Jessica Battes-Grabowski JessicaBattes.weebly.com EDUCATION: May 2012 December 2008 December 2005 Master of Fine Arts Ceramics/Sculpture The University of Texas at San Antonio Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ceramics/Marketing The University of North Texas Associate of Arts Degree PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: August 2013-Present August 2013-Present January 2013-Present Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Sabbatical Replacement Undergraduate Ceramics classes, Color & Design Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas & Ceramics Lab Technician Ceramics I, II & Advanced, Arlington, Texas Ceramics I & II, Art Appreciation August 2012-December 2012 Northwest Vista College, Ceramics I & II August 2012-December 2012 The University of Texas at San Antonio, Ceramics I January 2011-May 2012 October 2009 May 2010 The University of Texas at San Antonio, Position: Instructor of Record Ceramics I The University of Texas at San Antonio, Position: Graduate Assistant PROFESIONAL SERVICE: February 2014 November 2013 Instructional demonstrations in clay for Art Club Mountain View College, DCCCD Throwing demonstration and promotion of ceramics program at Fine Arts Expo August 2013-December 2013 Faculty advisor for student group Art Org Texas Christian University
April 2013 Co-Chair of Chalk It Up event RECENT EXHIBITIONS: 2014 Nucleotide Corpus Christi Art Center Corpus Christi, Texas 2013 Mountain View College Faculty Show Cliff gallery, Dallas, Texas Niche Award Finalist http://www.nicheawards.com/2014-finalists/jessica-battes-grabowski/ 21 st Texas Clay Festival Juried Art Festival Gruene, Texas TCU Faculty Exhibition Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas Hard Ware: National Ceramics Exhibition, Juror: Juan Granados Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas The Right Atmosphere: Clay in Central Texas Invitational group show NCECA 2013, Houston, Texas Women in Art Invitational group show Northeast Lakeview College, Universal City, Texas 47 th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Exhibition, Juror: Kurt Dyrhaug Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas Drink This! Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show, Juror: Linda Arbuckle Lorton Arts Foundation Gallery, Lorton, Virginia University of Dallas Regional Ceramics Juried Exhibition, Juror: Les Manning Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, Irving, Texas 2012 20 th Annual Texas Clay Festival Juried Art Festival Gruene, Texas One Foot: TASA Member Exhibition UTSA Satellite Space,
Genome Blue Star Contemporary Art Gallery, Submerged REM Gallery, Obstruction/ Deconstruction: Work from the Women of UTSA Invitational group show, Curator: Trina Faundeen San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce, International Sculpture Symposium Exhibition at UTSA West Campus S&C Exhibition Space, 2012 Texas Arts and Crafts Fair Juried art fair MFA Thesis Exhibition: Spontaneous Generation Solo Show UTSA Satellite Space, UTSA Student Exhibition, Juror: Derrick Durham 2012 NICHE Awards winner http://www.nicheawards.com/category/2012-winners/student-2012-winners/ 2011 ArtoberFest 2011: Juried Fine Art Festival Galveston, Texas Fresh Meat: College Expo, Juror: Cris Worley and Erick Swenson 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2011 Texas Arts and Crafts Fair Destinations: Juried Exhibition of Texas College and University Art Students Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center Gallery, Ingram, Texas A South Texas Ceramic Showdown: POTS Clay Demos South Texas College, McAllen, Texas Open To Interpretation. San Antonio Potter s Guild Juried Exhibition, Juror: Von Venhuizen Parchman Stremmel Gallery,
2010 Craft Forms 2010: Wayne Art Center s 16 th Annual International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Juror: Jane C. Milosch Wayne, Pennsylvania Destinations: Juried Exhibition of Texas College and University Art Students Duncan-McAshan Visual Arts Center Gallery, Ingram, Texas. 2010 Juried Student Art Exhibition. UTSA Fine Arts Assocation, Juror: Able Ortiz A South Texas Ceramic Showdown: Up and Down and All Around South Texas College McAllen, Texas New Arte Nuevo: San Antonio 2010, Juror: Malaquias Montoya & Valerie Cassel Oliver 2010 Texas Arts and Crafts Fair Six Pack Show, Texas Clay Arts Association Coop Gallery, San Angelo, Texas UTSA Juried Student Exhibition 1, 2, 3 Show, UTSA Satellite Space San Antonio Collegiate Student Exhibition 2009 Candle Light Reading, Sagebrush Review Invitational show 2008 B.F.A. Exhibition Denton, Texas AWARDS: 2013 Hard Ware: National Ceramics Exhibition, Third Place Award 2012 NICHE Award 2011 Emerging Artist Scholarship Merit Award, The Official Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair
2010 Emerging Artist Scholarship Merit Award, The Official Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair