ILONA ROMULE
ILONA ROMULE
Education
1980-1985 Latvian Art Academy, Ceramics Department,
Master of Fine Arts (MFA),Riga, Latvia.
Memberships
1988 The Young Artists’ Union of Latvia, member
Since 1990 The Artists’ Union of Latvia, member
Since 1995 International Association of Art, UNESCO, member
1999-2002 International Association of Art, UNESCO, board member of the National Committee
Since 2001 International Academy of Ceramics (IAC), member, Geneva, Switzerland
Work Experience
1979-1980 Worked at the Art Foundation ceramics workshop/ factory, Riga, Latvia.
1986-1989 Ceramics Studio’s leader at Riga’s district Culture Centre.
Since 1985 Working as a ceramic artist in her own studio in Riga and abroad.
Since 1990 Guest-teacher and Workshops leader in Art Schools, Universities and Art Centers in USA, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Australia, Turkey, Israel, China.
2004-2006 Organizer of International Academy of Ceramics’ Assembly in Baltics.
2014 Designed porcelain sets for “Yanze” Design Studio at Gaochun Bone China Factory, China.
Organizational Experience
1989 Organizer, China painting Symposium, Dzintari Art Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, January.
1989 “Dievs, Daba, Darbs”, Ceramics Symposium, Organizer, Latvia, July.
1989 Group Leader, Dzintari Art Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, November.
1990 “1st Latvian Art Exhibition”, coordinator, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, July.
1991 Group Leader, Dzintari Art Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, May.
1992 Group Leader, Dzintari Art Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, November.
1993 Group Leader, Dzintari Art Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, April.
1996 Traveling Exhibition “Baltic Ceramics ‘96 in USA”, Coordinator.
2004-2006 Organizer of International Academy of Ceramics’ Assembly in Baltics.
Symposia, Conferences, Seminars, Residences and Teaching Workshops
1990 Worked at the studio of Anita Dumins, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October-November.
1991 “All-Soviet Porcelain Symposium-Competition”, participant, Kapchagai, Kazakhstan, September.
1991 “Paņevežys International Ceramic Symposium”, participant, Lithuania, July.
1991 Worked at the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, Russia, November.
1991-1992 Worked at the studio of Anita Dumins, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, winter-spring.
1992 “3rd International Bone China Symposium “Idea” in Jiesia”, participant, Kaunas, Lithuania, August.
1993 Worked at the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg, Russia, January-March.
1993 “International Ceramics Symposium”, participant, Dzintari Art Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, October.
1994 “4th International Ceramics Seminar, participant, Porvoo, Finland, August.
1994 Made porcelain design for “KASL” studio in Porvoo, Finland, August.
1994 “International Experimental Ceramics Studio”, scholarship, Kecskemet, Hungary, October-November.
1995 International Ceramics Symposium “Bowl”, participant, ICS, Kecskemet, Hungary, July-September.
1996 “International Ceramics Symposium”, participant, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May.
1999 Ceramics Symposium “Everybody has his own thoughts”, participant, Zvārtava, Latvia, July.
2000 Worked at the studio of Linda Lighton, Kansas City, MO, U. S. A., February.
2000 “NCECA Conference”, participant, Denver, Colorado, U. S. A., March.
2002 “IAC 50 Years Anniversary” congress, participant, Athens, Greece, August.
2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Program “Masters’ meeting”, invited artist, ICS, Kecskemet, Hungary.
2003 27th International Symposium “Porcelain in Other Way”, participant, Walbrzich, Poland, September.
2004 China Painting Symposium, participant, Art Centre Zvartava, Latvia, June.
2004 IAC General Assembly, participant, South Korea, August-September.
2005 “H.C.Andersen-200”. International Storytelling Ceramic Symposium, Guldagergaard, Denmark, August.
2006 International Ceramics Symposium “Dialogue” for IAC Assembly, Art Centre Zvartava, Latvia, August.
2006 IAC General Assembly, organizer, Riga, Latvia, August.
2007 Art & Craft School, slip-casting workshop, teacher, San Antonio, Texas, USA, February.
2007 Archie Bray Foundation, residency & China Painting workshop, Helena, Montana, USA, February–March.
2007. “NCECA Conference”, participant, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, March.
2007 China Painting Workshop, ICS, Kecskemet, Hungary, May.
2008 “The Clay Studio”, residency & China Painting workshop, Philadelphia, PA, USA, May-June.
2008 China Painting Workshop, Santa Fe, NM, USA, July.
2008 IAC General Assembly, participant, Xian, China, September.
2009 China Painting Workshop for Ohio University students, Kecskemet, Hungary, June-July.
2009 International Porcelain Symposium and Conference, Huaguang Zibo Bone China Factory, China, Sept.
2009 China Painting workshop for Nanjing University Students, China, September.
2009 Plaster model and mold making course; China Painting class for jewelers, Champaign, University of Illinois, USA, October-November.
2010 Plaster Model and Mold making course & China Painting class for daytime and distance students in ANU, Canberra University, Australia, May- June.
2010 Slip casting and China Painting demonstrations for Australian Ceramists Association, Sydney, June.
2010 Made works for Eastern Europe Ceramic Museum (FLICAM) in Fuping, China, October-November.
2011 Photographers’ Workshop “Through the Eyes of Photographer”, Iasi, Romania, June.
2011 “4th EgeArt ART DAYS” International Conference & Exhibition, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, November
2011 China Painting hands-on Workshop at Tuzum Kizilkum’s Studio, Izmir, December.
2012 Plaster Model and Mold making Course for Design Faculty at Bezalel Art and Design Academy, Jerusalem, Israel, February.
2012 China Painting hands-on Workshop at Neot Hakikar Studio, Dead Sea, Israel, March.
2012 Leading Figurative Plaster Model/Mould Making Workshop, Kecskemet, Hungary, June.
2012 China Painting demonstrations at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, September.
2012 Artist-in-Residence at Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO, USA, October-November.
2012 Leading China Painting Workshop at Red Star Studios, Kansas City, Mo, USA, November.
2013, 2014, 2015 Leading three Workshops “Porcelain from A till Z”(Plaster Models, Molds, Porcelain, Overglaze Painting), ICS, Hungary, June-July.
2013 Leading Lithophane Workshop, Zvartava Castle Art Center, Latvia, July.
2013 Leading Symposium “Masculine & Feminine” and China Painting Workshop, Zvartava, Latvia, August.
2015 Artist-in-Residence at Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, March-May.
Group Exhibitions
1985 “Graduation Exhibition”, Art Academy, Riga, Latvia, July.
1989 “China Painting”, Dzintari group exhibition, Jūrmala, Latvia , April.
1989 “Dievs, Daba, Darbs”, World Latvian Ceramic Artists’ Exhibition, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, August.
1989 “All Soviet Ceramics Exhibition”, Jūrmala, Latvia, December.
1990 “Five Artists’ Group”, Exhibition, Sibylle Mourach Gallery, Berlin, Germany, October.
1990 “Riga Artists’ Exhibition”, Alla Mirnik Gallery, Berlin, Germany, October.
1991 “All Soviet Ceramics Exhibition”, Group Exhibition, Jūrmala, Latvia, June.
1991 “Paņevežys International Ceramics Symposium”, Group Exhibition, Lithuania, August.
1991 “All Soviet Porcelain Symposium”, Alma - Ata, Kazakhstan, September.
1992 “3rd International Bone China Symposium “Idea” in Jiesia”, Kaunas & Vilnius, Lithuania, September.
1992 “International Ceramics Symposium”, Dzintari group exhibition, Jūrmala, Latvia, December.
1993 “International Ceramics Symposium”, Dzintari group exhibition, Jūrmala, Latvia, April.
1994 “4th International Ceramics Seminar “Iris”, Group Exhibition, Porvoo, Finland, August.
1994 International Exhibition “Red and Black”, Kecskemet, Hungary, November.
1995 Applied Art Gallery “Laiva” Opening Exhibition, Riga, Latvia, April.
1995 “The Find”, Gallery “Laiva”, Riga, Latvia, October.
1995 “DE FORMA” Group Exhibition “The Dish”, Budapest, Hungary, November.
1995 “Kecskemet Museum Foundation Exhibition”, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, December.
1996 “Baltic Ceramics Exhibition”, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., USA, February.
1997 "Latvian Contemporary Art", Strasbourg, France, December.
1998 “Latvian Artists’ Exhibition”, Eidfjord, Norway, June.
1999 “Teapot Exhibition”, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, USA, February.
1999 “Latvian Artists’ Exhibition”, Turku, Finland, May.
1999 “Latvian Artists’ Exhibition”, Eidfjord, Norway, June.
2000 “Teapot Exhibition”, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, USA, January.
2001 “Teapot Exhibition”, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, USA, February.
2002 “IAC 50 Years Anniversary”, members’ exhibition, Athens, Greece, August.
2002 “Latvian Porcelain Exhibition “Lights”, Riga Porclain Museum, Latvia, December.
2003 “Latvian Contemporary Porcelain”, Kuressaare, Saaremaa island, Estonia, August.
2003 Porcelain Group “DE FORMA” Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary, September.
2003 International Porcelain Symposium’s Exhibition “Porcelain in Other Way”, Walbrzych, September.
2004 China Painting Symposium’s Exhibition, MS Gallery, Riga, Latvia, June.
2004 IAC Members’ Exhibition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea, August- December.
2004 “80 Years Anniversary of Ceramics Faculty”, Latvian Art Academy, Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia.
2005 H.C.Andersen – 200. International Storytelling Ceramic Symposium’s Exhibition, Guldagergaard Ceramic Research Center and Grimmerhus International Ceramic Museum, Denmark, August, November.
2006 International Ceramics Studio’s collection from Kecskemet, Latvian Applied Art Museum, Riga, Latvia.
2006 IAC Members’ Exhibition, Riga, Latvia, August.
2007 Exhibition “Baltic Way”, Cardiff, Wales, July-August.
2008 IAC Members’ Exhibition, Xian, China, September.
2009 “10 x Latvian Porcelain”, Outdoors Expo “Gobis”, Vilnius, Lithuania, April- May.
2009 International Bone China Design Symposium’s Exhibition, Zibo (Huaguang) and Nanjing, China, Sept.
2010 International Exhibition “Tigers Teapots”, Shanghai, China, April.
2010 IAC Members’ Exhibition, Paris, France, September.
2011 International Exhibition “Rabbits Teapots”, Shanghai, China, May.
2012 “The Star” Porcelain Exhibition, Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia, January.
2012 IAC Members’ Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM, USA, September.
2013 Lithophane Workshop’s exhibition, Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia, August – November.
2013 7 artists Exhibition “Forbidden Dreamzzz”, Ghent, Belgium, November.
2014 “China - Baltics Art Exhibition” in Gallery “Kvadratas”, Vilnius, Lithuania, October.
2016 International Exhibition “Desire” at Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Kansas City, MO, March-May.
Juried Exhibitions
1987 “Latvian Miniatures”, Valmiera Museum, Valmiera, Latvia, April.
1987 “Bowl”, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, April.
1987 “Painted Plates” The Young Artists’ Exhibition Hall, “Jāņa Sēta”, Riga, Latvia, April.
1987 “Bowl”, Tallinn Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, November.
1987-1988 “10th Garden Ceramics Exhibition”, Sigulda Garden-Museum, Sigulda, Latvia, May.
1988 “People by the Sea”, Exhibition Hall “Latvija”, Riga, Latvia, March.
1988 “Pot”, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, April.
1989 “7th Latvian Miniatures Exhibition”, Valmiera Museum, Valmiera, Latvia, April.
1989 “Candleholder”, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, April.
1989-1990 “11th Garden Ceramics Exhibition”, Sigulda Garden-Museum, Sigulda, Latvia, May.
1989 “Candleholder”, Vilnius Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania, July.
1989 “The Young Artists’ Exhibition”, Exhibition Hall “Arsenāls”, Riga, Latvia, July.
1989 “Latvian Craft”, Jura Church-Museum, Riga, Latvia, July.
1989 “Sport in Art”, Exhibition Centre “Jūrmala”, Jūrmala, Latvia, July.
1990 “Turned”, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, April.
1990 “1st All Latvian Ceramic Artists’ Exhibition”, Sigulda Garden-Museum, `Latvia, April.
1991 “Baltic Applied Art Triennial”, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, April.
1991 “Autumn Ceramics Exhibition”, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, October.
1992 “Northern Countries Art Exhibition”, Edmonton, Canada, July.
1992 “1st North European Art Exhibition”, Hamburg, Munich, Bonn, Bremen, Germany, October-December.
1993 “Latvian Ceramics Exhibition”, St.Peter’s Church, Riga, Latvia, February.
1993 “Latvian Applied Art Exhibition”, Applied Art Museum, Riga, Latvia.
1993 “4th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics", Zagreb, Croatia.
1994 “Small Ceramics Exhibition”, “Mare Balticum”, Mariehamn, Aland, Finland, June.
1994 “6th Baltic Art and Crafts Triennial”, Tallin, Estonia, June.
1994 “International Exhibition of Nude Art “Man and Woman”, Parnu, Estonia, July.
1995 “Latvian Applied Art Exhibition”, Arsenal Museum, Riga, Latvia, January.
1995 “4th International Ceramics Competition’95, Mino”, Tajimi, Japan, October.
1996 “Latvian Applied Art Exhibition”, Arsenal Museum, Riga, Latvia, April.
1996 “Fletcher Challenge Ceramic Award”, Auckland, New Zealand.
1997 “Gift for the City”, Exhibition Hall “Latvija”, Riga, Latvia, January.
1997 “Art Expo’97”, New York, USA, February.
1997 "5th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics", Zagreb, Croatia, October.
1997 "International Ceramic Competition "Chess", Carouge, Switzerland, September; Sarreguemines, France.
1997 "Kutani International Decorative Ceramics Competition'97", Japan, October.
1998 “4th Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics”, Egypt.
1998 “1st European Ceramics Competition, “Nove, Land of Ceramics”, Nove, Italy, September.
2000 “Latvian Applied Art Exhibition”, Applied Art Museum, Riga, Latvia, June.
2000 “6th Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards”, Taipei, Taiwan, November.
2001 “6th International Contemporary Porcelain Triennial”, Nyon, Switzerland, June.
2001 “1st World Ceramic Biennale”, International Competition, Korea, September.
2002 “18th International Biennale of Ceramics Art”, Vallauris, France, June.
2003 “2nd World Ceramic Biennale”, International Competition, South Korea, September.
2005 “1st International Triennial of Silicate Arts”, Kecskemet, Hungary, March.
2006 Latvian Applied Art Exhibition “Intimate”, Riga’ Design and Applied Art Museum, Latvia, June-July.
2006 “Latvian Ceramics Exhibition”, for IAC Assembly, Riga Design and Applied Art Museum, Latvia, August.
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 “International Exhibition of Small Forms Porcelain”, Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia.
2008. “8th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics”, Zagreb, Croatia.
2008, 2011 “2nd and 3rd International Triennial of Silicate Arts”, Kecskemet, Hungary, May.
2009 “International Ceramic Competition “Cup & Saucer”, Carouge, Switzerland, September.
2010 Latvian Applied Art Exhibition “Optimization”, Riga’s Design and Applied Art Museum, Latvia, March.
2011 “6th International Exhibition of Small Forms Porcelain”, Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia, September.
2012 “7th International Exhibition of Small Forms Porcelain”, Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia, Oct.-November.
2013 “7thNaspa” Competition“The Figure, Sculpture in Ceramics”,Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Germany, Sept.
2013 “8th International Exhibition of Small Forms Porcelain”, Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia, December.
2014 “9th International Exhibition of Small Forms Porcelain “Provocation”, Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia.
2015 “10 International Exhibition of Small Forms Porcelain “History 1:10”, Riga’s Porcelain Museum, Latvia.
2015 “12th International Biennial of Ceramics”, Manises, Spain.
2016 “Yingge Ceramics Museum’s Competition”, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Solo Exhibitions
1988 “Solo Exhibition”, Ainaži Culture Centre, Ainaži, Latvia, April.
1990 “Solo Exhibition” to be admitted to the Artists’ Union, Ķīpsala Gallery, Riga, Latvia, May.
1994 “Porcelain Exhibition”, Porvoo, Finland, February.
1994 “Porcelain Exhibition”, Mikkeli, Finland, April.
1994 Solo Exhibition, “Porcelain and Eroticism”, Riga, Latvia, July.
1996 “Solo Exhibition”, Porcelain Gallery “Dvoryansky Dom”, Moscow, Russia, May.
1999 Solo Exhibition “The Naked Porcelain”, Riga, Latvia, December.
2000 Solo Exhibition in “Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art”, Kansas City, Mo, U. S. A., March.
2003 “Porcelain Exhibition”, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, July.
2003-2004 Solo Exhibition “Porcelain Society”, Riga’s Porcelain Museum, Latvia, November-January.
2006 “E-67 Via Baltica”, solo exhibition “Porcelain Society “S”, Gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania, January.
2006 “Porcelain Society “S”, Riga Design and Applied Art Museum’s Gallery “Apsīda”, Latvia, May.
2009 “Porcelain Exhibition”, University of Illinois, Champaign, USA, October.
2010 “Porcelain Exhibition”, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, May-June.
2012 “Pup-Art” Porcelain, Gallery “Suņa Taka”, Jelgava, February-March.
2012 “Porcelain Society “S”, Museion N# 1, Budapest, Hungary, July-August.
2012 “Lithophane and other delicate creatures”, Riga’s Porcelain Museum, Latvia, August-September.
2012 “Porcelain Society”, Red Star Studios, Belger’s Art Center, Kansas City, MO, November- December.
2015 “Marionettes & Silhouettes”, Museion @ ICS, Kecskemet, Hungary, August.
2015 “Marionetes un Silueti”, M.Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia, September-November.
2015 “Marionetes”, “Joker” club, Riga, Latvia, November-January.
Museums, Collections
Numerous Private
1989 Latvian Art Fund, purchase, Riga, Latvia.
1991 Paņevežys Art Gallery, Lithuania, August.
1991 Alma-Ata Art Museum, Kazakhstan, September.
1992 William and Jeanie Porter, purchase, Helena, Montana, U.S.A.
1992 Ceramics Museum “Kuskovo”, purchase, Moscow, Russia.
1994 Porvoo Town Museum Collection, Finland.
1994, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 - 2012 International Ceramics Collection, Kecskemet, Hungary.
1995 Portugal president Mario Soares’ collection, purchase, Portugal.
1996 Sharon Cross, Collector, Auckland, purchase, New Zealand.
2000 Taipei County Ceramics Museum Collection, purchase, Taiwan.
2001, 2003, 2004 Icheon World Ceramic Center, Kyonggi Province, purchase, Korea.
2002 Art and History Museum, Athens, Greece
2003 “Riga’s History and Navigation Museum”, purchase, Latvia.
2003 Walbrzych City Art Museum, Poland.
2004 and 2006 Riga’s Design and Applied Art Museum, purchase, Latvia.
2005 Ceramic Research Center Guldagergaard, Denmark.
2007 Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, USA.
2008 “The Clay Studio”, Philadelphia, Pensilvania, USA.
2009 Collection of Huaguang Zibo Bone China Company, China.
2009 Scott Francis Collection, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
2010 Kamm Teapot Foundation, Sparta, North Carolina, USA.
2010 Collection of Eastern Europe Ceramic Museum, FLICAM, Fuping, China.
2011 Collection of Ege University Museum, Izmir, Turkey.
2012 Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, Ohio, USA.
2013 Richard Rogers’ Collection, USA.
2014 State Art Collection of Ireland, Dublin.
2015 Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Publications, Articles, Books
2015 Catalogue “LATVIAN CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS”, by M.Rothko Art Center, Latvia.
2015 Magazine “FORRAS”, Article by Zsuzsa Kiss, Hungary.
2015 Magazine “NATURAMICA” of Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan.
2013 Book “ART FROM THE CLOISTER OF CLAY”, ICS, Hungary.
2013 Book “500 TEAPOTS” by “Lark Crafts”.
2012 Magazine "NEW CERAMICS", N# 5, article by Janos Probstner "About Ilona Romule's Magical Creatures".
2012 Book "THE BEST OF 500 CERAMICS", by "Lark Books".
2009 Book "500 CERAMIC SCULPTURES", by "Lark Books".
2008 Magazine "CERAMICS. ART AND PERCEPTION", N# 72, article by Glen R. Brown "Ilona Romule's Porcelain Fables".
2008 Book "MASTERS: PORCELAIN", by "Lark Books", chapter: pages 40-47.
2005 Book "WORLD-FAMOUS CERAMIC ARTISTS' STUDIOS", by Bai Ming, chapter: pages 2-15.
2004 Magazine "KERAMEIKI TECHNI", N# 46, article by Steve Mattison "A Creative Journey".
2003 Book "CONTEMPORARY STUDIO PORCELAIN", by Peter Lane.
1997 Magazine "KERAMEIKI TECHNI", N# 25, article by Peteris Martinsons.
Lectures
1990 Banff Art Center, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
1990 Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1991 Dzintari Art Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia, October.
1992 Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, February.
1992 “International Slide Show”, NCECA’92, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1992 Holter Art Museum, Helena, Montana, U.S.A.
1992 The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
1994 Culture and Art Centre, Lovisa, Finland, February.
1994 Culture and Art Centre, Porvoo, Finland, February.
1994 “4th International Ceramics Seminar “Iris”, Porvoo, Finland, August.
1996 East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA, February.
2000 Clay Guild, Kansas City, Mo, U. S. A., February.
2000 Kansas City Art Institute, Mo, U. S. A., March.
2000 International Slide Show in NCECA Conference, Denver, Colorado, U. S. A., March.
2002 International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, September.
2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 - Lectures and Demos, ICS, Kecskemet, Hungary.
2004 Presentation Lecture on IAC Assembly, Icheon, Korea, August.
2005 Storytelling Seminar “H.C.Andersen- 200”, Lecture and China-paint Workshop, Guldagergaard, Denmark.
2007 Art & Craft School, San Antonio, Texas, USA, February.
2007 Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, USA, February.
2007 Missoula University, Montana, USA, March.
2007 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA, March.
2007 Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri, USA, March.
2007 NCECA, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, March.
2007 Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA, April.
2008 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PN, USA, May.
2008 LIAEP Anniversary Symposium, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo, USA.
2008 Santa Fe, NM, USA, July.
2008 Craft Center “Peters Valley”, New Jersey, USA, July.
2009 Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri, USA, October.
2009 University of Illinois, Champaign, USA, November.
2010 Australian National University, Canberra, May, June.
2011 Ege University, Izmir, Turkey, December.
2012 Benyamini Contemporary Ceramic Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, February.
2012 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel, February.
2012 Neot Hakikar Studio, Dead Sea, Israel, March.
2012 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, September.
2012 Panel lecture at IAC General Assembly, Santa Fe, NM, USA, September.
2012 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA, September.
2012 Kansas City Artists Coalition, MO, USA, October.
2012 Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO, USA, October.
2015 Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan, May.
Awards
1991 “All Soviet Porcelain Symposium-Competition”, 4th prize, Kazakhstan, September.
1993 “4th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics”, “Gospič” prize, Zagreb, Croatia.
1995 “4th International Ceramics Competition’95, Mino”, Honorable mention, Tajimi, Japan.
1996 Chosen for INAX Design Prize, Tokoname, Japan.
1997 "5th World Triennial Exhibition of Small Ceramics", Honorable mention, Zagreb, Croatia.
2000 “6th Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards”, Merit prize, Tapei, Taiwan.
2001, 2003 “1st World Ceramic Biennale”, International Competition, Honorable Mention, Korea.
2004 Purchase from IAC Members’ Exhibition, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea.
2014 “6th International Small Teapot Competition”, Grand Prize, Pomona Ceramics Museum, CA, USA.
2015 Competition for Artist-in-Residence in Yingge Ceramics Museum, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
2016 “Taiwan Ceramics Biennale”, Recommendation Prize, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan.