resume ACADEMIC BACKGROUND MFA, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 2004-2007 BA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1993 HONORS Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Artist in Residence, Nebraska City, NE, 2023 Playa, Artist in Residence, Summer Lake, OR, 2023 Volland Foundation Artist Residency, Volland, KS, 2022 Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Joshua Tree, CA, 2022 Centrum Foundation, Artist in Residence, Port Townsend, WA, 2020 Pacific Northwest College of Art/OCAC, Mentor for MFA Candidate 2019 in Applied Craft and Design, Portland, OR, 2019 Astoria Visual Arts, Coastal Oregon Recology, Artist in Residence, Astoria, OR, 2016 UMassD College of Visual & Performing Arts, Artist in Residence, New Bedford, MA, 2015 Sou’wester, Artist in Residence, Seaview, WA, 2014 Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Artist in Residence, Greensboro, NC, 2011 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Artist in Residence, Otis, OR, 2008-2009 Sacatar Institute, Artist in Residence, Itaparica, Brazil, 2008 Community Outreach Graduate Assistantship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 2004-2007 Graduate Council Artisanry Representative, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 2004-2007 Carrier-Pisarczyk Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 2005 Karen Dougherty Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 2005 North Carolina ABANA Scholarship, Triangle Blacksmith Guild, Cary, NC, 2003 Invitational Slide Presentation, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, 2002 Vermont Studio Center Sculptor in Residence, VT, 2000 Durham Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant, NC, 2000 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION Foshan, Guangdong Province, China, Foshan Ceramic Exposition, 2002 SOLO EXHIBITIONS Paragon Arts Gallery, Portland, OR, Managed Retreat, 2024 Runyan Gallery, Newport, OR, Ready or Not, 2017 The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, I Could Live There, 2016 Artspace, Raleigh, NC, At That Stage, 2003 The Artscenter, Carrboro, NC, Dawn Stetzel, 2000 TWO/THREE/FOUR PERSON EXHIBITIONS Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC, it’s all around us, 2023 Astoria Visual Arts Gallery, Astoria, OR, Fugitive, 2019 Gallery Underground, Astoria, OR, From The Pile, 2016 Chessman Gallery, Lincoln City, OR, Confluence, 2009 Fayetteville Art Museum, Fayetteville, NC, Lynch, Martin, Stetzel and Thompson, 2005 W.H. Moring Jr. Arts Center, Asheboro, NC, Mixed Matters, 2004 Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, Resonance in 3-D, 2002 SELECT JURIED EXHIBITIONS Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC, 31st Annual for NC Artists, Second Place, 2003 Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, Tri-State Sculptors, 2002 Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, The Sculpture Salmagundi V, 2001 Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 44th Annual National, 3-D First Place, 2001 Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC, 29th Annual for NC Artists, Merit Award, 2001 Art International Asheville, Asheville, NC, 1st Annual Southeastern Regional, 2001 Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, 46th Annual, 2000 Spiers Gallery, Brevard, NC, Tri-State Sculptors, 2000 SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS Disjecta, Portland, OR, Salon: Portland2016 Biennial, The Studio Visits, 2016 Chessman Gallery, Lincoln City, OR, Recycle Art, 2010 University Gallery, Star Store, New Bedford, MA, MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2007 Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA, Glimpse, 2004 Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, Tri-State Sculpture, 2003 J.E. Broyhill Park, Lenoir, NC, 18th Annual Sculpture Celebration, 2003 Claymakers, Durham, NC, The Best of Clayworks, 2003 Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA, Crossing The Line, 2002 Longwood Center For The Visual Arts, Farmville, VA, Tri-State Sculpture, 2001 SELECT INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA, Inspired by Land, 2015 Art League Houston, Houston, TX, Connections and Directions, 2013 Ogle Gallery, Portland, OR, Innovation in Clay, 2006 Fayetteville Art Museum, Fayetteville, NC, Lynch, Martin, Stetzel and Thompson, 2005 Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, GA, Southern Bent, 2004 International Arts & Artists, St. Louis, MO, Southern Bent, 2003 Elon University, Elon, NC, Off The Wall, 2003 NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC, 16th Annual Sculpture, Best In Show, 2003 Chatham Label Mill, Pittsboro, NC, LOOM 2, 2002 ONLINE EXHIBITIONS Arts To Hearts Project, Ready To Wear, Curator Celine Gabrielle, 2022 Anchorage Art Museum, Future Ready: Survival Now + Next, 2020 Ecoartspace, Ecoconsciousness, Curator: Eleanor Heartney, New York (catalogue), 2020 SELECT PUBLIC COMMISSIONS City of Lincoln City, Lincoln City, OR, Schooling Salmon, 2010 Cary Visual Arts, Cary, NC, Downtown Cary Sculpture, 2004 Exploris Museum, Raleigh, NC, 2003 Raleigh Arts Commission, Raleigh, NC, 2003 Greensboro Artists’ League, Greensboro, NC, NCOSE, 2003 NC Zoological Park, Asheboro, NC, Earthworks, 2002 PERMANENT COLLECTION The City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA, 2020 Shiwan Ceramic Museum, Shiwan, Guangdong Province, China, 2002 PUBLICATIONS ecoartspace, Ecoconsciousness, 2020 2012Architectural Worlds, “Edgy Truths: Housedress by Dawn Stetzel”, 6/VOL 27, 2012