TEACHING POSITIONS
Professor of Art | Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska August 1990 - Present
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art | University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska January 1995 - May 1995
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art | University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi August 1989 - May 1990
Instructor of Art | University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, Indiana January 1989 - May 1989
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts Degree (Ceramics) Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana December 1988
Bachelor of Art Degree (Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana December 1985
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
Residency at Tethon 3D ceramic printing company, Omaha, Nebraska, 2017
CRITICAL Santa Fe: Developing Criticism in Ceramics, 2010
Architectural Ceramics, Potters Council Workshop, Cleveland, Ohio, 2007
Enameling Workshop with Bill Helwig, Thompson Enamel, Newport, Kentucky, 2006
Clay Expressions, Potters Council Workshop, Amaco, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2006
Hydraulic Workshop with Cynthia Eid, Lill Street Studios, Chicago, Illinois, 2005
Teapots and Ewers Workshop, Red Star Studios/Steven Hill, Kansas City, Missouri, 2004
China International Summer School of Ceramic Art, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, 1998
Korea's Clay and Fire Symposium (invitational), Muju-Chonju, South Korea, 1996
Summer Bronze Casting Workshop, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1996
Figurative Sculpture Workshop with Manuel Neri, Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1994
National Endowment for the Humanities, "Summer Institute on the Art of Imperial China" University of Maryland, 1993
International Symposium: Tung Ch'i-ch'ang, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 1992
National Endowment for the Humanities, "Summer Institute on Modern Chinese Art and Culture" University of Kansas, 1991
AWARDS
Artistic Achievement in Visual Art, Mayor’s Arts Awards, Lincoln Arts Council, 2021
Ameritas Fellowship (Residency at Tethon 3D ceramic printing company in Omaha, Nebraska), 2017
Ralph W. & Ester E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Art, 2014 - 2017
Ralph W. & Ester E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Art, 2004 - 2007
Holder Fellowship (to build a soda kiln with two students on campus), 2002
Ameritas Fellowship (for travel in China), 1998
Ralph W. & Ester E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Art, 1996 - 1999
Ralph W. & Ester E. Peterson Endowed Chair of Art, 1993 - 1996
E. C. Ames Fellowship (for travel in Mexico), 1992 - 1993
ORGANIZATIONS
Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), 2005 – Present
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), 1987 – Present
Co-Coordinator: Fab Lab Programming for 2023 NCECA in Cincinnati, Ohio
Coordinator: Fab Lab Programming for the 2024 NCECA in Richmond, Virginia
PRESENTATIONS
2023
Artist Talk, University of Northern Colorado, Greely, Colorado
Artist Talk, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa
2022
“Mid-life Tech: Transitions in Teaching and Artistic Practice” NCECA, Sacramento, California
2018
Artist Talk, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama
Artist Talk, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2017
Artist Talk, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska
EXHIBITIONS
2024
8th Central Time Ceramics Juried Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, Illinois
2023
“Misplaced” solo exhibition at the Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greely, Colorado
“Misplaced and Lost” solo exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa “Misplaced and Lost”
2022
Installation of “Elizabetha” Cooper Foundation Maker Gallery, Nebraska Innovation Campus, Lincoln, NE
2021
The In Art Gallery, Juried Exhibition, online @ https://theinartgallery.com
2020
Cutting Edge Clay, Juried Exhibition, Clay Center of New Orleans
Off the Table: Clay for the Wall National Exhibition 2020. Potter Fine Arts Gallery, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Missouri.
2018
Installation of “Agatha” in the Mini Rotunda Gallery at Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama (through October 2019)
“Misplaced 2” solo exhibition at the LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Cooper Foundation Maker Gallery, Nebraska Innovation Campus, Lincoln, Nebraska
2017
“Misplaced” solo exhibition at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska
40 for 40, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2016
Gifted, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
ISU Alumni Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Landini Center for Performing & Fine Arts, Terre Haute, Indiana
2015
Taught: NWU Faculty and Student Pairings, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2012
Rock, Paper, Scissors, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska
2009
The Suitcase Show, Tri-State Sculptors traveling exhibition, United States
2008
MicroMonunentals, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2007
Pitch, Yaw and Roll, d’ART Center, Norfolk, Virginia
MicroMonunentals, 5ive&40rty Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2006
MicroMonunentals , The Brush Gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts
MicroMonunentals, Fine Arts Gallery, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia
100 Cups, Folsom Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
2005
Art of Fine Craft Nebraska Invitational, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
15th Anniversary Celebration of Lighthouse Invitational, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
2004
Visual Vacation, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Prairie Fire: Hot Midwest Clay, Wheeler Arts Community, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Indiana State Alumni Exhibition, Axis Architecture, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003
On the Wall, Off the Wall, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Prairie Fire: Hot Clay from the Midwest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
Tour de Lincoln, City Public Sculpture Project, Lincoln, Nebraska
Prairie Fire, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
Faculty + Invited Guests, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
2002
Layers: Lisa Lockman and Nicholas Pella, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
All Artists Show, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
Out of Academe: Clay Artists Who Teach, Manhattan Art Center, Manhattan, Kansas
Prairie Fire at NCECA, Leedy/Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2001
Rendezvous, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
Prairie Fire, Eleanor Hays Gallery, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, Oklahoma
A Celebration of ISU Ceramics Alumni, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
After China '98, South County Regional Library, Charlotte, North Carolina
Springfield Prairie Fire, Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, Missouri
A Celebration of ISU Ceramics Alumni, Oakland City University, Oakland City, Indiana
2000
A Celebration of ISU Ceramics Alumni, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
Lincoln Ceramics, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
A Celebration of ISU Ceramics Alumni, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Prairie Fire: Hot Clay from the Midwest, IAO Artspace, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
3 Colors, Eichold Recital Hall Gallery, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama
1999
Indiana State Alumni Exhibition, Concord College, Athens, West Virginia
Alternatives: Clay and Metal, Art and Design Gallery, Springfield, Missouri
Prairie Fire, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Lisa Lockman and Nora Lorraine: Ceramics and Photography, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
Prairie Fire: Hot Clay from the Midwest, IAO Artspace, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1998
Pitt Fire: Ceramics Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas
Prairie Fire: Midwestern Group Ceramics Exhibition, The Source Fine Arts Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1997
Prairie Fire: Recent Ceramic Work, Mingenback Art Center Gallery, Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
Art Decade: An Alumni Exhibition, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
Winter Universiade '97: Ceremonial International Exhibition of Sculptors & Ceramists, Muju-Chonju, South Korea
1996
Handle/Spout/Story/Shrine: Invitational Exhibition, Richards Hall, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Octagon's Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood Exhibition, Octagon Gallery, Ames, Iowa
Nebraska Art Educators Juried Exhibition, The Marxhausen Art Gallery, Seward, Nebraska
1995
53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
UNL Part-time Faculty Current Work, Richards Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
1994
Holiday Biennial, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, Iowa
Lincoln Women's Art Council Invitational, National Band of Commerce Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
1993
Fred Wells Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska Exchange Exhibition, Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska
1992
Wells Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska Art Educators Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska
Annex Ceramics, Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
1991
Wearable Art Invitational, The University Place Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska
1990
Faculty Exhibition, Mississippi Institute of Higher Learning, Jackson, Mississippi
Invitational Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattisburg, Mississippi
Bi-State Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, Mississippi
1989
Faculty Exhibition, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
Mid-States Crafts Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana
1988
Clay Sculpture (MFA exhibition), Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
Clayfest VI, Herron Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Invitational Exhibition, Arthur R. Pierce Gallery, West Virginia Institute of Technology, Montgomery, WV
Invitational Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
Wabash Valley Exhibition, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana
1987
Market House '87, Historic Southern Market, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Clayfest V, Leah Ransburg Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana - Award of Merit
Mid-States Crafts Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, Indiana
1986
Invitational Exhibition, Martha Gault Art Gallery, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania