Resume




Adam Stratton
Claysurfer@gmail.com




Education:
  • 2010 M.F.A. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
  • 2007 B.F.A.  Ceramics at Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, Colorado
  • 1998 Graduate, Kaua‘i High School, Lihue, Hawaiʻi

Professional Experience
  • 2018- Present Art instructor Temple Junior College Hutto, Texas
  • 2014-2016 Art instructor Blinn College Bryan, Texas
  • 2013 Studio Artist, Feats of Clay, Austin, Texas
  • 2012 Sales Assistant Art Connections Gallery, Bastrop, Texas
  • 2011 Lecturer, Ceramics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
  • 2010 Artist-in-Residence, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
  • 2010 Artist-in-Residence, Ceramic Art Museum, Fuping, China
  • 2009 Raku Ho’olaule’a, Assistant to guest artist David Kuraoka, Waimanalo Beach Park
  • 2007-2008 Ceramics Lab Supervisor University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
  • 2008-2009 Throwing Demonstrator, Art Mania, University of Hawaii at Mānoa Department of Art and Art History, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
  • 2007 Throwing Demonstrator, Hawaii State Art Museum 50th Birthday, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
  • 2004-2007 Ceramics Lab Technician, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, Colorado
  • 2005 Instructor at the Gunnison Art Center teaching Beginning and Intermediate wheel throwing ceramics classes, Gunnison, Colorado
  • 2005 Directed the Raku Workshop at the Gunnison Art Center, Gunnison, Colorado
  • 2003 Rudy Autio and Don Reitz, three day workshop, Mankato, Minnesota
  • 2002-2003 Work Study and Teacher Aid at Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Awards:
  • 2006 Pathfinder Magazine Scholarship award, Gunnison, Colorado
  • 2005 Full academic year scholarship from the Gunnison Art Center, Gunnison, Colorado
  • 2004-2005 Invited and Participated in Clay Fest, Manitou Springs, Colorado

Selected Exhibition Record:
  • 2013 Texas Tea Pot Tournament,  Houston, Texas
  • 2012-2013 Five by Seven, Austin Texas
  • 2012-2013 Art Connections Gallery, Bastrop, Texas
  • 2012 Hyatt Regency Lost Pines,  Bastrop, Texas
  • 2011 Hawaii Craftsman Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
  • 2011 International Contemporary Artists, Art Book Vol. III