Education

 

2018 MFA Ceramics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2012 BFA Ceramics and Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

• Magna Cum Laude

• Minor in Art History

• Study Abroad in Rome, Italy

 

Awards

2018

3rd Place, New Forms: Juried Student Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, juried by Beth Cavener, Gatlinburg, TN

2017

Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

Joe Bova Ceramic Art Award, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Michael Daugherty Memorial Fund, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2014

Kiln God Award, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

2012

Nathan Margolis Award for Ceramics, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2011

Work Study Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2010 Esther Rosen Scholarship, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

 

Exhibitions

2024

TBD, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (collaborative solo, upcoming)

Speedball + Iredell Arts Show, Iredell Arts Council, Statesville, NC

A Second Look, Barkan Gallery, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

50 Years, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2023

Creatures of Clay, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Virtual Feature: Grace Tessein and Dennis Ritter, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA (collaborative solo)

Resisting: Form and Surface, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT 

2022

Vessels of Merriment, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC

Featured Virtual Artist, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA (collaborative solo)

VIBE SHIFT, Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA

The Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

Featuring Grace Tessein and Dennis Ritter, In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC (collaborative solo)

Gather, NCECA 2022: Fertile Ground, Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, Elk Grove, CA

Last Call VII, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN

Homegrown, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA

2021

Ornaments, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 
The Clay Cup V, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Milkweed, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Hallow Beings, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mt Berry, GA (solo)

2020

Reverie, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (collaborative solo)

Ghosts, Gallery 406, Elon University, Elon, NC (solo)

100 Years 100 Women, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 

Tableware Gallery Expo, Signature Gallery, NCECA 2020 , Richmond, VA (rescheduled to gallery due to Covid-19)

Small Favors 2020, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2019

Ornaments, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Flyover State, Resonator Institute Gallery Norman, OK

Biennial Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 406, Elon University, Elon, NC

Northwest Georgia Clay Art Exhibit, Rockmart Cultural Arts Center, Rockmart GA

Graduate Student Biennial: Focus on Whitman, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Small Favors 2019, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2018

New Forms: Juried Student Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, juried by Beth Cavener, Gatlinburg, TN

Dearest: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA (solo)

Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award Recipients, Emily Galusha Gallery, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

A Southern Table, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, GA and Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2017

Passion Fruit, Foster Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Graduate Student Biannual, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

MFA at LSU, Ameen Art Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA

2016

LaRK, Union Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2015

Graduate Exhibition, Foster Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2014

Our Community IV, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2013

Ornament, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Small Favors VIII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA OurCommunity III, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 

2012

Big and Little, Napoleon, Philadelphia, PA

Faculty and Technical Assistants Exhibition, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Work Exchange Exhibition, Reed/Smith Gallery, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
NASAD Student Show, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Our Community II, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2011

MADE, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA
My Sentiments are as Light and Fragile as Soap Bubbles, BFA Thesis Show (Solo), Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Annual Student Exhibition (Juried), Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2010

Student Exhibition (Juried), Temple University Rome, Rome, Italy
Collettiva Pittorica, Circolo degli Artisti, Rome, Italy

 

Professional Experience

2024 Teaching Artist 

• Earthworks Pottery, Rome, GA

2022-2023 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art (three semesters): Ceramics I, II, III, Sculpture I,  Special Topics: Body in Sculpture, Intellectual Inquiry 110: Reading the Landscape: Exploring Sense of Place, Drawing II, III 

• Roanoke College, Salem, VA

2022 Part-time Instructor: Art Appreciation 

• Georgia Highlands College, Dallas, GA

2021 Salad Days Artist in Residence

• Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

2019-2020 Assistant Professor and Artist-in-Residence: Ceramics I, Ceramics II, Advanced Projects in Ceramics, Approaches to Sculpture

• Elon University, Elon, NC

2019 Part-time Instructor: Art Appreciation

• Georgia Highlands College, Dallas and Douglasville, GA

2017- 2018 Teacher of Record: Beginning Handbuilding, Beginning Wheel 

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2016 Child/Parent Clay Class Instructor

• Southern Pottery, Baton Rouge, LA

2015-2016 Teaching Assistant for Beginning Handbuilding 

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2015- 2017 Graduate Assistant: Graphic Design at LSU Discover

• Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2014-2015 Museum Assistant/Membership Coordinator

• Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

2014- 2015 Studio Assistant -Andrea and John Gill, Walter McConnell, and Kala Stein

• Alfred, NY

2013-2014 Education Assistant, Gallery Assistant, Teaching Artist

• The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2012-2013 Work Exchange Program 

• The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2012-2013 Teaching Assistant, Teaching Artist 

• The Claymobile Outreach Program, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 

 

Workshops and Lectures

2024 Surface Decoration Workshop, Earthworks Pottery, Rome, GA

2023 Guest Artist Demonstration, Lecture, and Studio Visits at Hollins University, Hollins, VA

2023 Brick Making Summer Workshop through the Center for Studying Structures of Race, Roanoke College, Salem, VA

2023 Slab Building Workshop, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2021 Slip and Sgraffito Decoration workshop, Berry College, GA

2021 Hallow Beings: Exhibition Lecture, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA

2020 Lunch and Learn: Reverie, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2020 Ghosts: Exhibition Lecture, Elon University, Elon, NC

2020 Lunch and Learn: 100 Years 100 Women, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Two Day Pottery Workshop, Rockmart Cultural Arts Center and Theatre, Rockmart, GA

2019 Handbuilding Structural and Functional Ceramics with Slabs Workshop, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 

2018 Dearest: 2017 Warren MacKenzie Advancement Award Lecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

2017 The Figure in Clay Workshop, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 

2015 Artist Lecture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 

2014  Artist Lecture, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME

2012 Artist Lecture, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME

 

Publications

2024 “Salt and Pepper Shakers”, Pottery Making Illustrated, American Ceramics Society, Westerville OH

2022 Gather, Exhibition Catalog, Stormy Cat Press, 2022

2022 “Events: Salad Days” Ceramic Arts 2023 Yearbook and annual buyers guide; supplement to Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, 2022 issue, page 20, American Ceramic Society, Westerville OH

2021 “Meet Grace Tessein and Dennis Ritter | Ceramic Artists” Shoutout Arizona, February 22, 2021, shoutoutarizona.com

2018 “Exposure” Ceramics Monthly June/July/August 2018 issue, page 12, American Ceramic Society, Westerville OH