Resume
Education
M.F.A. 2010 Ceramics, Syracuse University
B.F.A. 2005 Studio Art/Ceramics, University of Southern Maine
Teaching Experience
2022 – present: Assistant Professor of Visual Arts: Studio Art, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2020- 22: Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Arts: Studio Art, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2018–20: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Visual Arts: Studio Art, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
2016-18: Visual Art Faculty, Hyde School, Bath, ME
2013-14: Lecturer, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
2012: Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
2008-10: Instructor of Record, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions
Bruce Dehnert and Shawn O’Connor: Two Vigiles Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
New Directions Colonel Eugene E. Myers Art Gallery, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Shawn O’Connor; Recent Works McCarthy Hall, Valley City State University, Valley City, ND
Featured Artist; Shawn O’Connor AKAR, Iowa City, IA
Daily Conversations; Shawn O’Connor Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA
Physical Embodiment Art Center West, Roswell, GA
New Works; Shawn O’Connor AKAR, Iowa City, IA
Recent Works: Shawn O’Connor Stadler Gallery, Kingfeild, ME
Selected Group Exhibitions
Southern Miss Ceramics National, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
12th Annual Clay International Juried Exhibition, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
EnVision: A Woodfire Invitational STARworks, Star, NC
24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Olin Hall Galleries 2019 Juried Biennial Roanoke College, Salem, VA
25th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Kevin Lehman’s Studio, Lancaster, PA
Train Kiln Invitational Aurora Public Arts Commission, Aurora, IL
24th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Kevin Lehman’s Studio, Lancaster, PA
Ceramic Selections from 25 Years of the Arrowmont Artists-in-Residency Program Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO
Celebrating Craftsmanship, Creativity and Community (Juried) New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, RI
Cup: The Intimate Object X Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Glazed by Fire: Atmospheric Invitational Taos Clay, El Prado, NM
Focus Exhibition: Functional Ceramics Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Functional Ceramics 2014 Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH
Artifacts from the Inferno: Contemporary Wood-fired Ceramics (Juried) Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Contemporary Traditionalist Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
In One or as Two Shanghai University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
98 Days in China c2 Gallery, Jingdezhen, People’s Republic of China
Atmospheric Fired 2011 Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Craftsmanship: Concept: Innovation Red Lodge Clay Center Inaugural Juried National Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Muddy’s Wood Fire Classic The Myers Gallery at Muddy’s Studio, Santa Ana, CA
Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
The Art of Dining Worcester Center For Crafts, Worcester, MA
3rd Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition (Juried) Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
The Watershed Invitational Wood Fire Exhibition Gustin Gallery, South Dartmouth, MA
International Cup The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Platters and Pourers Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
From Belgrade to Bellingham, New Work from Syracuse (Group) Standard Ceramic Supply Company, Pittsburg, PA
2008 NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition (Juried) Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
The North American Ceramic Cup Show (Juried) Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI
National Juried Ceramics Exhibition (Juried) The Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
The Cup & Saucer Exhibition (Juried) Where I Fell in Love Gallery, Warwickshire, England
Awards, Grants, and Honors
Prince Grant, Hyde School
CERF+ Emergency Assistance Grant
Purchase Award, 22nd Strictly Functional Pottery National
Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission
Award of Excellence, Starbrick Clay National Cup Show
Emerging Artist Scholarship, 4 Bridges Art Festival
18th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Founder’s Award
College Clay Collective Juror’s Choice Award
Graduate School Masters Prize, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
Syracuse University Travel Grant
Jerome Solomon Memorial Scholarship, Syracuse University
Barrett Clay Works National Cup Show Merit Award
Award of Excellence in Ceramics from the Maine Glass and Ceramic Museum of Portland
University of Southern Maine Presidents Purchase Award
University of Southern Maine Provost Purchase Award
Selected Bibliography
25th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition Catalogue pg. 24 & 25
From Kiln to Exhibit by Jasmine Maki The Grand Forks Herald, Friday May 9th pg. C1 –C2
Functional Ceramics 2014 Exhibition Catalogue pg. 18 & 29
The Art of Contemporary American Pottery by Kevin Hluch, iPublishing
Wood Fired Ceramics -100 Contemporary Artists by Amedeo Salamoni, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.,
pg. 158-159
500 Tea Pots Volume 2 by Jim Lawton, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., pg. 311
500 Prints in Clay by Paul Andrew Wandless, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. pg. 148
The Journal of Australian Ceramics, Volume 513 November 2012, pg. 101
MFA Factor; Syracuse University editor Sherman Hall, Ceramics Monthly December, pg. 48-51
500 Plates and Chargers by Linda Arbuckle, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, pg. 31
Publications
In Search of My Mark NCECA Journal No. 41 pg. 230 – 231
Utilitarian Clay VII Ceramic Art and Perception No. 106 pg. 78 – 81
Utilitarian Clay Ceramics Technical No. 36 pg. 86 – 91
Arrowmont Anagama The Log Book No. 52 pg. 26 – 28
In Search of My Mark Ceramics Technical No. 33 pg. 87 – 91
The Syracuse Train The Log Book No. 42 pg. 18 – 23
Artist Residencies
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Shanghai University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Summer Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Robert M. MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, ME
Winter Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Visiting Artist; Lectures/Demonstrations
Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, Jingdezhen, People’s Republic of China
The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, People’s Republic of China
Shanghai University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Jiaotong University, Xian, People’s Republic of China
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Valley City State University, Valley City, ND
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Art Center West, Roswell, GA
Murray State University, Murray, KY
Corcoran High School, Syracuse, NY
Poland Regional High School, Poland, ME
Cony High School, Augusta, ME
University of Maine, Augusta, ME
Berea College, Berea, KY
Permanent Collections
Judith and Martin Schwartz Collection, New York, NY
The Rosenfield Collection, Dallas, TX
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Shanghai University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Robert M. MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, ME
Exhibitions Juried
3rd Annual Cup Show Studio 550 Art Center, Manchester, NH
Student Juried Exhibition, 2014, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Gorham, ME
Shaped Clay 2008, National High School Exhibition, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY