Ellen Kleckner
Abbreviated CV
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2016
Post-Baccalaureate, Ceramics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, 2012
Professional Experience
2016 – Present Executive Director, Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA
2020 - 2021 Part Time Art Faculty, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Select Exhibitions (*solo or two person exhibition)
2024
Cedar River Artisans, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA
2023
5th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Mainframe, Des Moines, IA
State of Clay, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, ID
*RePairs, Lowe Park Art Center, Marion, IA
Act Together, Schwarzkopf Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Earth and Fire, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
Shapes of Influence, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
DuMA Biennial, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
2022
*Coupling, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
Creating in Community, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA
Different Voices-Common Thread, Stewart Gallery, Grinnell, IA
Cedar River Artisans, Witter Gallery, Storm Lake, IA
Alumni Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
Off Center, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA
2022 Sculpture National, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Emerging Artist Expo, NCECA Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
2021
*Juncture, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
*The Implement Archive, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
*Im-ple-ment : A Collaborative Archive, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
*Standing Room Only, Box 13 Artspace, Houston, TX
Afterimage, Curated by Alex Paik, https://www.maakemagazine.com/afterimage
Collaboration, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
2020
Bluestocking Collective, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
The Archive, Wiley House Museum, Bloomington, IN
(UN)comfort, Central College, Pella, IA
2019
Contact, KVALITRA Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Iowa's Educators: Artist as Maker, Squirrel Haus Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Carnaval de Craft, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
* Im-ple-ment Archive, I Fell Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Terra Nova, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018
Wichita National, Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS
18th International Symposium of Ceramics Bechyne Exhibition, Alsova Jihoceska Galerie, Mezinarodni Muzeum Keramiky, Bechyne, Czech Republic
*Im-ple-ment, Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA
Cups of Conversation, Everyday Café, Pittsburgh, PA
*Re-Union, Bing-Davis Memorial Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa
2017
Progression: 25 Years of Functional Form: Brad Schwieger at Ohio University, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
* In Union, Columbus Museum of Art and Design, Columbus, ID
2016
UNL Ceramics Alumni Exhibition, The Eisentrager Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
* Re-Directed, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
* Union, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, OH
Maker Moxie: The Impact of the Craft School Experience, Peters Valley Gallery, Layton, NJ
NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center,Kansas City, MO
2015
A Sense of Place, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, OH
16 Days, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, 2015
NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2014
Homecoming, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Spoon Me! Medalta International Spoon Show Medalta Ceramic Center, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada
Current, Siegfried Gallery, Athens, OH
5th Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
PLAYDATE, The Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Small Favors IX, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Midwestern Educators and Students, Lillstreet Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
Idioglossia, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, OH
2013
Starbrick Clay National Cup Show, Starbrick Gallery, Nelsonville, OH
MUG Shots, LUX center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2012
Nebraska National, The Eisentrager • Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
* Connection Point, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2011
Material Elements: Innovations in Textiles 11, Florissant Valley Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
* Ellen Kleckner: A Showcase, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Residencies
Visiting Artist Residency, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, 2025
McKnight Residency, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2024
Artist Invite Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, 2023
Summer Residency, Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia, NC, 2019
International Symposium of Ceramics Bechyne, Bechyne, Czech Republic, 2018
PSZ Clay Center, Zanesville, OH, 2017
International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary, 2015
Arrowmont Pentaculum: Surface Symposium, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN, 2015
Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY, 2005-2007
Lectures/Presentations/Professional Experience
Board Member, Artaxis, International Organization, 2024-2027
Board Member, Prairiewoods Ecological Spirituality Center, Hiawatha, IA, 2023 - 2026
Conference Presenter, “Alternative Approaches to traditional materials through Collaboration Approaches”, National Basketry Organization, 2024
Conference Presenter, “Strategies of Collaboration”, Art of Business Conference, Ames, IA, 2024
Juror, Marion Arts Festival, Marion, IA, 2024
Conference Presenter, “Methodologies of Collaboration”, Indiana Clay Conference, Bloomington, IN, 2023
Workshop Instructor, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC , 2022 & 2023
Visiting Artist, Northwest Missouri State University, 2022
Presenter,NCECA Conference; Sacramento, CA, 2022
Juror, Iowa Arts Council Program Grant Selection Committee, 2022
Workshop Instructor, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, 2021
Juror, Marion Arts Festival, Marion, IA, 2020
Project Director, The Shifting Ground Project, Cedar Rapids, IA & Evora, Portugal, 2019
Juror, Celebration of the Arts, Mount Mercy University, 2018
Visiting Artist, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA, 2018
Juror, College Hill Arts Festival, Cedar Falls, IA, 2017
Visiting Lecturer, Kutztown University, Department of Art Education and Craft, Kutztown, PA, 2017
Visiting Artist, Columbus Museum of Art and Design, Columbus, ID, 2017
Visiting Artist, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, 2016
Presenter, NCECA Conference; Kansas City, MO, 2016, The Productive Fall Out of Artist Residencies, blinc20/20 program
Presenter, NCECA Conference; Milwaukee, WI, 2014, Material Girls in a Transitional Word, a panel discussion regarding the transitional nature of career in ceramics.
Selected Awards/ Fellowships/ Grants
Creative Catalyst Project Grant, Iowa Arts Council, 2024
McKnight Residency, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2024
Best in Show, Shapes of Influence Exhibition, 2023
Artist Catalyst Grant, Iowa Arts Council, 2022
Emerging Artist Fellowship, National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts, 2022
Best of Show, Off Center National Ceramics Competition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2022
Artaxis Juried Membership, Artaxis Organization, 2022
Artist Resilience Grant, Iowa Arts Council, 2021
Folk Art Education Re-Envisioned Micro Grant, Iowa Arts Council, 2021
Women of Achievement Award, Arts and Culture, Waypoint, Cedar Rapids, IA, 2018
Student Enhancement Research Award, Ohio University, 2015
Global Opportunity Travel Award, Ohio University, 2015
Studio Potter Graduate Merit Award, NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2015
MBK Graduate Award, NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 2015
Student Purchase Award for the Permanent Collection of Medalta, Spoon Me! Medalta Ceramic Center, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada, 2014
NCECA Graduate Student Research Fellowship, 2014
Graduate Student Senate Original Works Grant, Ohio University, 2013
Windgate Foundation Scholarship, Appalachian Center for Craft, 2011
Teaching Experience (Instructor-of-Record)
Instructor of Record, Coe College, Redo Undo Redo, 2021
Instructor of Record, Coe College, Senior Seminar 1 & 2, 2021
Instructor of Record, Coe College, Introduction to Ceramics, 2020
Instructor of Record, Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Introduction to Ceramics, 2015
Instructor of Record Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Ceramics Wheel Throwing, 2014
Instructor of Record Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Introduction to Ceramics, 2014
Teaching Assistant to Tom Bartel, Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Ceramic Handbuilding, 2016
Teaching Assistant to John Sabraw, Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Art and Hip Hop, 2016
Teaching Assistant to Brad Schwieger, Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Description, Foundations Area, 2015
Teaching Assistant to Tom Bartel, Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Function, Foundations Area, 2014
Teaching Assistant to Alex Hibbitt, Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Approaches to Mold Making, 2014
Teaching Assistant to Bonilyn Parker, Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Introduction to Wheel, 2014
Teaching Assistant to gwendolyn yoppolo, Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Perspectives in Contemporary Clay, 2013
Select Publications
Building Connections, Ceramics Monthly, March 2024. Print. Pg 72
2022 Emerging Artist, Fertile Ground, NCECA Journal, Vol. 42, 2022. Print. Pg 50-51
Kontakt, Mezinárodní sympozium keramiky Bechyně, CZ, 2019. Print. Pg 86-94
Shifting Ground, ISSUU, Cedar Rapids, 2019. Print. Pg 10-11