Solo Exhibitions
2019
Beneath/Within, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2018
Second Surface, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2010
Lay of the Land, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
1999
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
1998
Grand Arts Studio, Kansas City, MO, display of Rosettes, public art project work-in-progress, in collaboration with Al Frega, Metal Sculptor
2019
Beneath/Within, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2018
Second Surface, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2010
Lay of the Land, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2019
Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2019
Grand Arts Studio, Kansas City, MO, display of Rosettes, public art project work-in-progress, in collaboration with Al Frega, Metal Sculptor
Collections
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Tweed Museum
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art
Belger Collection
el dorado architects
North Carolina Arts Council Artworks for State Building
First National Bank and Trust Company
FGI Corporation
Glaxo Corporation
Montgomery County, Maryland, Art-in-Public-Architecture
Archie Bray Foundation
John Michael Kohler Art Center
Group Exhibitions
2021
FLUX, Odem Atelier at Sotheby’s Stockholm, Sweden
A Warm Reset, Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN
2019
Shadow, Gerald Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM
The Form Will Find Its Way, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Impact and Lineage, Haw Contemporary Stockyards, Kansas City, MO
A Gifted Offering, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2018
IN/SIGHT, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2017
Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, Zanesville, Ohio
2016
The Once and Future: New Now, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Chromaphilia, KCAI Gallery, Kansas City, MO
50 Women, A Celebration of Women’s Contribution to Ceramics, American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
Recent American Ceramics From the Dr. Harold F. Daum Collection, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Every Semester: Collecting KCAI Ceramics 1995 – 2015, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
2015
In Pursuit, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2014
The Center is a Moving Target, Kemper at the Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
Analagons, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2013
20th Anniversary Clay on the Wall Invitational Exhibition, curated by Glen Brown, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University'
School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2011
Narrow Margins, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Islamic Influence, Crossroads Gallery, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, FL
2010
Creating and Collecting: Kansas City and Contemporary Sculpture, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
(Re)Form, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Six McKnight Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)
25th Anniversary Summer Exhibition, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Connecting with Contemporary Sculpture, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2009
Evermore: Pattern & Process, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS (catalog)
2009-2007
Craft in America Exhibition and Catalog, venues:
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, C
2008
Kansas City Flat Files, KCAI H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2004
Tile: Matter and Motif, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Connoisseurs of Clay: Collecting Contemporary Ceramics (catalog), St. Petersburg, FL
2003
21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada (catalog), Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Facets of Clay, Macalester College Art Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
Scripps College Annual Invitational, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont College, CA
2002
Evidence, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Sculptural Clay Invitational (catalog), Daum Museum, Sedalia, MO
2000
Artistry in Tile, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
The Summer Show, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2000-1999
Flora and Fauna in Ceramic Sculpture (catalog)
Traveling exhibition curated by Cary Esser, venues:
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
KCAI H&R Block Artspace
Karl Drerup Gallery, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
1999
Departures from the Midwest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
1998
Living With Tile: The Art of Installation, Wayne Arts Center, St. Davis, PA
1996
Clay Works: A National Invitational Exhibition, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1995
Tile ’95 (catalog), Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Keepers of the Flame, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
1989
North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowships 1988-89 (catalog), City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
Ceramic Sculpture in Open Spaces, Charlotte Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2021
FLUX, Odem Atelier at Sotheby’s Stockholm, Sweden
A Warm Reset, Joseph Nease Gallery, Duluth, MN
2019
Shadow, Gerald Peters Projects, Santa Fe, NM
The Form Will Find Its Way, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Impact and Lineage, Haw Contemporary Stockyards, Kansas City, MO
A Gifted Offering, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2018
IN/SIGHT, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2017
Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, Zanesville, Ohio
2016
The Once and Future: New Now, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Chromaphilia, KCAI Gallery, Kansas City, MO’
50 Women, A Celebration of Women’s Contribution to Ceramics, American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
Recent American Ceramics From the Dr. Harold F. Daum Collection, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
1995 - 2015: Every Semester
Collecting KCAI Ceramics 1995 – 2015, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
2015
In Pursuit, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2014
The Center is a Moving Target, Kemper at the Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
Analagons, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
2013
20th Anniversary Clay on the Wall Invitational Exhibition, curated by Glen Brown, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University
School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2011
Narrow Margins, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Islamic Influence, Crossroads Gallery, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, FL
2010
Creating and Collecting: Kansas City and Contemporary Sculpture,
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
(Re)Form, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Six McKnight Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)
25th Anniversary Summer Exhibition, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Connecting with Contemporary Sculpture, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2009
Evermore: Pattern & Process, Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS (catalog)
2009-2007
Craft in America Exhibition and Catalog, venues:
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, C
2008
Kansas City Flat Files, KCAI H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2004
Tile: Matter and Motif, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Connoisseurs of Clay: Collecting Contemporary Ceramics (catalog), St. Petersburg, FL
2003
21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada (catalog), Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Facets of Clay, Macalester College Art Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
Scripps College Annual Invitational, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont College, CA
2002
Evidence, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Sculptural Clay Invitational (catalog), Daum Museum, Sedalia, MO
2000
Artistry in Tile, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
The Summer Show, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2000-1999
Flora and Fauna in Ceramic Sculpture (catalog)
Traveling exhibition curated by Cary Esser, venues:
Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
KCAI H&R Block Artspace
Karl Drerup Gallery, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
1999
Departures from the Midwest, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
1998
Living With Tile: The Art of Installation, Wayne Arts Center, St. Davis, PA
1996
Clay Works: A National Invitational Exhibition, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY
1995
Tile ’95 (catalog), Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Keepers of the Flame, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
1989
North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowships 1988-89 (catalog), City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
Ceramic Sculpture in Open Spaces, Charlotte Kemper Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Publications and Media
2018
Natural Language, essay by S. Portico Bowman, Ceramics: Art and Perception, #107, Jan. 2018
2016
Order and Entropy, essay by Cary Esser, Studio Potter, Volume 44, Number 2, Summer/Fall
Cary Esser: A Ceramicist for the 21st Century
profile by Elizabeth Kirsch, KC Studio, March/April, pp. 50 – 53 (cover photo)
video by Randy Mason, KCPT public TV, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUmE868Y4N02016
2015
Cary Esser: A Vital Geometry, photos, article by Glen R. Brown, Ceramics Monthly, February 2015
2014
Regional Artists Tackle Global Concerns With Vigor, review by Alice Thorson, The Kansas City Star, June 8, 2014, p. D1
Meditations from the Middle, photo, review by Alicia Eler, Hyperallergic, May 2, 2014,
http://hyperallergic.com/124051/meditations-from-the-middle/
2014
Summer Visual Art, Photo, preview by Alice Thorson, Preview Section p. 22, Kansas City Star, May 15, 2014
2013
Terra Sigillata, book by Sevim Cizer, Baser Publications, Izmir, Turkey
The Songbird and the Architecture, article by Tanya Hartman, Ceramics: Art and Perception, issue 91, 2013
20th Anniversary Clay on the Wall Invitational Exhibition Catalog, essay by Glen Brown, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech
University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2011
Lay of the Land, review by Glen Brown, Ceramics Monthly, February
Kansas City Clay: What’s Happening Now, article by Tara Polansky, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 88
2010
Six McKnight Artists, Exhibition Catalog, essay by Robert Silberman, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art Institute’s Feats of Clay, review by Elisabeth Kirsch, Kansas City Star, Oct. 24, 2010
A Voyage of Ideas and Reflections, review by Aarik Danielson, with photo, The Columbia Daily Tribune, January 4th 2010
2009
Episode V: Process, Craft in America, documentary produced by Carol Sauvion, air date October 7th Public Broadcasting Service
Epsten Gallery Explores Pattern and Process, radio interview with Marcus Cain and Laura Spencer, arts reporter, KCUR
89.3FM Radio, January 14th
Patterns at Play, review by Sarah Mote, The Kansas City Star, The Arts section, January 4th
2008
Evermore: Pattern and Process, exhibition catalog essay by curator Marcus Cain, Kansas City Jewish Museum, Overland Park, KS
2007
Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects, book by Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton, published by Clarkson Potter
2006
Myra Morgan Collection at Dennis Morgan Gallery and Belger Center, review by Andrea Norris, Review magazine, February
2004
Matter and Motif, Clay Times, September/October
2003
21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada, Ceramics Monthly, December
21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada, exhibition catalog edited by Bill Hunt, The American Ceramics Society
2002
TRAX Exhibition Brochure, curator’s statement by Cary Esser
Sculptural Clay Invitational Catalog, essay by Sherry Cromwell Lacy, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO, March
KANSAS CITY: New Territory, review by Stephanie Bowman, Art Papers, July/August
Curating Clay: A Troika of Tactics, review by Alison Zimmer, Review, May/June
Glaze Daze, NCECA exhibitions preview by Kate Hackman, The Kansas City Star, PREVIEW, March 15th-21st
The Penland Book of Ceramics, by Angelica Puzo, Lark Books
Cary Esser Gives Kansas City an NCECA Look, interview by Marcus Cain, Review, March/April
2000
Humans, Nature, and Human Nature, review by Elizabeth Kirsch, The Kansas City Star, April 16th
KCAI and the Capacity for Ceramics, by Elizabeth Kirsch, The Kansas City Star, April 16th
An Elegant Show of Naturalistic Clay Sculpture, review by Kate Hackman, Review Magazine, April
1999
Flora and Fauna Exhibition Catalog, curator’s essay by Cary Esser
Surface Decoration, by Lynn Peters, Lark Books
No Shortage of Variety, by Elizabeth Kirsch, The Kansas City Star, May 29th
Living with Tile, by Nancy McCroskey, Clay Times, January/February
1998
Making Molds, by Pierce Clayton, Lark Books
1995
Tile ’95 Exhibition Catalog, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Keepers of the Flame Exhibition Catalog, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
1989
North Carolina Arts Council Artists’ Fellowships 1988-89 Exhibition Catalog, by Vernon Pratt, City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
2018
Natural Language, essay by S. Portico Bowman, Ceramics: Art and Perception, #107, Jan. 2018
2016
Order and Entropy, essay by Cary Esser, Studio Potter, Volume 44, Number 2, Summer/Fall
Cary Esser: A Ceramicist for the 21st Century
profile by Elizabeth Kirsch, KC Studio, March/April, pp. 50 – 53 (cover photo)
video by Randy Mason, KCPT public TV, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUmE868Y4N02016
2015
Cary Esser: A Vital Geometry, photos, article by Glen R. Brown, Ceramics Monthly, February 2015
2014
Regional Artists Tackle Global Concerns With Vigor, review by Alice Thorson, The Kansas City Star, June 8, 2014, p. D1
Meditations from the Middle, photo, review by Alicia Eler, Hyperallergic, May 2, 2014,
http://hyperallergic.com/124051/meditations-from-the-middle/
2014
Summer Visual Art, Photo, preview by Alice Thorson, Preview Section p. 22, Kansas City Star, May 15, 2014
2013
Terra Sigillata, book by Sevim Cizer, Baser Publications, Izmir, Turkey
The Songbird and the Architecture, article by Tanya Hartman, Ceramics: Art and Perception, issue 91, 2013
20th Anniversary Clay on the Wall Invitational Exhibition Catalog, essay by Glen Brown, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech
University School of Art, Lubbock, TX
2011
Lay of the Land, review by Glen Brown, Ceramics Monthly, February
Kansas City Clay: What’s Happening Now, article by Tara Polansky, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 88
2010
Six McKnight Artists, Exhibition Catalog, essay by Robert Silberman, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art Institute’s Feats of Clay, review by Elisabeth Kirsch, Kansas City Star, Oct. 24, 2010
A Voyage of Ideas and Reflections, review by Aarik Danielson, with photo, The Columbia Daily Tribune, January 4th 2010
2009
Episode V: Process, Craft in America, documentary produced by Carol Sauvion, air date October 7th Public Broadcasting Service
Epsten Gallery Explores Pattern and Process, radio interview with Marcus Cain and Laura Spencer, arts reporter, KCUR
89.3FM Radio, January 14th
Patterns at Play, review by Sarah Mote, The Kansas City Star, The Arts section, January 4th
2008
Evermore: Pattern and Process, exhibition catalog essay by curator Marcus Cain, Kansas City Jewish Museum, Overland Park, KS
2007
Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects, book by Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton, published by Clarkson Potter
2006
Myra Morgan Collection at Dennis Morgan Gallery and Belger Center, review by Andrea Norris, Review magazine, February
2004
Matter and Motif, Clay Times, September/October
2003
21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada, Ceramics Monthly, December
21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada, exhibition catalog edited by Bill Hunt, The American Ceramics Society
2002
TRAX Exhibition Brochure, curator’s statement by Cary Esser
Sculptural Clay Invitational Catalog, essay by Sherry Cromwell Lacy, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO, March
KANSAS CITY: New Territory, review by Stephanie Bowman, Art Papers, July/August
Curating Clay: A Troika of Tactics, review by Alison Zimmer, Review, May/June
Glaze Daze, NCECA exhibitions preview by Kate Hackman, The Kansas City Star, PREVIEW, March 15th-21st
The Penland Book of Ceramics, by Angelica Puzo, Lark Books
Cary Esser Gives Kansas City an NCECA Look, interview by Marcus Cain, Review, March/April
2000
Humans, Nature, and Human Nature, review by Elizabeth Kirsch, The Kansas City Star, April 16th
KCAI and the Capacity for Ceramics, by Elizabeth Kirsch, The Kansas City Star, April 16th
An Elegant Show of Naturalistic Clay Sculpture, review by Kate Hackman, Review Magazine, April
1999
Flora and Fauna Exhibition Catalog, curator’s essay by Cary Esser
Surface Decoration, by Lynn Peters, Lark Books
No Shortage of Variety, by Elizabeth Kirsch, The Kansas City Star, May 29th
Living with Tile, by Nancy McCroskey, Clay Times, January/February
1998
Making Molds, by Pierce Clayton, Lark Books
1995
Tile ’95 Exhibition Catalog, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Keepers of the Flame Exhibition Catalog, Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
1989
North Carolina Arts Council Artists’ Fellowships 1988-89 Exhibition Catalog, by Vernon Pratt, City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC
Awards and Honors
2016-present
Kathleen Collins Endowed Chair of Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2013
Distinguished Achievement Award, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2009
McKnight Foundation Ceramic Artist Residency
2003
Lighton International Artists Exchange Program, Kansas City, MO
1994
Professional Development Grant, Duke University Institute of Arts, Durham, NC
1993
Research Grant, Duke-UNC Program in Latin American Studies, Durham, NC
1988
Visual Artists Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
2016-present
Kathleen Collins Endowed Chair of Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2013
Distinguished Achievement Award, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2009
McKnight Foundation Ceramic Artist Residency
2003
Lighton International Artists Exchange Program, Kansas City, MO
1994
Professional Development Grant, Duke University Institute of Arts, Durham, NC
1993
Research Grant, Duke-UNC Program in Latin American Studies, Durham, NC
1988
Visual Artists Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
Education
1984
MFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
1978
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI)
1984
MFA, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
1978
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI)