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Christina Bendo
EDUCATION
University of Mary Washington BA in Studio Art, 2013
WORK AND EXPERIENCE
2023
Continuing education instructor at Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
2018-present
Studio potter in Waynesville, NC
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
2015-2020
Emerging Artist and Assistant at Pottery on the Hill, Washington, D.C.
2014-2016
Artist in Residence, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, Va
Clay Instructor, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, Va
2013-2016
Production studio assistant at Sophia Street Studios to potter Trista Chapman, Fredericksburg, VA
2013-2014
Pottery studio technician, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
EXHIBITIONS
2022
“Brush, Dip, Pour”, Golding-Yang Art Gallery at Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
“Cup: The Intimate Object XVIII”, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2021
“Yunomi Invitational”, Clay AKAR
2020
“Studio Tour Exhibit”, Haywood Arts Council Gallery, Waynesville, NC
“Across the Pond and Back Again: Making, Training, and Influence”, Virtual exhibition concurrent with NCECA, organized by Dan Finnegan
“Origins: UMW Ceramics Faculty and Alumni”, DuPont Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA
“New Members Show 2020”, Piedmont Craftsmen’s Guild online 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
“Memory Takes Flight”, a solo exhibition at LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
“Patron's Show”, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
“Feast For the Eyes”, LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Heartwood Gallery, Saluda, NC
Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Twigs and Leaves Gallery, Waynesville, NC
Woodlands Gallery, Hendersonville, NC
Schoolhouse Gallery at STARworks, Star, NC
Libertytown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA