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EDUCATION
2020 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Boomfield Hills, MI MFA in Ceramics
2018 Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI BA Chemistry, BA Studio Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Working Through It, c.r.e.t.a Rome, Rome, Italy
2021 The Derived Vessel, Center Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2020 Amphora, Talking Dolls, Hamtramck, MI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Michigan Ceramics Biennial Exhibition & Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, MI
2024 Aquinas College Faculty Show, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
2024 Materials: Hard + Soft, Patterson Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX
2024 Clay National, Clay Studio Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2023 Annual Cup Show 2023, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2023 In Residence: 16th Edition, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2023 Out The Fire, Love Texas Art, Fort Worth, TX
2021 Here x Now, Form and Seek, Detroit, MI
2021 Art Mile 2021, Talking Dolls, MI [Virtual]
2021 Post, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI
2020 2020 Faculty Exhibition, Wayne State Galleries, Detroit, MI [Virtual]
2020 Make Shift, Popps Packing, Hamtramic, MI
2020 Hard to choose Hard to Loose, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI [Virtual]
2020 Graduate Thesis Show, Bloomfield Hills, MI [Cancelled due to Covid-19]
2020 GVSU NCECA Show, VA [Cancelled due to Covid-19]
2020 3605, NCECA Cranbrook Pop up show, VA [Cancelled due to Covid-19]
2019 - 2020 Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes Benz Financial Services, MI
2019 Second Year Preview, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019 First Year Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2019 Tableworks, bswing Exhibit Space, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Kindred Neighbors: An Inhabitation of Cranbrook House, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018 Actual: Materiality, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
RESIDENCIES
2022-2023 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2022 c.r.e.t.a Rome, Rome, Italy
2019 Talking Dolls, Detroit, MI
PRESENTATIONS
2023 Resident Artist Talk, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2021 Visiting Demo artist for Wheel and Casting class at Wayne State, Detroit, MI
2021 Visiting artist at Pewabic, Detroit, MI
2021 Visiting artist at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2021 “Merging STEM and Art” lecture at Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI
2020 Visiting artist at Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI
EXPERIENCE
2024 - Current Adjunct Professor, Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
2022 - Current Founder of Sweda Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
2021 - 2022 Adjunct Professor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2020 - 2021 Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2020 - 2021 Ceramics Faculty, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
2019 - 2020 Materials Department Assistant, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI
2019 Production Potter, Pewabic, MI
2017 Whitten and Proctor Fine Art Conservation, Houston, TX
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Arts Thread, Q&A on Ceramics and Science [Online only]