MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2011
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Concentration: Ceramics
MA, masters with distinction, 2009
California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA
Concentration: Studio Art
BA, summa cum laude, 2008
California State University Northridge, CA
Concentration: Studio Art
Associate Professor, Ceramics Area Coordinator, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: August 2024-Present
Assistant Professor, Ceramics Area Coordinator, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: August 2018-2024
Assistant Professor, Ceramics Area Coordinator, Department of Art, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM: August 2013-May 2018
Visiting Lecturer in Ceramics, Department of Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH: August 2012-May 2013
Adjunct Faculty in Ceramics, Department of Art, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI: Fall 2011
Ceramics Teacher, Belvoir Terrace, Lenox, MA: Summer 2010
Art Teacher, Children’s Institute Inc., Los Angeles, CA: 2007-2009
Ceramics Teacher, Creative Fire Studios, Granada Hills, CA: Fall 2008
Ceramics Department Teaching Assistant, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA: 2007-2008
Artist Assistant, Jason Middlebrook Studio, Hudson, NY: Summer 2016
Flex Residency, Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA: April 2-May 30, 2025
Short-Term Resident, Red Lodge Clay Center: January 6-February 7, 2025
Two-Week Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT: June 18-June 29, 2023
Sabbatical Residency, Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark: October 8-November 19, 2021
Artist in Residence, Vallauris Artist Residency, Vallauris, France: August 31-October 1, 2021
Artist in Residence, Byrdcliff Artist Residency: May 30-June 24, 2019
Summer Resident, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY: May 2-May 31, 2019
Spring Artist in Residence, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada: June 1-June 27, 2015
MFA Fellow, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH: August 2012-May 2013
Ceramics Assistantship, Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark: January-April, 2012
Ceramics Artists in Residence, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI: Fall 2011
I Get My Hit And Then I Run With It. Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI: June 14-July 13, 2024*
Do You Want To Feel How It Feels. Radial Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH: February 23-March 22, 2023*
I Get My Hit And Then I Run With It. Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark: November 18-December 6, 2021*
It’s Not Too Much, Is It? Spotlight Gallery, School of Visual Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK: November 5-16, 2018*
Everyone smiles as they drift past the flowers… Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM: February 23- March 24, 2018*
#the struggle is real (All My Girls Do Yoga). Alcoves 16/17, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM: February 4-March 26, 2017*
Works by Jessika Edgar and Leonard Suryajaya. Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH: October 3-31,2015. Jurors: Ann Hamilton, Michael Mercil, Lisa Dent, and James Voorhies
Closing your eyes isn’t going to change anything. Glass Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX: April 21-May 2, 2014*
Furgus Fellow Exhibition. OSU Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH: May 14-June 1, 2013*
On the Surface. Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI: December 9, 2011-February 16, 2012*
CA:February 23-26, 2009Purity of Clay and Design. Thesis Exhibition. West Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA: March 23-26, 2009*
A Conceptual End. Shed Gallery, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA:December 1 – 5, 2008*
Michigan Ceramics Biennial Exhibition and Competition. Michigan Ceramic Art Association. Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI: September 27-October 31, 2024. Jurors/Curators: George Rodriguez
The Show You Are About To See. Watkins College, Belmont University, Nashville, TN: August 21-September 29, 2023. Jurors/Curators: Thomas Sturgill and Rocky Horton
Goddesses and Monsters. LADIES’ ROOM, Los Angeles, CA: June 9-August 31, 2023. Jurors/Curators: The Association of Hysteric Curators
Squaring the Circle. Indian Ceramic Triennale. Arthshila Saniniketan, Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal 731235, India: June 24-August 27, 2023
More Is Never Enough. Field Projects, New York, NY: April 20-May 13, 2023. Juror: Triton Mobley. << Link >>
Get Together. Reyes Finn, Detroit, MI: February 25-May 6, 2023
Belonging. NCECA Annual Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA: February 20 – May 8, 2022. Juror: Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy
Homebody. Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI: January 26-June 19, 2022. Curator: Kat Goffnett
Re:Start. Korean International Ceramics Biennale. Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Icheon-si, Rep. of Korea: October 1, 2021-April 30, 2022
Resident Exhibition. A.I.R. Vallauris, Chapelle de la Miséricorde, Vallauris, France: September 25-29, 2021
Artifact. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH: March 5-April 2, 2021
2020 Wayne State Faculty Exhibition. James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: November 19-January 8, 2020
Now, more than ever. Wassaic Summer Exhibition. Maxon Mills Gallery, Wassaic, NY MI: May 23-September 19, 2020
Utopian Living: Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence 2019. BYRDCLIFFE Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY: March 28-April 26, 2020
Materials: Hard + Soft. International Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition. Second Place Award. Greater Denton Arts Council, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX: February 7-May 9, 2020. Juror: Beth C. McLaughlin
2019 Michigan Mud 2019 Presenters Exhibition. Holding House, Detroit, MI: October 19-November 16, 2019
9 Hours: a live stream from Detroit. Projected into Bert Green Fine Art, Chicago, IL: September 20, 2019
Inspired: Baralaye, Crowell, Edgar, McDonald. Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI: September 13-October 21, 2023
Roy G Biv Family Reunion. Roy G Biv, Columbus, OH: May 3-June 9, 2019
The Form Will Find Its Way: Contemporary Ceramic Sculptural Abstraction. NCECA Annual Exhibition. Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: January 22-March 30, 2019. Juror: Elizabeth Carpenter
We Live Here. 1301 Broadway, Detroit, MI: February 1-22, 2019
Work, Practice, Play. Clamplight Artist Studios and Gallery, San Antonio, TX: January 11- February 2, 2019. Juror: Brittany Ham
A Gifted Offering. Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR: December 7-29, 2018
Breaking Ground: Indian Ceramics Triennale. Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India: August 3-November 18, 2018
Jonald Dudd. 701 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY: May 17-20, 2018. Jurors: Lyndia Cambron and Chris Held
Guns to Art Exhibition and Auction. Form and Concept, Santa Fe, NM: November 7-17, 2017
Beautiful Parts. West Gallery, CSUN Art Galleries, California State University, Northridge, CA: October 13 – 26, 2017. Juror: Kim Abeles
Nasty Women Art Exhibition Amsterdam. Josilda da Coneição Gallery, Wormerveerstraat 15, 1013 JS Amsterdam: March 4-12, 2017
Impermanent Topography. University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM: January 17-February 9, 2017
Nasty Women Exhibition. Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM: February 7, 2017
Nasty Women Exhibition. The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, Queens, NYC: January 12-15, 2017
Cranbrook Ceramics +/- 25 Years. Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ: October 15, 2016-January 28, 2017
Cranbrook Ceramics +/- 25 Years. University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM: July 25-August 28, 2016
Cranbrook Ceramics +/- 25 Years. Concurrent Exhibition, 2016 NCECA Conference: Makers, Mentors and Milestones, Kansas City, MO: March 16-19, 2016
IV Bienal Ciudad Juárez-El Paso Biennial 2015. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX and Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico: November 6, 2015- February 7, 2016. Jurors: Eduardo Díaz, Director of Smithsonian Latino Center, Washington, DC and Santiago Espinosa de los Monteros, renowned curator, museographer, and art critic, Mexico City
30 Under 30. Community Gallery, Santa Fe Art Commission, Santa Fe, NM: June 26- September 5, 2015. Curators: Meaghan Ferguson, Brad Hamann, Joanne Lefrak, Tey Nunn, and Marisa Sage
BAIR Aware. Project Space, Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada: June 18-22, 2015
NMSU Faculty and Graduate Student Exhibition. Red Dot gallery, Santa Fe, NM: May 15-June 19, 2015
NCECA Biennial: Lively Experiments. David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI: January 24-March 29, 2015. Jurors: Linda Christianson, Jo-Ann Conklin, and Anders Ruhwald
2013 Whither the American Dream? Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA: November 21 – December 21, 2013. Juror: Rock Hushka, Curator at the Tacoma Art Museum
Furgus Fellows Exhibition. OSU Urban Art Space, Columbus, OH: May 16-June 1, 2012
Visiting Artist and Lecturers Exhibition. Swing Space Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH: September 6-October 11, 2012
The Shape of Things to Come. Vertigo Art Space, Denver, CO: June 17-Sept. 17, 2011
Here Here. Graduate Degree Exhibition. Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: April 17-May 8, 2011
One x One. Cranbrook Academy Of Art. Dalgleish Cadillac Building, Detroit, MI: February 25-26, 2011
Blaauw(Jobs). Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: October 15-20, 2010
Elevation: Kaneko and Contemporary Ceramics. Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art, Art History, and Design, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: September 15-December 9, 2023. Co-curated with Kat Goffnett, Assistant Curator of Collections, Cranbrook Art Museum.
Nasty Women Exhibition. Art Obscura, Las Cruces, NM: February 7, 2017 Organized in conjunction with other Nasty Women Exhibitions around the world and the Nasty Women Exhibition at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth, Queens, NY started by Roxanne Jackson and Jessamyn Fiore. The simultaneous group exhibitions demonstrate solidarity among artists who identify with being a Nasty Woman in the face of threats to roll back women’s rights, individual rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and immigrant rights. It also serves as a fundraiser to support organizations defending these rights.
Cranbrook +/- 25 Years. Concurrent Exhibition Proposal, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference: Makers, Mentors, and Milestones, Kansas City, MO: March 16 – 19, 2016. Organized by Jessika Edgar with Drew Ippoliti. Participating artists: Jan Abrams, Inkyo Back, Ariel Brice, Lindsey Dezman, Abby Donovan, Jessika Edgar, Akemi Maegawa, Heather Mae Erickson, Devin Farrand, Jon Geiger, Brian Giniewski, Shannon Goff,Tony Hepburn, Ariel Herwitz, Richard Hesketh, Drew Ippoliti, Tom Lauerman, Jackie Laurita, YunWook Moon, Thomas Muller, Mia Mulvey, Elaine Ng, Anders Ruhwald, Susan York. The exhibition traveled to the University Art Gallery at New Mexico State University (July 25-August 28, 2016) and Arizona State University’s Ceramic Research Center (October 15, 2016-January 28, 2017).
Visiting Artist, Artist Lecturer, Demo, and Studio Visits, School of Art Friday Lecture Series, Kent State University, Kent, OH: February 9, 2024
Artist Lecture, University of Dayton, Dayton OH: March 2, 2023
External Reviewer for Second-Year Reviews (Sculpture, 2D), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: December 13, 2022
External Reviewer for First-Year Reviews (Ceramics, 4D, Sculpture, 2D), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: February 24 and March 1, 2022
Artist Lecture and Individual Critiques, Ceramics Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: February 25, 2022
Project Network. Guldagergaard: International Ceramics Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
External Reviewer for First-Year Reviews (Architecture and Painting), Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: February 20, 2020
Artist Lecture/Workshop, Michigan Mud Conference, Oakland Community College, Royal Oak, MI: October 19, 2019
Artist Lecture, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI: October 2, 2019
Artist Lecture, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI: September 17, 2019
Artist Lecture, Bard at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA: March 25, 2019
Artist Lecture, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: April 9, 2018
Artist Lecture, Las Cruces Potters Guild, Las Cruces, NM: February 25, 2016
Artist Lecture, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH: October 31, 2015
Artist Lecture, Artists Forum: A Ceramics Mini-Symposium. Providence College, Providence, RI: March 27, 2015
Presenter, On the Tenure Track, NCECA Connections, 49th Annual NCECA Conference: Lively Experiments, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI: March 27, 2015
Visiting Lecturer, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX: March 5, 2014
Arts and Humanities Research Support, The Office of the Vice President for Research, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: 2022
Honorable Mention, Korean International Ceramics Biennale. Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Icheon-si, Rep. of Korea: 2021
University Research Grant, Office of the Provost, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: 2020
Second Place Award, Materials: Hard + Soft. International Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition. Greater Denton Arts Council, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX: 2020
Faculty Creative/Research Grant, College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: 2019
Faculty Teaching Travel Grant, Office of Teaching and Learning, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: 2019
Faculty Travel Grant, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI: 2018
MiniGrant, College of Arts and Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM: 2018
Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM:2017
Professional Leave, College of Arts and Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM: 2016/2017
Mini Grant, College of Art and Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM: Spring – Fall 2015
Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM: Fall 2014
Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI: 2010
Graduate Thesis Support Grant, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication at California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA: 2009
Wolfson Scholor Award Nomination, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication at California State University Northridge, Northirdge, CA: 2008
Academic Scholarship Award, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication at California State University Northridge, Northirdge, CA: 2008
Dean’s List, California State University Northridge, Northirdge, CA: 2005-2008
Eyl, Elysabeth. “Mass Media Culture Processed In Clay.” de kleine K, no. 93, September 2022, 13-20. << Link >>
Belonging. NCECA Annual Exhibition Catalog. National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts, 2022.
Re:Start. KICB 2021 International Competition Exhibition Catalog. Korean International Ceramics Biennal 2021. << Link >>
Depetris, Philippe. “AIR Vallauris s’expose à la chapelle de la Miséri-corde.” Nice-Matin (Cannes), October 25, 2021. << Link >>
Kamholtz, Jonathan. “Ceramics Shows at Weston Gallery, DAAP Meyers Gallery, Manifest Gallery, and the Contemporary Arts Center.”AEQAI, March 27, 2021. << Link >>
Now, more than ever. Wassaic Projects. Designed by Studio Bueno. Printed by Small Editions. 2020.
32nd Annual Materials: Hard + Soft Exhibition. Greater Denton Art Council. Designed by Abigail Wroten. 2020. << Link >>
Nieto, Natalia Torija, “5 Protagonists Shaping Detroit’s Urban Revitalization and Design Community”, Pin-Up Magazine. << Link >>
Xie, Jenny. “For the Most Exciting Design Scene No One’s Talking About, Head to Detroit.”Dwell on Design, October 26, 2019. << Link >>
Nawrocki, Dennis.“Inspired @ Pewabic.” Detroit Art Review, October 2, 2019. << Link >>
The Form Will Find Its Way. NCECA Annual Exhibition Catalog. National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts, 2019. << Link >>
Crowe, Justin. “Jessika Edgar’s Ceramic Art Puts Threatening Feelings in Protective Bubbles at Santa Fe Clay.” Ceramic Artists Now, February 28, 2018. << Link >>
IV Bienal Ciudad Juárez-El Paso Biennial 2015 Catolog. El Paso Museum of Art, 2015.
NCECA Biennial Exhibition Catalog, National Council on the Education for Ceramic Arts, 2015, 26-27. << Link >>
Taylor, Jordan. “NCECA: Jordan Taylor Sees Partial Truths at the 2015 Biennial.” C-File: Global Knowl edge Center for Contemporary Ceramics and Clay in Art, Design, and Technology, April 22, 2015. << Link >>
Mukhi, Ashna. “Exhibit challenges ceramics’ conventions Juried show displays traditional pottery, subversive works.” The Brown Daily Herald, February 27, 2015. << Link >>
McQuaid, Cate. “Ceramics in the spotlight, in Providence and beyond.” Boston Globe, February 25, 2015. << Link >>
Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Centery, Skaelskor, Denmark: 2021
AIR Vallauris, Vallauris, France: 2021
University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM: 2018
Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Centery, Skaelskor, Denmark: 2012
Ceramics Department Collection, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI: 2011