Artist: Rickie Barnett
Rickie Barnett, NORTH CAROLINA
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My work is an internal look at the preeminent issues of being bound to loved ones and the effects it has on one's own mental state of being. I work figuratively creating characters based on the struggle of balancing relationships, placing them in an open narrative where they can revisit emotions experienced but not quite understood. I strive to provide a sympathetic relation to narrative in the restlessness of living in one’s headspace, an effort to stay honest with myself and my loved ones. The continual self assessment within our interactions bears fruit which nourishes the bond and eases vulnerability, harvesting growth.
Education:
Bachelors of Fine Arts
California State University Chico
Chico, CA
Graduated 2013
Objective: To create images that free my spirit and tickle the spirit of others
Teaching Experience:
2018 Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2016 Moshier Community Studio, Burien, WA
2015 Seward Park Clay Studio, Seattle, WA
2014-2015 Taos Clay, Taos, NM
One/Two Person Exhibitions:
2019 Upcoming Solo Show at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
2015 I Carried Off Your Ghost (As Far As I Could Go), Taos Clay Gallery, Taos, NM
2014 Washing Dishes, Split show with Mallory Russell, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
2013 In The Dark We Both Look The Same, BFA Culminating Show, B-SO Gallery, Chico, CA
2013 You Were Born From A Hole In The Floor, Naked Lounge Coffee, Chico, CA
2012 Even Cancer Needs A Home: An Experimental Study of Friendship Through the Progression of the Mentally Ill, Laxson Fine Art Gallery, Chico, CA
Group Exhibitions:
2019 Annual Group Show, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
2018 Annual Ceramic Invitational, Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
2018 Clay Fest Northwest, Pottery Northwest, Seattle WA
2018 OUTLAWS, Lexington Art League, Lexington KY
2017 Juried National IV, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Juried by Sunshine Cobb, Award received
2017 Objective Clay features Rat City Studios, Online Exhibition
2017 Forrest Shadows, Cumulus Space, Kansas City, MO
2017 Alma Mudder, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
2016 Nothing To Write Home About: Amidst The Legendary Narrative Of The Great Northwest, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2016 Platters On The Wall, Proletariat Pizza, Seattle, WA
2016 Ninth Annual Cup Show: Form and Function, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2016 Changing Plains, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
2016 Ceramistas Seattle, Dubsea Coffee, Seattle, WA
2015 Soups On, Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA
2015 Taos Clay Studio Employee Show, Taos Clay Gallery, Taos, NM
2014 NSJE NCECA, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2013 Annual Student Juried Show, Juried by Patricia Maloney, Dean’s Prize
University Art Gallery, Chico, CA
Awards:
Curators Choice Award: Juried National IV, Red Lodge Clay Center
Emerging Artist, Musing About Mud by Carole Epp, 2014
Dean’s Prize, Annual Student Juried Show, University Art Gallery, Chico, CA, 2013
Gallery Purchase Award, From The Trenches, Ave. 9 Gallery, Chico,CA, 2013
Commissioned artwork for the 2013 Cammies
Chico News and Review music awards, 2013
Selected artist for Theater On The Ridge, 2013 Show posters, Paradise, CA
Honorable Merit Award, 10x10x20 Student Fundraiser Show, B-SO Gallery, Chico, CA
2013
Honorable Merit Award,17th annual Janet Turner Print Exhibition,Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA
2012
Professional Experience:
Studio Assistant to Cristina Cordova, 2017- Current
Visiting Artist, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN 2019
Visiting Artist, Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ 2019
Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 2019
Artis in Residence, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA 2018
Studio Assistant to Jeannine Marchand, 2017-2018
Visiting Artist at CSU, Chico 2017
Juror for Ink/Clay at CSU, Chico, 2017
Studio Assistant to Deb Schwartzkopf at Rat City Studios, 2016
Studio Assistant to Deb Schwartzkopf & George Rodriguez at Ceramistas Seattle
Year log assistant position, Seattle, WA, 2015-2016
Studio Tech, South Seattle College, Seattle, WA, 2016
Artist in Residence at Taos Clay Studio,Year long residency, Taos, NM, 2014-2015
Artist Assistant, Kensuke Yaamada Workshop, Santa Fe Clay, 2015
Pre-Session at Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, MA, 2014
Lab Tech Assistant, CSU Chico Ceramic Department, 2012- 2013
Curator for the Laxson Fine Arts Gallery, CSU Chico, Chico, CA, 2012- 2013
Panel Discussion on Art in Education, Ave 9 Gallery, Chico, CA, 2013
Visiting Lecturer at Southern Oregon University, 2013
Publications:
Ceramic Monthly, October 2016
Ceramic Monthly’s 2015 Yearbook
Ceramic Monthly, April 2015
NCECA 2013 NSJE Catalog
Galleries:
Gallery IMA, Seattle, WA
Taos Clay Gallery, Taos, NM