JENNIFER HALLI jenhalli@yahoo.com Lives and works in New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand
EDUCATION MFA in Artisanry, May 2019 University of Massachusetts|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
BA in Art Education, May 1994 East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
EXHIBITIONS 2022 Time Lapsed, (solo) MIGHT COULD, New Plymouth, Aotearoa NZ
2021 /Different Strokes/ (collaboration w/ Erin Wheary), LaVallée Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Flame Path, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Australia Looking Forward, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, Taranaki, Aotearoa NZ Postcards North and South (travelling exhibition), Percy Thomson Gallery, Taranaki, Creative Arts Napier, Wharepuke Gallery, Kerikeri Aotearoa NZ and Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville AU, Firestation Print Studio Melbourne AU
2020 Social Print, Lysaght Watt Gallery, Hawera, Aotearoa NZ The Kāwhia Series, The Old Post Office Gallery, Kāwhia, Aotearoa NZ Distant Ceramics, online: www.distantceramics.com Juror: Bruce Dehnert Covid Collective, Estuary Arts Centre, Owera, Aotearoa NZ Grides, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL Curator: Danny Dobrow Response: An Exhibition in Two Parts, Driving Creek Gallery, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ Remembrance | Memorial | Monument, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Fall River, MA https://www.heraldnews.com/entertainment/20200116/remembrance--memorial--monument-opening-at-bcc-gallery
2019 ImMigration Project II, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy In God We Trust, Hera Gallery, South Kingstown, RI https://www.heragallery.org/in-god-we-trust Southern Exposure, Atelier, Boston, MA Clay + Ink, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA Jurors: Kimiko Miyoshi, Susan Elizalde-Henson, Juri Koll Stealing the Horse, UMass Dartmouth CVPA, New Bedford, MA
2018 Shift/Fix, City University of New York, Hunter College, New York, NY NCECA Spanning the Spectrum (012 to 12), Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Curator: Jimmy Clark Fast-Fire (solo exhibition), The Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC Emerald Print Exchange, Out on a Limb Gallery, Portland, OR Art All State Mentor Exhibition, UMass|Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2017 Smoke on the Water Guest Presenters, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, Australia Materials Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX Juror: JoAnn Edwards Guest List: An Exhibition of the Mountain Preheat Invited Artists, Clayspace Gallery, Asheville, NC Graduate Student Biennial, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Juror: Jennifer Zwilling Awagami Miniature Print Exhibition, Hall of Awa Museum, Tokushima, Japan Essential Earth, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA https://issuu.com/wayneartcenter/docs/essential_earth_statement_book Curator: Brett Thomas
2016 Biomorphic: AMOCA Ceramic Annual, AMOCA, Pomona, CA Juror: Cj Jilek Glimpse, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA Folly, Craft Boston, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA MFA National, First Street Gallery, New York, NY Hey Watershed, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA Art in Bloom, The Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC Shop Front Trail, Clay Gulgong 2016, Gulgong, NSW, Australia NCECA Ceramics Graduate Exhibition, Carter Art Center, Kansas City, MO Impact, Foundry Arts Centre, St. Louis, MO Women in the Arts, Craft Studio Gallery, Columbia, MO Juror: Hannah Reeves White Walls II, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
2015 Ceramic Mind Field, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL Curator: Peter Callas
2014 In Full Bloom, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD Juror: Leigh Taylor Mickelson
2013 Sculpture 2013, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC Juror: Sherry Masters Bluegrass Bourbon: By the Bottle, KY Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY Bluegrass Bourbon: By the Ounce, KY Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY Curator: Matt Long
2012 Firmly Rooted, M.S. Rezny Gallery, Lexington, KY Holiday Exhibition, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT Bourbon Bash, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY
2011 Invitational Wood-fire Exhibition, Stillwater Gallery, Whitefish, MT Solo exhibition, Mi Casa Pottery, Whitefish, MT
SELECTED GRANTS/AWARDS 2019 Watershed Ceramics Residency Scholarship, Newcastle, ME 2019 NAWA Fresh Paint, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY 2016-2019 Distinguished Art Fellow, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 2018 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 2018 Ceramics Club Research Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 2017 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 2017 Ceramics Club Research Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA 2016 John Bies International Travel Award, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2016 Graduate Professional Council Travel Grant, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2015 Carolinas Got Art, Elder Gallery, Third Place Award, Charlotte, NC
SELECTED TEACHING/LECTURES/WORKSHOPS 2020 Artist in Residence, Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ 2019 Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA 2018 The Morning Boat, Assistant to Jonathan Trayte, Jersey, UK 2018 Visiting Artist, Etching, UMass|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA 2017 Invited Artist, Smoke on the Water, Cooroy, Australia 2017 Invited Artist, NC Woodfire Conference pre-conference, Asheville, NC 2017 Artist in Residence, Wellington Potters Association, New Zealand 2016 Invited Artist, Summer Woodfire Symposium, Tolne Gjæstgivergaard, Denmark 2010 Guest Artist, Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2020 Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, Otago University Press (funding Creative New Zealand) 2018 Smoke on the Water: A Potters Party, (with Merrie Tomkins) Neue Keramik/New Ceramics, 1|18 2016 Perfectly Imperfect, Carolina Home & Garden, No. 44, Fall 2016 2016 Left of Perfect, Bold Life, October 2016 2016 Niche, Columbia Tribune, May 2016 2013 Forging a New Path, Bold Life, September 2013
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2019 Installation and Lighting, Elizabeth Keithline: (The Air) As It Moves, UMass|Dartmouth Gallery, New Bedford, MA 2016- Marketing and Distribution, Neue Keramik/New Ceramics Magazine, Germany 2018 Artist Mentor, Art All State, University of UMass|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA 2018 Printmaking Technician, Summer, UMass|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA 2015-2016 Instructor of Record, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 2014-2016 Studio Assistant to Peter Callas, Belvidere, NJ 2011-2014 Grants and Community Outreach Coordinator, The Center for Craft, Asheville, NC 2012 Studio Assistant to Dame Magdalene Odundo, Bat Cave, NC 2012 Mural commission, Community Foundation of Henderson County, NC 2009-2011 Apprentice to Master Potter, Robert Barron, Gooseneck Pottery, Kardella, Australia 2010 Studio Assistant to Jack Troy, Gooseneck Pottery, Kardella, Australia 2009 Studio Assistant, Pot Black Ceramics, Melbourne, Australia 2004-2008 Events and Centres/Senior Administrator, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa NZ 2001 Co-ordinator, School of Learning Arts, Wilmington, NC 1995-1998 Art Educator, North Carolina Public Schools, Charlotte/Wilmington, NC
COMMUNITY 2019 Hatch Street Studios Committee Member, New Bedford, MA 2017/2018 Ceramics Club President, UMass|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA 2016-2018 Neediest Family Fund, Empty Bowls Project, New Bedford, MA 2013 Organizer, Open Studio Tour of Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC