education

· PRESENT, Ph.D. student in Performance Studies, Designated Emphasis in Performance-as-Research (PAR) and Science and Technology Studies (STS), College of Letters and Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

·     2021, M.F.A in Arts Practices with emphasis in ceramics, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

·     2018, Post-Baccalaureate in Art Studio, Art and Design, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Study Abroad | Art 370 - Mexican Art and Culture, Mexico City, Mexico.

· 2016, B.F.A. with Honors and Distinction in Art with a concentration in ceramics, Department of Art, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

· 2015, B.S. with Honors in Health Sciences, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

certificates

· 2023 Certificate in Writing Across the Curriculum, University of California Davis, Davis. California, USA.

· 2021 College Teaching, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2021 Women and Gender Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

selected professional experience

· 2024-2025, Teaching Assistant, CDM 072 – Analog Games, Cinema & Digital Media Studies Department, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA. [Winter 2024 Lishan AZ]

· 2023-2024, Teaching Assistant, CDM 001 – Introduction to Film Studies, Cinema & Digital Media Studies Department, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA. [Spring 2023 Branwen Okpako, Winter 2024 Dr. Jaimey Fisher, Spring 2024 Dr. Jeff Fort, Fall 2024 Dr. Kris Fallon]

· 2024, Reader, DRA 056 – History of Theatre & Dance I: Myth, Magic, + Madness, Theater & Dance Department, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA. [Spring 2024 Dr. Doria E. Charlson]

· 2022-2023, Affiliate Faculty, LGBT 2000, WGST 2030 – Introduction to LGBTQ Studies, Women & Gender Studies Department, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA. [Spring 2022, Summer B 2022, Summer A 2023]

· 2022, Ceramics Technician, SCRIPPS College, Claremont, California, USA.

· 2021-2022, Affiliate Faculty, WGST 3940 – Gender Justice League, Women & Gender Studies Department, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA [Fall 2021 , Spring 2022] 

· 2021-2022, Affiliate Faculty, FD 1600 – Methods of Inquiry Seminar, Department of Foundations, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, Colorado, USA. [Fall A 2021, Fall B 2021, Spring A 2022, Spring B 2022, Summer B 2022]

· 2020-2021, [Cabinet] Refinishing Specialist, Refinishing Everything Beautiful (REB), Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2019-2021, Instructor of Record, ARTS 1875 – Ceramics for Non-Majors, Department of Art & Art History, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA. [Summer A 2019, Spring 2021]

· 2018-2021, Assistant Preparator, Graduate Assistant, University of Colorado Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2018-2021, Graduate Assistant, Foundations, Department of Art & Art History, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2018-2021, Ceramics Lab Coordinator Assistant, Misung Suh, Department of Art & Art History, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, Instructor, Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program for Excellence in Academics & Community (MASP), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, Studio Assistant, Gail Folwell, Folwell Studios, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, Teaching Assistant, WGST 2050 – Gender, Sexuality, and Popular Culture, Women & Gender Studies Department, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA. [Spring 2020 Dr. Samira Mehta]

· 2019-2020, Instructor, Science Discovery Camp, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA. [Science of Ceramics, AnatoME, Paint + Pixels]

· 2018, Teaching Assistant, ARTS 2085 - Ceramics 2: Hand Building, Department of Art & Art History, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA. [Fall 2018 Kim Dickey]

· 2018, Teaching Assistant, ART 261 - Ceramics I, Art & Design, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. [Spring 2018 Keith Williams]

· 2018, Teaching Assistant, ART 361 - Ceramics II, Art & Design, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. [Spring 2018 Keith Williams]

· 2017, Instructor, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

· 2016, Resource/Program Coordinator, Sky Lake Camp & Retreat Center, Windsor, New York, USA.

· 2015, Teaching Assistant, Carolyn Baginski, Introduction to Low Fire Ceramics, Department of Art, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

· 2013, Intern, Alison Crocetta, Department of Art, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

residencies + workshops

· 2024, Studio Artist, Sealed Earth, Athens, Greece.

· 2021, Artist-in-Residence, C.R.E.T.A., Rome, Italy.

· 2017, Visual Arts Camp Workshop Instructor, Sky Lake Camp and Retreat Center, Windsor, New York, USA.

· 2017, Workshop Assistant to Kevin Rohde, If Hands Could Talk: The Human Extremity, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA.

· 2016-2017, Artist-in-Residence, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.               

· 2015, Special Work-study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, North Carolina, USA.

presentations

· 2025, “Revive (R)evolution: Scores Guiding Ceramic Practice,” Formation, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

· 2025, “Scores & Ceramic Practice,” invited by Jasmine Baetz, Art 20: Introduction to Ceramic Sculpture & Art 40: Advanced Ceramics, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA.

· 2024, “Queen Mothers: Listening to Ceramics,” Performance Studies Symposium, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2024, “Border Sounds: Speculative Explorations of Dunting & Pinging in Ceramics,” Re-Evaluating Gender Through Materiality, Art History Graduate Symposium, coordinated by Kayetana Klinghoffer, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2024, “Porography: A Micropolitical Performance Practice of Writing Pores”, Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) Workshop Series, coordinated by Jamie Lee & Jennifer Williams, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

· 2023, “Ceramic Portals: Embodying Porosity for Transdisciplinary Border Crossing,” Alien, Society for Literature, Science, & the Arts (SLSA), Tempe, Arizona, USA.

· 2023, “Score,” [not]knowing Symposium, Performance Studies, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2023, “Scoring Performance,” Cahoots: Disciplinary Crossings & a Future for Performance Studies, TAPS Graduate Conference, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

· 2023, “Bale[ing],” Professional Development Grant Artist Talk Series, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, Colorado, USA.

· 2022, Emerging Artist, “Bale,” SculptureX, the Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

· 2022, Lecturer, “Pleasure Activism: Finding Your Pleasure in STEM,” Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (oSTEM), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2022, “Compression,” FD2130 – 3D Design, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, Colorado, USA.

· 2021, “Opacity in Art Making,” invited by Dr. Kristie Soares, Topics in U.S. Gender & Sexuality Studies: Women of Color & Activism, Department of Women & Gender Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2021, “MFA Conversations,” interview by Arielle Myers, University of Colorado Boulder Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2021, Emerging Artist, SculptureX, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

· 2021, “Valley: Violence in Three Acts,” Contact: Performing Proximity, Center for Performance Studies, University of California Los Angeles, Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) Graduate Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA.

· 2020, “Guidance from Feminist Killjoys,” invited by Dr. Joe Frigault, PHIL 3110 - Feminist Practical Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, 22nd International Islamic Conference on Islamic Architecture & Heritage (ICIAH), Rome, Italy.

· 2019, Think Tank, Queeramics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

· 2019, Co-prompter with Dr. Kristie Soares, Deconstructing the Creative Genius, T\LT West at Platte Forum, Denver, Colorado, USA.

· 2019, “An Artist in the Field: A Guide Through Residencies, Internships, & Workshops,” Art & Art History Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2019, “Ceramics & Embodiment,” Women of Color Feminisms Symposium, Women & Gender Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

solo exhibitions

· 2025, Void, Cruess Hall, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2018, Survey Being, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

· 2018, Touch and Trust, Concordia Gallery, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

· 2017, Topos Outopos, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

selected group exhibitions

· 2025, True and Real, National Juried Exhibition, juried & curated by Dr. Judith S. Schwartz, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference Annual Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

· 2024, Clay Echoes: Unearthing Hidden Narratives, juried by Theodora Chorafas, Florian Daguet Bresson, Konstantina Daskalantonaki, Fragoula Georma, Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis, Dr. David Jones, Loukia Thomopoulou, Marina Fokidis, Biennale of Contemporary Keramics, Big Blue Dot, Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini, Greece.

· 2024, Pretty Good: Songs & Stories for Spring, Native American/Indigenous Expressive Arts Workshop, facilitated by Dr. Inés Hernández-Ávila, Wright Hall, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2023, Spoon, invited by Sarah Ashkin and Diego Martinez-Campos, Practice as Research Performance Salon (PARPS), Vanderhoef Studio at the Mondavi Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2023, Turtle Bay Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, California, USA.

· 2022, Reclaimed: Process, Story, Idea, Material, curated by Melanie Landsittel, SculptureX, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

· 2022, 18th Annual Ceramics Juried Open Cup Exhibition, curated by Brian Kohl, McGroarty Arts Center, Tujunga, California, USA.

· 2022, Weight Gain, curated by Yessica Torres, Dab Art Co., Los Angeles, California.

· 2022, The Doers, international juried exhibition, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

· 2022, Growing Seeds, Virtual Clay Collective, Fertile Ground, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, Sacramento, California, USA.

· 2022, Tiny Pedestal, invited by Britny Wainwright, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

· 2022, Transmission of Unknown Origin, curated by Yessica Torres, H Gallery, Dab Art Co., Ventura, California, USA.

· 2021, Uncommon Threads, juried by Southern California Open Regional Exhibitions (SCORE) & San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center (SFVACC), SFVACC, Tarzana, California, USA.

· 2021, Summer 2021 Artists-in-Residence, curated by Paolo Porelli, C.R.E.T.A., Rome Italy.

· 2021, On Edge, juried by Brandy Coons, Edge Gallery, Lakewood, Colorado, USA.

· 2021, L’Art Du Treillageur, juried by Michael James Becker, ongoing project and exhibition, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & Art History, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA.

· 2021, Women in Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, USA.

· 2021, King Exhibition, juried by Melissa Barba, Beatriz Cortez, Sommer Browning, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2021, Rivers, Reflections, Reinventions, National Juried Exhibition, juried by Jessika Edgar, Malcolm Mobutu Smith, DAAAP Galleries, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

· 2020, Tiny Art, Big Attitude, juried exhibition, Vancouver Art Space, Vancouver, Washington, USA.

· 2020, Spot On, Juried Exhibition, juried by Michael Paglia, D’art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, King Exhibition, curated by Cali Banks, Avery Glassman, Allison Lemon, Jerryan Ramos Hernandez, juried by Michael Chavez, Gabrielle Schuller, and John Spiak, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, ValenZines, curated by Alli Lemon, Maybe Blue, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, Multivalent: Clay, Mindfulness, and Memory, juried by Virginia Scotchie, Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Artspace, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

· 2020, Anniversary Show, curated by Mary Cloonan, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

· 2019, Queeramics, invited by Ian Park, Foster Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

· 2019, King Exhibition, juried and curated, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2019, Clay at Concordia: Off the Wall and On It Too, curated by Keith Williams, Buetow Gallery, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Conference, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota.

· 2019, [Not] Under Consideration, Studio 196, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2018, Open House, Lacuna Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

· 2018, Juried Student Exhibition, Concordia Gallery, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

· 2018, Salon des Refusés, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

· 2017, Abstract|Subtract, R House, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

· 2016, B.F.A. Exhibition, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

· 2016, Fergus Scholarship Award Exhibition, juried by faculty in the Department of Art at the Ohio State University, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

· 2015, Biopresence Juried Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery (MOTE Galleries), the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

selected collections

· 2021, A Hole in the Bucket, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2018, Map Making, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

· 2016, Consumption, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

selected publications

· irvin, em. “Revive (R)evolution: Scores Guiding Ceramic Practice.” National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Journal (2025).

· irvin, em. “Summary of ‘Traditions of Misogyny in American Studio Ceramics’ Part II.” A-B Projects. Power Dynamics Series. 2025.

· irvin, em. “Summary of ‘Traditions of Misogyny in American Studio Ceramics’ Part I.” A-B Projects. Power Dynamics Series. 2024.

· irvin, em. “Tick.” Buzz-Zine 3 (2024): cover.

· irvin, em. Emergency Index: An Annual Document of Performance Practice, 382-383. Ugly Duckling Press, 2023.

· irvin, em. “peach grove.” GPS/Performance Research: On Hunger 6, no. 1-2 (2023).

· irvin, em. “A Gate and its Keepers.” Studio Potter (August 2022).

· Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) Museum. 2022. ‘The Doers’ Exhibition Catalog (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

· irvin, em. “Translating Body and Trauma.” Rejoinder (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Institute for Research on Women: New Jersey) 7 (2022).

· Gender Justice League. 2022. Joyous Action: A Pleasure Guide.

· “Emily Irvin: Reverberate, 2021.” Ceramics Now, October 2021.

· irvin, em. Aesthetica Magazine, 142, October 2021.

· “Emily Irvin: Husk, 2018-2020.” Ceramics Now, September 2021.

· National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). 2021. NCECA Juried Student Exhibition Catalogue: Rivers, Reflections, Reinventions.

· Sadeghian, S., Y. Nafezi, S. Soltanmohammadlou, A. Kianfar, and E. Irvin. “Study of Sustainable Development in Parks of North Tehran According to SDG11, Case Studies: Niyavaran & Qeytaried Parks.” In International Journal of Architectural Engineering & Urban Planning. Iran University of Science & Technology (2020).

· Soltanmohammadlou, S., P. M. Guerrieri, A. Kianfar, S. Sadeghian, Y. Nefezi, and E. Irvin.  “Studying of Iranian Religious Minority Architecture, the Differences and Commonalities in Religious & National Architecture after Safavid”. In ICIAH (Islamic Conference on Islamic Architecture and Heritage) (2020).

· National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). 2020. NCECA Juried Student Exhibition Catalogue: Multivalent: Clay, Mindfulness, & Memory.

· irvin, em. “Exposure”. In Ceramics Monthly, 20. (June/July/August 2017).                                       

selected publications featuring work

· Muñoz-Martínez, María. “First Biennale of Contemporary Keramics in Santorini.” A*Desk. June 27, 2024.

· Martinovic, Jelena. “Spotlighting the Winners of the First Biennale of Contemporary Keramics in Santorini.” Widewalls. June 26, 2024.

selected grants + awards

· 2024, Second Prize, Clay Echoes: Unearthing Hidden Narratives, juried exhibition, Biennale of Contemporary Keramics, Big Blue Dot, Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini, Greece.

· 2023, Professional Development Grant, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, Colorado, USA.

· 2023, Coordinator, Graduate Student Fellowship, [not]knowing Symposium, Performance Studies, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2023, Performance Studies Graduate Group Summer Fellowship, Performance Studies, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2023, University of California Davis Humanities Institute Working Group Grant, Performance Studies Working Group, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.

· 2022-2023, Provost’s Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California.

· 2021, Studio Potter Merit Award Winner, Studio Potter, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.

· 2020, Best Presentation Award, Program Committee of ICIAH (Islamic Conference on Islamic Architecture & Heritage), Rome, Italy.

· 2020, First Prize, Tiny Art, Big Attitude, Vancouver Art Space, Vancouver, Washington, USA.

· 2020, Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, NEST (Nature, Environment, Science & Technology) Studio for the Arts, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, UGGS (United Government of Graduate Students) Outstanding Research Assistant Award, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, Meckley Scholarship, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, Beverly Sears Award, Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, Eaton Travel Grant, Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020, Schwalbe Travel Award, Center for Humanities & the Arts, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2020-2021, Albert K. Murray Scholarship Fund, Adamsville, Ohio, USA.

· 2019, James E. Schafer Leadership Scholarship, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA>

· 2019, 2021, Talent and Creativity Scholarship, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2019-2020, Art & Art History Departmental Scholarship, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2018, Graduate School Domestic Travel Grant, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

· 2016, Fergus Scholarship, Urban Arts Space, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

· 2015-2016, Arthur Baggs Scholarship, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

· 2012-2014, Alumni Scholarship, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

m e m b e r s h i p s

· Virtual Clay Collective since 2020

· Artaxis (an evolving independent network of artists) since 2021

· NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) since 2015

· CAA (College Art Association) since 2015

· Phi Sigma Theta since 2014