butler Art Center, Butler, PA

• 2019  “Teabowl National” National Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO

• 2019  “Cup XV, the Intimate Object” National Juried Exebition, Gainsville, FL

• 2019  “Front and Center” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Columbus, KS

• 2019  7th Annual Cup Show, National Juried Competition, Lynden, WA

• 2019  “Serve It Up” National Juried Competition, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

• 2019  “Working Pots III” Juried Exhibit, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI

• 2018  “We ART Together” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO

• 2018  “What Goes Bump in the Night” Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

• 2018  “Around Town” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Jopin, MO

• 2018  71st Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2018  “One Per Day: A Year of Small Decisions” Solo Exhibit, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO, Jacoby Art Center, Alton, IL, and Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

• 2018  “Art Speaks” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Carthage, MO

• 2017  “A Celebration of the Elements” Group Exhibit, Joplin, MO

• 2017  70th Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2017  “Yes We Can” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Cottey College, Nevada, MO

• 2017  Springfield Regional Artsist Council Annual Membership Show, Springfield, MO

• 2017  “Steeped: The Art of Tea,” Juried Exhibit, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK

• 2016  “Vibrant” Joplin Regional Artists Coalition, Buttonwood ArtSpace, Kansas City, MO

• 2016   69th Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2016   Serve It Up, National Juried Competition, Las Vegas, NV

• 2016  “Sparkle and Shine,” Joplin Regional Arts Coalition, Carthage, MO

• 2016   “St. Avips Invitational,” Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

• 2016   “Cup Show 2016,” National Juried Competition, Las Vegas, NV

• 2016   “Midwest Clay Artists: A Collective of Our Progression,” NCECA, Kansas City, MO

• 2015   Springfield Regional Arts Council Annual Membership Show, Springfield, MO

• 2015   ArtCentral Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO

• 2015   Crave the Cup, National Juried Competition, Las Vegas, NV

• 2015   Serve It Up, National Juried Competition, Las Vegas, NV

• 2015   Curated Exhibit; West Sahara Library Gallery, Las Vegas, NV

• 2015   “In Flight,” Joplin Regional Arts Coalition, Mt Vernon, MO

• 2015   “Stories in Clay,” Midwest Clay Artists Exhibit, Joplin, MO

• 2015   “Cup XI, The Intimate Object,”  National Juried Competition, Gainsville, FL

• 2015   “Focus on Functional” Solo Exhibit, Las Vegas, NV

• 2014   Springfield Regional Arts Council Annual Membership Show, Springfield, MO

• 2014   7th International Texas Teapot Tournament, Houston, TX

• 2014   ArtCentral Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO

• 2014   Serve It Up; National Juried Competition, Las Vegas, NV

• 2014   Thomas Hart Benton Art Competition and Exhibit, Neosho, MO

• 2014   The Clay Cup Competition, Columbia, MO

• 2014   David Jones Gallery Featured Artist, Kansas City, MO

• 2014   George A Spiva Annual Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2014   “Surviving the Fire,” Midwest Clay Artist Exhibit, Joplin, MO

• 2013  100 Teapots IV, National Juried Competition, Baltimore, MD

• 2013  The 6th Annual Texas Teapot Tournament, Houston, TX

• 2013  Best of Missouri Hands Juried Exhibit, Springfield, MO

• 2013  Springfield Regional Arts Council Annual Membership Show, Springfield, MO

• 2013  Featured Artist Individual Exhibit, Phoenix Fired Art, Joplin, MO 

• 2013  24th Annual Teapot Show, “On The Road Again,” Chicago, IL

• 2013  Kansas City Clay Guild: Teabowl National Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO

• 2013  Serve It Up; National Juried Competition, Las Vegas, NV

• 2013  64 Arts; National Juried Exhibition, Monmouth, IL 

• 2013  Art Central Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO          

• 2013  Dining In: An Artful Experience VI; National Juried Competition, Houston, TX

• 2013  19th Annual Nellie Allen Smith National Juried Competition, Fayetteville, NC

• 2013  Voices in Clay, Midwest Clay Artists Exhibit, Joplin, MO

• 2013  Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2013  Starbrick Clay National Cup Show; Juried Competition, Nelsonville, OH

• 2013  The Cup; Interpreted Object; National Juried Competition, Goshen, IN

• 2013  6th Annual Cup Show; Form and Function Exhibit; International Competition, Panama City, FL

• 2012  Kansas City Clay Guild: Teabowl National Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO

• 2012  Mug Extravaganza Juried Competition, Walnut Gallery, Gadsden, AL

• 2012  Art Central Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO

• 2012  Springfield Regional Arts Council Membership Show, Springfield, MO

• 2012  Best of Missouri Hands: Made in MO Juried Exhibit, Branson, MO

• 2012  Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2012  Cup of Comfort; International Ceramics Biannual Exhibition, Terre Haute, IN

• 2012  18th Annual Nellie Allen Smith National Juried Competition, Fayetteville, NC

• 2012-13 Midwest Clay Artists Juried Exhibit, “Of Earth and Fire,” Joplin, MO and Neosho, MO (travelling exhibit)

• 2011 Visual Artists Alliance Juried Winter Exhibit, Springfield, MO

• 2011 Art Central Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO

• 2011 Visual Artists Alliance Juried Theme Exhibit, Springfield, MO

• 2011 Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2011 Emerging Artists Juried Competition, Fresh Gallery, Springfield, MO

• 2011-12 Midwest Clay Artists Juried Exhibit, “Conversations in Clay,” Joplin, MO, Nevada, MO and Carthage, MO (travelling exhibit)

• 2011 Fresh Art at Maschino’s Exhibit, Springfield, MO2010 Sunshine Lamp District Art Exhibit, Joplin, MO

• 2010 Springfield Regional Arts Council Membership Show, Springfield, MO

• 2010 Art Central Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO

• 2010 Midwest Clay Artists Juried Exibit, Joplin, MO

• 2009 Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2009 Art Central Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO

• 2008 Annual Spiva Membership Show, Joplin, MO

• 2008 Art Central Annual Membership Show, Carthage, MO

• 2008-10 Parsons Art Walk, Parsons, KS

• 2008-Senior Exhibit, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO