Michael Ceschiat
Queen Creek, AZ
michaelceschiat.com
Education
1996 University of New Mexico, M.F.A. in Sculpture, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990 Columbus College of Art and Design, B.F.A. Ceramic Sculpture, Columbus, Ohio
Group Exhibitions
2018 MUD WORKS MMXVIII, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
2017-16 Celebrating Our Own, Chandler Gilbert Community College Art Gallery, Chandler, AZ
2016 I Am Become Death, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
2015-13 Minatures and More, Albuquerque Museum of Art
2015-10 Belen Art League Annual Spring Show, Harvey House Museum, Belen, NM
2015-97 UNM Valencia Faculty Exhibition, UNM VC Fine Arts Gallery, Los Lunas, NM
2012 Boom Blooms Bugs and Blossoms, Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Beauty in the Beast, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
2008 Flower Power: a Subversive Botanical, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Amarillo Biennial 600: Clay, Amarillo Museum of Art, Texas
2006 Clay and Fiber, Hands and Heart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 War and Peace, RioBravoFineArt, Inc., Truth or Consequences, NM
Summer Regional Invitational, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Entanglement, Arte Loca Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
Sensual or Erotic, Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
2004 Bugs and Blooms, Arte Loca Gallery, Bernalillo, NM
Hikidashi Bugs, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Clay and Fiber, Belen Art League Gallery, Belen, NM
Hikidashi Fire Show, UNM VC Fine Arts Gallery, Los Lunas, NM
Bugs, Bombs and Blooms, Harvey House Museum, Belen, NM
2003 UNM Valencia @ UNM Gallup, Faculty Exhibition, UNM Gallup, Gallup, NM
Outlaw’s Inc. Fire Show, UNM VC Fine Arts Gallery, Los Lunas, NM
2002 Yasato to World, World to Yasato, Yasato City Hall, Japan
The Vase, Peck Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Style New Mexico, Sheraton Old Town, Albuquerque, NM
River of Fire Woodfired Ceramic Works, Mudfish Pottery, Albuquerque NM
Shakers and Movers, Maravilla Gallery, Taos, NM
2001 Past and Present, UNM VC Fine Arts Gallery, Los Lunas, NM
1999 ANAGAMA, Porcelain Studio Rio Grande, Albuquerque, NM
1996 Garden Rockets Installation, Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM
Alert, Offsite Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
New Mexico Contemporary 96, New Mexico State Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
11th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas
Annual Juried Graduate Student Exhibition, Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1995 Confusion and Belief, Fitzgerald Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico/Arizona, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
Pima Arts Council Community Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Sculpture Project, The College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Rapid Growth, ASA Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1994 New Mexico Ceramic Artists, KIMO Theater Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Juried Graduate Student Exhibition, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
New Graduate Exhibition, Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1993 Distans/igzistans, Spiral Garden, Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
1992 The Wall-1992 Exhibition, Awajicho Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Two Man Exhibition, La Belle Gallery, Kashiwa, Japan
1991 Clay Plus One, ART SPACE JONAISAKA, Mashiko, Japan
Small Goods Exhibition, ART SPACE JONAISAKA, Mashiko, Japan
1990 Three Man Exhibition, ROY G. BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Bugs and Pokers, Bradley Gallery, T or C, New Mexico
2002 WILDFLOWERS BULLSEYES BOMBS, ART SPACE JONAISAKA, Mashiko, Japan
2000 Gigantic, Fantastic Flowers in Clay, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1997 New Works, Miriam’s Well, Santa Fe, NM
A New Spring, Mariposa Old Town Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1996 M.F.A. Exhibition, Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1995 Outdoor Sculpture Installation, U.N.M. Los Alamos, NM
1992 Cosmic Totems, ART SPACE JONAISAKA, Mashiko, Japan
Select Publications
American Craft Magazine, June/July 2012
500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books 2009
Pasatiempo, February 2008
El Palacio, Spring 2008
Mira Magazine, 2005
Around 505, October/November 2004
THE Magazine, December 1998
Permanent Collections
New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
ART SPACE JONAISAKA, Mashiko, Japan
Zanesville Art Center, Zanesville, OH
Teaching Experience
2016-present Resident Faculty, Chandler Gilbert Community College
-currently teaching Ceramics I and II, Studio Arts Ceramics
1997-2016 Lecturer III, University of New Mexico Valencia
-courses taught Introduction to Art, Art History I and II, Ceramics I and II, Clay and Glaze Calculation,
3D Design, Sculpture I, Photography I and II, Digital Imaging, Introduction to Electronic Art, Graphics Animation
1998-2002 Adjunct Faculty, University of New Mexico
-courses taught Ceramics II, Ceramics Clay and Glaze Calculation, Ceramic Sculpture
1993-96 Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico
-courses taught Ceramics I and II, Ceramics Clay and Glaze Calculation, 3D Design, Shop Foundations
Assistant Experience
2012 Slip casting, glazing and firing for Judy Chicago's "Heads Project"
2006 Sculpture Firing for Judy Chicago's "Cats Project"
1996 Studio Assistant for Gina Bobrowski and Triesch Voelker, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Program Assistant for Casas Grande Program with Bill Gilbert and Juan Quezada, Mata Ortiz, Mexico
1992-91 Studio Assistant for Yoshiji Onuki, Motegi, Japan
1990 Student of Ichizo Mori, Kuwana, Japan
1990-87 Studio Assistant for Ban Kajitani, Columbus, Ohio