Clarissa Pezone
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EDUCATION
2021 Masters of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018 Masters of Fine Art Candidate, Ceramics, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2014 Post-Baccalaureate, Ceramics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2013 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
SELECTED WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES, PANELS AND LECTURES PRESENTED
2023 Psychological Portraits, One-day workshop, District Clay Center, Washington D.C.
2022 Visiting Artist, lecture and demonstration, Baltimore City Community
College, Baltimore, MD
2022-2023 Long Term Resident Artist, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2022 Visiting Artist, lecture and demonstration, Anne Arundel Community College, Baltimore MD.
2021 Artist Talk, Zoom artist lecture, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2021-2022 Lormina Salter Fellow Resident Artist, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2019 Visiting Artist, lecture and panel discussion on equity in the arts, Patricia Summersville Emerging Arts Professionals Panel, Murray State University, KY
2018 Building the Human Head, One-day workshop, Erie Clay Center, Erie, PA
2018 Visiting Artist, Lecture and Demonstration, Youngstown University, Youngstown, OH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Baltimore Clayworks, Not Really Now Not Anymore, Baltimore, MD
2021 Indianapolis Art Center, Doppelgänger, Indianapolis, IN
2021 Grunwald Gallery, Mirror Images, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
2017 Bates Gallery, Pretty Ugly, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2016 1810 Gallery, Exquisite Corpse, Sacramento, CA
2015 Métier Gallery, Recent Work, Arcata, CA
SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022 E Street Gallery, Body Image, NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
2021 Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh School Faculty Show, Baltimore, MD.
2020 Krempp Gallery, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jasper, IN
2020 Indianapolis Art Center, Art From the Heartland, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Chalmers Hall Gallery, Between the Coasts, Kansas University Lawrence, KS
2019 Waldron Center for Art, Annual Juried Competition, National Society of Art and Letters, Bloomington, IN
2019 Soo Visual Arts Center, NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition, Minneapolis,MN
2018 Arrowmont Figurative Symposium, New Forms, Juried by Beth Cavener, Gatlinburg, TN
2018 Erie Art Museum, Spring Show, Erie, PA
2018 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Edinboro Group Show, NCECA concurrent Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Meadville Council on the Arts, October Evenings, Meadville, PA
2017 Miami University, Young Sculptors Exhibition, Oxford, OH
2017 Erie Art Museum, Spring Show, Erie, PA
2016 Erie Art Museum, Chimera Juried Exhibition, Erie, PA
2016 1810 Gallery, Of Necessity, Women’s Group Show, Sacramento, CA ,
2015 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, Davis, CA
2015 Studio 24 Gallery, 2-Person Exhibition with Dave Orchard, Eureka, CA
2014 First Street Gallery, Holiday Show, Eureka, CA
2014 American Museum of Ceramic Art, Kiln Opening, Pomona, CA
2014 Robert C. Turner Gallery, Big Clay Raw, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2013 First Street Gallery, Ceramics Invitational Group Exhibition, Eureka CA
2013 Morris Graves Museum of Art, Left Edge, Eureka, CA
2013 First Street Gallery, Young Alumni Show, Eureka, CA
2013 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Student Show, Davis, CA
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 Lormina Salter Fellowship, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2021 Grant-In-Aid, Graduate Research Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2020 Christyl Ann Boger Memorial Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2020 Best of Show, Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2020 Directors Choice, Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Genia and Max Tanner Scholarship, Eskenazi School Award, Bloomington, IN
2019 Windgate University Fellow, Arrowmont Summer Scholarship, Gatlinburg, TN
2019 Klein Merit Award, National Society of Art and Letters
2018 Nick’s English Hut Ceramics Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018 Best In Show, Juried Student Exhibition, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2017 Jurors Award, Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2013 Gallery Award, Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA
2013 Martin Wong Award in Painting and Ceramics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2012 Ceramics Area Award, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Maryland Public Television (PBS), ‘Artworks’ TV series, Baltimore, MD
2022 BMore Arts, Online publication, Baltimore, MD. https://bmoreart.com/2022/07/bmorearts-picks-july-5-11.html
2021 Eskenazi School, Online exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN. https://eskenazi.indiana.edu/exhibitions/grunwald- gallery/online-exhibitions/mfa-bfa-thesis/21-spring-mfa/pezone-clarissa.html?page=1
2020 Journey Indiana (PBS), Clarissa Pezone Ceramics show segment, Bloomington, IN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5LE78QFkjo2016 Submerge Magazine, Changelings of Intuition, Andrew C. Russel, Sacramento, CA. https://issuu.com/submergemag/docs/submerge218/22
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EDUCATION
2021 Masters of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018 Masters of Fine Art Candidate, Ceramics, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2014 Post-Baccalaureate, Ceramics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2013 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
SELECTED WORKSHOPS, RESIDENCIES, PANELS AND LECTURES PRESENTED
2023 Psychological Portraits, One-day workshop, District Clay Center, Washington D.C.
2022 Visiting Artist, lecture and demonstration, Baltimore City Community
College, Baltimore, MD
2022-2023 Long Term Resident Artist, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2022 Visiting Artist, lecture and demonstration, Anne Arundel Community College, Baltimore MD.
2021 Artist Talk, Zoom artist lecture, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2021-2022 Lormina Salter Fellow Resident Artist, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2019 Visiting Artist, lecture and panel discussion on equity in the arts, Patricia Summersville Emerging Arts Professionals Panel, Murray State University, KY
2018 Building the Human Head, One-day workshop, Erie Clay Center, Erie, PA
2018 Visiting Artist, Lecture and Demonstration, Youngstown University, Youngstown, OH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Baltimore Clayworks, Not Really Now Not Anymore, Baltimore, MD
2021 Indianapolis Art Center, Doppelgänger, Indianapolis, IN
2021 Grunwald Gallery, Mirror Images, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
2017 Bates Gallery, Pretty Ugly, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2016 1810 Gallery, Exquisite Corpse, Sacramento, CA
2015 Métier Gallery, Recent Work, Arcata, CA
SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022 E Street Gallery, Body Image, NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
2021 Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh School Faculty Show, Baltimore, MD.
2020 Krempp Gallery, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Jasper, IN
2020 Indianapolis Art Center, Art From the Heartland, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Chalmers Hall Gallery, Between the Coasts, Kansas University Lawrence, KS
2019 Waldron Center for Art, Annual Juried Competition, National Society of Art and Letters, Bloomington, IN
2019 Soo Visual Arts Center, NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition, Minneapolis,MN
2018 Arrowmont Figurative Symposium, New Forms, Juried by Beth Cavener, Gatlinburg, TN
2018 Erie Art Museum, Spring Show, Erie, PA
2018 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Edinboro Group Show, NCECA concurrent Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Meadville Council on the Arts, October Evenings, Meadville, PA
2017 Miami University, Young Sculptors Exhibition, Oxford, OH
2017 Erie Art Museum, Spring Show, Erie, PA
2016 Erie Art Museum, Chimera Juried Exhibition, Erie, PA
2016 1810 Gallery, Of Necessity, Women’s Group Show, Sacramento, CA ,
2015 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Group Exhibition, Davis, CA
2015 Studio 24 Gallery, 2-Person Exhibition with Dave Orchard, Eureka, CA
2014 First Street Gallery, Holiday Show, Eureka, CA
2014 American Museum of Ceramic Art, Kiln Opening, Pomona, CA
2014 Robert C. Turner Gallery, Big Clay Raw, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2013 First Street Gallery, Ceramics Invitational Group Exhibition, Eureka CA
2013 Morris Graves Museum of Art, Left Edge, Eureka, CA
2013 First Street Gallery, Young Alumni Show, Eureka, CA
2013 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Student Show, Davis, CA
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 Lormina Salter Fellowship, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2021 Grant-In-Aid, Graduate Research Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2020 Christyl Ann Boger Memorial Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2020 Best of Show, Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2020 Directors Choice, Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Genia and Max Tanner Scholarship, Eskenazi School Award, Bloomington, IN
2019 Windgate University Fellow, Arrowmont Summer Scholarship, Gatlinburg, TN
2019 Klein Merit Award, National Society of Art and Letters
2018 Nick’s English Hut Ceramics Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018 Best In Show, Juried Student Exhibition, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
2017 Jurors Award, Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
2013 Gallery Award, Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA
2013 Martin Wong Award in Painting and Ceramics, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
2012 Ceramics Area Award, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Maryland Public Television (PBS), ‘Artworks’ TV series, Baltimore, MD
2022 BMore Arts, Online publication, Baltimore, MD. https://bmoreart.com/2022/07/bmorearts-picks-july-5-11.html
2021 Eskenazi School, Online exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN. https://eskenazi.indiana.edu/exhibitions/grunwald- gallery/online-exhibitions/mfa-bfa-thesis/21-spring-mfa/pezone-clarissa.html?page=1
2020 Journey Indiana (PBS), Clarissa Pezone Ceramics show segment, Bloomington, IN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5LE78QFkjo2016 Submerge Magazine, Changelings of Intuition, Andrew C. Russel, Sacramento, CA. https://issuu.com/submergemag/docs/submerge218/22
