Organic Dissolution, The Art League, Houston, TX (catalog)
2012
Organic Dissolution, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2010
Eighteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, invited artist exhibition space
2008
Synthetic Reality, Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, AZ (catalog)
Inspirations from Denmark, LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA
Group Invitational Exhibitions
2020
Triaxial Blends, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Lip Service, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY
Future Memories, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Contrasts in Clay, two person exhibition, Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York, Fredonia, NY
2019
Inter-Connected, Norway House, Minneapolis, MN
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Unapologetic: Women’s Ceramics in the Land of Mingei-sota, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN
Alternate Endings, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Tikkun Olam 3, Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, Phoenix, AZ
Ceramics+, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ
Bees and Wax, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Almighty Cup, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY
Hot Clay, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts, CA
46th International Art Exhibition, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Brownsville, TX
2017
40th Anniversary Exhibition, The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland
Redux: Transformations 6 x 6, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Revisited; The Boneyard, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Method Accumulation: Studies in Materiality and Existence, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Variations on a Theme; Teapots from RAM's Collection, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2016
Post-Tile, Clay Arch Gimhae Museum, S. Korea
Ceramics Ireland 6Th International Festival Exhibition, Grennan's Mill, Thomastown, Kilkenny, Ireland
Pewabic Past/Present, Beco Flowers, Kansas City, MO
Naturally, Lawrence Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
SOFA Expo 2016, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Vitality and Verve; In the Third Dimension, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Made in the Desert, Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Abiogenesis: From Clay to Community, Janice Charach Gallery, JCC Bloomfield Hills, MI
Accessibility by Design, Vulpes Bastile, Kansas City, MO
The Path to Heaven Flows, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
2015
Women's Work: An Insight into Nature, beauty, and the Domestic Object, Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Cellular, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Tucson, AZ
SOFA Expo 2015, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Petals and Pop, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
M3 Making Material Matter, Office of the Arts at Harvard, Allston, MA
Craft as Art Celebration, James Renwick Alliance, Washington D.C.
Smithsonian Women's Art Invitational, online auction, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
2014
MUCK; Accumulations, Accretions and Conglomerations, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Arts/Industry: Collaboration and Revelation, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Flora and Fauna, The Brinton Museum, Big Horn, WY
Ceramic Top 40, Office of the Arts at Harvard, Allston, MA and Red Star Studio's, Kansas City, MO
Materialism: The Medium or the Message, James Renwick Alliance, Washington D.C.
Flowers, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
2013
Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Botanically Inclined, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA (catalog)
Bloom, Koelsch Gallery, Houston, TX
2012
Innovation Creation: Ceramics Invitational, University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art & Design, Warrensburg, MO
Invite & Ignite, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Brick Castle, ME
Lavish and Lush, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, Illinois Wesleyan University, Wakeley Gallery, Bloomington, IL
2011
Within the Landscape, The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Exposed, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Splendor, Roswell Museum and Arts Center, Roswell, NM
Le Décor est Planté, Galerie Favardin & de Verneuil, Paris, France, curated by Laurent de Verneuil. Exhibition at the Limoges Foundation, Bernardaud, France.
Elastic Authenticity, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg/ Tampa, FL
2010
Botanica, Hunterdon Art Museum, Center for Art, Craft and Design, Clinton, NJ
XXIst Vallauris Biennale Internationale, Magnelli Museum, Ceramics Museum of Vallauris, Vallauris, France (catalog)
Earth Matters, NCECA Invitational Exhibition, The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)
2009
Illuminations, Simon Rock at Bard College, Great Barrington, MA
The Familiar Unknown, Blue Star Art Center, San Antonio, TX (catalog)
SOFA, Chicago. Represented by Next Step Studio, Ferndale, MI
The Margins, The Ice House, Phoenix, AZ (catalog)
39th Annual Ceramics Exhibition, Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
Beasts and Botanicals, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Ceramics Invitational, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Beyond the Brickyard Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2008
10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
The Artful Tabletop, National Trust Historic Site, Lyndhurst, NY
Shared Journeys: Chinese/American Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, China
All Fired Up - A Celebration of Clay in Westchester New York, The Art Gallery of Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY
Full and Spare, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL (catalog)
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2020
Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2019
Korean International Ceramic Biennale, Gyeonggi, South Korea (online platform)
2018
33rd Annual Positive/Negative, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, TN
2016
2016 Fifth China Shanghai International Modern Pot Biennale, Shanghai, China
Googleworks Cup Show, Googleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2014
Transformation 9: Contemporary Works in Ceramics, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2012
International Cone Box, Lawrence Arts Center, KS
Ceramica Multiplex 2012, City Museum of Varazdin, Herzer Palace, Croatia (August 25 - October 31, 2012); Kapfenberg, Austria, (November 16 - January 6, 2013)
4th Contemporary Clay Biennial, The Art Center, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2011
Alchemy; From Dust to Form, Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
2010
Orton Cone Box, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2009
Starbrick Clay National Cup Show, Starbrick Clay, Nelsonville, OH
Beyond The Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2008
Eight Fluid Ounces III, Louisiana State University, Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Teaching Experience
2006-current
Joan R. Lincoln Endowed Professor of Art, Ceramics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2000-2005
Associate Professor, Ceramics Department, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
1994-2000
Adjunct Faculty, College for Creative Studies Art & Design, Detroit, MI
Visiting Artist Workshops And Lectures
2020
Marion Art Gallery, lecture, SUNY, Fredonia , NY
2019
California State University, Northridge, CA
The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
2018
Still Life Ceramics, Los Angeles, CA
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Hot Clay, 5 Day Workshop, Idyllwild Arts, CA
NCECA Panel; Proximity, Pittsburgh Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Berea College, Berea, KY
2017
Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA
Sonoma County Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2016
Ceramics Ireland 6th International Ceramics Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art (CCACA)
Janice Charach Gallery, JCC Bloomfield Hills, MI
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2015
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Benyamini Art Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Givat Haviva Center, Givat Haviva, Israel
2012
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2011
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM
Buffalo State University, Buffalo, NY
2010
University of Illinois, Edwardsville, IL
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Chicken Farm Art Center, San Angelo, TX
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2009
Mudfire Clayworks and Gallery, Atlanta, GA
MACAA, Mid Atlantic College Art Association, Indianapolis, IN
Artist Residencies
2019
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
2017
CRETA, Rome, Italy
2015
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2013
International Ceramics Studio (ICS), Kecskemet, Hungary
2011
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
2008
Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
2007
European Ceramics Workcentre, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
2005-2006
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
2003
International Ceramic Center, Guldagergard, Skaelskor, Denmark
2002
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
1999
Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, New Castle, ME
1997
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Arts/Industry program, Sheboygan, WI
Selected Permanent Collections
Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Modern Pot Art Gallery Collection, Shanghai, China
ASU Art Museum, Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Renault, Corporate Design Techno Centre, France
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
XL Screw Corporation, Wheeling, IL
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Detroit, MI
Awards
2020
Grand Prize, Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2019
Honorable Mention, Korean International Ceramic Biennale, Gyeonggi, South Korea (online platform)
School of Life Sciences Collaborative Project Grant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018
$10,000 Artist Award, Ingram Art Center, Nashville, TN
Award of Excellence for “HIVE”, Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
Pilot Project Grant for Ceramic Art, Arizona Cancer and Evolution Center (ACE), Tempe, AZ
2017
School of Life Sciences Collaborative Project Grant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2016
Joan R. Lincoln Endowed Professor in Ceramics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2015
Windgate Grant for Arizona State University, Ceramics Area
School of Life Sciences Collaborative Project Grant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2009
Artists Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2008-2009
Centennial Professorship Grant, ASASU, Tempe, AZ
2007
Artists Grant, Herberger College of Art, Tempe, AZ
Best Artwork, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Mini Grant, Arizona State University, Herberger College of Art, Tempe, AZ
2006
Honorable Mention, The 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Korea
Independence Foundation Artist Grant, Philadelphia, PA
Craft Forms Exhibition, 2nd Place Award
Publications
2016
Jeongeun, Choi and Park, Hannah. 2016. Post-Tile. (Korea Publishing, Republic of Korea), 21- 22, 102-119.
2014
Taylor, Brian, and Kate Doody. 2014. Glaze: The Ultimate Ceramic Artist's Guide to Glaze and Color. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 96-97.
2012
Kopp, Linda. 2012. The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay. New York: Lark Crafts, 320.
2011
Taylor, Louisa. 2011. The Ceramics Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.
Design Inspiration Guide; Plants, New York: Lark Crafts.
2010
Biennale Internationale 2010, Création Contemporaine et Céramique Vallauris. La XXIe Biennale internationale de Vallauris - Création contemporaine et Céramique. Paris: Somogy.
Three Views One Collection,American Art Collector, Jan 2015:111, 2-3.
Exposure,Ceramics Monthly, Nov 2015, 20.
2014
Merino, Anthony. Bloom: A review by Anthony Merino,Ceramics Art & Perception, June-August 2014: Issue 96, 76-79.
Exposure,Ceramics Monthly, May 2014, 18. Images of work from exhibition.
2013
Buck, Andrew. Organic Dissolution,Ceramics Monthly, March 2013, 44-46.
Voynovskaya, Nastia. Susan Beiner's Other Worldly Flora, Hi Fructose,Contemporary Arts Magazine, May 2013. http://hifructose.com/2013/05/29/susan-beiners-otherworldly-flora/
2012
Hodara, Susan. White that Does Not Signify Purity,New York Times, November 4, 2012, Arts section, 9.
Imagery reproduction, Ceramics Monthly, April 2012, 18.
Exhibition review, Ceramics Art and Perception, January: Issue 82.
2010
Exhibition review, Sculpture Magazine, October 2010, 5, 77-78.
Exhibition review, Ceramics Monthly, June/July/ August Issue, 26, 27.
Ceramics Ireland, Issue 25, 37-39.
2009
Ceramics Art and Perception, December, issue 78.
Video/Television
2017
McCarty, Sarah. Herberger Institute artists, students work with scientists and big data in multidisciplinary projects. https://asunow.asu.edu/20170219-creativity-asu-design-art-meet-science-technology
Article and video on Herberger Institute's School of Art partnering with the ASU School of Life Sciences (SOLS) for Sculpting Science, project that I co-created. Students work with faculty in the SOLS to create works of art representing microscopy images. Video of me working with students and explaining the collaborative project.
Related Professional Experience
2019
Juror, Rising in Phoenix, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
Juror, Unapologetic: Women’s Ceramics in the land of Mingei-sota, Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists (MWCA), Northrup King Building, MN
2018-present
Board Member, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
2016
Guest Curator, Scripps 72nd Ceramics Annual, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Guest Curator, Accessibility By Design, Vulpes Bastile Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2009-2011
Advisory Board Member, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2007-2009
Board Member and On-site Liaison, 2009 Phoenix Conference: National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)