Taylor Robenalt’s Curriculum Vitae
Education:
2008-2011: Ceramics Graduate Program, MFA, University of Georgia
2006-2008: Post Baccalaureate, University of South Florida
2002-2006: BFA in Sculpture, Southern Methodist University
Scholarships/Awards:
2022: Third Place Award for LH Horton Gallery, Stockton, California
2022: Ceramic Coordinator of Residency at Touchstone School of Craft
2021: Summer Resident Artist at Skopelos Foundation of the Arts, Skopelos, Greece
2021: Halo Arts Project Grant
2020: Halo Arts Project Grant
2019: NCECA International Residency Award to attend A.I.R. Vallauris, France
2019: Pentaculum at Arrowmont School of Craft
2018: Red Lodge Artist Invite Artist
2018: NCECA Discussion Panel on Community
2017: Award of Excellences, CraftArt Festival
2017: Honorable Mention at Creatures: Wild and Wooley
2017: NCECA Discussion Panel on Gender
2016: Odyssey Clayworks Long Term Resident
2016: Honorable Mention at “De-La Naturalaza”
2016: Artist Invite Artist Residency at Watershed, leader scholarship
2015: Penland Studio Assistant
2015: Penland Summer Work Study
2015: Odyssey ClayWork Summer Residency
Solo Shows:
2023: Moments from Skopelos, Appalachian Center Of Craft, Smithville, Tennessee
2021: Kinship, Abmeyer and Wood, Online platform
2020: The Dark and The Light, Linda Berry Stein University, Jacksonville, FL
2020: Symbolic Narratives, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio
2018: Interaction, Grovewood Village Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
2017: Seriously Fun, Almost Circle Gallery, Biloxi, Mississippi
2017: Working With My Emotional Intelligences, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
2015: Black, White and Gold, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2015: The Act of Flourishing, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Gallery, Gulfport, Mississippi
2015: Flourishing, The Field Work Gallery, Auburn, Alabama
2014: Porcelain Clusters, The Boabob Tree Gallery, Bradenton, Florida
Group Shows:
2022: Thinking With Animals, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
2022: Figuratively Speaking, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2022: Cup Invitational, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2022: West Coast Clay, Art Center of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2022: Annual Ringling College Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2022: Art Of The Garden, Florida CraftArt Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2022: Not So Guilty Pleasures, Kondos Gallery, Sacrament, CA
2022: Beauty and The Beast, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
2022: Yunomi Show, Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
2021: Annual Ringling College Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2021: Social Distance Residency Show, Gulf Coast State Gallery, FL
2021: Rough Around the Edges, Spaaces Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2021: The Dinner Party, State of Art Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2021: Crafts in The Air, International Exhibition, Chaulalongkron, Taiwan
2021: Thinking With Animals 2, NCECA online show
2021: Expressive, In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville, NC
2021: Clay: A Southern Census, Clay Center of New Orleans, NO
2020: Southern Miss Ceramics, University of Southern Mississippi, MI
2020: SARTQ Retrospective, Art Center of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2020: Collaborations, SPAACES, Sarasota, FL
2020: Instructor Showcase, Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2020: Instructor Show, Appalachian Center of Craft, Smithville, TN
2020: Thinking With Animals, NCECA Show, Richmond, VA
2019: Figurative Florida, Morean Center For Clay, St. Petersburg, FL.
2019: Annual Ringling College Faculty Exhibition, Lois and David Stulberg Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2019: Beautiful & Bizarre, Florida CraftArt Gallery, St. Petersburg FL
2019: Annual Teapots, Morgan Contemprary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA
2019: Bookends, University of Minnesota’s Architecture Library Gallery, NCECA2019, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019: Garden Party, Watson Macrae Gallery, Sanibel, Florida
2019: Migracion, Leon, Mexico
2019: People and Faces, Craft Art, St. Petersburg, Florida
2019: Tall Tales, Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts
2018: Color and Content, Gaze Modern, Sarasota, Florida
2018: Bodies and Beings, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, Washington
2018: Alt-White: A Tongue and Cheek Search For Trump’s China, NCECA, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
2018: Unifying The Narrative Figure, Ceramic Sculpture Culture Show, NCECA, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
2018: Unifying The Narrative Figure, Flora Kirsch Becky Art Gallery, Alma College, Alma, Michigan
2018: Cognitive Dissonance, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, California
2017: Kerrie Lowe Gallery Intentional Teapot Show, Sydney, Australia
2017: Sculpture Different, Watson MacRea Gallery, Sanibel Florida
Teaching Experience:
2021-present Visiting Full Time Professor at Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
2018-present: Adjunct Professor at Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
2015-2016: Adjunct Instructor in Ceramics, Auburn University, Auburn Alabama
Panels/Workshops:
2023: Porcelain Handbuilding, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN
2021: Ceramic Symposium, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2020: Story Telling with Teapots and Tiny Sculptures, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN
2019: Visiting Artist, University of Tampa, FL
2019: Working Narrative, Pottery Studio, Orlando, FL
2019: Visiting Artist, Berkley Prep, Tampa Florida
2019: Visiting Artist, Endicott College, Beverly, Massachusetts
2019: Animal Totems, Pace Academy, Atlanta, Georgia
2018: Co-Teaching at Penland School of Craft with Kyungmin Park
2018: Figurative Workshop at Ybor Art Center
2017: Visiting Artist at Jacksonville University
2017: Visiting Artist at Southern Mississippi University
2017: Porcelain Pros, Kyungmin Park and Taylor Robenalt, Odyssey Clayworks, Asheville, NC
2017: Towson Visiting Artist, Townson University, Maryland
2017: Porcelain Workshop, Ohr/O’keefe Museum, Biloxi, Mississippi
2016: Flora and Fauna Workshop, University of Montevallo
2015: Animal Workshop, Alabama State University
Gallery Representation:
2022-present: Vision West Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2018-present: Ambeyer + Wood, Seattle, Washington
2018-present: Fischer Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi
2017-present: Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg Florida
2017-present: GroveWood Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
2017-present: Watson MacRae Gallery, Sanibel, Florida
Collective/ Board Member:
2016-2020: Co-Founder of Ceramic Sculpture Culture
2017-present: S.A.R.T.Q Collective Memeber
2017-present: Board Member at Florida Craft Art
Publications:
2020: “ Dish + Art”, Sarasota Magazine, October Issue 2020
2020: “Luxe Interiors +Design”, September Issue 2020
2019: “Amazing Glaze” Techniques, Recipes, Finishing and Firing written by Gabriel Kline
2018: “Grovewood Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by contemporary ceramics artist Taylor Robenalt” Rapid River Magazine’s Arts and Culture, May 2018, Vol.29.No 9. Pg 9
2018: “ Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After”, Asheville Made, pg 72 May Issue, 2018
2018: Artsy Article, January, “ Why Ceramic Artists Art So Good at Dealing with Failure” 2018
2017: Ceramic Monthly, exposure October Issue
2017: Where Women Create, August Issue 2017
2016: ArtAxis, online image resource