1987-MFA University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor
1982-BFA Mankato State University, Mankato, MN

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Selected Exhibitions

• 2007 The National Juried Wood Fired Exhibition, Thrown Together Clay Center, Louisville, KY. Held in conjunction with NCECA conference
• 2007 National Juried Cup Show, Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• 2006 Eight fluid Ounces National Juried Cup Exhibition, Glassell Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
• 2005 International Wood-fired Exhibition, Shui-Li Snake Kiln Ceramics Cultural Park, Nantou County, Taiwan. Invitational exhibition
• 2004 Prairie Fire, Wheeler Art Center, University of Indianapolis. Group exhibition held in conjunction with NCECA conference
• 2003 From Here to There, Ghu- Yun Art Gallery and Ivy Art Gallery, Yingge Village, Taipei, Taiwan. Three-person sabbatical exhibition

Selected Visiting Artist Positions

• 2007 Fundacio J. Llorens Artigas, Gallifa, Barcelona, Spain, Visiting Artist Residency and Nordic Woodfire Marathon, Gendo Keramik Studios, Nordjyllands, Denmark. Both made possible by a grant from the Lighton Fund International Artists Exchange Program, Kansas City, Missouri.
• 2007 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. Workshop and lecture
• 2007 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Workshop and lecture
• 2005 “International Workshop on Wood-firing”, Shui-Li Snake Kiln Ceramics Cultural Park, Nantou County, Taiwan. Three-week Visiting Artist Residency.
• 2003 Tainan National College of the Arts/ Graduate Institute of Applied Art, Tainan County, Taiwan/ Two-month Visiting Artist Sabbatical Residency

Selected Recent Awards

• 2007 Third Place Award, Wichita National, Wichita Center for the Arts, Kansas.
• 2006 College of Arts and Letters Award In Research, Missouri State University

Selected Recent Bibliography

• 2005 Ceramic Art magazine, Taipei, Taiwan. Article on Visiting Artist Residency at Shui-Li Snake Kiln Ceramics Cultural Park/ Vol. 46, Fall issue. PP. 140-149.
• 2005 The Sculpture Reference by Arthur Williams, published by Sculpture Books Publishing, Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi. Photo credit, Page 222.

Courses Taught

• Art 212 Ceramics I
• Art 312 Ceramics II
• Art 313 Ceramics III
• Art 314 Special Topics in Ceramics
• Art 399 Ceramics Individual Instruction

Office: Ellis Hall 200
Phone: 836-4167
Email: KeithEkstam@missouristate.edu