RESUME

EDUCATION

2025 M.F.A. Ceramics. School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY (Anticipated)

2018 B.A. Studio Art. Concentrations in Ceramics and Painting. Cedarville University. Cedarville, OH

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024–26 Student Director at Large. National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). Boulder, CO

2023–25 Graduate Assistant and Instructor of Record. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY

2021–23 Moldmaker, Slipcaster, Designer. Mayco Colors. Hilliard, OH

2020 Adjunct Professor of Beginning, Intermediate, & Advanced Ceramics. Cedarville University. Cedarville, OH

2019–20 Studio Assistant to Justin Rothshank. Rothshank Artworks. Goshen, IN

EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2025 Vincent Frimpong, Alex Paat, Phoebe Scott. 934 Gallery. Columbus, OH (Upcoming)

2025 Alex Paat, Ainaz Alipour, Nicholas Bundgardt. ROY G BIV. Columbus, OH (Upcoming)

2025 Into the Arms of Earth. MFA Thesis Show. RIT City Art Space. Rochester, NY (solo show)

2023 Figuratively Speaking. Invited by Yve Holtzclaw. ADC Fine Arts. Cincinnati, OH

2023 Project M. Mason Gallery at Core Clay. Cincinnati, OH

2022 Project M. Barkan Gallery at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Newcastle, ME

2022 8 Fluid Ounces Invitational Cup Exhibition. Invited by Paul Briggs. LSU Glassell Gallery. Baton Rouge, LA

2021 The Things We Carry. Eutectic Gallery. Portland, OR.

2021 State of Emergence. Clay Art Center. Port Chester, NY. Opening Presenter.

2019 Lesser Lights: New Works by Alex Paat. Friend. Columbus, OH (solo show)

GRANTS

2024 Artist Project Award. Greater Columbus Arts Council. Columbus, OH

2024 Funds for Artists Grant. Greater Columbus Arts Council. Columbus, OH

2022 Support for Professional Artists Grant. Greater Columbus Arts Council. Columbus, OH

2021 NCECA Multicultural Fellowship. National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. Boulder, CO

2016 Yeck College Artist Fellowship. Dayton Art Institute. Dayton, OH

WORKSHOP TEACHING

2024 Ceramics Workshop Instructor: “Fruit Salad: Handbuilding Expressive Fruit.” RIT ArtEx. Rochester, NY

2023 Ceramics Workshop Instructor: “Make Your Mark: Developing Artistic Voice.” Shekinah Christian School. Plain City, OH

2022 Teaching Assistant to Isaac Scott: “Narrative Cups: Deeper Than the Surface.” Session 6. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Deer Isle, ME

2021 Teaching Assistant to Ben Carter: “Low-Fire is Cooler.” Fall Concentration. Penland School of Craft. Penland, NC

2019 Ceramics Workshop Instructor: “The Articulate Mark.” Cedarville University. Cedarville, OH

RESIDENCIES

2021 The Color Network Residency. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Newcastle, ME

2019–20 Goshen Community Arts Residency. Goshen Community Arts. Goshen, IN

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2024 Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors by Ben Carter. Quarry Books. Beverly, MA

2024 Colossal. “The Color Network on the Significance of Building Community, Teaching Diversity, and Facilitating Access for Artists of Color,” Kate Mothes. Web

2021 Studio Potter Journal. “Crises and Creativity,” Marion Angelica. February 2021. Northampton, MA

REFERENCES

Available upon request