Zachary N. Tate Lubbock, TX 417-257-8357 polarllama@gmail.com www.zachtateclayworks.com EDUCATION: 2010-Current: (In Process) M.F.A Ceramic Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX B.F.A Ceramic Art, Missouri State University, SOLO EXHIBITIONS: Tea Maves Art Center at Greenville College Greenville, Illinois Jesters Guldagergaard Apple House Gallery Skælskør, Denmark Täckmantel Sintra Gallery Gothenburg, Sweden These Inflated Heads Blackburn College Carlinville, IL Functional Solo exhibition, Monarch Art Factory Abstracted Front Porch Gallery
JURIED EXHIBITIONS: Third Annual Cup Show: Form and Function Golf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL Juror: Jill Foote-Hutton Ceramic Sculpture Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT Juror: Lisa Wolkow *Selected for Award Currents: Contemporary Ceramics University of Florida s Focus Gallery, Gainesville, FL Jurors: Linda Arbuckle and John Byrd Small Sculpture Invitational Elon University Elon, NC Missouri State University Open Media Juried Exhibition Student Exhibition Center, Juror: Brad Nobel 2009 Juried/Invitational Ceramic Cup Show Isadore Gallery Lancaster, PA Juror: Regis Brodie Feats of Clay XXII Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation Lincoln, CA Juror: Tony Marsh *Selected for Award 1+1 Terra Incognito Studios and Gallery Chicago, IL Juror: David Toan Politically Speaking Columbia Art League Columbia, MO Juror: Columbia Art League International Cup Clay Studio of Missoula Missoula, MT Juror: Patti Warashina
2007: University of Dallas 2009 Regional University of Dallas Dallas, TX Juror: Dick Hay *Selected for Award Missouri State University Open Media Juried Exhibition Juror: Jan Hyde Kent State 8 th Annual Cup Show Kent State University Kent, OH Juror: Ted Vogel Fire, Metal, and Light Missouri State University Juror: Keith Ekstam GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2011: Texas Tech Clay Plaster Student Complex, Missouri State University, Texas Tech in Progress Ernest G. Welch School of Art+Design Gallery Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 13 by Seven NICE (Nordic Intercultural Creative Events), Manchester, England Texas Tech in Progress Blafffer Art Museum University of Houston, Houston, TX Graduate Work Landmark Art Gallery Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 13 by Seven Apple House Gallery Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skelskor, Denmark
Artist in Residence Tainan National University of the Arts Daci Village, Guantian Township, Tainan County, Taiwan Senior Thesis Show Missouri State University Art and Design Gallery, PERMINATE COLLECTIONS: WORKSHOPS/LECTURES: 2011: Danish Cultural Ministry, Denmark Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skelskor, Denmark Blackburn College Sculpture Garden, Carlinville, IL Tainan National University of the Arts Sculpture Garden, Daci Village, Guantian Township, Tainan County, Taiwan NCECA- Lecture- Non-Academic Education, Tampa, FL Demonstrations on my graduate research, Missouri State University, Demonstrations on my graduate research, Mesa College, Grand Junction, CO Demonstrations on my construction of teabowls. Folk University, Gothenburg, Sweden Lecture about my work, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark Lecture about my work, Greenville College, Greenville, IL
Lecture about my work, Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL Presented alternative firing demonstrations, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA Demonstrations on wheel throwing, Missouri State University s Ozark s Heritage, Presented demonstrations and lecture, West Plains High School, West Plains, MO Demonstrations on wheel throwing, Missouri State University s Ozark s Heritage, 2007: Presented demonstrations and lecture, Parkview High School Demonstrations on wheel throwing, Missouri State University s Ozark s Heritage, PUBLICATIONS: 2011: PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: Studio Potter Magazine: Co-Authored article on the community in clay. LOGOS: A Journal of Undergraduate Research, published by the Missouri State University Honors College. Published November 2008, Studio Assistant, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skelskor, Denmark Volunteer at the Union Project s ceramic studio, Pittsburgh, PA Ceramic Instructor Springfield Art Museum,
2007: Assisted teaching entry level ceramics class in Art and Design Department s Faculty Contact Hour Reduction pilot program. Missouri State University, Ceramic Instructor Springfield Art Museum, Ceramics Studio lab monitor, Missouri State University Ceramic Instructor Ozarks Technical Community College s Continuing Education Program, Ceramic Instructor Springfield Art Museum, Ceramics Studio lab monitor, Missouri State University Ceramic Instructor Ozarks Technical Community College s Continuing Education Program,