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b. USA | Works in San Jose, California and Jingdezhen, China | email: briancaponi1841@gmail.com
Education:
2013 MFA Ceramics, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University (NYSCC): Alfred, NY
2007 BFA Sculpture, Grand Valley State University (GVSU): Allendale, MI
Solo/Two/Three Person Exhibitions:
2020 Measured Space. VCU Artist Research Institute. Richmond, VA (w/Shawn Murray and Thomas Schmidt) (postponed)
2019 Measured Space. Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University. Alfred, NY (w/Shawn Murray and Thomas Schmidt)
eating stone. Hatch Gallery Cell Space. Hamtramck, MI (solo w/video collaboration with Paul Gunsberg)
Measured Space. Scarab Club, Detroit, MI (w/Shawn Murray and Thomas Schmidt)
2018 tertiary | untitled | green. Pewabic Pottery. Detroit, MI (solo)
wading in without. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University. KS (solo)
green shade west. Simone Desousa Gallery. Detroit, MI (solo)
2016 To Touch the Sky with Two Arms. Holding House. Detroit, MI (two person with Kim Harty)
Measured Space. Kansas City Public Library Gallery (w/Shawn Murray and Thomas Schmidt)
2013 Without Organs. Central Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery 8, Beijing, China (solo)
Home and Dream. One Window Gallery. Goseong, South Korea (solo)
| Taking Form | Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University. NY (solo)
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Visions in Clay Invitational.
2021 Visions in Clay
2020
2019 Style ‘19. Museum of Craft and Design. San Francisco, CA
Pewabic Pottery Garden Show. Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI (invited artist)
Thank you, Mies. Detroit Artist Market. Detroit, MI (curator: Dennis Nawrocki)
Shifting Reverence. Three Rivers Gallery. Minneapolis, Minnesota
LIES. District Clay Gallery. D.C (jurors: Wayne Higby and Kelsey Chase Folsom)
Edition 18. Simone Desousa Gallery. Detroit, MI
2018 Regional. Muskegon Museum of Art. Muskegon, MI (juror: Marc Mitchell)
Holiday Showcase. Pewabic Pottery. Detroit, MI
Carbondale Clay National XIII - Out of the Mold. Carbondale Clay Center. CO (jurors: John and Andrea Gill)
25th Mediterranean Ceramic Competition. Grottaglie, Antico Convento dei Cappiccini, Italy
IV. International Ceramics Triennial. National Museum of Slovenia. Slovenia (jurors: Barney Hare Duke, Martin Nuebert, Nadja Zgonik)
22nd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition. San Angelo Museum of Fine Art. San Angelo, TX (juror: Peter Held)
Functionalized. Janice Charach Gallery. Bloomfield, MI
Small Favors. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Fahrenheit 2018. American Museum of Ceramic Art. Pamona, CA (juror: Patti Warashina)
Ice Palace. Tessellate Gallery, Pontiac, MI (jurors: Sara Nishikawa and Elise DeChard)
Beyond the Brickyard. Archie Bray Foundation. Helena, MT (juror: Kirsten Morgin)
Hot Fresh Glazed. Ann Arbor Art Center. Ann Arbor, MI
2017 Michigan Ceramics Biennale. Valade Gallery. Detroit, MI (juror: Richard Notkin)
On the Threshold. Portland Convention Center, Portland, OR
Currents: 2017: Perception: Color and Content. Gary R. Libby Gallery, University of Florida. (jurors: Katie Parker/Linda Lopez)
Reinvented. Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY and Clay Studio Philadelphia, PA (invitational/catelogue)
Zanesville Prize. Seilers Gallery, Zanesville, OH (jurors: Tony Marsh, Leslie Ferrin, Mary Jo Bole)
2016 Core Sample: Selections from the Collection. Group Exhibition. Alfred Ceramic Art Museum. Alfred, NY
Detroit Biennale. Museum of New Art. Detroit, MI
CUPS! Detroit Artists Market. Detroit, MI
Dredged | Drawn. Invitational, Kendall College of Art and Design Fed. Gallery. Grand Rapids, MI
2015 MFAC. Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI. (juror: Joe Winterhalter)
Michigan Ceramics Biennale. Saginaw Museum of Art and Dennos Museum Center, MI (juror: Andrea Gill)
2014 Small Favors IX.The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (invited artist | declined due to schedule conflict)
Visualizing Data | Art and Information. University of Michigan Work-Gallery, Detroit, MI
Two Degrees. Sierra Nevada College. Incline Village, NV (invitational)
Actually. ABS Gallery, Baroda, India
2013 LIC. Coohaus Gallery New York, NY (catelog)
2012 Red Heat: Contemporary Work in Clay. Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa. Tulsa, OK
Small Favors VII Invitational. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Transitions: 2nd Day Air. Robert C. Turner Gallery, NY Alfred, NY
2010 OH+5’10. Dairy Barn Arts Center: Athens, OH (jurors: Brian Harper, Dennis Harrington, Simone Osthoff)
Grand Valley State University Ceramics Invitational. Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI (curator: Hoon Lee)
With Clay, With Friendship, With World. Online Invitational: Seoul National University of Technology
2009 Kijou shoudo, (calligraphy) Kumano, Mie, Japan
Kouishi ie, (calligraphy) Pinne Gallery, Mihama, Mie, Japan
Mie, (drawing) Komono Town Library: Mie, Japan
With Clay, With Friendship, With World. Online Invitational, Seoul National University of Technology
2008 On the Pedestal off the Wall. Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH (juror: Gregory Armenoff)
Active Site: 818 Butterworth. Kindel Furniture Factory, Grand Rapids, MI (juror: Paul Amenta)
Memorial Fountain. public fountain/sculpture, group project, Allendale, MI
2007 Active Site: Clearwater Place. Monroe Water Filtration Plant: Grand Rapids, MI (juror: Paul Amenta)
Michigan Ceramics: Fire and Mud. Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI (4th place award/juror: Paul Flickinger)
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Stewart Padnos Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
Awards/Honors/Residencies:
2021 Best in Show. Visions in Clay
2019 Artist in Residence. San Jose State University
2018 Best in Show. Regional, Muskegon Museum of Art
American Craft Council Emerging Voices Award Nominee
2017 Confluence and Influence, Invited Resident Artist. Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. NewCastle, Maine
2016 Faculty Research Grant. Oakland Community College
Faculty Travel and Research Grant. Oakland Community College
2015 Onoma, Fiskar’s Artist in Residency, Finland (declined due to scheduling conflict)
Juror Selects Award. MFAC. Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center. Juror: Joe Winterhalter
Board Member: Michigan Ceramic Art Association
Best in Show (Sculpture): Michigan Ceramics Biennial. Juror: Andrea Gill
2011-2014 Uttarayan Art Foundation International Ceramics Symposium and
Workshop Invitational. Vadodara, India
China Central Academy of Fine Arts, City Design School. Visiting Artist
Collaborative Instructor and Advisor. Beijing, China
Suroyo Ceramic Center. Resident Artist. Goseong, South Korea
ClayArch Gimhae Museum Residency. Gimhae, South Korea (declined due to scheduling conflict)
Dean Travel Grant: NYSCC, Alfred University
Bernstein Travel and Research Grant: NYSCC, Alfred University
Turner Teacher Fellow Search Committee, NYSCC, Alfred University
Graduate Fellowship: New York State School of Ceramics, Alfred University
2004-2007 Honorable Mention, 2007 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture.
The International Sculpture Center (jurors: Allyson Baker, Tom Csaszar, Steven Siegel)
4th Place Award, Fire and Mud, juror Paul Flickinger: Lansing Art Gallery
Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residencies Fellowship, SAIC, Saugatuck, MI
Grand Valley State University Student Spotlight [website promotional article]
BranStrom Fine Arts Scholarship, Grand Valley State University
Outstanding Foundation Portfolio, Grand Valley State University Art and Design Department
Lectures/Workshops:
College for Creative Studies (lecture/crits)
Kansas State University (lecture/workshop)
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (lecture)
Cranbrook Academy of Art. (lecture/studio visits with Ceramics Department)
Holding House. Detroit, MI (Gallery talk)
GVSU and Seoul National University of Technology Summer workshop. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI. (lecture/workshop)
Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO (lecture)
Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI. (workshop)
Uttarayan Art Foundation, Vadodara, India. (lecture/workshop)
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. (lecture)
China Central Academy of Fine Arts, City Design School, Beijing, China. (lecture/workshop)
Beijing World International School, Beijing, China. (lecture)
Suroyo International Ceramic Center, Goseong, South Korea. (lecture/workshop)
New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY. (lecture)
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH. Visiting Artist (lecture)
Ceramics Forum 2012: Alfred, Cranbrook, and SAIC. Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI (lecture/panel/student critiques)
NCECA 2012: Reflections and Considerations: Experiences before Graduate School. Seattle, WA (Presenter/Panelist)
GVSU/Seoul National University of Technology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (workshop/lecture)
GVSU Ceramics: Seoul Women’s University and Seoul National University of Technology. Seoul, Korea (participant/lecture)
Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI (lecture)
Michigan Art Education Association: Public Sculpture: A dialogue for the community (lecture/panelist)
Publications/Online:
CFile: https://cfileonline.org/exhibition-artists-explore-the-post-industrial-mindset-with-ceramics/
Sculpture: The International Sculpture Center 2007 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
Awards. October 2007, Vol .26 No. 8
Grand Valley Magazine: Casting the Past while Carving the Future. Fall 07 issue
The Grand Rapids Press: GVSU Art Students purpose fountain for Township. April 10, 2007
brian-caponi.com
alfredceramics.com
gvsuceramics.blogspot.com
accessceramics.org
reflections-considerations.blogspot.com (co-founder/creator)
undercoat.net
Public/Private Collections:
Uttarayan Art Foundation
China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Suroyo Ceramic Center
Alfred University
Grand Valley State University
John and Andrea Gill
Wayne Higby