| Shari Bray Ceramics |
| Artist / Educator/ Ceramicist |
ResumeShari Bray – Art Resumé
Education Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Davis - graduated 1978 cum laude
Group Shows Life in Death Festival: Day of the Dead in Las Vegas; Winchester Art Gallery, Las Vegas; Juried Show – November 2007 Contemporary Ceramic: New Works by Members of the Nevada Clay Guild; Rainbow Library Gallery, Las Vegas; Juried Show – March 2008 Urban Collaboration Fundraiser, sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Center and Opportunity Village at Wolfson Lofts, Las Vegas; Collaborative Works Show - January 2009 Twentieth Anniversary Juried Show at the Contemporary Arts Centers, Las Vegas Nevada; Juried Show – February through March 2009 Las Vegas Helldorado Days 75th Anniversary Art Exhibit, Elks Lodge, Las Vegas; Art Exhibit - April 2009; (Two entries accepted – One placed first and One placed second in the ceramic/sculpture category) “Over the Rainbow” Juried Show at the Centennial Hill Library Gallery, Las Vegas; Juried Show – June through August 2009 City Lights Juried Fine Art Show at the City Lights Gallery, Henderson, Nevada; Juried Show - September 2009 (Three entries accepted – One received an honorable mention) Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Arts, Las Vegas Nevada; Juried Show – November through December 2009 "Diversity in Clay" at the Rainbow Library Gallery Juried Show - December 2009 through February 2010 Art From the Heart Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show – February 13, 2010 through March 20, 2010 Art From the Heart Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show – March 22, 2010 through April 17, 2010 "Contemporary Clay By Members of the Nevada Clay Guild" at the Rainbow Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show – December 7, 2010 through January 29, 2011 Ten Clay Artists at the College of Southern Nevada Cheyenne Campus Fine Arts Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Invitational Show - May 6 through June 17, 2011 3rd Annual Over the Rainbow Show at the Sunrise Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show - May 10 through July 17, 2011 Celebrating Life! at the Eastland Heights Community Center, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show - May 20 through June 30, 2011 Celebrating Life 2011 Winners Circle at the City Hall Bridge Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; July 7 and August 25, 2011 Day of the Dead art exhibit at the Winchester Cultural Center, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show - October 29 through November 12, 2011 Fifth Annual Juried Members Show; Diversity in Clay at the West Sahara Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show - December 8, 2011through February 5, 2012 Beyond the Brickyard, Fourth Annual Juried Show at the Archie Bray Foundation - Helena, Montana; Juried Show - February 4 through April 7, 2012 Viva Les Femmes! – Las Vegas, Nevada; Invitational Show – March 15, 2012 through May 7, 2012 Celebrating Life 2012 Winners Circle at the City Hall Bridge Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada – July 26, 2012 through September 6, 2012 1800 and Below - Clay Arts Vegas, Victor F. Keen Gallery; Invitational Show – June 2012 Sixth Annual Juried Members Show; All About Clay at the Windmill Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show – August 9, 2012 through October 9, 2012 360° Art Space – 2 year display of work at the Las Vegas City Hall, Las Vegas NV – December 2012 – December 2014 “More Than Mosaic” Tile Show – Clay Arts Vegas, , Victor F. Keen Gallery, Las Vegas – Featured Artist – January 31 – February 27, 2013 Seventh Annual Juried Members Show; All About Clay at the West Sahara Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada; Juried Show – August 29, 2013 through October 20,2013 Nevada Clay Guild 8th Annual Library Show at the West Sahara Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, Juried Show – September 22, 2014 – January 26, 2015 Historic Fifth Street School “Year of the Goat”, Las Vegas, Nevada – December 19, 2014 – February 21, 2015 Clay Arts Vegas “Cup Show” , Las Vegas, Nevada – March 3, 016 through April 4, 2016 Clay Arts Vegas “Sweet and Slippery Slope: The Art of Sex and Sexuality”, Las Vegas, Nevada – May 5, 2016 through May 31, 2016 Northwinds Art Center “Small Expressions 16”, Port Townsend, Washington – November 30, 2017 through December 20, 2017 Northwinds Arts Center “Small Expressions 17”, Port Townsend, Washington – November 29, 2018 through December 30, 2018 Northwinds Art Center ”20th Annual Juried Show”, Port Townsend, Washington – August 2, 2018 through August 26, 2018 Northwinds Art Center “Smile: Humor and Whimsy”, Port Townsend, Washington – October 5, 2017 through October 20, 2017 Peninsula Art Association “29th Annual Spring Fine Art Show”, Shelton, Washington – April 8, 2019 through April 12, 2019 Northwinds Art Center “Expressions Northwest”, Port Townsend, Washington – August 1, 2019 through September 1, 2019 Northwinds Art Center “Small Expressions 18”, Port Townsend, Washington – December 5, 2019 through December 30, 2019
Solo Shows "Figurative Works in Raku" Solo Show, Sunrise Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada - April 29 through July 3, 2010 "Raku" Solo Show, Summerlin Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada - November 8, 2010 through January 4, 2011 "Raku" Solo Show, Exhibit Hall at the Centennial Hills Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada - January 10, 2011 through April 4, 2011 "Raku" Solo Show, West Las Vegas Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada - April 28, 2011 through July 5, 2011 "Raku" Solo Show, Enterprise Library Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada - August 9, 2011 through October 23, 2011 "Raku" Solo Show, Spring Valley Library Gallery - November 10, 2011 through February 12, 2012 “Earth Science” Solo Show, Grand Gallery, Las Vegas City Hall – May 30, 2013 through August 22, 2013 “Primitive Contemporary” Solo Show, West Las Vegas Library Gallery – June 13, 2013 through August 20, 2013 “Primitive Contemporary” Solo Show, Enterprise Library Gallery – October 13, 2013 through December 17, 2013 Ecology Department, Olympia, Washington – Raku and Saggar works – September 2019
Other Experience Tile Project for Opportunity Village – July 2009 (Facilitated tile decoration with the Opportunity Village artists for tiles that will be used as accent tiles on their new facility’s bathroom walls.) Custom tile commissions for private patrons - On-going Vice President of the Nevada Clay Guild – August 2008 through April 2010 Featured with other Clay Guild Members on the 2010 Nevada Clay Guild Poster Instructor at Aardvark Clay for Raku Workshops Conducted Raku and Saggar workshops at Rancho High School and at private residence Two pieces published in the Lark Book “500 Raku,” published in 2011 Two pieces published in the Lark Book “500 Prints on Clay,” published in 2013 Featured with other Clay Guild Members on the 2013 Nevada Clay Guild Poster Featured with other Washington Clay Association Members on the 2022 Washington Clay Association Poster June 2010 through October 2011 – sold various Mimbres Indian design vessels to the Red Rock Museum July 2009 through December 2011 – sold various raku and saggar vases
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