Curriculum Vitae
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www.mangeyclayart.com
IG: @mangeyclay
Education:
2015 MFA, Ceramics/ Sculpture, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2011 BFA, Ceramics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2004 Utah State University, Logan, UT (post-bach research and studio practice)
2003 BS, Ceramics and Sculpture, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
1999 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (Fine Arts, general studies)
Professional Experience:
2017-Present Lecturer, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
2016 - 17 Lecturer, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL
2015 - 17 Lecturer, Ceramics, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2012 - 15 Graduate Assistant, University of Miami, Miami, FL
(I kept studio inventory, fired student work, maintained studio organization, mixed clay and glazes, designed and test shop glazes, assisted faculty with class needs, monitored the sculpture studios)
2013 - 14 Instructor of Record, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Courses taught: Art 262 Wheel-Thrown Ceramics I (Spring/Fall ’14)
Art 261 Hand-Built Ceramics I (Spring/Fall ’13)
2005 - 12 Freelance Studio Artist / Business Owner, Mangey Clay Art, St. Augustine, FL/ Bozeman, MT
2000 - 02 Teaching Assistant and Studio Technician in Ceramics, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT (Kept inventory, fired student work, maintained studio, mixed clay and glazes, prepped for workshops)
Service: Professional/Community/ Academic
2022 Faculty Senate member- 3yr position
2019/2021 Cumberland County Highschool (CBOE), Annual High School Juried Art Show, Virtual, (served as Juror)
2020-present City of Fayetteville Public Arts Commission; Serving as Vice President
2020 BLM Street Mural, Cool Springs Downtown District/Ellington White Gallery, Fayetteville, NC (assisted in letter layout and painting)
2019 Starworks Fire Fest, Starworks Organization- activity facilitator (carving molds for iron pour casting)
2017-2020 CAA Council of Readers; reviewed proposals each year for the following CAA annual conferences.
Awards/Grants/Fellowships:
2021 - Best in Show: Ichneumonidae Labiata, Where the Wild Things Are, The Clay Studio of Missoula
- Co-Best in Show: ICAN Holiday Cup Show, International Ceramic Network
2018-19 - Title III Grant, Fayetteville State University, for purchase of new Bailey soda kiln and studio upgrades. Totaling $60,000.
2012- 15 - Graduate Merit Scholarship, University of Miami Department of Art and Art History
- Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Miami
- Max and Peggy Kriloff Student Travel Scholarship, University of Miami
2015 - Honorable Mention, Contempo, a national juried competition, Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, FL (Juror: Elayne Mordes of Whitespace, The Mordes Collection)
2013 - Jose Bernardo Ceramic Award, awarded for best student work, University of Miami Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL,
Exhibition Record:
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 Congruous Aberrations, BOX Contemporary Gallery, Fat Village Projects, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2015 Anomalies, an MFA thesis, University of Miami Gallery in the Wynwood building, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
2011 Elemental Symbiosis, a BFA thesis, Exit Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Juried Exhibitions:
2021 Spring to Life, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Flair with Dinnerware, International Ceramic Arts Network, online exhibit
Where the Wild Things Are, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT (Best in Show: Ichneumonidae Labiata)
ICAN Holiday Cup Show, International Ceramic Arts Network, online exhibit (Co-winner: Best in Show)
2019 Off the Table! Clay for the Wall, Missouri Western State Univ., Saint Joseph, MO (Juror: Mike Bose)
2016 Twenty-First San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX (Juror: Christy Johnson, Independent Curator and Artist, retired Director of AMOCA, Pomona, CA; Invited Artist: Ron Meyers)
2015 Contempo, Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, FL (Juried by Elayne Mordes of Whitespace, The Mordes Collection)- Honorable Mention.
2013 Annual Juried Student Competition, University of Miami, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL – Best in show
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Artists Who Teach, Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
2021 Off the Wall: An Approach to the Print, Gallery 208, Fayetteville, NC
2020 Regional Artistry: A Unified Vision, David McCune Gallery, Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC
2018 Fayetteville Art Faculty Show, Ellington-White Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
FSU Art Faculty Biennial, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State Univ. Fayetteville, NC
2015 Bastions, University of Miami Gallery at the Wynwood building, Miami, FL
2014 From Here to There, University of Miami Gallery at the Wynwood building, Miami, FL
Miami International Art Fair (MIA), UM Gallery booth aboard the Seafair Event Yacht, Miami, FL
Annual Masters of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition, University of Miami, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
2012 Incoming Graduate Exhibition, College of Arts and Science (CAS) gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
2011 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Montana State University Haines Hall, Bozeman, MT
MSU Faculty and Student Exhibition, Sales Gallery, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Workshops/ Presentations/ Artist Talks:
2016 Artist talk in conjunction with Congruous Aberrations, BOX Contemporary Gallery, Fat Village Projects, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Curatorial/Jurist experience:
2019/2021 Cumberland County School District (CCBOE), Annual High School Juried Art Show
2014 Conquest and Coexistence: The Cultural Synthesis of Spanish Colonial Art, an exhibition curated by students in the Spring 2014 ArtLab @ The Lowe under the direction of Dr. Karen Mathews, Department of Art and Art history, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL
Commissions:
2015 Private commission, Flora Roja, centerpiece (12 x 19), thrown and altered stoneware cone 6 reduction fired, Chicago, IL
2003 Private commission, Crawling Ivy, six place dinner set, 10” plates, 6’ plates and 5” bowls, Stoneware, slip and glaze, cone 10 reduction, Cedar City, UT
Collections:
- Black Moon Rising, Anomaly Series (exterior installation of 7 wall hanging pieces), 36” H x 96” W x 2” D, Slate glazes and clay, 2015; Private collection of Dr. Grossman, Miami, FL
Professional Affiliation/Memberships:
2010-present National Committee for the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
2015-present College Arts Association (CAA)
2020-present Artaxis Organization, global online network of profession artist.
2021-present Tri-State Sculpture Society (TSSS)
2021-pesent International Ceramic Arts Network (ICAN)
Publications:
The American Ceramic Society: Pottery Making Illustrated, “Abstracting from Nature”, a process article, Sept/Oct 2022 issue
Regional Artistry: A Unified Vision, McCune Gallery, Methodist University Youtube promotional video, 2019: https://youtu.be/spygGcoUnbU
MWSU Off the Table! Clay for the Wall! online catalogue, 2019
https://www.missouriwestern.edu/orgs/clayguild/ClayOnTheWall.html
21st San Angelo Museum Ceramic Competition Catalog, 2016. Digital Copy
https://indd.adobe.com/view/f6b21ccf-3fd8-404b-bcce-52a54f012a0a
Jesus Manuel Rojas Torres, “American artist MFA Skylor Swann at UM Gallery Wynwood”, WUM News Wynwood (Blog), 28th April, 2015 http://whatsupmiami.blogspot.com/2015/04/wum-news-wynwood-american-artist-mfa.html
“Elemental Symbiosis: Ceramic work by Skylor Swann”, Montana State University Calendar of Events, accessed April 2011, http://calendar.msu.montana.edu/events/5775
