Elissa Cox    
  b. 1979    
       
       
  Education    
  2007   MFA, Studio Arts. Ohio University, Athens, OH
  2003-2004   Post Baccalaureate Studies in Ceramics. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  2003   BFA, Studio Arts. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  2003   BA, Art History. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  2001   Accademia Italiana, Florence, Italy
  1997-1998   Waihi College, Waihi, New Zealand
       
       
  Solo Exhibitions    
  2009 (upcoming)   Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
      Penn State University, State College, PA
      Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
  2008 (upcoming)   Artist in Residence Show, Lancaster, OH
  2008   Seep. New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
      From Hither to Thither. Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
  2007   Rupture. Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
      Erratic Swellings (MFA Thesis Exhibition). Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH
  2006   Botanicals. Ohio University Alden Library, Athens, OH
       
       
  Two- and Three- Person Exhibitions    
  2008 (upcoming)   Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA
  2008   beginnings and endings. Three-person exhibit with Tannaz Farsi and Petra Kralickova. Gallery 621, Tallahassee, FL
  2006   Desire and Excess. Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
       
       
  Selected Group Exhibitions    
  2007   1990- Now: Ceramics at Ohio University. Louisville, KY
  2006   Boarder Ohio. Southern Ohio Arts Center, Athens, OH
      Cross Roads. School of Art Gallery, Athens, OH
  2005   2006 Artist Preview. Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
      Earth in Balance. Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
      2nd Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Exhibition. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
  2004   Training Wheels. Trisolini Gallery, Athens, OH
      Ohio University Ceramics. Ester Geer Museum at Rio Grande University, Rio Grande, OH
      Ceramix. Metro State University, Denver, CO
      Fresh Dirt. Gallery Sovereign, Boulder, CO
  2003   Obsessions Into Form. Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, CO
      Minnesota Clay. Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
      Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Show. Katherine E Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
       
       
  Awards/ Honors    
  2007   Lancaster Festival Young Artist Fellowship, Lancaster, OH
  2006   Travel Grant, Graduate Student Senate Award. Ohio University, Athens, OH
  2005   Earth in Balance, Juror Award. Sponsored by Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
  2003   Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship. Sponsored by National Council of Education for the Ceramic Arts
  2002   Scholarship Recipient. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
       
       
  Residencies    
  2008 (upcoming)   Artist in Residence, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY (July-August)
       
       
  Artist Talks    
  2008   Visiting Artist Lecture, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
  2007   Visiting Artist Lecture, Lexington Art Council, Lexington, KY
      Visiting Artist Lecture, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
      Visiting Artist Lecture, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
       
       
  Bibliography    
  2008   Knittel, Deborah. 'From Hither to Thither in the Project Space at LAL,' Nougat Magazine, February 2008
  2007   Alfonso, Allison. 'Colorful, Fluid Forms Give ETCU's Galleries Cave-like Atmosphere,' Tri-Cities News, August 31, 2007
      'The MFA Factor,' Ceramics Monthly, November 2007
  2005   'Earth In Balance at Rosewood Gallery,' Dayton Daily News, May 2005
       
       
  Professional Experience    
  2008   Interim Coordinator, Tuska Center for Contemporary Arts, Lexington, KY
  2004   Summer Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
       
       
  Teaching Experience    
  2008-2007   Visiting Lecturer, Department of Art and Art History. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  2007-2006   Teaching Associate, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  2005-2004   Teaching Assistant, Ohio University, Athens, OH
  2003-2002   Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  2003-2002   Instructor, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
  2003   Teaching Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
       
       
       
 
   
   
     

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