Education:
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography.
Exhibitions
2025 (Forthcoming)
· This Is Not a Banana Republic - a Manifesto of Empire Domination, the Immigration Experience, and Empathy, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. (Solo Show)
· Rituals – The Carnegie, Covington, KY. (Invited)
2024
· Pratt x NYCJW24 – NYC Jewelry Week, NY. (Juried Exhibition)
· Bananarama – Banana Factory Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA. (Juried Exhibition)
· Inhabited – ArtWorks/FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinnati, OH. Outdoor Mural (Invited)
· Our Flowers In the Sidewalk – V&V/FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinnati, OH. (Invited)
· Art Fair Detroit – ArtClvb, Detroit. MI. (Juried Exhibition)
· Earth & Fire - Stifel Fine Arts Center - Wheeling, WV. (Juried Exhibition)
· Faculty Exhibition – Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
· NCECA – Richmond, VI. (Emerging Artist Exhibition)
2023
· This Is Not a Coup, The Welcome Project/NCECA Cincinnati, OH. (Solo Show)
· Ebb & Flow - Kennedy Heights Center/NCECA Cincinnati, OH. (Juried Exhibition)
· AAC-CAA, Site1212/NCECA, Cincinnati, OH.
· Windows of NCECA – Various locations, Cincinnati, OH.
· Resident Artist Exhibition – Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT.
· Summer - Kolva-Sullivan Exhibition – Seattle, WA. (Invited)
· Meet Me Halfway - Mana Contemporary, Chicago IL.
· La Quema Del Diablo – Forum, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
· Monument to the Unknown Heroes at the CAC - Luis Camitzer - Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (Juried Exhibition)
2022
· Cranbrook Chair Show - Detroit Month of Design, Detroit, MI. (Juried Exhibition)
· CIRCUM-VERDANT - Art Academy of Cincinnati/FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinnati, OH.
2021
· When Life Gives Me Lemons - Clifton Cultural Arts Center. Cincinnati, OH. (Solo Show)
· Breathe - Wave Pool Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH (Invited)
· When Life Gives You Lemons – Cincinnati, OH.
2020
· The Journey, The Dream - The Welcome Project/FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinnati, OH. (Solo Show)
· The Masks We Wear - Pendleton Street Photography, Cincinnati, OH (Juried Show)
· Armory Art Week - Gallery MC/AAC, Manhattan, NY
· The Art of Food - The Carnegie, Covington, KY (Invited)
· Emerging Artists, Summer Fair Cincinnati - CCAC, Cincinnati, OH. (Juried Exhibition)
2019
· See Me Without You, The Mockbee Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. (Solo Show)
· Celebration of Life: a collection of artwork & food - YWCA Greater Cincinnati, OH. (Invited)
· /just to be alive/ an exhibition of the contemporary female artist, 1628 Ltd. Cincinnati, OH. (Juried Exhibition)
· 150 AAC OTR: Block Party. “Jellyfish,” - recycled material sculpture. Cincinnati, OH.
· Double Vision - Visionaries and Voices, Memorial Hall. Cincinnati, OH.
2018
· Transitions: Twenty Photographers/One Photograph – Hoffner Lodge Gallery/FotoFocus Biennial. Cincinnati, OH. (Invited)
· Flyover Country – Xavier University/FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinnati, OH. (Juried Exhibition)
2016
· Changing Perceptions – Art Beyond Boundaries, Cincinnati, OH. (Juried Exhibition)
Grants/Awards/Fellowships
· 2025 Pollock-Krasner Foundation - Cottage Award - Byrdcliffe A.I.R. Program (Forthcoming)
· 2024. 21c Cincinnati Artadia award
· 2024 NCECA Emerging Artist Fellowship
· 2023 Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation Materials Award
· 2023 Senska Scholarship - Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT.
· 2020 Artworks – Jump Start: Emerging Artist “When Life Gives Us Lemons” - Cincinnati, OH.
· 2019 Alumni Association Scholarship, Art Academy of Cincinnati
· 2018 John E. and Mary Ann Butkovich Tuition Scholarship Art Academy of Cincinnati
· 2018 J.K. Smith Risk Taker Award Scholarship, Art Academy of Cincinnati
· 2017 Before I Die Wall - Interactive public installation (Candy Chang) Over the Rhine Community Council, Cincinnati, OH.
· 2017 Bertha Langhorst Werner Tuition Scholarship, Art Academy of Cincinnati
Residencies
· 2025. Byrdcliffe - Artist in Residence - Woodstock, NY. (Forthcoming)
· 2024 HArC - Lake Huron, MI.
· 2024 Queen City Clay - Cincinnati, OH.
· 2023 Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts – Helena, MT.
Lectures
· 2024 NCECA – Who Am I?
· 2024 Miami University – Consuming Identity: If I Eat It, Am I It?
· 2022 University of Cincinnati – Programa de Inmersión en Español
Notable Collections
- Cincinnati Art Museum – Public collection
- Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts – Public collection
- Sara M. Vance Waddell – Private collection
- Diana Fishbein – Private collection
- Ann Segal - Private collection
- John Berger – Private collection
- Jennifer Gilbert – Private Collection
- Phillip Morici – Private collection
- Bill Ludwig – Private collection
- Caroline Summers – Private collection
- Wayne Boeck – Private collection
Bibliography
2023 Emma Riva, “The Year Ceramics Took Cincinnati”
Belt Magazine, October 4
2023 Birmingham-Bloomfield Eagle
Graduate Students Work Showcased at Cranbrook, April 5
2021 “Fruit That Heals,”
What’s Eating You Project, March 23
2020 Carrie Smith-Blackmore, “Art Gave Erika NJ Allen a New Language,”
Cincinnati Magazine, March 13
2020 Clara Matonhodze Strode, “Home Away From Home,”
Women of Cincy, July 31
