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Shellie Jacobson
309 Grandview Road
Skillman, NJ 08558
609-462-2981 [email protected]
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, virtual exhibition, invitational, Covid-19 Amulet Vest.
2019
Frontline Arts/Print Center, juried members exhibition, Branchburg, NJ
2018
Artists Heal Themselves, invitational, Brain and Spine, Princeton, New Jersey
2017
" The Politics of Water," invitational, Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ
2016
"The Politics of Water," Bernstein Gallery, Princeton University, Princeton Artists Alliance
2015
"Clay and Ink," solo exhibition, Romano Gallery, Blairstown, NJ
"America Through Artist's Eyes," New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N J
"Beyond Function," Invitational, Princeton Arts Council, Princeton, NJ
2014
Princeton Artists Alliance celebrates 25 years, Princeton Arts Council, Princeton, NJ
Members Exhibition, Print Center of NJ, Branchburg, NJ
"Surface and Space," solo exhibition Hutchins Gallery , Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ
2013
7th East West Ceramics Association, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Print Center of New Jersey, members exhibition, Branchburg, NJ
Al-Mutanabbi Street Begins Here; international book project, various US cities and England, continuing.
2012
“Memory: Artist’s Responses,” invitational, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
“Made in Princeton,” Princeton Artists Alliance, Dalet Gallery Philadelphia, PA,
Biennale Santorini Greece, invitational
2011
“Focus on Princeton,”George Segal Gallery, Montclair Art Museum, Wayne, NJ
2010
“Myths and Marks: Archetypes throughout the Ages,” invitational, Printmaking Council of NJ
6th East West Clay Works Exhibition, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
“Pine Barrens Revisited,” Princeton Artists Alliance, Noyes Museum, Lilly Lake, NJ
“For Love not Money,” A Global Mail Art Collaboration, Invitational, 15th Talllinn Print Triennial, Estonia
2009
“Below the Surface,” Artists books exhibition, Printmaking Council of NJ, Somerville, NJ
“The Artist’s Eye,” Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
2008
“The Paper Runway,” Houston TX, Santiago, Chile and Atlanta, GA.; The Paper Museum, at Georgia Tech, 2008-11
5th East West Clay Works Exhibition, Mashiko, Japan.
2007
“Memory and Death,” Book symposium invitational, Golda Meir Library, Special Collections, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
“Clay and Paper,” Solo exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
2006
4th East West Clay Works Exhibition, Seoul, Korea
“The Open Book”, invitational, New Jersey City University, Visual Arts Gallery, NJ
“More than a Book” invitational, EPI traveling exhibition, Costa Rica, Mexico City, London
“Telling the Story: Artists Books,” invitational, Noyes Museum, NJ
“Meriviglia” invitational, artists books at Williams Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
“Marsh Meditations,” Bristol-Meyers Squib, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
2005
“The Elements: creative energy,” exhibition of artist books, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ “Vision and Voice, “PAA collaborates with NJ Poets, State Museum of NJ, Trenton, NJ
2004
3rd East West Clay Works Exhibition, “Fireworks” Space World Gallery, Long Island City, NY
15th Annual Teapot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Chicago, ILL
Homer’s Odyssey: The Princeton Artists Alliance, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ; Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York City.
2003
“Women Artists of EPI,” Invitational book exhibition, David A. Portlock Black Cultural Center Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA. and Morris County Library, Morristown, NJ
“Life with Pocket Change and Other Pleasures: an Exhibition of Artists’ Books,” Invitational, Ben Shahn Gallery, Wayne, NJ
2002
2nd East West Clay Works Exhibition, Viridian Gallery, New York City, NY
Homer’s Odyssey: The Princeton Artists Alliance, The Newark Museum,Newark, NJ
27th Annual New Members Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
“Artists and the Art of the Book,” Invitational, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA in conjunction with the Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College, Easton, PA. Traveling Exhibition to Costa Rico, England.
13th Annual Teapot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Chicago, ILL.
2001
20th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, Exceptional Merit Award
“Books and Letters”, Guest Artist, Gallery Petite, High Bridge, NJ
“Self Contained: Ceramic Forms that Shelter, Conceal, and Explore,” Invitational, Myhelan Cultural Arts Center, Long Valley, NJ
2000
“Ceramics USA 2000,” University of North Texas, SOVA Gallery, Denton, TX
Yad B’Homer, Solo ceramic exhibition, Invitational, Haifa, Israel
1999
Tenth Annual Teapot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, ILL
“Tiles,” invitational, Show of Hands Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa
“Mud Like A Blessing: Elemental Sculptural Clay,” Invitational, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
1998
Mid-Atlantic Contemporary Tile Exhibition, Invitational, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pa
“Tiles,” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pa
Global Ceramics, Invitational, Babel Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Ninth Annual Teapot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, ILL
1997
Eighth Annual Teapot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, WI and Chicago, ILL
New Jersey Arts Annual, Crafts, the Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Women’s Pen Eleventh Annual Exhibition, Fayetteville, Arkansas
1996
Seventh Annual Tea Pot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, WI
“Inside Story,” Galleria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
22nd Invitational Ceramic Show and Sale, Karen Karnes Invitational, Old Church Cultural Center, Demerest, NJ
1995
“2x2x2,” An Exhibition of Very Small Works, Gallery Ten, Rockford, Ill
Sixth Annual Teapot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, WI
“Texture,” The Potter’s Gallery, West Chester, Pennsylvania
26th Annual Invitational Green Meadow Crafts Show, Spring Valley, New York
21st Invitational Ceramic Show and Sale, Karen Karnes Invitational, Old Church Cultural Center, Demerest, NJ
1994
Art of New Jersey Designer Craftsmen, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey
20th Invitational Ceramic Show and Sale, Karen Karnes Invitational, Old Church Cultural Center, Demerest, NJ
1993
“The Space Within: the Vessel as Sculpture,” Jimmy Clark Invitational, Hopkins House Gallery, Camden, NJ
Fifth Annual Teapot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, WI
Eight Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo, Texas
“My Cup Runneth Over,” Invitational Exhibition for Year of the Craft, Georgian Court College, Lakewood, NJ
1992
“Philadelphia Clay Regional,” National Council for Education in Ceramic Arts Conference Show, The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
Fourth Annual Teapot Show, Invitational, A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, WI
New Jersey Arts Annual: Clay and Glass, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
23rd Annual Invitational Green Meadow Pottery Show, Spring Valley, New York
1991
Crafts from Western New York, Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo, New York
Crafts in the Corporate Environment, Shering-Plough Corporate Headquarters, Madison, New Jersey
High Tea Invitational, America House of Contemporary Crafts, Piermont, New York
1990
The Monmouth Museum Celebrates NJ Crafts, Monmouth Museum, Lindcroft, NJ
NJDC Takes Manhattan, A Show of Hands Gallery, New York, NY
“Teapot 1990,” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Contemporary Crafts, Graham Horstman Gallery, Denton, TX
HONORS
Exceptional Merit Award, City without Walls, 2001, Newark, NJ
Juror’s Award First Place “Fourth Annual Teapot Show” 1992 A. Houberbocken, Milwaukee, WI
Juror’s Award, “Best in Show” 1988 Luckenbach Mill Exhibition of Contemporary Crafts, Bethlehem, PA
Juror’s Choice Award, 26th Contemporary Craft Exhibition 1988, DE. Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Craftsman Fellowship Grant, 1985, 1987
PUBLICATIONS
500 Handmade Books, Lark Books, 2008
American Contemporary Ceramics, Dr. D.Chung, September 2004
Ceramics Art and Perception. “Mud Like a Blessing” Review by Michele Mercadal., Feb. 2002
Ceramics Monthly, “Up Front” Feature: April, 2000, “Mud Like a Blessing,” April, 1998, Exhibition at the Klay Gallery, Nyack, NY
“Albert Green: Master Potter,” Exhibition Essay: “Albert Green: The Celebration of a Master Potter” at the Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ 1995
Contemporary Porcelain, Peter Lane, December 1994
Ceramics Monthly, San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, October 1993
EDUCATION
Ed.D in Creative Arts Education, Rutgers, the State University, New Brunswick, NJ
B.F.A. in Art Education, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Visiting Artist, Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa, 2002-03
Museum Educator, Bridging the Arts, outreach curriculum development, Hunterdon Museum of Art, 2000-2006
Raritan Valley Community College, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Ceramics, 1989-98
Mercer County Community College, Adjunct Instructor, 3-D Design, 1987-89
The College of New Jersey, Adjunct Instructor, Art Education, 1978-87
Monoprinting with Engobes: Marks on Clay, workshop, Givat HaViva, Beersheva, Tivon Israel, 2009,2010, 2013
Ceramics workshops, “Feats of Clay” at Hunterdon Museum of Art, 2007
Seoul National University of Technology, Monoprinting on Clay, workshop and slide presentation to graduate students, 2006
Newark Museum, Monoprinting on Clay, workshop, 2005
Book arts workshops: William Paterson University, Rider University, EPI, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.; Print Council of NJ
COLLECTIONS
Book Arts:
Skillman Library, Special Collections, Lafayette College, Eston, PA
Newark Public Library, Special Collections
Ben Shahn Gallery, Wayne, NJ
Experimental Printmaking Institute, Lafayette College, Easton, PA