Resume
Solo Exhibitions
- "Lormina Salter Fellowship Solo Exhibition", Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD (June 2012)
- "Polarity of Meaning", Franklin and Marshall College, Rothman Gallery, Lancaster, PA (March 2012)
- "Archaic Structure", West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 2011
- "Small Works", Mio Studio Gallery, Lancaster, PA, 2011
- "Illumination", DOSHI Gallery for Contemporary Arts, The Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 2010
- "Plurality: Codes and Ciphers", The Center for Emerging Visual Artist's Alumni Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
- "Cipher", The Gallery at Penn College, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA, 2010
- "Illuminations", Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, 2009
- "Ciphers", Rose Lehrman Art Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA, 2009
- "New Works", The Starin’ Artists, Lancaster, PA, 2008
- "Semantics", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, 2008
- "Semantics", Howard Community College, Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Colombia, MD, 2007
Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions
2012
- "4th Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition", Concordia University, St Paul, MN
2011
- "Same Page" Lowercase Gallery, Wrightsville, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Red Rose City" The Goggle Works, Reading, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Coded" Gallery II, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD (Two Person Exhibition with Lars Westby)
- "Echo Valley Art Group Annual Exhibition", West Chester University, West Chester, PA
- "Paper Hearts" Unison Gallery, New Paltz, NY (Group Invitational)
- "Collectanea" Lowercase Gallery, Wrightsville, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Members Juried Exhibition", The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2010
- "Art on the Farm", Manheim, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Flight", Annual Echo Valley Art Group Exhibition, E-town College, Lyte Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA
- "Art of the State 2010", The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA (Juried Exhibition)
- "Holiday Exhibition" Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
2009
- "Biennale Juried Ceramics Exhibition", Northern Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
- "Clay 3 - National Juried Ceramics Exhibition", The Clay Space, Warrenville, Il (Juried Exhibition)
- "47th Annual Open Art Award Exhibition", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (Juried Exhibition)
2008
- "Art on the Farm", Manheim, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Co-LAB", Where Exhibitions @ The Infantree Gallery, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "46th Annual Open Art Award Exhibition", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (Juried Exhibition)
- "Small Works", The Space, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Finding A Path-Honing a Line", The Ellis Armory, Pittsburg, PA (Group Invitational)
- "PLACEmats", Where Exhibitions @ The Parlor, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
2007
- "Visions", Carr’s Restaurant, Lancaster, PA (Two Person Invitational)
- "Art on the Farm", Manheim, PA (Group Invitational)
- "45th Annual Open Art Award Exhibition", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (Juried Exhibition)
- "RCAP Community Exhibition Series", Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Spring Exhibition", Lancaster Clay Studio, Manheim, PA (Group Invitational)
2006
- "Surfacings", Hopkins House Gallery, Hadden Township, NJ (Group Invitational)
- "Art of the State 2006", The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA (Juried Exhibition)
- "44th Annual Open Art Award Exhibition", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (Juried Exhibition)
- "The Space – Windows Exhibition, Vertical Semantics" Wachovia Bank, Lancaster, PA (Juried Exhibition)
- "Small Works", The Space, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Crafts National", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (National Juried Exhibition)
- "RCAP Community Exhibition Series", New Cortland, Philadelphia, PA (Group Invitational)
2005
- "Holiday Sale", Mio Studios, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Art on the Farm", Manheim, PA (Group Invitational)
- "43rd Annual Open Art Award Exhibition", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (Juried Exhibition)
- "The Space - Windows Exhibition, Register", Lancaster, PA (Regional Juried Exhibition)
- "Small Works", The Space @ Duchess of Duke, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Strictly Dysfunctional" Godfrey Advertising, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Something New" Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA (Group Invitational)
- "American Al2O3 SiO2 2H2O: Contemporary Sculpture", Area 405, Baltimore, MD (Group Invitational)
- "Watershed Kiln Gods, Looking Back - 1997-2003", Gallery 1448, Baltimore, MD (Group Invitational)
- "Center for Emerging Visual Artists", Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA (Invitational)
- "Winter Exhibition", Troupe and Co. Fine Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
2004
- "Holiday Sale", Mio Studios, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Winter Exhibition", University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Collaboration I", Creative Artist Network @ Chashama, New York, NY (Group Invitational)
- "Ceramic Overload!", Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Creative Artists Network", William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA (Group Invitational)
- "ETS" Brodsky Gallery, Princeton, NJ (Group Invitational)
- "Keppel Artists Co-op Exhibition", Keppel Building, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Embracing the Arts", Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE (Group Invitational)
- "Space Windows - Fulfilling the Hollows", The Space, Lancaster, PA (Regional Juried Exhibition)
- "15th National Ceramics Competition", San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX (Juried Exhibition)
- "Center of Gravity", Troupe & Co. Fine Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA (Two Person Exhibition)
- "Emerging", Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA (Group Invitational)
2003
- "Artists and Artisans", Troupe & Co. Fine Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Baltimore Bound", Maryland Institute College of Art, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Group Invitational)
- "Off the Wall", Creative Artist Network Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (Group Invitational)
2002
- "Art on the Farm", Manheim, PA (Group Invitational)
- "ANA 31", Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MO (National Juried Exhibition)
- "Studio Assistant Exhibition", Sandra Blaine Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN (Group Invitational)
- "Art Walk 2002", Zoetropolis Independent Film and Art, Lancaster, PA (Group Invitational)
- "Young Artists in Residence Exhibition", Sykes Gallery, Millersville, PA (Group Invitational)
Residencies
- Baltimore Clayworks Resident Artist, Lormina Salter Fellowship, Baltimore, MD, 2011 - present
- Lancaster Clay Studio, Artist in Residence, Studio Manager, Lancaster, PA, 2005 - 2008
- Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Professional development affiliate, Philadelphia, PA, 2003-2005
- Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Kiln God Artist in Residency, New Castle, ME, 2003
- Young Artist in Residence, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, 2000-2003
- Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Studio Assistant, Gatlinburg, TN 2002
Grants and Awards
- Lancaster County Convention Center Purchase Award, Lancaster, PA, 2009
- First Place "Art of the State 2006", The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, 2006
- First Place "44th Annual Open Art Award Exhibition", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, 2006
Professional Associations
- National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts - member since 1998
- Echo Valley Art Group - member since 2010
Publications
- Williamsport Sun Gazette, January 2010, "Lots of Layers": Shalya Marsh's Artwork is Full of Hidden Meaning" by Mathew Parrish
- Art Matters, January 2008, "Regional" by Ellen Slupe
- Art Matters, August 2006, "Stately Exhibitions" by Ellen Slupe
- We Magazine, March April 2005, "Culture Stock" by Barbara Kyne
- Lancaster New Era, February 3, 2005, This Weekend, "Art is Just Around the Corner" by Diane Bitting
- Intelligencer Journal, Happenings, March 5, 2004, "Center(s) of Gravity" by Carla Di Fonzo
Collections
- Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA
- Katherine Morrison and Charles Tandy, Lancaster, PA
- Mary Colleen Heil, Lancaster, PA
- Dr. Steven Dimontoni, Lancaster, PA
- Lois Dostelik and Lydia Henry, E4 Exchange, Lancaster, PA
- Caroline Henderson, Lancaster, PA
- Mio Studios, Lancaster, PA
Workshops and Lectures
- Visiting Artist Lecture, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 2011
- Visiting Artist Lecturer and Gallery Talk, The Gallery at Penn College, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA, 2010
- Workshop and Lecture, Montgomery School, 2004
- Visiting Artist, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
- Lecture , The Space, Art Circle Lecture Series 2002
Education
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, 1999
- Penland School Of Crafts, Penland, NC, 1998-2002
- Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2002
Teaching Experience
- Baltimore Clayworks, Ceramics Instructor, 2001-present
- Price Elementary Extended Day Program, Art Instructor, 2010 - 2011
- La Academia Partnership Charter School, Art Teacher, 2007-2011
- South Central PaPartners (PCA) Artists in Education, Rostered Artist, 2005-present
- Lancaster Museum of Art, Ceramics Instructor, Lancaster, PA, 2001-2011
- Hand in Hand, Teaching Residency, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 – 2008
- The Print Center, Artists in Schools, Philadelphia, PA, 2005- 2007
- Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, Teaching Residency, Council on Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Lancaster, PA, 2003
- Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, Teaching Residency, Lancaster County Library System, Lancaster, PA 2003
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