ALEX ZABLOCKI
Educational History
2015- 2017 Master of Fine Arts - The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
2011-2012 Post-Baccalaureate Program in Ceramic Arts - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO.
2010-2011 Post-Baccalaureate Program in Ceramic Arts - University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.
2004-2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Finlandia University International School of Art and Design, Hancock, MI.
2006-2007 International Exchange Program - Kuopio Academy of Design Akatemia, Kuopio, Finland.
Teaching and Experience
2022. Workshop Instructor – Sculpting with Glaze, Still Life Ceramics, Los Angeles, CA
Workshop Instructor – Sculpting with Glaze, Still Life Studio, Santa Monica, CA
Workshop Instructor – Sculpting with Glaze, Clayroom, San Francisco, CA
2019- Present Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics and Sculpture, 3D Specialist, Alma College, Alma, MI.
2019 Workshop Instructor – Thinking through the vessel, Light House Art Center, Tequesta, FL
2019 Adjunct Faculty-Ceramics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
2019 Ceramic Instructor- Intermediate Ceramics, Smokestack Pottery, Fort Collins, CO.
2018 Visiting Artist, Front Range Community College, Fort Collins, CO.
Ceramic Instructor - Intermediate wheel and hand building, Fort Collins Pottery Studio, Fort Collins, CO.
2017 Workshop Instructor - Thrown and altered, Smokestack Pottery, Fort Collins, CO.
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Junior Pottery ll, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
2016 Kiln Facilities Coordinator - The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Hybrid Vessel, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
Workshop Leader - Soda Firing, Smokestack Pottery, Fort Collins, CO.
Artist Assistant - Kang-Hyo Lee, Alfred Ceramics Summer School Program, Alfred, NY.
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant - Intro to Wheel, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2009 Studio Technician - Quandary Antiques Cabin, Breckenridge, CO.
Studio Technician, Colorado Mountain College, Breckenridge, CO.
Artist in Residence
2021 Cluster Crafts Residency Featured Artist - Cluster London, London, UK.
2013 Artist in Residence Program - Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO.
2012-2015 Resident Artist - Smokestack Pottery, Fort Collins, CO.
Scholarships
2013 Full Scholarship to the Anderson Ranch Art Center summer workshop program - Snowmass, CO.
2009 Bob and Peggy Culbertson Full Scholarship to Penland School of Crafts - Penland, NC.
Professional Service
2019 Juror - Lush: Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Light House Art Center, Tequesta, FL
Awards
2018 Jurors Choice-The Clay Cup IV: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Honorable Mention- Juried Exhibition, Contemporary Clay 2018, Western Colorado Center for Arts, Grand Junction, CO.
2013 Best Bowl Set - Juried Exhibition, Battle of the Bowls, The Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA.
2011 Honorable mention - 3rd Annual National Juried Cup Show, The Lux Center, Lincoln, NE.
2009 Up and coming artist award - Art for All, Iron Mountain, MI.
Group Exhibitions
2022 Those Who Can’t Teach, Alma College, Alma, MI
Small and Mighty, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT.
2021 Vivacite, Galerie Italienne, Paris, France.
Anything and Everything, Salon Art and Design, New York, NY.
ART PARIS 2021, Grand Palais Ephemere, Paris, France.
Ten Below, Mindy Solemon Gallery Miami, FL.
2021 Ceramics NOW, Galerie Italienne, Paris, France
Adaptation in support of H.R.1, Culture Objecte, New York, NY
Epperson National Clay Competition, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
2020 From Many, One, Culture Object, New York, NY
Epperson National Clay Competition, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
28th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Virtual Exhibition. Juried by Julia Galloway
Finlandia University Alumni Exhibition, Finish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI
2019 Lush: Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Light House Art Center, Tequesta, FL.
ALCOVA Design Week, Giovanni Cova & Co., Milan, Italy.
You’re Still One of Ours, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2018 The Clay Cup IV: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Good Things Come in Small Packages, Flower City Art Center, Rochester, NY.
Pocosin Arts Spring Invitational, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC.
Contemporary Clay 2018, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO.
Stratum, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington D.C.
Trestle Draw: An Alfred Ceramics Graduate Survey, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA.
Stain, Red Lodge Clay Center, Curated by Matt Kelleher, Red Lodge, MT.
2017 Juried National 4, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT.
Cups in Common – Juried by Linda Arbuckle, Clayworks Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
2016 Sheng a group Exhibition of Vessels - CC Gallery, New City Taipei, Taiwan.
2015 Cups - The Bean Cycle, Fort Collins, CO.
2014 Bray Beyond the Brickyard - Juried Exhibition, Juried by Tony Marsh, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT.
2013 Witchcraft - Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO.
5th Annual National Juried Cup Show - Juried by Eddie Dominguez, The Lux Center, Lincoln, NE.
Battle of the Bowls - Juried by Mike Jabbur, The Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA.
“Drink This!” The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show, Juried by Linda Arbuckle, WAC Lorton, VA.
2011 3rd Annual National Juried Cup Show - Juried by Julia Galloway, The Lux Center, Lincoln, NE.
The Ink Spot - Parish Studios, Lincoln, NE.
2009 Alumni Exhibit - Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI.
2008 BFA Thesis Show - Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI.
2007 Student Exhibition, Taitemia Gallery, Kuopio, Finland.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Flirtatious, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO.
2017 Alchemy Juice - Turner Gallery, The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
2010 Objects of Use - Breckenridge Theater Gallery Breckenridge, CO.
Collections
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum ACAM Graduate Collection. Alfred, NY.
John & Andrea Gill Private Collection. Alfred, NY.
Robert L. Pfannebecker Private Collection. Lancaster, PA