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EDUCATION
M.F.A. 2007 Ceramics University of Dallas
M.A. 2005 Ceramics University of Dallas
B.F.A. 2003 Ceramics University of Oklahoma (Academic Distinction)
Minor: Art History
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Responsibilities
•create syllabi
• create beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of ceramic, sculpture, and drawing studio assignments
• create and give Power Point lectures on art history, art theory, and technical and historical aspects of ceramics
• teach students multiple ceramic creation, glazing, firing techniques, various sculptural techniques, and drawing techniques
• lead class discussions and critiques of student work, evaluate and grade student work, create and evaluate tests
Adjunct Professor at Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK
• Three-Dimensional Design Fall 2022
Adjunct Professor at North Lake College, Irving, TX
• Three-Dimensional Design Fall 2009-2020
• Sculpture I, II, Advanced Fall 2009-2020
• Art Appreciation Fall 2008-2020
• Art History, Survey I Fall 2007
Adjunct Professor at Tarrant County College North West, Fort Worth, TX
• Art History, Survey I Fall 2015-Spring 2020
• Ceramics I, II, and Advanced Students Fall 2008-Fall 2019
Adjunct Professor at Texas Christian University
• Ceramics I Spring 2018
Adjunct Professor, Richland College, Dallas, TX
• Ceramics I, II Fall 2009-Fall 2010
Adjunct Professor at Tarrant County College Trinity River, Fort Worth, TX
• Drawing I, II Spring 2010
• Art Appreciation Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Adjunct Professor at Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX
• Ceramics I, II, and Advanced Ceramics Fall 2008-Spring 2010
• Art Appreciation Summer 2007
• Three-Dimensional Design Spring 2006-Spring 2008
College for Kids Instructor at Tarrant County College South, Fort Worth, TX
• Ceramics Summer 2008
Adjunct Professor at Tarrant County College South, Fort Worth, TX
• Art Appreciation Fall 2007, Fall 2008
College for Kids Instructor at Tarrant County College, Euless, TX
• Art Sculpture Summer 2007
• Ceramics Summer 2008
• Cartooning Summer 2009
Ceramics Teacher at the Fire House Arts Center, Norman, OK
Fall 2003-Spring 2004
OTHER STUDIO MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Responsibilities
• maintain/organize ceramics studio,
o maintain equipment including kilns, wheels, slab rollers, and coil extruders
o load and fire electric, gas, wood, and salt kilns
o mix glazes, test new glaze recipes
o implement and maintain safety standards
o repair kilns
• assist university art department faculty, assist teaching university classes
• assist undergraduate students, teach adult clay classes, assist studio artists
• help customers in gallery, assist with exhibition installs and deinstalls
Ceramics Lab Technician, Cedar Valley College, Lancaster, TX
Spring 2008-Fall 2009
Graduate Assistant at the University of Dallas, Irving, TX
August 2004-May 2005
Apprentice to Collin Rosebrook (owner/director of Paseo Pottery, Oklahoma City, OK)
May 2003-August 2004
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Depressurvive
Art Space, Tarrant County College North West, Fort Worth, TX
2011 Candace Austin: New Work
Art Space, Tarrant County College North West, Fort Worth, TX
2010 Splendid Isolation
Coco Andre, Dallas, TX
2008 Reaction
Art Guild of Frisco, Frisco, TX
2007 Enteract, Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2006 Inner-Relate
Tree Top Gallery, Mountain View College, Dallas, TX
2005 Relate, Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition
Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Connectivity
Attleborro Arts Museum
Attleborro, MA
Geaux Cups V
Clay Center of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
2020
Tiny But Mighty
d’Art Center, Norfolk, VA
Juror: Betsy DiJulio
Honorable Mention
One Together
Crooked Tree Art Center, Traverse City, MI
Function Fest
Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Juror: Martha Grover
Abstract Catalyst
Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2019
Paint Can Fly IX
Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
Faculty Invitational
Tarrant County College North West, Ft Worth, TX
2018
Paint Can Fly IX
Fort Worth Community Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
2017
Faculty Invitational
Tarrant County College North West, Ft Worth, TX
2015
University of Dallas Regional Juried Ceramics Exhibition
Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2013
University of Dallas Regional Juried Ceramics Exhibition
Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2012
Art Faculty Exhibition
North Lake College, Irving, TX
Faculty Exhibition
Tarrant County College North West, Ft Worth, TX
2011
Material Mastery
Norman R. Eppink Gallery, Emporia, KS
Juror: Elaine O. Henry
KACA Members Exhibition
Emporia Arts Council Gallery, Emporia, KS
Juror: Elain O. Henry
2010
Red Heat
University of Tulsa Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Juror: Adrian Arleo
Featured Artist
Eighteen Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
2009
From the Ground Up
Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
Juror: Blair Meerfeld
Art Show @ DMS Architects
DMS Architects, Fort Worth, TX
Juror: Kerrie Conover
New Texas Talent
Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Juror: Charissa Terranova
Faculty Exhibition
Tarrant County College North West, Ft Worth, TX
d’ART Center 19th Annual Mid-Atlantic Exhibition
d’ART Center, Norfolk, VA
Juror: F. Lennox Campello
1+1
Terra Incognito Studios and Gallery, Oak Park, IL
Juror: David Toan
2008
Spatial Relationships: Visual Dialogues and Discussions
Funke Fired Art, Cincinnati, OH
Outside the Lines 8
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Jurors: Marty Ray, Elizabeth Mellot-Carreon, Mary Morgan, Dahlia Woods
Content
F6 Gallery, Arlington, TX
Juror: Kerrie Conover
Kamadeva and Psyche
The Van Ditthavong Gallery and Studio 832, Dallas, TX
2007
Transcendence, Installation by Chris Blackhurst and Candy Austin
Studio 832, Dallas, TX
Saturday Night Fever
500X, Dallas, TX
Walking Tracks
Studio 832, Dallas, TX
Alternative Firings: First National Clay Invitational
G Gallery, Houston, TX
Journeys in Clay
Mountain Top Gallery, Windham, NY
Juror: Ruth Sachs
University of Dallas Regional Juried Ceramics Exhibition
Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Juror: Val Cushing, Professor Emeritus, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
2006
Southworks 2006
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
Juror: Carla Hanzal
26th Annual July National Exhibition
Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC
Juror: Alex Powers
Eleven
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
First Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition
Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
Jurors: Marko Fields, Mika Negishi-Laidlaw, Keith J. Williams
2005
Art of Flowers
The Thompson Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
Annual Yuletide Show
Paseo Pottery, Oklahoma City, OK
Haute Arte ‘05
Art Centre of Plano, Plano, TX
2005
Developments
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Advanced Drawing Exhibition
University of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Paseo Festival
Paseo Pottery, Oklahoma City, OK
2004 Annual Yuletide Show
Paseo Pottery, Oklahoma City, OK
Paseo Festival
Paseo Pottery, Oklahoma City, OK
Red Show
Arts and Scraps, Norman, OK
LECTURES/DEMONSTRATIONS/JUROR
2017 Juror for Clay, Fire and the Creative Spirit, Fort Worth, TX
2017 Speaker at the Texas Pottery and Sculpture Guild, Fort Worth, TX
2012 Speaker at the Texas Pottery and Sculpture Guild, Fort Worth, TX
2007 Demonstration at Tarrant County College Northeast, Euless, TX
2006 Speaker, Mountain View College, Dallas TX
Demonstration, Charter School, Dallas, TX
2005 Speaker, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
EXHIBITION CURATOR
2007 Assistant Curator: University of Dallas Regional Juried Ceramics Exhibition
Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
Juror: Val Cushing
2006
2006 Alumni Art Exhibition
Logia Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2005
Developments
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Concentrations 2005
Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Alternative Firings, G Gallery, “The Front Row,” Megan Hendly, Interview, KUHFnRadio, Houston, Texas, August 6, 2007.
COLLECTIONS
• University of Oklahoma Permanent Print Collection, Norman, OK
AWARDS
• The New Normal: An Artist’s Response to Covid19, Fine Line Group Grant, 2020
• Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Dallas, 2004-2007
• University of Oklahoma Award of Excellence Scholarship, 1999-2003
• Conoco Leadership Scholarship, 1999-2003
• Ponca City Art Association Scholarship Award, 1999
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Adobe Creative Suites
• Microsoft Office 360
• Blackboard
• Soft Chalk