Benjamin Schulman

Education

1999 Tyler School of Art of Temple University, M.F.A./Ceramics
1996 The Pennsylvania State University, B.F.A./Ceramics

Teaching Experience (partial listing)

2008 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Workshop Instructor

2004 – Present:
Drury University – Full-Time tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
Ceramic and sculpture courses

2002/04
Arcadia University - Adjunct Faculty
3-D Foundations

2002-2003
Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea - Full-Time Visiting Professor
Graduate and Undergraduate Ceramic Courses

1999-2000
Tyler School of Art of Temple University - Full-Time Sabbatical Replacement
Beginning Ceramics, Intermediate Ceramics, Advanced Ceramic Workshop and 3-D Foundations

Solo Exhibitions

2007 weighed down – Pool Arts Center Gallery, Springfield, MO

2004 Subtraction by Addition (Fellowship Exhibition) – The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2003 Domestic Life - Soemi Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2002 Fecund - Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Fecund - Gallery X, New York, NY

1999 Fecund - Archie Bray Foundation Warehouse Gallery, Helena, MT

1998 Anchor - Body Graphics Gallery, Pennsauken, NJ

Group Exhibitions (partial listing)

2009 (RE)ACTION(S) (Invitational)– Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO

2008 Voices NCECA 2008 Invitational Exhibition - Pittsburgh, PA
Clay?II (juried) - Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
PoP: The Global Citizen (Curated by Dean Project)-Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Home of the Brave: Politics, Propaganda and Patriotism – Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL
Haystack: Creative Process (invitational) – Center for Community Programs, Deer Isle, ME
Mint Condition Gala: Crowning Achievement–The Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Bling (invitational) – Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
22nd International Juried Show-Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

2007 Mint Condition Gala: Crowning Achievement–The Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Ten Years Out (NCECA 2007) (invitational) – Flame Run Gallery, Louisville, KY
Mastery in Clay 2007 (invitational) - The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2006 Seventh Annual MO 50 Competition (juried) – Fine Arts Building, Sedalia, MO
Affordable Art Soiree (invitational) – Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Mastery in Clay 2006 (invitational)-The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Small Favors (invitational)-The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Past and Present: Resident Artists of The Clay Studio - Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
Soup (invitational) – Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
International (invitational) – Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT

2005 Craft USA ’05 (juried) – Silvermine Guild Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Visions in Clay 2005 (juried) – Reynolds Gallery, Stockton, CA
Mastery in Clay: 2005 (invitational) – The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Carbondale Clay National II (juried) – Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Tyler Ceramics: Past and Present (invited)-Ice Box Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
School’s Out (NCECA 2005) (invited) - The Catonsville Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
The Clay Studio Resident Exhibition (NCECA 2005)(invited)-School 33, Baltimore, MD
The Clay Studio 30th Anniversary Exhibition (invited)-The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2004 Cup: The Intimate Object III (juried) – Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN
Small Treasures (invited) – Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
Craft Forms 2004 (juried) – Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA
New Urbanism (invited) – The Park Central Gallery, Springfield, MO
Collaborations in Clay II (invited) - Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Feats of Clay XVII (juried) - Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
The Clay Studio Resident Exhibition - Lee Gallery, Clemson University
Rowan Faculty Exhibition – Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition (juried)-Arts Museum, San Angelo, TX
Six-Inch Clay: A National Ceramic Exhibition - Ronald L. Barr Gallery, New Albany, IN
Pots to Poodles – Appalachian Center for the Crafts Gallery, Smithville, TN

2003 Collaborations in Clay – Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2002 Art & Design + Time = ? – Kyung Hee University, Suwon, South Korea
A Gathering of Peers: Robert Winokur and Graduates-The Clay Studio,Philadelphia,PA

2001 Archie Bray Foundation (invited) - SOFA, Chicago, IL
Invented Landscapes; Ideal and Imagined (invited)-Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Archie Bray Foundation Summer Exhibition - Warehouse Gallery, Helena, MT
Basement - Myrna Loy Center, Helena, MT

2000 Clay on the Cusp (juried) - Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
San Angelo National Ceramic Competition (juried)-Arts Museum, San Angelo, TX
Y2Clay (invited) - Gallery X, New York, NY
Viewpoint: Ceramics 2000 (juried) -Grossmont College Hyde Gallery, El Cajon, CA

1999 New Talent (invited) - Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Ground Zero Ceramic Sculpture (invited)-Spokane Falls College,Spokane Falls,WA
Placings (invited) - Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY
Emerging Artists Exhibition (juried) - Artforms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
Archie Bray Foundation Summer Exhibition - Warehouse Gallery, Helena, MT
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition - Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Domestic Spaces (juried) - Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

1998 Craft Forms ‘98 Exhibition (juried) - Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA
Invisible (invited) - Penrose Gallery, Elkins Park, PA
Northern Michigan University Ceramics Invitational-NMU Museum, Marquette,MI
New Generation Graduate Exhibition (juried) - ShawGuido Gallery, Pontiac, MI
Juried Art Exhibition (1st place award)-William Penn Charter, Philadelphia, PA
Project 5 (invited) - Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA

1997 Pushing the Limit (juried) (sculpture award) - Artforms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
Recent Work (invited) - Body Graphics Gallery, Pennsauken, NJ

Scholarship (Lectures, Workshops, Juror, and Assistantships)

2008 Crafting Content – NCECA 2008, Pittsburgh, PA
Panel Discussion Moderator
Crafting Content: Ceramic Symposium 2008 - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Co-creator & Co-organizer of a three-day symposium including visiting artists/critics, a panel discussion, lectures, invitational exhibition, juried exhibition, and material demonstrations
Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL – Visiting Artist

2006 Arkansas Arts Council, Little Rock, AR - Juror 2006 Individual Artist Fellowship
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR - Guest Critic

2003 Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea - Guest Lecturer

2002 Deagu School of Art, Deagu, South Korea - Guest Lecturer
Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Elkins Park, PA - Guest Lecturer

2001 North Star Clay Center, Spokane, WA - Guest Lecturer

2000 Beaver College, Glenside, PA - Guest Lecturer
International Ceramic Center, Skaelskor, Denmark - Guest Lecturer
Kiel School of Art, Keil, Germany - Guest Lecturer

2000 Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI - Guest Lecturer

1996-1998 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME - Teacher’s Assistant Scholarships

Curatorial Experience

Material Transcendence: Clay as Commentary
2008 - Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2008 - Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (NCECA 2008)

Grants and Fellowships

2003-04 Evelyn Shapiro Foundation Fellowship – The Clay Studio
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts – S.O.S. Grant

2001 American Craft Council - Emerging Artist Grant

2001 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts - S.O.S. Grant

2000 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation – Artist-As-Catalyst 2000

1998 Tyler School of Art of Temple University - Temple University Fellowship

Residencies

2009 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Crafting Content Artist-Invite-Artists Residency (I will be inviting 10 artists to participate in a two-week residency.)

2003-04 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA - Artist-in-Residence

1999 & 2000-01  Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT - Artist-in-Residence

2000 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE - Artists-in-Residence and Contemporary Connections

Bibliography, Reviews, and Published Images

500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books, 2008
Gallery, American Craft, June/July 2007
John Taylor, “Provocative exhibition at Drury explores racial caricatures,” Springfield News-Leader, Saturday, March 3, 2007
Portfolio, American Craft, October/November 2005
Edward J. Sozanski, “Crockery Transformed,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, Friday, September 10, 2004.
Cups, Lark Books, 2005
Benjamin Schulman, “Ceramics and the Influence of Architecture,” Korean Ceramic Art Monthly, June 2003
Benjamin Schulman, “Teaching in South Korea,” Korean Ceramic Art Monthly, May 2003
Sam Curtis and Josh DeWeese, “Celebrating the Spirit of the Bray,” SOFA-New York, May 31-June 4, 2001
Edward J. Sozanski, "Unnatural Landscapes," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Friday, March 15, 2001.
Daryl Baird, The Extruder Book, The American Ceramics Society, 1999.
Robin Rice, “Ironic reflections on a familiar theme at the Art Alliance”, Philadelphia City Paper, April 9-15, 1999, page 35.
Edward J. Sozanski, “Views of the home as a repository of memory”, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Friday, April 16, 1999.

Community Projects

2005 - Present  
Bailey Alternative High School, Springfield, MO
Empty Bowls - Hunger awareness community project

2000 Stenton Middle School, Wilmington, DE
Fifth Grade Art and Science Tile Mural

2000 Boys and Girls Club of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Site-Specific Community Project