| M.F.A. |
University of Iowa, Iowa City,
May 2004 - July 2005 Ceramics Major, Sculpture Minor |
| M.A. |
University of
Iowa, Iowa City, August 2002 – May 2004 Ceramics Major, Sculpture
Minor |
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Apprentice to Don Reitz, Ceramic
Artist, Clarkdale, Arizona, December 2001 - August 2002 |
| B.F.A. |
Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, AZ, August 1997 - December 2001 Ceramics Major |
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The Art Institute of Boston,
Boston, MA, August 1994 - May 1996 Photography Major |
2008-present |
Assistant
Professor of Fine Art, Director of Ceramics Area, School of
Fine Art, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana |
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Teaching
all levels of Ceramics, Student advising, Full budget responsibilities,
Management of ceramics studio |
| 2007-08 |
Full Time
Lecturer,
Ceramics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas |
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Ceramics
IA, IIA, handbuilding, throwing, firing, clay and glaze formulation,
budget responsibilities |
| 2007 |
Part Time
Assistant Professor, Spring Semester Appointment, Southwestern
University, Georgetown, Texas |
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Critique
Course for Advanced Ceramic Students |
| 2006-07 |
Part Time
Lecturer, Ceramics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas |
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Ceramics
IA, IIA, handbuilding, throwing, firing, clay and glaze formulation |
| 2003-05 |
Instructor
of Record, Ceramics I, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
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Beginning Ceramics, handbuilding, developed syllabi and course content, full grade book responsibility |
| 1998-9 |
Teaching Assistant,
Photography Darkroom, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, Arizona |
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Assisted students with photography darkroom techniques |
| 2006 |
Instructor, Wood Kiln Redesign and Rebuild Workshop, Taos Art Retreat,
Taos, New Mexico |
| 2005 |
Instructor, Anagama Kiln Loading and Firing Workshop, Gulf Coast Kiln
Walk Society, Navarre, Florida |
| 2004 |
Instructor, Anagama Kiln Building Workshop, Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society |
| 2003 |
Instructor,
Anagama Firing Workshop, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg,
Florida |
| 2002 |
Instructor, Kiln Building
Workshop, St. Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2001 |
Teaching Assistant,
Wood-fire Workshop, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| 2009 |
*Brian
Harper: Strings in the Aether, Ronald L. Barr Gallery, Indiana
University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana |
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| 2008 |
Legacy: Bunny
McBride, (Invitational),
Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa |
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Studio Faculty
Exhibition,
Ronald L. Barr Gallery, Indiana University Souteast, New Albany, Indiana |
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Feats of Clay
2008, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, California |
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Dualis (Invitational),
Grand Arts Center, Tracy, California |
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2008
Studio Faculty Exhibition, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor
University, Waco, Texas |
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*Brian
Harper: Private Archaeology, Tarrant County College, Fort
Worth, Texas |
| |
2008 Teacher
- Protege' Exhibition, (with my student
- Lauren Rusten), Saulsbury Gallery, Azallee Marshall Cultural Center,
Temple, Texas |
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|
| 2007 |
*Brian
Harper: New Work, Gorecki Gallery, Benedicta Arts Center,
College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, Minnesota |
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Fired Forms:
Figures, Objects and Abstracts Clay Invitational, The Arts
Gallery, Collin Community College, Plano, TX |
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Red Heat: Contemporary
Work in Clay, University of Tulsa,
Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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2007
NCECA Clay National, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft,
Louisville, Kentucky |
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Blue (Invitational),
East Central College Gallery, East Central College, Union, Missouri |
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Ink
and Clay 33, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg
University Art Gallery, Cal. Poly, Pomona, California |
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2007
Studio Faculty Exhibition,
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas |
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49th
Annual Delta Exhibition,
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas |
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|
| 2006 |
*Brian Harper: New Myths, Urban Institute
of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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Young
Fire: A Woodfire Invitational, (in conjunction
with 20 + 1 Years of The Tozan Kilns Conference) Flagstaff, AZ |
| |
Kansas
State Faculty Exchange Exhibition (From
Baylor University),
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas |
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Stability
in Transition (Invitational at NCECA), Sixth Street
Gallery, Vancouver, Washingtion |
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*Brian Harper: New Work, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
Iowa City, Iowa |
| |
Suitcase Boogie Ceramic Invitational (at NCECA), DreamBox, Jupiter Hotel,
Portland, Oregon |
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|
| 2005 |
3rd
World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea (CEBIKO), Icheon
World Ceramic Center, South Korea |
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Feats of Clay
XVIII, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, California |
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Clay: A Compelling
Expression (Invitational), Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans,
Louisiana |
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American Al2o3
Si02 2H2o: Contemporary Sculpture, Area 405, Baltimore, Maryland |
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2005 NCECA
Clay National, Center for Visual Art and Culture, University
of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland |
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Gallery International
Ceramic Competition, Gallery International, Baltimore Maryland |
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Graduate Clay,
Marvin Cone Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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*Brian
Harper: A New Myth - The Road, The Bridge Space, University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
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M.F.A. Exhibition, Museum of Fine Art, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa |
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The
Next Generation (Invitational),
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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Brian Harper: New Works, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona |
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Jersey Shore National,
m.t. burton gallery, Surf City, New Jersey |
| |
Exhibition of Ceramics, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona |
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The Young
and the Restless: Eight Emerging Wood Fire Artists (Invitational),
Phoenix Rising Gallery,
Seattle, Washington |
| |
2004 International
Orton Cone Box Show (Traveling), NCECA, Indianapolis,
Indiana |
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|
| 2003 |
*Brian Harper: New Ceramic
Works, Kristen Wigley-Fleming Art Gallery, Luther College, Decorah,
Iowa |
| |
St. Petersburg Clay National
2003, St. Petersburg, Florida |
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International Teabowl
Invitational, NAU Art Museum, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona |
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Ceramics 2003, Guilford
Handcraft Center, Guilford, Connecticut |
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Four Sculptors, Armature
Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
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27th Annual Rock Island
Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois |
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Units, CSPS Gallery,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| |
Exhibition of Ceramics,
Udinotti Gallery, Scottdale, Arizona |
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|
| 2002 |
Bendel with Friends,
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City Missouri |
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|
| 2001 |
Monuments: B.F.A. Exhibition,
Beasley Gallery, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona |
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Out of the Fire: Woodfire,
Concordia University, Kreft Center Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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Get Your Art On!, Juried Student Exhibition, Beasley Gallery, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, Arizona |
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|
| 97-00 |
NAU Ceramics Exhibition,
Babbitt Administrative Building, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona |
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Yuma 21, Yuma Art
Symposium, Yuma, Arizona |
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Group Ceramics Exhibition,
Don Bendel Ceramics Gallery, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona |
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10th Annual
Juried Exhibition, Altarpiece: An Installation,
Photographic Resource Center, Boston,
Massachusetts |
| 2006 |
Honorable Mention, 49th Annual
Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| 2005 |
Purchase Award, Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln,
California |
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Honorable Mention, 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea, Icheon World
Ceramic Center, South Korea |
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Dewey Stuit Fund Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City,
Iowa |
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Scholarly Presentation Award Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 2004 |
Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 2003 |
Iowa Arts Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
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Travel Grant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
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Award of Excellence, St. Petersburg Clay National 2003, St. Petersburg,
Florida |
| 2002 |
Iowa Arts Fellowship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 2001 |
Aaron Macy Memorial Scholarship, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,
Arizona |
| 2000 |
Frederick J. Dockstader Scholarship,
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| 2008 |
International
Ceramics Studio,
Kecskemet, Hungary |
| |
University
of Miami, Miami, Florida |
| |
Hartwick College,
Oneonta, New York |
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Indiana University
Southeast,
New Albany, Indiana |
| |
University
of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky |
| |
Tarant County
College, Fort Worth, Texas |
| |
McClennan
Community College Visting Artist Lecture Series,
Waco, Texas |
| 2007 |
College of
St. Benedict and St. John's University, St. Joseph, Minnesota |
| |
Collin County
Community College, Plano, Texas |
| 2006 |
Urban Institute
for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| |
Taos Art Retreat, Taos, New Mexico |
| 2005 |
Kingsborough
Community College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York |
| |
Gulf Coast
Kiln Walk Society,
Navarre, Florida |
| |
NCECA Graduate
Slide Forum, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2003 |
Luther
College, Center for the Arts, Decorah, Iowa |
| |
NCECA Graduate
Slide Forum, San Diego, California |
| |
St. Petersburg
Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2002 |
Eckerd College,
St. Petersburg,
Florida (slide show and lecture) |
| |
St. Petersburg
Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2001 |
Mt. Elden
Middle School, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| |
Summer Wood-fire
Workshop, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| 2000 |
Wood-fire
workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 2008 |
Founded and now Faculty
Advisor for the Indiana University Southeast Clay Club |
| 2006 |
Founded Artaxis.org, an online network of artists |
| 2005 |
Arts Coordinator, Project Art, University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa |
| 2004 |
Designed and managed construction of 32 foot anagama kiln for the Gulf
Coast Kiln Walk, Navarre, Florida |
| |
Assisted Don Bendel with creating, firing, and installing 70 foot ceramic
mural, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| 2003 |
Designed and managed construction of 30 foot anagama kiln for the St.
Petersburg Clay Company, St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 2002 |
Assisted in building
21 foot anagama kiln and shed, Don Reitz Studio, Clarkdale, Arizona |
| 2001 |
Designed, raised
funds, and managed construction of 29 foot anagama kiln and 30’ x 50’ timber
frame kiln shed at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
|
| |
Installed three 36 foot ceramic murals made under the supervision of
Don Bendel, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| 2000 |
Designed and built gas fired downdraft soda kiln, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, Arizona |
| |
Assisted in building 18 foot train kiln, Don Reitz Studio, Clarkdale,
Arizona |
| 1999 |
Designed and built gas fired castable downdraft soda kiln, Northern Arizona
University, Flagstaff, Arizona |
Sandy
Besser,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
|
| Anton
and Joan Schiffenhaus, Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Patty
and Barry French, California |
| Don
Reitz, Clarkdale,
Arizona |
| Larry
Manning, Brewton, Alabama |
| Agnese
Udinotti,
Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Victor
Bassman,
St. Louis, Missouri |
| Katherine
Boeckman Howd, St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Adam
Welch, Brooklyn,
New York |
| Adam Welch, "NCECA
Biennial: Reconsidering Exhibition Practice" Ceramics Art and Perception,
No. 70 Dec. 2006 - Feb. 2007, 94-101 |
| Catalog: Ink
and Clay 33, page 57, online at http://wwww.csupomona.edu/~kellogg_gallery/web-content/PDF/IC33_Cat.pdf |
| Adam Welch, “Minimalism
and Ceramics: the Sculptural Perplex of Brian Harper”, Ceramics Art and Perception, No. 63 March 2006, 53-57 |
| Joshua Green, “Meditations
on the NCECA Clay National Exhibition”,
NCECA Journal 2005, Volume XXVI, 30-34 |
| Web Video: Gulf Coast
Kiln Walk Society, www.kilnwalk.org, “Closing the Anagama
/
Preparing to Fire”, watch
this video |
| Web Video:
Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, www.kilnwalk.org, "Don
Reitz and Brian Harper – Question
/ Discussion Session Following the Opening / Lighting Ceremony", watch
this video |
| Web Video:
Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, www.kilnwalk.org, "Brian
Harper– Anagama
Build and Use", watch
this video |
Catalog: NCECA Clay
National, 2005
|
| Catalog: 3rd World
Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea (CEBIKO) |
| Lisa Newall and Victoria Papajohn, "Kiln
Gets Fired Up",
Splash!, December 2005 |
| Ken Garner, "All
Fired Up",
Navarre Press, December 8, 2005 |
| Amy Adams, “Arts
Restorative Power”,
Design and Architecture, p. 36-39, Jan/Feb Issue, 2005 |
| Elizabeth P. Crowe, “A
Hot Time in Holley”,
Navarre Press, August 12, 2004, Navarre, Florida |
| Christina Drain, “Community
Fire”,
Pensacola News Journal, August 4, 2004, Pensacola, Florida |
| David Kamm, “Brian
Harper: New Ceramic Work”,
October 27, 2003, Luther College Archives, Decorah, Iowa |
| Lennie Bennett, “Into
the Fire”,
St. Petersburg Times, June 19, 2003, St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Becky Pallack, “Rare
Kiln Breathes for Annual Lighting”,
The Lumberjack Axe, August 22-28, 2001, Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Bonzani, Dean, “New
Kiln at NAU”,
Flagstaff Live!, July 6-12, 2000 Vol. 6, Issue 27 |
| Paul McCoy,
Professor of Ceramics and Area Head, Baylor University, Waco, Texas (contact
info upon request) |
| Patrick Veerkamp,
Professor of Ceramics and Area Head, Southwestern University, Georgetown,
Texas (contact info upon request) |
| Susan Mullally,
Assistant Professor of Fine Art, Baylor University, Waco,
Texas (contact
info upon request) |
| John D. McClanahan,
Art Department Chair, Baylor University, Waco, Texas (contact info
upon request) |
| Don Reitz, Studio Artist,
Clarkdale, Arizona and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin (contact
info upon request) |
| Jason Hess, Associate Professor
of Ceramics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (contact
info upon request) |
| Bunny McBride, Professor of
Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (contact
info upon request) |
| Don Bendel, Professor Emeritus,
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (contact
info upon request) |
| Brenda Stokes, President, Gulf
Coast Kiln Walk Society, Navarre, Florida (contact
info upon request) |
| Israel Davis, Instructor, Urban
Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan (contact
info upon request) |
