Virginia W. Jenkins
Ceramics / Clay
- Seattle, WA
- vwjenkins@yahoo.com
- www.JenkinsClay.com
Cyborg Host
Hand built, red earthenware with terra sigillata and glaze. Fired to cone 04.
9"H x 10.5"W x 5"D
Photo by Virginia Jenkins
Fish Out of Water
Hand built, red earthenware with terra sigillata and glaze. Fired to cone 04.
6"H x 10"W x 4"D
Photo by Virginia Jenkins
Curious Crown
Hand built, red earthenware with terra sigillata and glaze. Fired to cone 04.
6"H x 6.5"W x 3.5"D
Photo by Virginia Jenkins
Bare Perspective
Hand built, red earthenware with terra sigillata and glaze. Fired to cone 04.
6"H x 4"W x 3"D
Photo by Virginia Jenkins
Matchless Club
Hand built, red earthenware with terra sigillata, stays, and glaze.
12.5"H x 5"W x 3"D
Photo by Virginia Jenkins
Biography
Scientists believe between 500,000 and 5,000,000 species have yet to be discovered in our Earth’s oceans. Human impact risks our chance for discovery and the health of our environment. The paradoxical logic of society in its approach to this resource and the plight of the earth’s oceans as a result compels my visual language.
My sculpture represents a convergence between existing and imagined realities inspired by the potential of the undiscovered life in our oceans. Through the use of iconographies drawn from the natural world found in our coastal environments, architectural landscape, and the cultural diversity the city of SeattIe has to offer, I create objects that suggest an esoteric existence. The objects become their own biological entities with their own spirituality and provoke the experience of an independent, symbolic world.
Virginia received a B.F.A. in Ceramics from East Tennessee State University and an M.F.A from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. She has undertaken Artist Residencies at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, The Mendocino Art Center in California, and The Sages housed by the Inn at Sunrise Springs in Santa Fe, New Mexico, The Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, and Pottery Northwest in Seattle, Washington. Curently she maintains a studio at INScape Arts and Cultural Center in the International District of Seattle. Virginia has taught Visual Organization II (3-D Design) and Introduction to Studio Ceramics, for which she developed her own curriculum, both at the university level. She has also produced projects commissioned by Monsanto Corporation and the William Kerr Foundation while acting as lead artist and mentor to inner city youth apprentices. This fall, Virginia will work at the Seattle Aquarium as a Creative Content Mentor with their Creativity Inspiring Conservation Program.
Virginia has been published in one of the ceramic field’s top magazines, Ceramics Monthly. Her work has been exhibited nationally in both juried and invitational settings. She has also been the recipient of many awards including a grant from Artist Trust.
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Virginia W. Jenkins
E-mail: vwjenkins@yahoo.com
Education:
2011
Masters of Fine Art, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois
05/2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Johnson City, TN
Exhibitions:
2014
"PostGlamism: Glam Art in the 21st Century"; juried by Mike Sweney, COCA Seattle, WA
"Journey of Discovery", Shoreline City Hall Gallery, Shoreline,WA
"Emerged: After the Residency", Lillstreet Gallery, Chicago, IL.
"Drift", Pottery Northwest (Solo Exit Show), Seattle, WA
"Its Always Now, Leary Gallery", Seattle.WA
2013
"Entropic Quandary," Hanson Gallery, Houston, TX (Concurrent Independent
Exhibition with NCECA)
The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO. (October 25th-December 1)
"Northwest Ceramics Invitational," Kolva Sullivan Gallery and Trackside Gallery, Spokane, WA
2012
ARTWALK, Gainsbourg, Seattle WA. (Scheduled October)
S.W.A.N Show, invited artist, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
New Talent, Gallery Fifty-Six, Memphis TN
Clay Lives Here!, Seattle Design Center, Seattle Washington.
Sea Tac Airport, Seattle, Washington
2011
SoFlo Ceramics, invited artist, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Artist in Residence Exhibition, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
2010
“Vasefinder,” 5th annual digital exhibition, invited artist, Arvada,Colorado.
“Central Time Ceramics,” Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.
“Contemporary Clay Biennial 2010,” Western Colorado Center for the
Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado.
“Ceramic Sculpture,” Mill Gallery, The Guilford Art Center, Guilford,CT.
“New*Art Exhibition,” Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
“Faculty Exhibition,” Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl.
2009
“Symbiotic Enigma,” MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Edwardsville Art
Center, Edwardsville, Illinois
“Two By Two: Small Scale Sculpture Biennial,” Eastern Washington
University Gallery of Art, Cheney, WA
“Student Graduate Show,” SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
“Student Success Show,” MUC, Edwardsville, Illinois
Professional Experience:
2013
-Master Artist Workshop, Moshier Community Art Center, Burien, WA
2012
-Artist in Residence, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Washington.
2011
-Artist in Residence, The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
(September 2010-April 2011)
-Studio Assistant for Steven Hill, The Armory Art Center, West Palm
Beach, FL.
-Studio Assistant for Brenda McMahon, The Armory Art Center, West Palm
Beach, FL.
-Studio Assistant, Shari Dixon Inc., Memphis, Tennessee
Jewelry production studio. (September-January.)
2010
-Lecture, Palm Beach State Community College, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2009
-Assistant to Chair and Information Supervisor, Southern Illinois
University at Edwardsville
-St. Louis Artworks, Lead Artist, Instructor, Mentor, accepted RFP
proposal to develop curriculum for sculpture discipline and produce
commissioned project for Monsanto and Forest Park Forever with inner
city school apprentices.
(June-July)
Teaching Experience:
2013
Instructor, Hand Building, Adult Class, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA (Jan.-December)
Instructor, Wheel-Throwing, Adult Class, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA (April-August)
Instructor, Workshop for Avenade, Team-Building, Pottery Northwest, Seattle WA
2012
-Instructor, Wheel-Throwing, Adult Class. Pottery Northwest, Seattle,
Washington (April-June).
-Instructor, Wheel-Throwing, Adult Class. Pottery Northwest,
Seattle, WA (July-August).
-Instructor, Workshop for Microsoft Corporation, Pottery Northwest,
Seattle, WA.
2011
-Faculty of Armory Art Center, Beginning Throwing, Adult Class.
The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL (January-April).
-Faculty of Armory Art Center, Youth Handbuilding. The Armory Art
Center, West Palm Beach, FL (January-April).
-Faculty of Armory Art Center, Teen Wheel-Throwing. The Armory
Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL (January-April).
-Faculty of Summer Art Camp, third through fifth grade clay.
(June-August) West Palm Beach, FL.
2010
-Faculty of Armory Art Center, Beginning Throwing, Adult Class.
The Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL September-December).
-Faculty of Armory Art Center, Youth Hand building. The Armory Art
Center, West Palm Beach, FL (September-December).
-Faculty of Armory Art Center, Youth Wheel-Throwing. The Armory
Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL (September-December).
-Faculty of Armory Art Center, Youth Winter Camp. The Armory Art
Center, West Palm Beach, FL. (December 20-23, 2010).
2008
-Instructor of Record, Art 202c: Intro to Studio Ceramics, fall semester
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (developed curriculum)
-Instructor of Record, Art 202c: Intro to Studio Ceramics, July session
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (developed curriculum)
-Instructor of Record, Art 112d, Visual Organization II, spring semester,
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (3D Design)
2007 Instructor of Record, Art 112d, Visual Organization II, fall semester,
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (3-D Design)
Publications:
2014
“Exposure,” Ceramics Monthly, March 2014
2010
-Birke, Judy. “Guilford Art Center Ceramics Show…” New Haven
Register. 11 July 2010
-Hoffman, Hank. “Clay Another Way.” Connecticut Art Scene.
12 July 2010
http://ctartscene.blogspot.com/2010/07/clay-another-way.html
Awards:
2013
-Grants for Artist's Project Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2009
-Martha Holden Ceramic Award, “Student Graduate Show,” Edwardsville, IL.
-Purchase Award, “Student Success Show,” Edwardsville, Illinois
-Graduate Assistantships, fall and spring, Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville
-Friends of Art Award, Friends of Art Auction, Lewis and Clark College
2008
-Graduate Assistantships, fall and spring, Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville
-Honorable Mention, Friends of Art Auction, Edwardsville, Illinois.
-Purchase Award, “Student Art Competition,” Edwardsville, Illinois
Permanent Collections:
Student Success Center at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Burger Collection
Jim Kolva, Kolva-Sullivan and Trackside Gallery, Spokane, WA
Galleries
COCA, PostGlamism: Glam Art in the 21st Century; juried by Mike Sweney |
Seattle Design Center, 5701 6TH AVE S, suite 258 OPENING RECEPTION: May 15 6-9 PM |
The Gallery at Shoreline City Hall, "Journey of Discovery" |
Floors 2 & 3 Shoreline City Hall 17500 Midvale Ave N OPEN HOUSE: Thursday, May 1, 5:30 – 7:00pm Art, artists, and conversation Live music: piano & violin by Shoreline Community College |
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