NIGEL RUDOLPH

EDUCATION

2000-2002            University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida       

                            Post baccalaureate with focus in ceramics.

1996-1998              University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida

                          Bachelor of Arts Degree: Cultural Anthropology.                                                                                                  

1994-1996             Manatee Community College Bradenton, Florida

                         Associate of Arts Degree: General Studies.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010

• “Second Annual National Juried Cup Exhibition.”  LUX Center for the Arts. Lincoln, NE. Juror: Linda Arbuckle. April 2 – May 29.
• “Craftsman House Teapot Invitational.” Invitational group exhibition. Craftsman House Gallery. St. Petersburg, Florida. May.
• “Drink – Cup Invitational” Invitational group exhibition. Roswell Art Center West. Roswell, Georgia. August 2 – September 10.
• “Soda Salt National V exhibition” The Clay Studio of Missoula. Missoula, Montana. Juror Julia Galloway. August 6 – September 24.

2009

•  “Art of the Cup”. Invitational group exhibition. Center for Southern Craft and Design. Ogden Museum of Southern Art. University of New Orleans. New Orleans, Louisiana. November.
• “Fall Show – Florida. Invitational exhibition.” Palmetto Art Center. Palmetto, Florida. October.
• “Fo[u]r Hands. Two-person exhibition.” Gulf Coast Community College. Panama City, Florida. September
• “His and Hers: A Selection of Pottery from Rudolph Clay Studios.”  Two-person invitational exhibition. Walters State Community College. Sevierville, Tennessee. September – December.
• “Two Sides of the Studio: Pots from Rudolph Clay Studios.” Two-person exhibition. Charlie Cummings Clay Gallery. April.
• “Craftsman House Teapot Invitational.” Invitational group exhibition. Craftsman House Gallery. St. Petersburg, Florida. April.
•  “National Juried Cup Exhibition” LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska. Juror; Pete Pinnell. April 3 –  25.
• “Craft-ed” Group Invitational Exhibition. Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida. Curator; Mindy Solomon. April 17 – June 24, 2009.

2008

• “Gulf Coast Community College Second Annual Juried Cup Show” Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, Florida.. Juror; Matt Long. November 21 – December 19.
• “Great Expectations.” Annual Invitational Exhibition.  Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida. Invited Artist.  November 1 – December 22.
•  “Jersey Shore Clay National.” Group invitational exhibition.  m.t. burton gallery. Surf City, New Jersey. May 16- June 16.

2007

• “Drink It In.”  Worcester Center for Crafts. Worcester, Massachusetts. October 11- 20.
• “2007 Seattle Teapot Biennial” South Seattle Community College. Seattle, Washington. Juror; Jamie Walker. October 3 – 7.
• Craftsman House Teapot Invitational. Group invitational exhibition. Craftsman House Gallery. Saint Petersburg, Florida. May 7 –  July  9.
• “Second Annual UAM National Juried Cup Show,” Taylor Library Gallery. University of Arkansas at Monticello, Monticello, Arkansas. Juror; Matt Long. April 6^th – May 11.
• “Academia: The New Apprenticeship,” NCECA Louisville. Thrown Together Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky. Invited Artist. Curator; Ben Carter. March 14 -17.
• “100 Teapots III.” Baltimore Clay Works. Baltimore, Maryland. Juror; Julia Galloway. January 13 -  February 21.

2006

• “Cup: The Intimate Object V.” Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Juror; Pete Pinnell. December 2 – January 6, 2007.
• “Present-Perfect” The Dunedin Fine Art Center’s 20^th Annual Exhibition and Sale. Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida. Invited Artist. November 4 – December 22.
•  “Form and Function: The Teapot.” Oregon Potters Association. Portland, Oregon. Jurors; Don Sprague and Craig Mitchell. March 7 – 11.

2005

• “4^th Annual Salt and Soda Clay National.” The Clay Studio of Missoula. Missoula, Montana. Juror; Gail Nichols. September 2 – 30.
• “Unwrapped” National Invitational of Contemporary Art and Craft.  Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida. Invited Artist. November 4 – December 24.
• “Mastery in Clay: 2005” The Clay Studio Exhibition and Silent Auction. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 7 – 22. 
• “Arrowmont Artist in Residence Annual Exhibition” Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. April 22 – May 21.
• “Clay Cup X” University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois. Juror; Virginia Scotchie. March 28 – May 3.
• “Wood Fired Pottery Show” Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmore, North Carolina. Invited Artist. April  2 – May 1, 2005.
• “NCECA 2005 Clay National Exhibition” UMBC Center for Art and Visual Culture, Symmers Gardner, Baltimore, Maryland. Jurors; Linda Arbuckle, Andrea Gill, Ron Nagle.  March 10 – April 10.

2004

• “Common Ground” A Showcase of National Ceramic Artists-in-Residence. Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Back Room Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri. December 3 – January 29.
• “Cup: The Intimate Object III.” Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Juror; Peter Beasecker. November 20 – January 8.
• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Artist in Residence Invitational Exhibition. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

2003

• “Residents Rising; The Artists In Residence of St. Pete Clay.” Group Exhibition, Blake High School, Tampa, Florida. September 15 – October 6.
• “The A.I.R. Exhibition”. The Arts Center of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida. September 12 – October 24.
• “Thanks To Tradition” A Solo Exhibition by Nigel Rudolph. Tim Salen Gallery at the St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida. October 15 – 31.

2002

• Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Studio Assistant and Resident Artist Invitational Exhibition. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. May 30 – August 8.
• University of Florida Juried Student Art Exhibition. University of Florida, University Gallery. Juror; Michael Rush. March 15 – April 5.
• BFA and Post baccalaureate Thesis Exhibition, Media Image Gallery, Gainesville, Florida.  April 27 – May 6.

PUBLICATIONS

2006

• “500 Pitchers.” Editor: Suzanne Toutillott. Lark Books. Pg. 55.
• “Common Ground: A Showcase of National Ceramics Artist-in-Residence.” Ceramics Monthly, January, Pgs. 34-39.

2005

• “Nigel Rudolph: The Beauty of History & Culture Merged,” Clay Times Magazine, Volume 11, No. 4. July – August, Pgs. 48-50.
• “The Gallery” Color Plate. Clay Times Magazine, Volume 11, No. 3. May – June, Pg. 40.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009

•     Slide Lecturer/ Demonstrator. Gulf Coast Community College. Panama City, Florida. September. 

2005

• Instructor, Potter’s Wheel Basics.  Summer Art Camp. The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida.
• Instructor, Potter’s Wheel Basics.  5-week children community class. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
• Instructor, Arrowmont “Art Reach”.  Instructed children from Sevier County Schools in wheel thrown pottery. Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

2004

• Instructor, Wheel Thrown, Functional Pottery.  5-week adult community class. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.