Education
2003 MFA, Penn State University, PA
1998 BS, Wheaton College, IL
Professional Experience
2019-present Associate Professor, Kent State University, Kent Ohio
2015-2019 Assistant Professor, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
2009-2015 Associate Professor, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR
2004-2009 Assistant Professor, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR
2003 Visiting Professor, Alberta College of Art and Design, Alberta CA
2002 Adjunct Professor, Penn State University, State College, PA
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2022 Peter Christian Johnson, Quaker Galleries in Conjunction with Front Triennial, Akron OH
2019 The Way Things Fall, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2018 Acts of Contrition, Sculpture Space NYC, Long Island City, NY
2016 Poise, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA (Catalog essay by Glenn Adamson)
2015 Fluid: Peter Christian Johnson and Bobby Silverman, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Collapse, Sheehan Gallery, Walla Walla, WA
2014 Relics, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR
2013 Artifact and Object, Esvelt Gallery, Pasco, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Fahrenheit 2024, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
2023 Facets: Contemporary Expressions in Sculptural Ceramics, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
Premio Faenza, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
XVI Bienal Internacional Ceramica Artistica Aviero, Aviero Museum, Santa Joana Portugal
2023 NCECA Annual: I Contain Multitudes, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2022 Reminiscing the Now, University of Texas; Arlington, Arlington, TX
Figurative/ Abstract, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH
2021 Melting Point, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
Melting Point, Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Earth Transformed, Rosewood Art Center, Kettering Ohio
Premio Faenza - International Competition of Ceramic Art, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
2020 Reverberation, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2020 NCECA Annual - The Burdens of History, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA (catalog)
2019 Breaking the Plane, Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, New York
Summer Group Show, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
Defining Dimensions, Canton Art Museum, Canton, OH
Past Curfew - Pop-up, Fair State Brewing, Minneapolis MN
Geologic Shift, University of Minnesota as part of the NCECA Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Alternate Endings, University of Minnesota Library as part of the NCECA Conference, Minneapolis, MN
2018 陶瓷展, Galerie Tao, Shanghai, China
Jingdezhen International Ceramics Expo, Jingdezhen, China
2018 Liling International Ceramics Expo with Peter Christian Johnson, Ryan LaBar and Jeffrey Miller, Liling, China
Friends of CSULB and CCC, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
After The Pedestal, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
Knight Foundation Curated Storefront Project, Akron, Ohio
Spring Salon, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, OH
Supermud/Futuremud; Penn State Alumni Exhibition, Union Project, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
Zanesville Prize Finalists Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, OH
Small and Wonderful, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, OH
2017 Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, Seiler’s Gallery, Zanesville, OH (catalog)
Soft Geometry, Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, OH
Contemporary Ceramics:A Dairy Barn Invitational, Athens , OH
Art and Science: Focus on Glaze, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea (catalog)
Eutectic Gallery at NCECA Expo, Portland, OR
Method Accumulation, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR(march)
Kent State University School of Art Faculty Exhibition, Kent, OH
2016 Pottery Northwest 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Indulge, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Man and Made, MSU Fine Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015 CeramAttack, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, Zanesville Museum, Zanesville, OH (catalog)
@Infinitum, Kent State University Museum, Kent, OH (catalog)
Glazed and Diffused, Ferrin Contemporary, Cummington, MA
Rhythm, Repetition,Ritual (invited artist), Pottery Northwest, Seattle WA
Featured Objects, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Eastern Oregon University Faculty Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande OR
2013 Ceramic Top 40, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO (catalog)
Earth Moves, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO
Archie Bray Resident Exhibition, Kolva - Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Fellowship Exhibition, Warehouse Gallery, ABF, Helena, MT
2013 Resident Artist Exhibition, Warehouse Gallery, ABF, Helena, MT
Honored Artist of Eastern Oregon, ArtsEast Gallery, La Grande, OR
Archie Bray Residents, 18 Hands Gallery, NCECA, Houston, TX
Interpretation of the Object, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2012 Ecumene: Global Interface in American Ceramics, SFCC, Santa Fe, NM (catalog)
NCECA Emerging Artist Exhibition, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
Deviations From Comfort, Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
A Decade of Distinction: LH Project Exhibition at NCECA, Seattle, WA
Archie Bray Residents, Kolva Sulivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
East Meets West, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
Eastern Oregon Biennial, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
Eastern Oregon University Art Faculty, North Santiam Gallery, Albany, OR
2011 Tapped, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (catalog)
Recent Acquisitions, North Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Bray Residents, Kolva-Sulivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Union County Grant Recipients, Union County Art Center, La Grande, OR
Resident Artists and 2011 Artists to the Edge, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena,MT
12th Annual Clay Invitational, Art Spirit, Coeur d’alene, ID
2 by 2: Small Scale Sculpture Biennial, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
EOU Faculty Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
2010 Un-wedged, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2009 Clay on the Wall, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX
Descendent/ Emergent, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
EOU Faculty Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
2008 Crossing the Blues, Satellite Gallery, La Grande, OR
2007 Clay Mechanics II, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Art Slate 2007, Condon Armory, Condon, OR
Eastern Oregon University Faculty Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR
2006 Eastern meets Western, Opis6 Gallery, Eugene, OR
2005 Art Slate 05, Condon Armory, Condon, OR
Awards
2023 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2021 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2019 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
2018 Nominated for 2020 United States Artist Fellowship
2018 Kent State University Summer Research Grant
2017 Zanesville Prize, First Place in Sculpture Category
2017 Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
2017 Honorable Mention, Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale
2015 Zanesville Prize Finalist
2014 Union County Cultural Coalition Visual Artist Grant
2014 Oregon Arts Commission and Ford Foundation Career Opportunity Grant
2013 Rudio Autio Grant for Creative Initiatives
2012 Matsutani Fellow, Archie Bray Foundation
2012 NCECA Emerging Artist
2012 Oregon Cultural Trust Individual Artist Fellowship Grant
2012 Eastern Oregon Biennial, Selected Artist Award
2011 Ceramics Monthly, Emerging Artist
2011 Union County Cultural Coalition Visual Artist Grant
2007 EOU Faculty Scholars Grant
2005 EOU Faculty Scholars Grant
2005 Artist AwardArt Slate 2005
2004 Best of Show (3D) Seasons Faire
2003 1st Place: Penn State University Graduate Research Exhibition
Bibliography
2022 Art Review: Curated Storefront creates dynamic gallery experience in old Quaker Square, Akron Beacon Jounal, August
2022 Art For Everyone, Chemeketa, Oxford University Press, January 2022
2021 Ceramics Monthly, ImBalance, August, 2021
2020 Contemporary Ceramic Art, Charlotte Vennier, Thames and Hudson, 2020
2019 Ceramique; 90 Artistes Contemporains, Charlotte Vennier, Pyramyd Publishers, 2019
2019 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, November, 2019
2018 Maake Magazine Issue 8, November, 2018
2018 Artnet Asks: Gallerist Jeffrey Spahn on the Booming Market for Ceramics, artnet.com, March, 2018
2018 Mastering Hand building, Sunshine Cobb, Voyageur Press, January 2018
2017 Still Standing, Canvas Magazine, Carlo Wolff, November 2017
2017 “Covering All the Angles”, Review of Soft Geometries Exhibition in Columbus Dispatch, Oct, 2017
2017 Relational Learning:ACAD ceramics Visiting Artists, The First 3 Decades
2017 Peter Christian Johnson on the Mortality of Architecture, www.cfileonline.org, October 2017
2016 Sculpture Techniques; Ceramic Arts Handbook Series, American Ceramic Society, January, 2016
2015 Constructing Labor, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 102, 2015
2015 American Art Collector, Structure and Fluidity, October, 2015
2015 Ceramics Monthly, From Idea to Form, Sept, 2015
2015 Ceramics Monthly, Ceramic Top 40 Review, June, 2015
2015 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, April, 2015
2014 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, April, 2014
2013 Exhibitions, CFile, www.cfile.org
2013 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, April, 2013
2013 New Ceramics : European Ceramics Magazine, January, 2013
2013 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, January, 2013
2012 NCECA Journal, 2012 Emerging Artist
2012 Creating Linus Art Magazine, Interview, September, 2012
2012 Pottery Making Illustrated, Jan-Feb 2012
2011 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist, May 2011
2011 Artist of the Day, http://musingaboutmud.blogspot.com
2009 500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books
2006 Sylvie Pederson, Eugene Weekly, 05/25/2006
2005 Peterson, Jeff, The Observer, 01/06/2005
2001 Burleson, Mark ; Ceramic Glaze Handbook, Lark Books (Asheville, NC)
Visiting Artist Lectures
2024 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Ohio State University, Oh
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Bowling Green State University, OH
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Sculpture X Conference; Material Immaterial, OH
2018 Artist lecture: Sculpture Space NYC, Long Island City, NY
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Harvard Ceramics, Cambridge, MA
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Southern Mississippi University, Hattiesburg, MS
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture, Southern Illinois University; Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture, Northeast Ohio Ceramics Assoc, Cleveland, OH
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, Montana State University, Boseman, MT
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, Columbia Basin Community College, Pasco, WA
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Central Washington University, Cheney, WA
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture, Australian National University
2003 Visiting Artist Lecture, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary AB
2003 Visiting Lecturer, Wheaton College, Wheaton IL
2000 Visiting Artist, Wheaton College, Wheaton Il
Permanent Collections
2023 Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Italy
2022 Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark
2021 Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
2017 Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, South Korea
2015 Whitman College
2015 Eastern Oregon University
2013 Archie Bray Foundation
2013 Columbia Basin College
2013 Anne and Harry Wollman collection
2012 Allen Berk Collection
2012 NCECA Permanent Collection
2011 Archie Bray Foundation
2010 LH Project Collection
2006 Australian National University
2005 Portland Community College (Cascade Campus)
2004 Alberta College of Art and Design