ABBEY PETERS
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Education
2024 MFA - Ceramics, Sculpture secondary, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2023 MA - Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2019 BFA - Studio Art, Minor - Art History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Professional Experience
2024-Pr. 3D Studio Technician & Gallery Coordinator, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
2023-24 Ceramics Area Administrator, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2021-24 Instructor of Record, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2021 Studio Manager, Thrown Elements Pottery, Arlington Heights, IL
2020 Teaching Assistant & Monitor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL
2019 Ceramics Intern, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Artist Residencies
2025 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (forthcoming)
2023 laRex l’Atelier: International Artist Residency Exchange, St. Raphael, France
CIRCA Residency Exchange, University of Colorado BouldeR, Boulder, CO
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Berea College, Berea, KY (forthcoming)
2024 24: Sub Rosa, UI Health Care: Project Art, Iowa City, IA
From Lemons to Leaves, Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2019 Four Years Later, Walker Stone House, Fayetteville, AR
2018 Indelible Acts, Installation and Performance, Fayetteville, AR
Group Exhibitions
2025 Intersections: Meaning Through Materiality, A Gallery Alan Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Vessels, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
Midwest Regional, Artlink Contemporary, Fort Wayne, IN
2024 River 2 River, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Garden Of Earthly Delights, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Visual Art Center, Richmond, VA
Ephemeral Altars, 3 North, Richmond, VA
Hush, Hush, Grandstaff and stein, Richmond, va
Clay National, curated by Matt Mitros, Clay Studio of Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA
2023 What We Take Forward, Smalter Gallery, Kansas City, MO
(Be)Longing, Latela, Washington DC
Circa Annual Exhibition, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO
Potted & Planted, The Greenhouse, Iowa City, IA
38th San Angelo Ceramic Symposium, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Past Curfew, Somerset, Cincinnati, OH
Lushly, curated by Sydney Ewerth and Paul Maloney, Fern, Cincinnati, Oh
2022 Ceramics Invitational Exhibition & Symposium, Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Whispers In the Weeds, The Butterfly House Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Think Pink!, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
S&I Open House, Visual Arts Building, Iowa City, IA
2021 Hang In There Baby, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2020 Locus: III, Curated by Whitney LaMora, The Martin, Chicago, IL
2019 Tacos On Plates, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Interim, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Green: Year Two, Curated by Allison Hobbs and Chloe Jones, Company Club, Bentonville, AR
Pale Pinky, Walker Stone House, Fayetteville, AR
UARK Lamp, curated by Chris Rodgers, Forage Modern, Minneapolis, MN
Resting, Curated by Payton Wiedner, Forage Modern, Minneapolis, MN
2018 NWA Scout Guide Exhibition, Windgate Design District, Fayetteville, AR
Art Walk, Ceramics Exhibition, UARK Ceramics Studio, Fayetteville, AR
2017 Venus, Collaborative Performance, Ponte Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy
Juried Student Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
Research, Service
2023 Graduate & Professional Student Government Research Grant, Iowa City, IA
Received funds to travel to the Millennium Seed Bank, Chelsea Physic Garden, and Victoria and Albert Museum in London to conduct research related to current body of work
Small Grant for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Iowa City, IA
Received funds to build a community apiary and garden to research honeybee ecosystem and collect wax, honey, propolis, and seeds from abortifacient plants
2022 Teaching Artist, UI Reach Art Workshop, Iowa City, IA
Led ceramics classes for students with differing intellectual, cognitive, and learning abilities
2021-24 Volunteer Crisis Advocate, Rape Victim Advocacy Program, Iowa City, IA
Completed 36-hour trauma-informed advocacy training and served on-call for direct client advocacy with dispatch to schools, hospitals, and law enforcement departments
Awards, Grants
2025 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Union Street Gallery, merit Award, Chicago Heights, IL
2024 Athena Fund Finalist, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023 CIRCA Residency Exchange Grant, Boulder, CO
Graduate & Professional Student Government Research Grant, Iowa City, IA
Small Grant for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Iowa City, IA
2022 Graduate Student Senate Degree-Related Travel Award, Iowa City, IA
2021 Len Everett Award for Excellence, Iowa City, IA
Glenn C. Nelson Memorial Award, Iowa City, IA
2019 School of Art Summer Research Grant, Fayetteville, AR
2018 Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Scholarship, Snowmass Village, CO
School Of Art Research Travel Award, Fayetteville, AR
2017 Nina J. Erikson Merit Scholarship, Fayetteville, AR
UARK Rome Summer Program Scholarship, Rome, Italy
Artist Lectures, Demos, and Workshops
2025 Berea College, Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture, Berea, KY (forthcoming)
2023 University of Colorado – Boulder, Visiting Artist Demonstration, Boulder, CO
2021 Cornell College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Virtual
2019 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Artist Lecture, Snowmass Village, CO
Publications, Features, collections
2025 Ceramics monthly, Spotlight article: “A month of Urns” (forthcoming)
2024 kinhouse Art, Catalog curated by Kaylan Buteyn and Dana Caldera
Grinnell College, The S&B: “Grinnell’s Underground Art Scene”, essay by Bea Crist
2023 Woodman study Collection, university of colorado boulder
2019 MILK, catalog curated by Nicolette Bonagura and Nicole Norman
UARK LAMP, catalog and essay by Adam Welch