David J. Zdrazil

davezdrazil@yahoo.com www.davezdrazil.com

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Education

Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Sculpture Minor, University of North Texas, Denton 2005

Bachelor of Arts, Emphasis in Ceramics, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire 2002

Selected Exhibitions - Juried/Invitational/Solo

2011 Group Ceramics Exhibit, Alpha Fired Arts, Sacramento, CA (upcoming)

Made in Humboldt, Holiday Show, Pierson Garden Shop, Eureka, CA

Wood Fired Pottery, Almquist Lumber Fine Art Gallery, Arcata, CA (solo)

Ceramics Annual of America, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA

Then and Now, Travelling Group Exhibit, Boulder Mountain Clay Works, Ketchum, ID and College of

The Redwoods, Eureka, CA

North Coast Open Studios, Home Studio, Eureka, CA

Faculty Exhibit, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA

2010 Holiday Invitational Exhibit, HSU First Street Gallery, Eureka, CA

DIRECTions Native Clay Invitational Exhibit, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Wood Fire International, Invitational Exhibit, Gallery Klosterformat, Rostock, Germany

Abstract Art, Art of Wine Gallery, Eureka, CA

Ceramics x 5, UNT on the Square, Denton, TX

European Wood Fire Conference, Broellin, Germany

The Humboldt Arts Project, Ironside Gallery, Arcata, CA

Paperclay Today Symposium, Laguna Beach, CA

New Ceramic Work, ASIS Gallery, Arts Alive! Garberville, CA (solo)

2009 Holiday Invitational Exhibit, HSU First Street Gallery, Eureka, CA

The Family Show, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR

Muddy’s Wood Fire Classic, National Juried Exhibit, Myers Gallery, Santa Ana, CA

Faculty Exhibit, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA

2008 Pots From the Redwoods, The Space, New Richmond, WI (solo)

Far Flung, Sturt Craft Center, Mittagong, Australia

Delegates Exhibition, Sturt Craft Center, Mittagong, Australia

Faculty Exhibit, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA

Elements: Earth, Water, Fire. , College of the Redwoods Art Gallery, Eureka, CA

2007 Celebrate Creativity, The Space, New Richmond, WI

22^nd Annual Members Exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI

La Borne S’Enflamme Post-Firing Exhibit, La Borne, France

Young International Wood Fire Association (YIWA), St. Eloy de Gy, France

Made in Waco, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX (solo)

AA Cup & Saucer Exhibition, Where I Fell in Love Gallery, Warwickshire, England

The Six Pack Show, Armadillo Glass Studio, Austin, TX

UNT Ceramics Alumni Exhibition and Auction, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas,

Denton, TX

The National Juried Wood-Fired Exhibition, Thrown Together Gallery, Louisville, KY

Protégé Exhibition, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX

10^th National Juried Art Exhibit, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS

Firescape, Mail Art Exhibit, Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSU-Billings, MT

2006 Coffee, Invitational Coffee-Themed Exhibit, Future Studio, Los Angeles, CA

Ceramics Biennial Exhibition 2006, National Juried Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art,

Manchester, NH

Art for Athletes, Invitational Exhibit and Benefit Auction, Park City, Utah

Jersey Shore Clay National 2006, Juried Exhibition, M.T. Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ

Crafts National 40, National Juried Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA

1^st Annual National Juried Cup Show, University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR

The Six Pack Show, Coop Gallery, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX

49^th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount, NC

Feats of Clay XIX, International Juried Exhibition, Lincoln, CA

Texas National 2006, National Juried Art Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

Protégé Exhibition, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, TX

Faculty Art Exhibit, Fine Arts Building, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX

2005 Waco Area Invitational Exhibit, Waco Art Center, Waco, TX

Faculty Art Exhibit, McLennan Community College Art Gallery, Waco, TX

Leaving the Other Wall, Zeo Gallery, Dallas, TX (solo)

20^th Annual Members Exhibition, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI

Leaving the Wall, dual exhibit with Lesli Robertson, Sozo Gallery, Dallas, TX

Art for Athletes, Invitational Exhibit and Benefit Auction, Park City, Utah

Dinnerworks 2005, Louisville Visual Art Center, Louisville, KY

2004 Dave Zdrazil, MFA, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas (solo)

Trade Show, Texas Tech University Art Gallery, Lubbock, TX

Northern Invasion, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas

Graduate Sculpture, Art Building Light well, University of North Texas

Less than 5 Feet, Tarrant County College NE Campus, Hurst, TX

Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit, Union Gallery, University of North Texas

Voertman’s Annual Juried Art Exhibit, SOVA Gallery, University of North Texas

2003 Ceramics UNT, Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton

Pressed & Fired, HARA Gallery, Denton, TX

Invitational Exhibit, 500 X Gallery, Dallas, TX

Group Exhibit, Uncommon Ground Café, Denton, TX

2002 Kaolithic Activity, Group Exhibit, Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton

Area Sculptors Invitational Exhibit, State Regional Art Center, Eau Claire, WI

Clay For A Cause, State Regional Art Center, Eau Claire, WI

Arts West, Juried Show, L.E. Philips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI

45^th Annual Juried Student Art Show, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

NOTA Juried Exhibit, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Library

2001 Dave Zdrazil and John Lewis, Dual Artist Exhibit, Heyde Center for the Arts, Chippewa Falls, WI

Wood Fire Extravaganza, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton

44^th Annual Juried Student Art Show, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Chippewa Valley Fall Art Exhibit, Heyde Center for the Arts, Chippewa Falls, WI

Savage’s Downtown Artists, Group Exhibit, Acoustic Café, Eau Claire, WI

2000 Local Artists, Group Exhibit, Eau Claire Visitors Center, Eau Claire, WI

Annual Holiday Art Exhibit, Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater, Menomonee, WI

43^rd Annual Juried Student Art Show, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Savage’s Downtown Artists, Group Exhibit, Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater, Menomonee, WI

1999 Artseller, Group Exhibit, State Regional Art Center, Eau Claire, WI

Annual Holiday Art Exhibit, Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater, Menomonee, WI

Teaching Experience

Associate Faculty, College of the Redwoods, Visual Arts Department, Eureka, CA, (Fall 2007- present)

Instructor, Fire Arts Center, Arcata, CA (2011-current)

Adjunct Faculty, McLennan Community College, Visual Arts Department, Waco, TX, 2005-2007,

Adjunct Faculty, Stephen F. Austin State University, School of Art, Nacogdoches, TX, Summer 2006

Instructor, Continuing Education, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX, 2005-2006

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2002-2005

Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts, Denton, TX, 2004-2005

Workshops / Lectures

2011 Guest Artist Lecture and Demonstration, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA

Panel member, “Conversation: A Ceramics Exchange, CCACA,” John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2010 Co-Demonstration with Daniel Johnston: “East Coast / West Coast” Meredith College, Raleigh, NC,

Co-Lecture with Shannon Sullivan: “A Survey of Wood-firing at U.S. Academic Institutions,” First

European Wood Fire Conference, Broellin, Germany

Co-Lecture and Demonstration with Shannon Sullivan, Verona Area High School, Verona, WI

Pottery Demonstration Organizer, Humboldt Arts Festival, Arcata, CA

Lecture & Discussion: “Firing With Hydrogen, NCECA, Philadelphia Convention Center, PA

Artist Lecture, Paperclay Today Symposium, Laguna Beach, CA

2009 Guest Artist Lecture, Southwestern College, Chula Visa, CA, 2009

2008 Co-lecture with Michael Maguire “Using Native Slips for Color in Wood-Firing,” Sturt Woodfire,

Mittagong, Australia

2007 Guest Artist, Young International Woodfirers Association (YIWA) Symposium, St. Eloy de Gy, France

Empty Bowls Charity Event, contributor, Waco, TX

2006 Lecture and Demonstration, Collin County Community College, Spring Creek Campus, Plano, TX

Pottery Demonstration with Michael Maguire, Paul McCoy and John Oliver Lewis,

Waco Cultural Arts Festival, Waco, TX

Lecture and Demonstration, Tarrant County Community College, Northeast Campus, Hurst, TX

Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield College, Dallas, TX

2005 Pottery Demonstration with Michael Maguire and Paul McCoy, Waco Cultural Arts Festival, Waco, TX

Lecture and Demonstration, McLennan Community College

Area Assistant, University of North Texas Ceramics Department, Spring Semester

2004 Lecture and Demonstration, North Central Texas College, Gainesville, TX

Portfolio Publications

Authored: “Firing With Hydrogen,” Ceramics Technical, Issue #33, 2011

Ceramics Annual of America, Exhibit Catalog, 2011

Directions: Native Clay, Exhibit Catalog, 2010

Michala Šmikmátorová, “Keramika Dave Zdrazil.” Magazine Golem, Czech Republic, 3/2010, p. 3-5

American Art Collector, Juried, Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA 2007, Vol. 3, Book 4, p. 232

La Borne S’Enflamme, “Les Ceramistes Invites,” Illustration, 2007

10^th National Juried Art Exhibit Catalog, Illustration, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS, 2007

Authored: “A Hybrid Kiln for Hybrid Surfaces.” Ceramics Monthly, June/July 2006 p. 41-43,

American Art Collector, Juried, Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA 2006, Vol. 2, Book 4, p. 104

New Hampshire Institute of Art Ceramics Biennial 2006, Exhibit Catalog

Crafts National 40 Exhibit Catalog, 2006

Texas National 2006 Exhibit Catalog

NOTA, Biannual Creative Arts Juried Publication, Eau Claire, WI.

Spring 2002, p. 15, inside back cover. Fall 2001, p. 21. Spring 2001, p. 15, 20.

Fall 2000, p. 58.

Features

“In the Alps,” Eureka Times-Standard, Oct. 28, 2011, Illustration

“Somerset Grad Exhibits Ceramic Art,” New Richmond News, Oct. 12, 2011, Illustration

“CR ceramics staff show work in SF,” The Eureka Times-Standard, Oct. 10, 2011

“Arts Alive!” The North Coast Journal, May 5, 2011, Illustration

“Learning With Wood,” Ceramics Monthly, April 2011, p.32

Breeding, Lucinda, “In House Flavor,” Denton Record Chronicle, Sept. 9, 2010, Illustration

“Going Abroad,” The Times Standard, Eureka, CA, August 22, 2010

Butler, Wendy. Artwaves, Radio Interview “Shannon Sullivan and David Zdrazil,” KHSU 90.5 FM, originally

aired August 24, 2010

KIEM-TV, NBC News Ch. 3, Eureka, “New Wood Fired Kiln at College of the Redwoods,” Jan. 11&14, 2008

Ritter, Tyson. “Heating Up,” The Eureka Reporter, Jan. 15, 2008

Hoover, Carl. “Art in the forecast,” Waco Tribune-Herald, Sept. 28, 2006, p.1B, Illustration

“Exhibit includes former resident’s work.” New Richmond News, April 6, 2006, p. 6B, Illustration

“Bowls for Dollars,” Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, April 18, 2002, p. 1A, 1B, Illustrations

Sargent, Nick. “Ceramists fired up about time intensive process.” Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Dec. 16, 2001, p. 1F, Illustration

“Juried Student Art Show.” The Spectator, April 12, 2001, p. 5B

Galleries/Representation

Alpha Fired Arts, Sacramento, CA (current)

Sewell Gallery, Eureka, CA (current)

Gallery 310, Stillwater, Minnesota (current)

Mad River Gardens, Arcata, CA (current)

The Wine Spot, Eureka, CA (2009-2010)

Art Bohemia, Ferndale, CA (2010)

Wildflowers, New Richmond, Wisconsin (2004-2010)

The Space, New Richmond, Wisconsin (2006-2009)

Gallery 360, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2004-2008)

Studio 56, Waconia, Minnesota (2002-2006)

Benny HaHa’s, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (2003-2007)

Savage’s Downtown, Eau Claire, Wisconsin (2000-2003)