Artist: Bianka Groves
Bianka Groves, NEW MEXICO
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Bianka Groves is a potter in New Mexico & her work is represented all
across the United States. She is a graduate of George Washington
University’s Corcoran College of Art & Design in DC. Bianka has studied all
over the country & taught ceramics at Baltimore Clayworks, Northern Clay
Center in Minneapolis, & Santa Fe Clay. Her pottery is thoughtfully functional
and has the ability to complete the elegance of any interior space. The
polished composition of her porcelain surfaces are an ode to the simplistic
repetition and studies of simple design, architecture, and landscapes. When
she’s not making pots out of her home studio in Santa Fe, you can find her
teaching ceramic classes or out hiking in the desert with her dogs.
EDUCATION
Bachelors of Fine Art, Corcoran College of Art & Design, 2012
Mobility Program, Southern Illinois University, Ceramics, Spring 2011
Pikes Peak Community College, Ceramics, 2007-2009
EXPERIENCE
Gallery Assistant, Baltimore Clayworks, Maryland, 2012- Present
Teacher, Baltimore Clayworks, Md, 2013-Present
Porcelain workshop at Arrowmont School of Craft led by Bryan Hopkins, 2012
Teaching Assistant, Slip Casting & Moldmaking, Corcoran College, 2011
Studio Assistant to Novie Trump, Ceramic artist, Flux studios, 2010–2012
Ceramic Work Study, Corcoran College of Art & Design, 2009-2012
Ceramic Work Study, Pikes Peak Community College, 2007-2009
Gallery Manager, Dero 72 Gallery, Colorado, 2007-2009
Curator Assistant, Washington Pavilion of Art, South Dakota, 2002
EXHIBITIONS
2013
Flux Studio’s 1st Annual Cup Show Invitational, Washington DC
CRAFTED, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Winterfest 2013, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Rival Cities-One Field, The Clay Place at Standard, Carnegie, PA
Artifacts From the Inferno, Juror Jack Troy, Baltimore, MD
Cup: The Intimate Object IX, Charlie Cummings, Gainesville, FL, (Invitational)
Game Set Match, Juror Ayumi Horie, Baltimore Clayworks , MD
Multiplicity, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University, MD, (Invitational)
2012
It’s Only Clay, Bemidji Community Art Center, Bemidji, MN
Studio 4903, Holiday Show, DC, (Invitational)
Lines Into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO
Dining In V: An Artful Experience, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
Creme de la Corcoran, Area 405 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Next: Class of 2012 BFA Thesis Show, Corcoran Gallery of Art, DC
Corcoran Ceramics Annual, CCAD, DC
Ceramic Sutra, Baltimore Clayworks, MD, (Invitational)
Emerging Corcoran BFA Student Show, The Fridge, DC
Daily Companions, Baltimore Clayworks
2011
Impulse and Outburst, Civilian Art Gallery, DC, (Invitational)
Fine Art Senior Thesis Preview, CCAD, DC
Studio 4903, Holiday Show, DC, (Invitational)
Flux Gallery, Open House Show & Sale, Mt. Rainer, MD
Art Off the Walls, Student Sale, CCAD, DC
The Unseen, White Halls, CCAD, DC
Focus, White Walls Gallery, CCAD, DC
(e)merge art fair, Washington DC, (Invitational)
Flux Gallery, Holiday Show, Mt. Rainer, MD
Corcoran Ceramics Annual, DC
Kansas City Clay Guild Tea Bowl National, Juror Steven Hill, KS
PUBLICATIONS
Baltimore’s Art Authority, Art I’d Buy, March 2014
Ceramics Monthly, Exposure Section, November 2013 Edition
Washington DC CITYPAPER, Arts Desk Reviewed: BFA Thesis, 2012
Complex Art & Design, A Curator's Walkthrough of Next at the Corcoran, 2012
Washington Sculptors Group Magazine, 2010
CNN presentation for Empty Bowls, online & televised, 2009
AlmaGre, Pikes Peak College Annual Student Art Journal, 2008 & 09
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Windgate Scholarship for Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, 2012
Anne & Ronald Abramson Ceramic Excellence Award, 2012
Martha von Hirsch Memorial Scholarship in sculpture, 2011
Foundation Faculty Award in ceramics, 2010
Director’s Choice Award, functional ceramics, 2009
Spring 2009 Student Art Exhibit, (3rd place), Pikes Peak College, 2009
Emerging Ceramic Artist Mentorship, Augustana College, SD, 1998