Artist: Jeremy Brooks
Jeremy Brooks, ILLINOIS
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There is a space that exists upon the tip-of-the-tongue, one characterized through a curious sense of elusive certainty. Taste aside, it is concerned with imminence and inaccessibility, language and memory. Sometimes the first word out of our mouth is hardly a word at all, but rather this inarticulate sound that is more closely related to what we would identify as gesture. Suspended, held at the cusp of verbalization, there is something there and you feel it strongly. It is a haunting moment; it is a structure of feeling. The investigation of such a quality, one that is (at times) more properly sensuous than cognitive in its scope and depth of inquiry, is one at the core of my work and studio practice.
EDUCATION
2007 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art & Design, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS
2017 Finalist, Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize, The Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2014
Juror’s Choice Award, Shapes of Influence, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Honorable Mention, Box Pot: The Contained Container, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2013 NICHE Award Finalist, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Honorable Mention, Michigan Ceramics, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2011
NCECA Emerging Artist Award, NCECA Conference, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
NICHE Award Finalist, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Guest of Honor, XXIst International Biennial of Vallauris, Vallauris, France
NICHE Award Finalist, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
2009 LEAP Award Finalist, The Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Award, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Westerville, OH
NICHE Student Award Winner, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Collage & Arrangements, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
2012 Catachresis, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Front St. Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2011
Recent Work (Ceramic Decal Collage), Mott Community College, Flint, MI
Recent Work (Kludge-Ware), The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2009 RE: Work (Malaprops, Homophones, Tangents, & Turquoise), The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Migrate: Thesis Exhibition, Alfred University, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
TWO PERSON AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Ware and Tear, ( with Ian Thomas), NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO,
2014 Somatic, (with Tyler Lotz & Tammie Rubin), McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
2013 Obscured Understanding, (with Darien Arikoski-Johnson), Spring St. Studios, Houston, TX
2012 Emerging Artists, (Ruth Bardenstein & Katie Rubin), Washtenaw Community College, Ypsilanti, MI
2010 Buds & Spuds, (with Nathan Prouty), St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
2007 The Space We Share, (with Claire Hedden), Clayspace - Gallery 831, Columbus, OH
SELECTED INVITATIONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Rough Trade, Allegheny College Art Galleries, Leadville, PA,
Curated by Wesley Harvey, Darren Miller, and Ian Thomas
2017
REINVENTED, traveling exhibition, Clay Art Center, Westchester, NY, &
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Within the Margins | Contemporary Ceramics, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC,
Curated by Steven Young Lee
Small Favors: Think Inside the Box, traveling exhibition, NCECA Conference, Portland, OR, & The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Organized by The Clay Studio, Catalog
2016
Decalcomaniacs, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Decalcomaniacs, NCECA Conference, Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MO
Ghosts + Stooges, NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO, Organized by Pattie Chalmers
Middle Ground, NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO, Organized by Pattie Chalmers
This is the living vessel: person. This is what matters. This is our universe, Pewabic, Detroit, MI, Curated by Anders Ruhwald
2015
Trophies and Prey: A Contemporary Bestiary, Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM, Curated by Mark Del Vecchio and Garth Clark
Small Favors IX, traveling, NCECA Conference, Providence, RI, & The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Graphic Clay: Illustrated, Printed & Innovative Surfaces, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Sexual Politics, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, Catalog
Printed, Caldwell Arts Council Gallery, Lenoir, NC
Prizewinners Show: Box Pot, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
ErotiCLAY, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Middle Earth: Midwest Regional Ceramics Invitational, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
2014 Paper | Plate, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2013
Yesterday’s Tomorrow, NCECA Conference, Spring St. Studios, Houston, TX
Fire Power - Ceramics 2013, Detroit Artist’s Market, Detroit, MI
2012
Invited (Outside), Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Small Favors VII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Figure / Figurine, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Michigan Mud 2011, Washtenaw Community College, Ypsilanti, MI
Colleen Toledano Invites, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Fresh Figurines, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Catalog
Small Favors VI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Pouring Permanence, NCECA Conference, Interior Motives Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
NCECA Emerging Artists, NCECA Conference, Nexpo Gallery, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
2010
XXIst International Biennial of Vallauris, Ceramics Museum, Vallauris, France, Catalog
Let There Be White, Birey Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Catalog
Of This Century, NCECA Conference, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Catalog
Small Favors V, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
8 fl. oz., Louisiana State University, Alfred Glassell Jr. Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, Catalog
2009
Michigan Mud 2009, GVSU, Calder Art Center, Allendale, MI
The Michigan – Ohio Game: Teaching Ceramics, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Mold Made, Paint Creek Art Center, Rochester, MI
LEAP Award Featured Finalist, The Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Small Favors IV, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2008
The Clay Studio Residents Show, MT Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ
Small Favors III, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
The Bird / Homage to Brancusi, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
New Residents – New Year, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Alfred on 25th St., Lohin-Geduld, J. Cacciola, & Florence Lynch Galleries, New York, NY
SELECTED JURY EXHIBITIONS
2017 Gendered: An Inclusive Art Show, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2015 Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH, Juried by Garth Johnson, Julia Galloway, and Doug Jeck
Kinsey Institute Juried Show, Indiana University, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
Gender, Indiana University East, Richmond IN, Juror: Ann Kim, Catalog
NCECA Biennial Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI, Jurors: Linda Christianson, Jo-Ann Conklin, & Anders Ruhwald, Catalog
2014
Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA, Juror: Garth Johnson
Shapes of Influence, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL, Juror: Harris Deller
Kinsey Institute Juried Show, Indiana University, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
Playdate, The Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Box Pot: The Contained Container, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, Juror: Garth Clark
RE: Tale, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA, Juried by Miguel Angel Calabria, Catalog
Kitsch-In, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, Jurors: Amy Cancelmo, Richard Rinehart, & Julie Sutherland
The Clay Studio National, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Garth Johnson
2013 NICHE Awards Display, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
Jeremy R. Brooks - Artist’s Resume, Page 2 of 4
2012
Michigan Ceramics, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, Juror: John Glick
Cups of Fire, The Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, Juror: Susan Beiner
8 fl. oz., Louisiana State University, Alfred Glassell Jr. Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA,
Juror: Kristen Kiefer, Catalog
2011
NCECA Biennial Exhibition, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, Jurors: Glen R. Brown, Julia Galloway, & Arthur Gonzalez, Catalog
NICHE Awards Display, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
2010 NICHE Awards Display, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
2009 LEAP Award Finalist Exhibition, The Society For Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
UP: An Exhibition of Hovering, Hanging, Inflating, or Wheeled Sculpture,
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Monroe Ave Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
NICHE Awards Display, Buyers Market of American Craft, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2003 Dixie, Grand Valley State University, Health Professions Facility, Grand Rapids, MI
2001
Glacier, Grand Valley State University, Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute, Muskegon, MI
CLXXXVIII, Grand Valley State University, Alumni House, Allendale, MI
2000 Biomorphic Formation, Grand Valley State University, Richard DeVos Center, Grand Rapids, MI
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Alfred University, Schein-Joseph International Museum of Art, Alfred, NY
Bailey Pottery, Kingston, NY
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL\
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Townsend, Jen and Renée Zettle-Sterling. Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 2017.
Brown, Glen R. “2015 NCECA Biennial”, Ceramics Monthly December. 2015: (59, 61).
Burnett, Jason. Graphic Clay. New York. Lark Books. 2015.
Kostov, Ana Bambic, “Desire”, ArtAscent Journal of Art & Literature, Journal 7 (2014): (3, 32, 33).
Thom O’Hearn, Ed., 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2. New York: Lark Books. 2014.
The Best of 500 Ceramics. New York: Lark Books, 2012.
Anthony Merino, “2011 NCECA Biennial: A Delicate Matter,” NCECA Journal 32 (2011): 14-16.
Chang Hyun Bang, “Jeremy Brooks,” Monthly Ceramic Art. (2010): 56-61.
Suzanne Tourtillott, Ed. 500 Ceramic Sculptures. New York: Lark Books, 2009.
“2008 Emerging Artists.” Ceramics Monthly May. 2008: 92.
Suzanne Tourtillott, Ed. Making & Installing Handmade Tiles. New York: Lark Books, 2005.
Suzanne Tourtillott, Ed. 500 Cups. New York: Lark Books, 2005.
SELECTED WEBSITE PUBLICATIONS
Stacia Yeapanis, OtherPeoplesPixels Interviews Jeremy R. Brooks, OtherPeoplesPixels Blog, June 21, 2017.
John Kingsley, Interview with Jeremy Brooks, Dandycraft, October 8, 2016.
Rosie Sharp, Exhibition: “This is the Living Vessel” Curated by Anders Ruhwald, Cfile, March 17, 2016.
Sarah Rose Sharp , The Deep-Rooted Expression of Ceramics, Hyperallergic, March 9, 2016.
Marie Claire, Interview: Learn About the Art and Inspirations of Jeremy Brooks, Cfile, March 1, 2016.
Stephanie Esters, Students’ and staff’s Empty Bowls raise money for Good Samaritan ministries, The Southern, November 21, 2015.
Bradley W. Parks, “Zanesville Prize Exhibition Opens Friday”, Times Recorder, September 23, 2015.
Iris McLister, "Pride of the Animal Kingdom: Trophies and Prey", Pasatiempo / The New Mexican, August 7, 2015.
Jordan Taylor, “Jordan Taylor sees Partial Truths at the 2015 NCECA Biennial”, Cfile, April 22, 2015.
Anders Ruhwald, “It’s a Crime: NCECA 2015 Biennial”, Cfile. April 15, 2015.
Dakota Sexton, “Gender, Queerness, Sexuality, and Contemporary Ceramics”, American Craft Council, April 7, 2015.
Christopher Harrity, “Contemporary Ceramics: Glazed, Fired, and Queer”, The Advocate, March 30, 2015.
Joshua Green, “2015 NCECA Biennial Opens in Providence”, NCECA. (blog).
“Somatic, a ceramics exhibition featuring work by Jeremy Brooks, Tyler Lotz, and Tammie Rubin”, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL. December 16, 2014.
LINUS Galleries, “Artist Interview Series | Jeremy Brooks | Sculpture and Collage Studies”, Art Galleries Los Angeles. (blog). November 25, 2014.
Chip Schwartz, “The Clay Studio highlights national work with poise and humor”, Knight Arts. (blog). March 25, 2014.
“UICA Artist: Jeremy Brooks,” UICA, Grand Rapids, MI. April 23, 2012.
Kath Weider-Roos, “How sometimes art class is like going to the dentist,” PLAY (blog). October 27, 2011.
Richard Friswell, “Fresh Figurines: Politically Provocative and Deeply Personal, Universal Themes Explored in Clay,” Artist Magazine. December 15, 2011.
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
Brooks, Jeremy R., “Hermetic Splendor.” NCECA Journal 32 (2011): 21-23.
SELECTED ARTIST LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
2012 Artist Lecture & Demonstration, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2011
Artist Lecture, Mott Community College, Flint, MI
Artist Lecture, Michigan Mud Conference, Washtenaw Community College, Ypsilanti, MI
Artist Lecture, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Artist Lecture & Demonstration, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Artist Lecture, NCECA Conference, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL
2010 Artist Lecture & Demonstration, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO
2009 Demonstration, Michigan Mud Conference, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
2007 Artist Lecture, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Artist Lecture, Crit-O-Rama Conference, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
RESIDENCIES
2012 Artist-In-Residence, 10 Weeks, Kalamazoo College, School of Art & Design, Kalamazoo, MI
2011 Artist-In-Residence, 2 Weeks, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2007-8 Artist-In-Residence, 1 Year, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS & COMMUNITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013-Present Visiting Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University, School of Art & Design, Carbondale, IL
2012 Visiting Assistant Professor, Kalamazoo College, Department of Art, Kalamazoo, MI
2011-12
Lecturer I, University of Michigan, School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
Instructor, Ann Arbor Potter’s Guild, Ann Arbor, MI
2011
Lecturer I, University of Michigan, Residential College, Ann Arbor, MI
Intermittent Lecturer, University of Michigan, School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
Instructor, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
2010 Adjunct Instructor, Oakland Community College, Arts & Humanities Department, Auburn Hills, MI
2008-9 Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, Department of Art, History, & Design, East Lansing, MI
2007-8 Instructor, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2006-7
Graduate Assistant (Publications), Alfred University, School of Art & Design, Alfred, NY 2006
Graduate Assistant (Facility Coordinator), Alfred University, School of Art & Design, Alfred, NY
2005 Graduate Assistant (Studio Foundations), Alfred University, School of Art & Design, Alfred, NY
2002-5 Affiliate Staff - Technician & Instructor, Grand Valley State University, Department of Art & Design, Allendale, MI
2002 Adjunct Instructor, Grand Valley State University, Department of Art & Design, Allendale, MI