Jay Strommen

EDUCATIONMaster of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2000Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of South Florida in Tampa, 1996PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2008 – Present - Independent Artist2006 – 2008 Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL – Ceramics Instructor2005 – 2006 Wood fire Workshops – University of Illinois, Champaign, IL1999 – 2009 Gallery Parkwest, Chicago, IL – Director of Ceramics, Assistant Curator, Ceramics Instructor1999 – 2000 Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL – Assistant Curator to Ceramics Chair: John Bakker1999 – 2001 The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, IL – Kiln Room Technician1993 – 1996 A Touch of Sanibel Pottery, Sanibel Island, FL1995 – 1996 University of South Florida,Tampa, FL – Assistant Professor1992 – 1994 Edison Community College, Ft. Myers, FL – Assistant Professor MEDIA/FILMFear No Art Chicago - Featured Artist, Hosted By Elysabeth Alfano WTTW-11 Oct 2010Pass Through the Fire, Documentary Film By Deirdre Lee, Featuring Jay Strommen Dec 2010 Watch Trailer – Winner of the Albert P. Weisman Award - "Best in Show" EXHIBITION RECORDHimawari 向日葵 Perimeter Gallery - Solo Exhibition - June 7th - July 13th 2013 “Tablets and Tokens of Appreciation”""Chocolate Soiree: Collective Conversations in Clay" - Bridgeport Art Center Gallery, Chicago February 1-28, 2013 Curator: Gina Hutchings Group show exhibiting artists: Jayson Lawfer, Mie Kongo, Sarah Hicks, Sangeet Gupta, Mary Drabik, Patricia Kochaver, Joanna Kramer and Dustin Yager"No Rules: Contemporary Clay" Elmhurst Art Museum - September 7 - January 5, 2013 - Group show exhibiting artists: Nikki Renee Anderson, Teri Frame, Michael Fujita, Chris Garofalo, Jeremy Hatch, Thomas Schmidt, Joseph Seigenthaler, Richard Shaw, Nicole Seisler & Liene Bosquê, Jay Strommen, Xavier Toubes and Blake Jamison Williams."Three Cups", White Green Black, Vessels for Tea. Durango Art Center, Warren Mackenzie, Scott Roberts, Lisa Pedolsky and many others...October 8- 28, 2012Tea Bowl Invitational (in Conjunction with The Nevica Project) April 15th - May 11th 2012 The Sella - Granada Gallery at The University of Alabama"Poetic Vision", Heidi Norton, Jim Dingilian, Liliana Porter, Sandro Miller and others. Curated by Edward Krantz, Safey Kleen One Gallery, Elgin Community College 20122012 Chicago Auto Show, Soicihi Ida, Neil Goodman, Toshiko Takaezu. Curated by Paul Martin at Imagination in partnership with Lincoln."Tablets, Tea and Bowls for Time" White Dragon Good Feelings Tea Room and Gallery, Durango, Colorado, February 28 - March 31st, Master of Ceremonies, Michael Thunder"Found and Fired", Safety-Kleen Gallery One, Elgin College, February 7 – March 6, 2012, Curator Ed KrantzInternational Cup 2012, The Clay Studio of Missoula, February 3 - 24, 2012, Juried by Jayson Lawfer and Emily Schroeder WillisVasefinder Internationals: January 5th – February 5th ,2012 Curated by: John GlickThe Bowl And The Sculpture 2 + 2 = 5 "Fires Happening" -The Park Avenue Armory: New York City with Gallery Japonesque October 21- 27, 2011"Recurring Currents" - NCECA- University of South Florida, Tampa - March 28- April 1, 2011"Forever" NCECA- The Morean Arts Center for Clay and St. Petersburg Clay Company at the Train Station Curators: Amber Ginsburg and Robin Lambert March 28- April 1, 2011"Cafecito Exhibition" - NCECA - Café Hey, Tampa Florida March 27 - April 22, 2011 Juror, McKenzie Smith10,000th Try... Accolades To The East "Pages, Tablets & Portals" – Perimeter Gallery – Feb 11- Mar 12, 2011 – Ceramics and PhotographyVasefinder Internationals: February 2011 Curated by: Robin HopperPass Through the Fire, Documentary Film By Deirdre LeeSOFA Chicago 2010 – Perimeter Gallery–Nov 5 - 7–Navy Pier "Tablets"10,000th Try... "Lip Rests" – The Nevica Project–Nov - Dec, 2010 10,000th Try... "Secrets in the City" – Chicago Artist Month, Bridgeport Art Center(BAC) – Oct 1 - 31, 2010 – PhotographyWood Fire Tea Bowl Invitational: Roswell Clay Center, Roswell, GA – Oct 29 - Dec 7, 2010 Curator: James DavisFreeport Art Museum: Group Exhibition – Oct 9, 2010 – PhotographyFear No Art Chicago - Featured Artist, Hosted By Elysabeth Alfano WTTW-11 Oct 201010,000th Try... "Again, Even" Perimeter Gallery – Chicago, IL Feb 13th - Mar 12, 201039th Annual Ceramics Exhibition at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, WI10,000th Try... "With Knowledge Comes Destiny" - Solo Exhibition, IUN Gallery For Contemporary Art, Indiana University Northwest – Jan 12 - Feb 6, 2009SOFA Chicago 2009: Perimeter Gallery – Nov 4 - 6– Sculpture11th Annual Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition, Nippon Gallery Sept 5 - 12, 2009 Curators: Shinichi Doi, David McFadden, Cora Rosevear, Arthur Pogran & Toshio OhiBeing to Being: "Collective Conversation in Clay" – Lillstreet Art Gallery – Oct 4 - Nov 4, 2008 Curator: Gina Hutchings10,000th Try...– Solo Exhibition, Roswell Visual Arts Gallery, Oct 6th - Nov 21, 2008 Curator: A.J. ArgentinaSOFA Chicago 2008: November 6 - 9 – Perimeter Gallery, "Black & White"Vasefinder Internationals: Jan 5 - Feb 5, 2009 Curated by: Michael Cohen2008 International Orton Cone Box Jurors: John Neely, USA; Bede Clarke, USA; Inge G. Balch, USA"Pour and Contain", Roswell Visual Arts Gallery – Jan 14 - Feb 14, 2008 Curator: Jayson LawferArt Basel Miami, Imoderni Gallery, 2007Vasefinder Internationals: Aug 1-Nov1, 2007 Curated by: Elaine ColemanSOFA Chicago 2007: Perimeter Gallery Nov 2 - 4"Being to Being: Collective Conversations in Clay" - Parkwest Ceramics Gallery, Chicago Oct 12 - Nov1 Curator: Gina HutchingsARTropolis 2007 – Chicago, Perimeter Gallery – Merchandise Mart, 2007 – Works on PaperInternational Orton Cone Box Show: Purchase Award – NCECA 2006, Portland, Oregon. Holt/Russell Gallery. Curators:Steven Hill and Don Reitz, International Cup Show – Missoula – 2006 - Helena, MT"Hand Harvested: Our Future in Genetic Engineering" – TOJO Gallery, Chicago, IL- September, 2006SOFA Chicago 2005: Perimeter Gallery – October 28-30 – Sculpture"People Of The Mud: A Look at Chicago Ceramics" 2005 Curator: Nathan MasonSOFA Chicago 2004: Perimeter Gallery – November 5 - 7 – SculptureThe Glamour of War": September 11, 2004 – Curator: Alison RiessSOFA New York 2003: Perimeter Gallery – May 28 - June 1– SculptureSOFA Chicago 2003: Oct 17-19– Perimeter Gallery – Sculpture"Art for Act", Edison College, Ft. Myers, FL– July 20 - Aug 22, 2002 Curator: Ron Bishop– Included Artists: Rauschenberg, Potorff, Gettford, Voytech, Strommen as well as other international artists.The Cube Gallery – Sculpture and Painting – Shigaraki Japan, March-April, 2002Kumehama International Invitational – Sculpture and Pottery – Kumehama, Japan, May 2002"American Appreciation" Solo Exhibition – Horixon Gallery – Paintings, Sept 1 - Oct 31, 2001"Bottle Rockets" – Biennale Internazionale Dell' Arte Contemporanea Firenze, Italy, Dec 7 - 16, 2001Gallery Parkwest, Chicago, IL – Recent Works, Clay & Paintings May 11, 2001"Blank Canvases" – Art Institute of Chicago (Gallery 2), Oct 14, 2000"A Touch of Capitalism" Solo Exhibition – Gallery Parkwest, Chicago, IL – May 2000"Ceramics In Chicago 2000" Group Exhibition, 9 artists A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL Curator: Jay Strommen"A Retrospective of the Figure" – Student Union Gallery – School of The Art Institute of Chicago – Alumni, faculty and students spanning the past fifty years. February 2000 Curator: Zak Pollock"Recent Works" Trinity Christian College, Exhibition Jan 2000 – Clay and Painting, Curator: John Bakker/Chair"Millennium Mélange"– Art for the end of the century – A.R.C Gallery, Chicago Nov 30 - Dec 24 ,1999 Curator: Corolyne King20th Annual March of Dimes Art Auction, 0ct 26, 1999 – St. Cloud, MN1999 International Wood Fire Conference, Iowa – Sept 10-30, 1999 – Jurors: Simon Levin and Michael SmithGRANTSThe Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grant 2003The Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grant 2004The Oppenheimer Family Foundation Teacher Incentive Grant 2010 RESIDENCIES/APPRENTICESHIPSNov 2001- April 2002 Artist In Residency: The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Prefecture, Japan1993 - 1996 A Touch of Sanibel Pottery, Sanibel Island, FL – Apprenticeship under Master Potters Barbara and David Hoggatt1995 - 1997 Mark Jarimillo - Apprenticeship (on-going dialogue and business)Warren Mackenzie - On-going Glaze & Mineral Studies