Aby Henry CV
Residencies
2024 San Juan Island Visiting Artist San Juan Island, Washington
2023 Sou'Wester Artist Residency Seaview, Washington
Playa Summer Lake Artist Residency Summerlake, Oregon
2021 Oregon Potters Association Teaching Residency, Portland, Oregon
2020 Arteles, Finland (could not attend due to a scheduling conflict)
2019 CRETA Rome, Rome, Italy
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
2017 Jingdezhen Private Studio, Jingdezhen, China
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
Scholarships and Fellowships
2024 San Juan Island Visiting Artist, San Juan Island, Washington
2021 Featured Artist Fellowship, Collaboration with the Mae Fellowship
2019 Fellowship, Pilchuk Glass School
2018 Windgate Fellowship, Craft Artists Fellowship for Vermont Studio Center
BB_H20, Assistantship, Privately Funded Scholarship
Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch
2016-2018 Graduate Grant, Oregon College of Art & Craft,
Commitment to Excellence Scholarship, Oregon College of Art & Craft,
2009 Kiln God Scholarship, Watershed Ceramics, Edgecomb, ME
2006-2009 Millenium Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno
Education
2023 Traditional Kintsugi, Emi Joyce, Wildcraft Studios
2019 Manifesting Surface, AEsa Bjork & Helena Kagebrand, Pilchuk Glass School
2018 Clay, Wood, Steel, Trey Hill, Anderson Ranch
2017 Undulating Functional Porcelain, Martha Grover, Sierra Nevada College
2018 MFA in Craft, emphasis in Ceramics, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2009 BA in Ceramics
Minor in Art History, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
2008 Studies abroad at the University Della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Exhibitions
2024 Glimmers, Solo Exhibition, San Juan Island Grange, Washington
2023 Breathe, Solo Exhibition, Sou'Wester Seaview, Washington
Playa Summer Lake Summerlake, Oregon
2021 Share, Learn, Show. Group Exhibition, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
2020 Flutter. Solo Exhibition, Portland, OR, HomeBase Gallery ~ canceled due to Covid
2019 Heart Armor - Ruminations on Safety. Group Exhibition, CRETA, Rome, Italy
Connexxion. Solo Exhibition, Medalta Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, Canada
In. Between. Of, Group Exhibition, Concordia University, Portland, OR
2018 Recalcitrant, Group Exhibition, Wolf Kahn Gallery, VSC, Johnson, VT
Re Solve, Group Exhibition, Clay Building Gallery, Portland, OR
Art of the Horse Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA
Day Today To Day, Group Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR
Topography of the Body, Solo Exhibition, Thurman St. Collective, Portland, OR
Tool Among Tools, Group Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Impetus, Group Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
Put a Word On It, Group Exhibition, Front Door Gallery, Portland, OR
What Goes Bump in the Night, Group Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV
Xie Xie, Group Exhibition, Jingdezhen Private Studio, Jingdezhen, China
2016 Open House, Group Exhibition with We Make PDX
Shop People, Group Exhibition at Shop People, Portland, OR
2010 Loose Ends, Solo Exhibition at River Gallery, Reno, NV
2009 Coalesce, Solo Exhibition at the McNamara Gallery at UNR, Reno, NV
2009 Emerging Artists, Group Exhibition at Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
Professional Experience
2009 - present Founder and Owner of Bridgetown Sparrow Ceramics Portland, OR
2019 - 2020 Caster and Glazer at Mudshark Studios
Summer 2019 Ceramics Teacher, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2016 - 2019 Studio Assistant, Ceramics department, OCAC, Portland, OR
Summer 2018 Teacher & Counselor Art Adventures, OCAC, Portland, OR
2017 - 2018 President, Ceramics Guild, OCAC, Portland, OR
Summer 2017 Teacher & Counselor Art Adventures, OCAC, Portland, OR
2016 - 2017 Vice President, Ceramics Guild, OCAC, Portland, OR
Summer 2016 Teacher & Counselor Art Adventures, OCAC, Portland, OR
2013 - 2016 Ceramics Department Head, Shop People makerspace, Portland, OR
2008 - 2009 President, ceramics guild, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
2024 San Juan Island Visiting Artist San Juan Island, Washington
2023 Sou'Wester Artist Residency Seaview, Washington
Playa Summer Lake Artist Residency Summerlake, Oregon
2021 Oregon Potters Association Teaching Residency, Portland, Oregon
2020 Arteles, Finland (could not attend due to a scheduling conflict)
2019 CRETA Rome, Rome, Italy
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
2017 Jingdezhen Private Studio, Jingdezhen, China
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
Scholarships and Fellowships
2024 San Juan Island Visiting Artist, San Juan Island, Washington
2021 Featured Artist Fellowship, Collaboration with the Mae Fellowship
2019 Fellowship, Pilchuk Glass School
2018 Windgate Fellowship, Craft Artists Fellowship for Vermont Studio Center
BB_H20, Assistantship, Privately Funded Scholarship
Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch
2016-2018 Graduate Grant, Oregon College of Art & Craft,
Commitment to Excellence Scholarship, Oregon College of Art & Craft,
2009 Kiln God Scholarship, Watershed Ceramics, Edgecomb, ME
2006-2009 Millenium Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno
Education
2023 Traditional Kintsugi, Emi Joyce, Wildcraft Studios
2019 Manifesting Surface, AEsa Bjork & Helena Kagebrand, Pilchuk Glass School
2018 Clay, Wood, Steel, Trey Hill, Anderson Ranch
2017 Undulating Functional Porcelain, Martha Grover, Sierra Nevada College
2018 MFA in Craft, emphasis in Ceramics, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2009 BA in Ceramics
Minor in Art History, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
2008 Studies abroad at the University Della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Exhibitions
2024 Glimmers, Solo Exhibition, San Juan Island Grange, Washington
2023 Breathe, Solo Exhibition, Sou'Wester Seaview, Washington
Playa Summer Lake Summerlake, Oregon
2021 Share, Learn, Show. Group Exhibition, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
2020 Flutter. Solo Exhibition, Portland, OR, HomeBase Gallery ~ canceled due to Covid
2019 Heart Armor - Ruminations on Safety. Group Exhibition, CRETA, Rome, Italy
Connexxion. Solo Exhibition, Medalta Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, Canada
In. Between. Of, Group Exhibition, Concordia University, Portland, OR
2018 Recalcitrant, Group Exhibition, Wolf Kahn Gallery, VSC, Johnson, VT
Re Solve, Group Exhibition, Clay Building Gallery, Portland, OR
Art of the Horse Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA
Day Today To Day, Group Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR
Topography of the Body, Solo Exhibition, Thurman St. Collective, Portland, OR
Tool Among Tools, Group Exhibition, Centrum Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Impetus, Group Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
Put a Word On It, Group Exhibition, Front Door Gallery, Portland, OR
What Goes Bump in the Night, Group Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV
Xie Xie, Group Exhibition, Jingdezhen Private Studio, Jingdezhen, China
2016 Open House, Group Exhibition with We Make PDX
Shop People, Group Exhibition at Shop People, Portland, OR
2010 Loose Ends, Solo Exhibition at River Gallery, Reno, NV
2009 Coalesce, Solo Exhibition at the McNamara Gallery at UNR, Reno, NV
2009 Emerging Artists, Group Exhibition at Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
Professional Experience
2009 - present Founder and Owner of Bridgetown Sparrow Ceramics Portland, OR
2019 - 2020 Caster and Glazer at Mudshark Studios
Summer 2019 Ceramics Teacher, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2016 - 2019 Studio Assistant, Ceramics department, OCAC, Portland, OR
Summer 2018 Teacher & Counselor Art Adventures, OCAC, Portland, OR
2017 - 2018 President, Ceramics Guild, OCAC, Portland, OR
Summer 2017 Teacher & Counselor Art Adventures, OCAC, Portland, OR
2016 - 2017 Vice President, Ceramics Guild, OCAC, Portland, OR
Summer 2016 Teacher & Counselor Art Adventures, OCAC, Portland, OR
2013 - 2016 Ceramics Department Head, Shop People makerspace, Portland, OR
2008 - 2009 President, ceramics guild, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV
