Cynthia Siegel
Ceramic Artist


Works Shown - Galleries and Exhibitions

2007
  RED, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD (curator/juror: Richard Notkin)
  California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA (juror: James Melchert)
  Figure Works, North First ARTSpace, San Jose, CA
   
2006
  By the Hand, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
  Lift Off,(MFA Group Show)San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art San Jose, CA
  California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA (juror: Patti Warashina)
  Feats of Clay XIX, Gladding McBean Terracotta Factory, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
  CCACA: San Jose State University Invitational, Davis, CA
  Open Studios, Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, Aptos, CA
  Fresh Strokes, Heritage Bank of Commerce, San Jose, CA
  Santa Cruz County's Open Studios
  MFA Show, San Jose State 
 
2005
  Narratives in Clay, V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
  Visions in Clay 2005, University of Pacific, Reynolds Gallery, Stockton, CA
    (jurior: Adrian Saxe)
2nd Biennial, World Council for Arts and Culture, San Francisco Presidio, CA
  Clay Re-emerge, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
  CCACA: San Jose State University Invitational, Davis, CA
  Art Bowl IV, b.sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
  County Government Building (Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County)
  Health and Human Services Building (Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County)
 
2004
  Bold Expressions, International Invitational - Award of Merit
  Northern California Arts, Inc., Sacramento, CA
  Solo Exhibition: Looking , Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose State University, CA
  Bay Area Student Sculpture Biennial Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, San Francisco, CA
  CCACA, San Jose State University Invitational, Davis, CA
 
2003
  Solo Exhibition: Samsara , Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose State University
  Fibers of America, Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center, Ben Lomond, CA
  Visions in Clay 2003, University of the Pacific Reynolds Gallery, Stockton, CA
  CCACA: California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art
  San Jose State University Invitational, Davis, CA
 
2002
  Solo Exhibition: Reverence , Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose State University CA
  California Works Exhibit – Award of Merit, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
  Bay Area Student Sculpture Biennial, Pacific Rim Sculptors Group, San Francisco, CA
 
1995-2001
  Open Studios, Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County, Aptos, CA (2000-2003)
  Eastside Gallery: Mammoth Lakes, CA (1996-2000)
  Ladybug Gallery: Bishop, CA (1998-2001)
  Spirit Gallery: Mammoth Lakes, CA (1993-2001)
  Featured Artist, Artworks 395, Inyo County Arts Council, Bishop, CA
  Solo Exhibition/Open Studio: Bishop, CA
  California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art
San Jose State University Invitational, Davis, CA
  Two Woman Exhibition/Open Studios: Paintings/Claywork
   Fifteenth Annual Spring Art Exhibit, Bishop, CA
  Two Woman Exhibition: Silkwork/Claywork, Java, Jive & Juice, Bishop, CA
  Solo Exhibition: Selected Works,
   Mono County Arts Council Gallery, Mammoth Lakes, CA
  Solo Exhibition:
   Wood Ash and Volcanic Rock Glazed Platters,
   Mammoth Lakes Airport, Mammoth Lakes, CA
 

Publications

500 Animals in Clay   Lark Books, copyright 2006
500 Cups   Lark Books, copyright 2005
Craft of Northern California   Alcove Books, copyright 2003

Video

Cynthia Siegel, Ceramic Artist   Produced by Artworks 395 with Julie Bear
               Inyo County Arts Council, Bishop, CA, 1998

Teaching/Workshops

Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
   Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics
Beginning Spring 2008
Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA
   Adjunct Faculty, Ceramics
Summer 2000 - Present
Monterey Peninsula College
Adjunct Faculty, Weaving, Ceramics
August 2006 - Present
Walnut Creek Civic Arts
   Instructor: Figure in Clay, (ceramic sculpture)
                      Carving on Clay, (pottery intensive)

January 2006 - Present
Summer 2006, 2007
San Jose State University
   Graduate Teaching Associate (instructor of record) 3D Design
   Beginning Ceramics, San Jose State University

Fall 2005
Fall 2004, Spring 2005

Education

MFA in Spatial Arts (Sculpture)
   San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
August 2003 - May 2006
Post-baccalaureate study in Spatial Arts (Sculpture)
   San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
   Scholarships:  Sandra Johnstone, Conway L. Gardner
                            Alfred Dixon, & the Art & Design Fund
September 2001 - May 2003
Part-time independent work in Ceramics:
   Private Studio, Aptos, CA
 
Full-time independent work in Functional Ceramics:
   Private Studio, Bishop, CA & Aptos, CA
December 1992 - August 2001
Part-time independent work in Functional Ceramics:
   Cooperative studio arrangement, Albany, CA
December 1990 - December 1992
Potter's Apprentice: Jerusalem, Israel October 1988 - May 1989
Previous Career:
  Brand Management/Marketing Strategy and Research
May 1989 - December 1992
September 1986 - May 1988
Bachelor of Science in Economics:
   Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania,
      Philadelphia, PA
September 1982 - May 1986

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