CV
Christina Bendo
cmbendo@gmail.com
EDUCATION
University of Mary Washington BA in Studio Art, 2013
WORK AND EXPERIENCE
2018
Technical Assistant to Michael Kline, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Artist in Residence, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Production Resident, STARworks Ceramics, Star, NC
Duties include working on three production lines for outside clients, maintaining quality control, packing and shipping product
2017
Artist in Residence, North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC
Salad Days Artist in Residence, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Artist in Residence, STARworks Ceramics, Star, NC
2016
Fall/Winter Artist in Residence, International Ceramics Studio, Kesckemet, Hungary
2014-2016
Artist in Residence, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, Va
Duties include hanging gallery shows, teaching classes, assisting with sales in addition to maintaining set studio hours and producing a line of work
2015-2016
Volunteer at the St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour and Sale, Harris, MN, assisting Dan Finnegan
2013-2016
Production studio assistant at Sophia Street Studios to potter Trista Chapman, Fredericksburg, VA
Studio responsibilities include making hump and slump mold work, decorating, glazing, and kiln loading, hanging gallery shows, maintaining website and social media
2014-2015
Volunteer at Pottery on the Hill, Washington, D.C., assisting Dan Finnegan
2015 Emerging Artist
2013-2014
Pottery studio technician, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
Loading kilns, mixing slips and glazes, maintaining studio space, assisting with gallery sales, teaching classes
2012-2013
Executive Board member of the Student Art Association, University of Mary Washington
2012
Wheel throwing instructor at Pots and Palettes, Fredericksburg, VA
AWARDS AND OTHER EDUCATION
2014-2016
Women Working in Clay Symposium at Hollins University, Roanoke, Va
2014 Presenters: Meredith Brickell, Giselle Hicks, Suze Lindsay, Linda Sikora,
Gwendolyn Yoppolo
2015 Presenters: Linda Christianson, Cristina Cordova, Donna Polseno, Shoko Teruyama
2016 Presenters: Syd Carpenter, Michelle Erickson, Liz Quackenbush, Tara Wilson
2013
Scholarship to attend Peter's Valley School of Craft
Precision and Chance: Firing Porcelain in Cone 8 Oxidation, Instructor: Doug Peltzman
Travel grant to attend NCECA 47th Annual Conference, Earth/Energy in Houston, TX, awarded by the University of Mary Washington
2012-2013
Intern at Gallery VC, Fredericksburg, VA
2012
J. Binford Walford Scholarship in Architecture
Work study scholarship at Penland School of Crafts
Objects and Images, instructor: Israel Davis
EXHIBITIONS
*Indicates a solo or small selected group exhibition
2018
Tabletop, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
Working Pots III, James May Gallery, Algoma, WA
2017
*Juncture, STARworks Center for Creative Enterprises, Star, NC
2016
*We Are All in This Together, Kapolna Gallery, ICS, Kecskemet, Hungary
*Common Ground: A Collaboration 17 Million Years in the Making, with artist David Wold, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, Va
Verses to Visions, Water Street Studio, Fredericksburg, Va
Patron's Show, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
2015
Small Favors X, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
*Fredericksburg Plein Air Exhibition and Memory Takes Flight, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
Small Works Exhibition, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
Patron's Show, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
Feast For the Eyes, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
2014
Small Works Exhibition, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
6 x 6 x 6, Annual Juried Exhibition, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
Patron's Show, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
2013
Small Works Exhibition, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Mary Washington
Juror: Paul Ryan, professor of art at Mary Baldwin College, contributing editor for Art Papers Magazine
UMW Invitational Student Exhibition, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
Afterpiece, Senior Group Exhibition, University of Mary Washington
2012
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Mary Washington
Juror: Rebecca Cross, owner of Cross MacKenzie Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Award of distinction
* Nine Muses, Gallery VC, Fredericksburg, VA
2011
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Mary Washington
Juror: Steve Griffin, artist and professor emeritus of art at University of Mary Washington
Honorable mention for ceramics