EDUCATION & TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1964-1968  The Museum of Art School, Fine Arts Degree, Portland, Oregon
1968-1987   Studio Potter, Canby, OR
1969-1973   Head of Ceramics, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
1973-1974   Portland State University, OR
1987-1990   Instructor UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
1974-1993   Studio Potter, Oregon and Nevada
1994-2000  Coleman Clay Studio & Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2000-2012  Studio Potter, Henderson, NV


SELECTED PROFESSIONAL GROUP & SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2012  Peninsula Fine Arts Center,VA
2011  Santa Fe SOFA, Sherrie Gallerie
2011  The Craftsman House, Saint Petersburg, FL
2010  Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2010  Art Spirit Gallery, “Clay Invitational”, Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho
2010  AKAR  Design, Iowa City, Iowa
2009  SOFA, Sherrie Gallery, Chicago
2009  Sherrie Gallery, Columbus, OH
2009  “Simply Formal”, NCECA Conference, AZ
2008  Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction
2008  “On River Through the Valley of Fire” Tom Coleman and Frank Boyden collaboration  
             Exhibition, AMOCA Gallery, Pomona, CA
2007  NCECA Conference, “The Firm;Inspiration and Evolution”, KY
2007  Red Star Studio, “Porcelain” Kansas City, MO
2007  Saint Petersburg Clay, FL
2006 “Covering The Surface, XIEMS Studio and Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2006  Baltimore Clay Works, “Porcelain Three Ways”, MD
2005  Academy Art Museum, “Particles and Passion: The Art of Clay”, Easton, MD
2005  “Endless Variations:  Shino Review 2005”, Baltimore Clayworks NCECA, MD
2003  Contemporary Crafts Museum, “The Soul of the Bowl”, Portland, OR
2003  Nevada Art Council Exhibition, “Desert Landscape”, Las Vegas, NV
2002  San Angelo Art Museum, “San Angelo Invitation”, TX
2002  NCECA Conference “Another Touch of Porcelain”, Kansas City
2001  Northern Clay Center, “Surface Tensions: Shino Exhibition”, MN
1999  Ferrin Gallery Teapot Exhibition, Northampton, MA
1998  “The Cambridge Invitational”, Cambridge, WI
1995  Victorian Clay Group Conference, Melbourne, Australia
1995  Montash University, Frankston Campus, Melbourne, Austraia
1993  “The Year of Crafts”, McVeety Gallery, Salesian, OR
1992  Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Chicago, IL
1992  “International Clay Today”, Posio, Finland
1991  American Crafts Museum, A Teapot Show”, New York
1991  “Clay Today”, Gammel oDk, Odense, Denmark
1991  “Galerie Van Aslant”, iBest-houtakker, Holland
1991   Museum Mensinghe in Roden, Holland
1991  Hollufgard Exhibition and Symposium, Dense, Denmark


PUBLICATIONS:                                                                                                              

2009  “More Glazes I Use” glazes, clays and ideas by Tom Coleman
2008  “On the River through the Valley of Fire: The Collaborative Ceramics of Frank Boyden
            and Tom Coleman”
2004  “500 Cups, Ceramic Explorations of Utility & Grace”, Lark Books
2004  “Making Marks, Discovering  "The Ceramic Surface”, by Robin Hopper
2003  “The Soul of a Bowl” Tom and Elaine Coleman, Don Reitz, Frank Boyden, Jenny Lind
2003  “ Studio Porcelain”, second edition by Peter Lane
2003  “The Mud Pie Dilemma, A Master Potter’s Struggle To Make Art And Ends Meet”,
            Second Edition by John Nance
2003  Tom and Elaine Coleman, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, January issue
2003  “Experience Clay” by Maureen Mackey, cover
2003  “Staying Alive, Survival Tactics For The Visual Artist by Robin Hopper
2002  Clay Times Magazine, March/April issue, “Copper Red King & Celadon Queen
2001  “Smashing Glazes” by Susan Peterson
2001  “Ceramics Spectrum”, by Robin Hopper
2000  “With A Little Help From My Friends” by Tom Coleman
1998   “Glazes I Use” by Tom Coleman
1996   “The Craft and the Art of Clay”, second edition by Susan Peterson
1995   “Contemporary Porcelain” by Peter Lane
1994   American Crafts Magazine, April/May issue, cover
1993   “The Complete Potter’s Companion” by Tony Birks
1991   Design Crafts Magazine, “Tradition and New Work”, Soul Korea
1983   “American Crafts: A source Book for the Home” by K. Pearson
1981   “American Porcelain: New Expressions” by Lloyd Herman
1978  “The Mud Pie Dilemma” by John Nance


LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS:

2012  The Clay Art Center, NY
2012  Pottery West, Las Vegas, NV
2012  Jackson Pottery and Clay Guild, Jackson, MI
2011  The Craftsman Gallery, Saint Petersburg, FL
2011  Aardvark Clay Supply, Santa Ana, CA
2010  Potter’s Council Conference, San Diego, CA
2010  Fine Arts Center, Paul Geil and Tom Coleman, Chicago IL
2010  Red Lodge Clay Center, Matt Long and Tom Coleman, Red Lodge, MT
2010  Santa Cruz Art Center, CA
2010  Anchorage, Alaska, Paul Geil and Tom Coleman
2010  Saint Petersburg Clay, Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman, FL
2010  Anderson Ranch, Smowmass, CO
2009  Dan Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC
2009  “Fusion”, Toronto, Canada 
2008  University of Tulsa, OK
2008  Grand Junction Art Center, CO
2008  Western New Mexico University, NM
2007  Riverside Community College, Riverside, CA
2007  Red Star Studio, Kansas City, MO
2007  Saint Petersburg Clay, FL
2006  Xiem Clay Studio, Pasadena, CA
2006  Pennsylvania Craftsman Guild, PA
2006  Baltimore Clayworks, MD
2005  El Camino College, Torrance, CA
2005  Hambidge Center, Georgia
2005  Geil Kiln Co, Huntington Beach, CA
2004  Callanwalde Fountain, Atlanta, GA
2004  Metchosin Summer School of the Arts, Victoria, Canada
2004  Ernest Miller Studio, MN
2005  Wesleyan Potters, Middletown, CT
2003  Orchard Valley Ceramics Guild, Sunnyvale, CA
2003  Firehouse Pottery and Studio, Ojai, CA
2002  Great Lakes Clay and Supple, IL
2002  Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
2002  LaLoba Ranch Master’s Program, Steamboat Springs, CO
2002  San Angelo National, TX
2002  Creative Clay Supple, Alexandria, VA
2001  Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC
2001  St. Petersburg Clay, FL
2000  Metchosin International School of the Arts, Victoria, Canada
2000  Sierra Nevada College, Lake Tahoe, NV
2000  New Mexico Clay and Ceramic King, Albuquerque, NM
2000  Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
1996   The American Ceramics Society, CA
1995   Victorian Clay Group, Melbourne, Australia
1994   Fusion, Clay and Glass Ass., Ontario, Canada
1990   Clay Today Conference, Odense, Denmark


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS:

The State of Colorado Permanent Collection, Steamboat Springs, CO
The Smithsonian Institute, American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Long Beach Art Museum, CA
Grimmerhus Museum, Fyn, Denmark
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
San Angelo Museum of Art, TX
Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Kaiser Hospital, Portland, OR
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
Sapporo Sister City Collection, Japan
Portland Museum of Art, OR
Dwight Holland Collection, NC
Contemporary Museum of Art Collection, Portland, OR
Timber Press Publishing Company, Portland, OR
Wooster College Art Museum, OH
Earl Mallard Collection, IL
Charles A Custom Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI

           
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, HONORS:

2012  The Cone Box Show juror, NCECA 2013
2008  Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Juror of invitational Exhibition
2005  “Strictly Functional” Juror, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsman  
2004  “500 Cups” Juror, Lark Books
2002  San Angelo Art Museum, guest artist, TX
1992   Nevada Governors Arts  Award
1984   Art Advocate’s Association Grant
1984   Metropolitan Arts Com. Purchase Award to build the East Creek Anagama kiln,  OR
1981   Wichita Arts Association Purchase Award, OR
1968   Scholarship for the Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR


CONTACT INFORMATION:

1003 Santa Ynez Ave
Henderson, NV
89002
enshinoman@aol.com





            
                
                       

                               
EDUCATION & TRAINING:

1964-1965  The Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
1967-1987  Studio potter, Canby, Oregon
1989-1992  Gallery Director, The Moira James Gallery, Green Valley, Nevada
1994-2001  Coleman Clay Studio, Las Vegas, Nevada
  2001-2012 Studio Potter, Henderson, Nevada


WORKSHOPS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2011  Clay Times “Cruising For Clay”, Tampa, FL
2011  The Craftsman Gallery Pre NCECA, Saint Petersburg, FL
2010  Potter’s Council Conference, San Diego, CA
2009  Dan Finch Pottery, Bailey, NC
2008  Grand Junction Art Center, CO
2007  Pottery West, Las Vegas, NV
2007  Saint Petersburg Clay Center, FL
2006  Xiem Clay Studio, Pasadena, CA
2006  Nevada Clay Guild, NV
2005  Hambidge Center, Georgia
2005  LaLoba Ranch, Steamboat Springs, CO
2004  Firehouse Pottery, Ojai, CA
2002  Great Lakes Clay & Supply, IL
2002  San Angelo Invitational, TX
1995  Brisbane Clay Guild, Australia
1995  Victorian Clay Group,  Melbourne, Australia
1995  Months University, Frankston Campus, Australia
1991  Rancho Santiago College, CA
1984  San Francisco Potter’s Guild, CA


PROFESSIONAL GROUP AND SOLO SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2012  Shoreline Community College NCECA cup show, Seattle, WA
2012  Peninsula Fine Arts Center, VA
2011  The Craftsman Gallery, St Petersburg, FL
2010  Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’ Alene, ID
2010  Red Lodge Clay Center, MT
2010  AKAR Design, Iowa City, Iowa
2009  SOFA, Chicago, IL
2009  Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, Ohio
2009  NCECA, Geil Kilns Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ
2008  San Angelo Art Museum National, TX
2008  Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2007  Saint Petersburg Clay Center, FL
2007  Red Star Studio, ”Porcelain”, Kansas city, MO
2006  Xiem Studio, “Covering the surface”, Pasadena, C
2006  Baltimore Clay Works, “Porcelain three Ways Exhibition”, MD
2005  John Hopkins University, “Soul of the Bowl”, NCECA
2003  “21st Century Ceramics”, Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio
2003  LaLoba Faculty Invitational Show NCECA, Gallery 504, San diego, CA
2002  Contemporary Crafts Museum of Art, “150 Divided by Five”, Portland, OR
2002  NCECA Conference, “Soul of the Bowl Exhibition”, Contemporary Crafts Museum, OR  
2001  “Regarding Clay”, NCECA Conference, Kansas City, MO
2001  Smithsonian’s Renwick Alliance, Washington, DC
2000  Porcelain Show at the NCECA Conference, Denver, CO
1999  Margo Jacobsen Gallery cup show, Portland, OR
1999  Ferrin Gallery Teapot Exhibition, Northampton, MA
1998  Baltimore Clayworks, “Drawing on Clay”,MD
1998  Cambridge Invitational, WI
1996  “Functional Ceramics Exhibition”, Wooster, Ohio
1995  Montash University, Melbourne, Australia
1995  Victorian Clay Group Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
1992  Studio Potter 20th Anniversary Collection, West Chester, PA
1991  The American Crafts Museum, “A Teapot Show”, New York
1991  Art Services International Traveling Exhibition, Art That Works: Crafted in America”
1991  Rancho Santiago College, CA
1987  Markus Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1984  The Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
1983  Martha Schnider Gallery, Highland Park, IL
1983  Northwest Crafts Center, Seattle, WA
1983  Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1982  Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
1982  The College of Wooster, OH
1980  The American Hand Gallery, Washington DC


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS:

State of Colorado Permanent Collection, Steamboat Springs, CO
AMOCA Museum, Pomona, CA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Kaiser Hospital, Portland, OR
Sapporo Japan Sister City Collection
Museum of Contemporary Crafts Permanent Collection, Portland, OR
University of Illinois Permanent Collection
College of Wooster, Gray Museum Collection, OH
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
Portland Art Museum, OR


PUBLICATIONS:  SELECTED BOOKS/ CATALOGS/ MAGAZINES:

2009  “More Glazes I Use” by Tom Coleman
2008  “500 Plates & Chargers” Innovative Expressions of Function & Style: Lark Books
2004  “Making Marks” Discovering The Ceramic Surface: by Robin Hopper
2004  “500 Cups” Ceramic Explorations of Utility & Grace: Lark Books
2003  “Staying Alive” Survival Tactics for the Visual Artist: by Robin Hopper
2003  “Contemporary Studio Porcelain” second edition by Peter Lane
2003  Ceramics Monthly, January issue, “Tom and Elaine Coleman
2003  “The Mud Pie Dilemma”, second edition by John Nance
2002  Clay Times, volume 8, #2 March/ April issue
2000  “With a Little Help From my Friends” by tom Coleman
1998  “Ceramic Form: Design & Decoration” by Peter Lane
1997  “The Best of New Ceramic Art” Hand Books Inc
1996  Studio Potter, August issue
1996  Clay times, July/August issue
1996  “The Crafts and Art of Clay”, second edition by Susan Peterson
1996  Functional Ceramics catalog
1995  “Contemporary Porcelain” by Peter lane
1992  The Studio Potter 20th Anniversary Collection Publication
1988  “Ceramic Forms” by Peter Lane
1987  “Pottery Decoration: Contemporary Approaches” by John Gibson
1985  Studio Potter, “Functional Pottery”, June issue
1984  American Crafts Magazine, “The Studio Potter”, Sept issue
1982  Ceramics Monthly, December issue
1981  “American Crafts: A Source Book for the Home”
1980  Ceramics Monthly, April issue
1979  Ceramics Monthly, September issue
1978  “The Mud Pie Dilemma” by John Nance


HONORS:

2012  Guest Artist for the Western Colorado Center for the Arts Auction, CO
2010  Second place award, VaseFinders.com
2008  First place award, Strictly Functional
2008  Juror for Contemporary Clay
2008  Honorable mention, VaseFinders.com  
2007  Juror for VaseFinders.com



CONTACT INFORMATION:

1003 Santa Ynez Ave
Henderson, NV
89002
queenceladon1@aol.com