Artist: Zach Wollert
Zach Wollert, ARKANSAS
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Artist Statement:
Education
2015 M.F.A. Ceramics: Kent State University – Kent, OH
2007 B.F.A. Ceramics: University of Oregon – Eugene, OR
2004 B.S. Fine Arts, Business Minor: University of Oregon – Eugene, OR
Employment
2023 – Current Assistant Director/Ceramics Chair, Windgate Art School Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts – Little Rock, AR
2019 – 2023 Assistant Professor, Ceramics and 3D Art: Kirkwood Community College – Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 – 2019 Temporary Faculty, Ceramics and 3D Art: Kirkwood Community College – Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 – 2023 Continuing Education Instructor: Kirkwood Community College – Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 – 2018 Lead 3D Art Studio Technician: Kirkwood Community College – Cedar Rapids, IA
2015 – 2016 Production/Technical Assistant: Firebug Pottery – Elkton, OR
2014 – 2015 Graduate Assistant, School of Art Galleries: Kent State University – Kent, OH
2013 – 2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ceramics Department Kent State University – Kent, OH
2008 – 2010 Ceramics Instructor: Radius Community Art Studios – Portland, OR
2003 – 2013 Service Clerk/Forklift Operator/Supervisor: Costco Wholesale – Tigard, OR
Showings of Work
2023 Winter Warmers Cup Show, Good Earth Pottery – Bellingham, WA Octagonal:All Media Show, Octagon Center for the Arts – Des Moines, IA
2022 Artists Ending Homelessness, Shelter House – Iowa City, IA Americano Holiday Show, AKAR – Iowa City, IALandscapes, Northwest Woodfire Conf., Chehalem Center – Newberg, OR Platters, Northwest Woodfire Conf., Chehalem Center – Newberg, OR
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR – Iowa City, IA
New Work Sale/Show, AKAR – Iowa City, IA
Faculty Show, Festival of the Arts – Cedar Rapids, IA
2021 Salem Art Works Fall Auction – Salem, NYYunomi Invitational, AKAR – Iowa City, IA
Artists Ending Homelessness, Shelter House – Iowa City, IA
Maria Tritico Benefit, Lighthouse Art Center – Tequesta, FL
The Ceramics Forum, Virtual NCECA concurrent show – NCECA.net
2020 Yunomi Invitational, AKAR – Iowa City, IALast Call V, Companion Gallery – Humboldt, TN
Clay Legacies, Stetson University – DeLand, FL
2019 High Low and Naked, Eutectic Gallery – Portland, ORUnanimous Discourse, Upper Iowa University – Fayette, IA
Alumni Show, Kent State University, Downtown Gallery – Kent, OH
Faculty Exhibition, Kirkwood Community College – Cedar Rapids, IA
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR – Iowa City, IA
Concurrent Show, NCECA – Minneapolis, MN
Nuance, Peters Valley School of Craft – Layton, NJ
2018 On the Rocks, Pewabic Pottery – Detroit, MIYunomi Invitational, AKAR – Iowa City, IA
River to River, Iowa Clay Conference, Coe College – Cedar Rapids, IA
One Degree, Iowa Clay Conference, ICCGS – Cedar Rapids, IA
Wichita Invitational, Reuben Saunders Gallery – Wichita, KS
Emerging Artists, Wood Fire Symposium, Free Gallery – Helena, MT
2017 Americano Invitational, AKAR – Iowa City, IADISH, Medalta, Medicine Hat – Alberta, Canada
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR – Iowa City, IA
Material Function, Kirkwood Community College – Cedar Rapids, IA
Alumni Exhibition, Kent State University – Kent, OH
Fired Relationships, New Harmony Gallery – New Harmony, IN
Legacy Emergent, Blackfish Gallery/NCECA – Portland, OR
2016 Resident Show, Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology – Loch Lomond, CA Strictly Functional Pottery National – Lancaster, PennsylvaniaFired in Freedom, Revision Space – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2015 (im)permanence: Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Main Art Gallery, Kent State University – Kent, OH
2014 Quest for Space, Uumbaji Gallery, Oscar Ritchie Hall – Kent, OH Be the Voice for Those Who are Unheard, Stark State – North Canton, OH Fired in Freedom, Kent State Downtown Gallery – Kent, OHWood, Fire, and Ash, Stark State – North Canton, OH
ASM International Art Exhibition, ASM Headquarters – Novelty, OH
Student Annual Show, Kent State School of Art Gallery – Kent, OH
A Home for Joe, Coffee Cup Show, Baldwin Wallace – Berea, OH
Niche Awards, Student Finalist, Functional Ceramics – Philadelphia, PA
2012 Mud, Sweat, and Cheer – Portland, OR2 Woodfire Kilns of the NW, Pots Gallery, NCECA – Seattle, WA
PublicationsCoppage, Ryan. The Anatomy of a Good Pot. The American Ceramics Society. 2021. pp. vi, 41, 76, 125.
Last Call V. “Party Ewer.” Companion Gallery. 2020. pp. 25.
Nuance: Craftsmanship, Imagination, Innovation. “Salad Plates.” Peters Valley School of Craft. 2019. pp. 28.
Wollert, Zachary. Pottery Making Illustrated. “Stacked Place Settings.” November/ December 2017. pp. 33-36.
Wollert, Zachary. NCECA Journal. Volume 36. “Deconstructing Process.” 2015. pp.127.
Artist Residencies
2023 International Ceramic Studio – Kecskemét, Hungary2016 Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project – Loch Lomond, CA 2015-2016 Firebug Pottery – Elkton, OR
Invited Artist Demonstrations and Lectures
2021 Lincoln Highway Arts Festival – Mt. Vernon, IA2019 Upper Iowa University – Fayette, IA
2018 Iowa Clay Conference, Iowa Ceramic Center – Cedar Rapids, IA
Winterset Art Center – Winterset, IA
2017 The Iowa Ceramic Center – Cedar Rapids, IA
2014 Grand Valley Ceramics Forum, Grand Valley State University – Allendale, MI
2012 Lewis and Clark College – Portland, OR
Instructed Courses
Kirkwood Community College:Ceramics I, Ceramics II, Ceramics III, Ceramics IV
Sculpture I, Sculpture II
Independent Study
Honors Projects
Ceramics: Woodfiring – 3 week summer intensive session
Kent State University:Introduction to Ceramics (Instructor of Record)
Institutional Service
Collaborative Learning Days Presenter: The Digital Hand, Kirkwood Community College, 2021.
Hiring Committee Member : 3D Art Technician, Arts and Humanities, Kirkwood Community College, 2018. Hiring Committee Member
Glass Art Faculty, Arts and Humanities, Kirkwood Community College, 2017. Curator/Preparator
Kent State University Art Gallery, ASM International Art Exhibition, Novelty, OH, 2015. Curator/Preparator
Kent State University Art Gallery, GAR Student Art Show, GAR Foundation, Akron, OH, 2015.
School of Art Representative: Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2015.
Committee Member: Domestic Travel Awards, Graduate Student Senate, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2014.
Artist Mentor: Leaders for Social Justice Students, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 2014.
Extracurricular Service
Committee Member: Iowa Clay Conference, Iowa Ceramic Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2021.
Organizer/Chair:Midwest Clay Online, virtual zoom conference, 2020.
Committee Member:Iowa Clay Conference, Iowa Ceramic Center, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2018.
3D Art Club Advisor:Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2017 – 2023.
Organizer/Chaperone :SOFA (Sculptural Object Functional Art) Conference, 3D Art Club, 2017 – current.
Institutional Awards
Club Advisor of the Year: 3D Art Club, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2018.
Most Memorable Event: Halloween Open House, 3D Art Club, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2018.