EDUCATION

1998      Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, B.F.A,Ceramics                                                                                                                        

1995-6  Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, National Student  Exchange                                   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Artist in Residence Program, Ophir Elementary School, Big Sky, MT

Art Around the Corner, National Gallery, Washington, DC      

Interim High School Ceramic Instructor, Big Sky, MT

HONORS AND AWARDS

2004   Individual Artist Residency, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, Arizona                      

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 2007    “Recollection” Clay Sculpture: fauna, flora, text, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

 2004    Clay As Canvas, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS            

2006    Auto Parts & Clay Bodies, Jill Zeidler & Tom Ferris, Turman-Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

2012    S T I L L, Jill Zeidler & Michael Haykin, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025      12th Annual Holiday Show, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT  (UPCOMING)

2025      A Kin to Clay, Tinworks Art, Bozeman, MT

2020     The Earth & Sky XX, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2019     The Earth & Sky XIX, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2016      Holiday Show, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

2016     The Earth & Sky XVII, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2015     Montana Clay, Paris Gibson Square Museum, Great Falls, MT

2013     Holiday Show, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

2013     The Earth & Sky XIV, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT            

2011     Holiday Show, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

2011     The Earth & Sky XII, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2010    Ten, Turman-Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

2009    The Earth & Sky X, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2008     Holiday Show, Turman-Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

2007     Holiday Show, Turman-Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

2007    August Quadrille, Shack Up, Bozeman, Montana

2006    The Earth & Sky VI, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2005    5, Turman-Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT

2004    Animal Imagery, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2004    Eleven Montana Artists, Shack Up, Bozeman, MT

2003   Small Works, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2002   Art Show, Non-Gallery Art Exhibit, Big Sky, MT

2002   Year of the Horse, Gallatin River Gallery, Big Sky, MT

2001   Disclosing October, The Exit Gallery, Bozeman, MT

INVITATIONALS

2009   Functional Ceramics Invitational 2009, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT                

AUCTIONS

2020-2025  Big Sky Art Auction, Big Sky, MT

2015-20     Auction for the Arts, Sotheby’s & Big Sky Arts Council, Big Sky, MT

2004          Connections, Mountain West Contemporary Art Auction, Bozeman, MT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Farell,James: “Finding Balance Between Modern and Rustic”, Mountain Living Magazine,2024                                

Hull,Kate:”Artisan”, Range I Design and Living in Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, WY,2016

Corriel, Michele: “Illuminations”, Western Art and Architecture, 2015

Corriel, Michele: “Clay as Canvas”, Big Sky Magazine, Bozeman, MT, 2007

Corriel, Michele: “Perfecting the Imperfections”, Big Sky Magazine, Bozeman, MT, 2004