Bryan Higgins
256 Oakland Ave.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 648-5374
bryhigg@hotmail.com
Education:
1996-1999 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY M.F.A. in Ceramics
1992-1996 City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA Ceramics/Sculpture Classes
1987-1991 University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature
Professional Experience:
2013 Instructor: Ceramics Richmond Art Center Richmond, CA
2013 Instructor: Ceramics Ruby's Clay Studio San Francisco, CA
2013-present Instructor: Ceramics The Clay Underground San Francisco, CA
2007-present Lecturer: Introductory through Advanced Ceramics California State University Hayward, CA
2001-present Instructor: Introductory through Advanced Ceramics Ohlone College Fremont, CA
2007-2011 Adjunct Instructor: Wheel-thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA
2003-2007 Instructor: Wheel-thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA
2003 Instructor: Introductory through Advanced Ceramics Merritt College Oakland, CA
2001 Anagama wood-fired kiln construction Albion, CA
2000 Workshop: The Ceramic Canvas Mendocino Art Center Mendocino, CA
1999-2001 Artist-in-Residence Mendocino Art Center Mendocino, CA
Publications, Honors:
2012 Ceramics Monthly featured in an article on the “Ceramics Annual of America”
2003 Hands in Clay Publication
2001 AFTOSA Ceramics Award: California Clay Competition Davis, CA
2000 Leslie Ceramics Award: California Clay Competition Davis, CA
1998 Research/Creative Project Grant Award Syracuse University
Selected Exhibitions:
2013 Deep in the Shed: a Studio Sojourn SMAART Gallery San Francisco, CA
California State University, East Bay Faculty Show University Art Gallery Hayward, CA
Inspiration Richmond Art Center Richmond, CA
2012 Deja View: Art onto Clay SMAART Gallery San Francisco, CA
Beginning Side Street Gallery Windsor, CA
Plates, Totems, and Teapots Blue Line Gallery Roseville, CA
2011 Ceramics Annual of America Fort Mason San Francisco, CA
California State University, East Bay Faculty Show University Art Gallery Hayward, CA
Diablo Valley College Faculty Show Diablo Valley College Art Gallery Pleasant Hill, CA
California Clay Competition The Artery Gallery Davis, CA
Mendocino Art Center: Currents CCACA conference Davis, CA
Baked Goods Los Medanos Art Gallery Pittsburg, CA
Mendovernacular: How Place Creates Us NCECA conference Tampa, FL
2010 Fifty Gravy Boats Diablo Valley College Art Gallery Pleasant Hill, CA
California State University, East Bay Faculty Show University Art Gallery Hayward, CA
2007 New Space New Work Doyle Gallery Santa Rosa, CA
2004 Craft Showcase 5 Museum of Craft and Folk Art San Francisco, CA
Picture Progress 3rd Street Gallery Berkeley, CA
ProArts: East Bay Open Studios Berkeley, CA
Watershed Benefit Auction Toki Gallery Berkeley, CA
2003 Kids n’ Clay Instructors Show Nierman Gallery Berkeley, CA
Northern California Clay NCECA national ceramics conference San Diego, CA
2002 Annual Holiday Show and Open Studios The Center for Ceramic Art Berkeley, CA
Faculty Show Louis Gallery, Ohlone College Fremont, CA
Artists at Work Toki Gallery Berkeley, CA
2001 Openings Sebastian Ward Gallery Berkeley, CA
The Ge-Gnome Project Davis, CA
California Clay Competition The Artery Davis, CA
2000 Tidal Variations Abrams Gallery Mendocino, CA
California Clay Competition The Artery Gallery Davis, CA
Four in Clay Mendocino Café Mendocino, CA
Mud Stone Quarry Art Park Cazenovia, NY
3rd Annual EAM Competition Elmhurst Art Museum Elmhurst, IL
1999 Origins in Clay Hill Country Arts Foundation Ingram, TX
Made in New York ’99 Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center Auburn, NY
Remnants Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
Cazenovia Counterpoint ’99 Goodsight Gallery Cazenovia, NY
MFA Group Show Lowe Gallery Syracuse, NY
The Platters That Matter Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
The Clay’s the Thing Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
1998 One Size Fits All (Minor Alterations) Westcott Community Center Syracuse, NY
International Orton Cone Box Show Baker University Baldwinsville, KS
Twelfth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts San Angelo, TX
Function/Dysfunction Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
2nd Annual Graduate Platter Show Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
1997 Half Way There Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
Syracuse Anagama Eureka Craft Gallery Syracuse, NY
Monarch National Ceramic Competition Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts Florence, AL
Wall Forms: Sculptural Works in Clay – ’97 Danforth Gallery Portland, ME
Summer Show Lowe Gallery Syracuse, NY
Clay on the Wall Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
1996 AKA: A collaborative Ceramic Platter Expo Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
Introductions ’96 Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
1994 Emerging Works in Clay City Gallery San Francisco, CA
256 Oakland Ave.
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 648-5374
bryhigg@hotmail.com
Education:
1996-1999 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY M.F.A. in Ceramics
1992-1996 City College of San Francisco San Francisco, CA Ceramics/Sculpture Classes
1987-1991 University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature
Professional Experience:
2013 Instructor: Ceramics Richmond Art Center Richmond, CA
2013 Instructor: Ceramics Ruby's Clay Studio San Francisco, CA
2013-present Instructor: Ceramics The Clay Underground San Francisco, CA
2007-present Lecturer: Introductory through Advanced Ceramics California State University Hayward, CA
2001-present Instructor: Introductory through Advanced Ceramics Ohlone College Fremont, CA
2007-2011 Adjunct Instructor: Wheel-thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill, CA
2003-2007 Instructor: Wheel-thrown and Handbuilt Ceramics Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA
2003 Instructor: Introductory through Advanced Ceramics Merritt College Oakland, CA
2001 Anagama wood-fired kiln construction Albion, CA
2000 Workshop: The Ceramic Canvas Mendocino Art Center Mendocino, CA
1999-2001 Artist-in-Residence Mendocino Art Center Mendocino, CA
Publications, Honors:
2012 Ceramics Monthly featured in an article on the “Ceramics Annual of America”
2003 Hands in Clay Publication
2001 AFTOSA Ceramics Award: California Clay Competition Davis, CA
2000 Leslie Ceramics Award: California Clay Competition Davis, CA
1998 Research/Creative Project Grant Award Syracuse University
Selected Exhibitions:
2013 Deep in the Shed: a Studio Sojourn SMAART Gallery San Francisco, CA
California State University, East Bay Faculty Show University Art Gallery Hayward, CA
Inspiration Richmond Art Center Richmond, CA
2012 Deja View: Art onto Clay SMAART Gallery San Francisco, CA
Beginning Side Street Gallery Windsor, CA
Plates, Totems, and Teapots Blue Line Gallery Roseville, CA
2011 Ceramics Annual of America Fort Mason San Francisco, CA
California State University, East Bay Faculty Show University Art Gallery Hayward, CA
Diablo Valley College Faculty Show Diablo Valley College Art Gallery Pleasant Hill, CA
California Clay Competition The Artery Gallery Davis, CA
Mendocino Art Center: Currents CCACA conference Davis, CA
Baked Goods Los Medanos Art Gallery Pittsburg, CA
Mendovernacular: How Place Creates Us NCECA conference Tampa, FL
2010 Fifty Gravy Boats Diablo Valley College Art Gallery Pleasant Hill, CA
California State University, East Bay Faculty Show University Art Gallery Hayward, CA
2007 New Space New Work Doyle Gallery Santa Rosa, CA
2004 Craft Showcase 5 Museum of Craft and Folk Art San Francisco, CA
Picture Progress 3rd Street Gallery Berkeley, CA
ProArts: East Bay Open Studios Berkeley, CA
Watershed Benefit Auction Toki Gallery Berkeley, CA
2003 Kids n’ Clay Instructors Show Nierman Gallery Berkeley, CA
Northern California Clay NCECA national ceramics conference San Diego, CA
2002 Annual Holiday Show and Open Studios The Center for Ceramic Art Berkeley, CA
Faculty Show Louis Gallery, Ohlone College Fremont, CA
Artists at Work Toki Gallery Berkeley, CA
2001 Openings Sebastian Ward Gallery Berkeley, CA
The Ge-Gnome Project Davis, CA
California Clay Competition The Artery Davis, CA
2000 Tidal Variations Abrams Gallery Mendocino, CA
California Clay Competition The Artery Gallery Davis, CA
Four in Clay Mendocino Café Mendocino, CA
Mud Stone Quarry Art Park Cazenovia, NY
3rd Annual EAM Competition Elmhurst Art Museum Elmhurst, IL
1999 Origins in Clay Hill Country Arts Foundation Ingram, TX
Made in New York ’99 Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center Auburn, NY
Remnants Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
Cazenovia Counterpoint ’99 Goodsight Gallery Cazenovia, NY
MFA Group Show Lowe Gallery Syracuse, NY
The Platters That Matter Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
The Clay’s the Thing Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
1998 One Size Fits All (Minor Alterations) Westcott Community Center Syracuse, NY
International Orton Cone Box Show Baker University Baldwinsville, KS
Twelfth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts San Angelo, TX
Function/Dysfunction Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
2nd Annual Graduate Platter Show Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
1997 Half Way There Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
Syracuse Anagama Eureka Craft Gallery Syracuse, NY
Monarch National Ceramic Competition Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts Florence, AL
Wall Forms: Sculptural Works in Clay – ’97 Danforth Gallery Portland, ME
Summer Show Lowe Gallery Syracuse, NY
Clay on the Wall Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
1996 AKA: A collaborative Ceramic Platter Expo Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
Introductions ’96 Coyne Gallery Syracuse, NY
1994 Emerging Works in Clay City Gallery San Francisco, CA