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Return to Member IndexSean Michael GallagherCeramics, Glass |
.jpg) "The Fragile Nature of Our Connections" 72" x 60" s 6", Porcelain Slip, Claze, Cone 10 Oxidation, Cobalt Carbonate, Wood, Epoxy
"Strengthening Connections" 6 Panels, 87" x 15" x 3", Porcelain Slip, Claze, Cone 10 Reduction and Oxidation Wood Acrylic Paint
Exhibitions "Land and Sea" 2 Person Show, Peggy Chun Gallery, Honolulu, HI, Scheduled opening July 5, 2009 "Rhode Island School of Design Thesis Exhibition", Group Show, Providence Convention Center, Providence, RI, 2008 "NCECA Regional Juried Student Exhibition", Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008 "Rhode Island School of Design Ceramics Department Triennial Exhibition", Group Show Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, 2007 "Body and Spirit", Group Show, Sol Kophler Gallery, Providence, RI, 2007 "23 Gallons of Porcelain", Solo Installation, Center for Integrated Technology lobby, Providence, RI, 2006 "Available Space", Group Show, Pete and Susan Rosenthal Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2004 "Fractured Beauty" Collaborative exhibition w/ Jae Omar, Jae Omar Design Studio, Venice Beach, CA, 2004 2003 "Santa Monica College Juried Student Exhibition", Group Show Pete and Susan Rosenthal Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2002 "Santa Monica College Juried Student Exhibition", Group Show, Pete and Susan Rosenthal GallerySanta Monica, CA Commissions Hubbard Street Dance, Terra cotta lanterns for dance performance, 2005 Jae Omar Designs, Develope Edo-Sphere line of vases, 2004 Professional Experience Academy Art Center at Linekona, Ceramics Instructor Current Rhode Island School of Design, Co-President Graduate Student Body Government, 2007-2008 Rhode Island School of Design, Co-Instructor, Ceramic Department Kiln Room Manager and Technician Assistant, 2006-2008 Rhode Island School of Design, Co-Instructor, Wheel throwing class, Wheel as a Tool for Sculpture, 2006-2008 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ceramic Department Kiln Room Manager and Technician Assistant, 2004-2006 Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program Organizer, 2004 Santa Monica College Professor Assistant in Wheel Throwing, 2003-2004
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Artist Statement My work utilizes the ephemeral with the emotional in fragile and or questionable sculpture and installation that i consider all to be self portraits. I am interested in the connections we have in life. To friends, family, passerbyers, to life itself. I construct work that emphasizes these connections. Some of these being strong and able to withstand time while others are fleeting and wait for a destiny of certain failure. Artist Bio Sean Michael Gallagher was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up on the beaches of South Florida. After moving to Los Angeles at the age of 21, he was awarded a position in 2003 to the Santa Monica College's Art Mentor Program, where as a result of a studio space for a year he received a Presidential Merit Scholarship and a Grant equalling full tuition to transfer to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and completing his Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in 2006. Four days after graduation he moved into his new studio at Rhode Island School of Design, with a partial scholarship, including a teaching fellowship and grant from the Dean of Graduate Students and earned his Master of Fine Arts Degree in 2008. Gallagher has received numerous awards and exhibited nationally. Aside from the previously mentioned awards, he received two scholarship to attend classes at Ox-Bow artist residency and his work was selected for the 2008 NCECA, RJS Exhibition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in which his installation was awarded the KBH Merit Award. During his stay at RISD he was elected Co-President of the Graduate Student Alliance, and through a RISD teaching fellowship design and taught "Wheel as a Tool for Sculpture" classes. He currently lives and work in Honolulu, Hawaii. ResumeEducational History Rhode Island School of Design, Master of Fine Arts, 2008 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2006 Ox-Bow School of Art, Summer 2005 Santa Monica College, Dean's Honor List and Completion of transfer credits, 2004 Honors and Awards KHB Merit Award for exhibition at the 2008 NCECA Regional Juried Student Exhibition, 2008 Rhode Island School of Design Dean of Graduate Students Fellowship, 2006-2008 Rhode Island School of Design Teaching Fellowship, 2006-2008 Ox- Bow Skitigeegee Merit Scholarship, Summer 2005 Ox-Bow Artist Residency Merit Scholarship, Summer 2005 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Academic Merit Scholarship, 2004-2006 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Merit Scholarship, 2004-2006 Santa Monica College Dockweiler Award for equaled artistic and academic achievement, 2004 Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program Acceptance, 2003-2004 Bibliography Pittsburgh Tribune's Report on 2008 NCECA Regional Juried Student Exhibition, 2008 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_555688.html NCECA online publication of artists exhibited, 2008 http://nceca.net/app/exhibitions/results/rjse Santa Monica College Art Mentor Program Catalog, 2003 Professional Organizations National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Hawaii Craftsmen Recent Exhibits 'Land & Sea', Peggy Chun Gallery, 2009 Featured in the "Honolulu Advertiser" July 26, 2009
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