Aby Henry CV
Residencies
2024 San Juan Island Visiting Artist San Juan Island, Washington
2023 Sou'Wester Artist Residency Seaview, Washington
Playa Summerlake Artist Residency Summerlake, Oregon
2021 Oregon Potters Association Teaching Residency, Portland, Oregon
2020 Arteles, Finland (had to cancel for personal reasons)
2019 C.R.E.T.A. 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
Education
2018 MFA 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
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Share, Learn, Show. Group Exhibition, Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2020 Flutter. Solo Exhibition, Portland, OR, HomeBase Gallery ~ cancelled due to Covid
2019 Connexxion. Solo Exhibition, Medalta in the Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, Canada
In. Between. Of, Group Exhibition, Concordia University Library, Portland, OR
2018 Recalcitrant, Exhibition with Dana Morrison, Vermont Studio Center, 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
Scholarships and Fellowships
2021 Featured Artist, Collaboration with the Mae Fellowship
2018 Windgate, Craft Artists Fellowship
BB_H20, Assistantship, Privately Funded Scholarship
Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch
Program Scholarship, Pilchuk School of Glass
2016-2018 Graduate Grant, Oregon College of Art & Craft
Commitment to Excellence Scholarship, Oregon College of Art & Craft
Professional Experience
2019 - 2020 Caster and Glazer at Mudshark Studios, Portland, OR
2016 – 2018 Studio Assistant, ceramics department, OCAC, Portland, OR
2017 - 2018 President, Ceramics Guild, OCAC, Portland, OR
2016 - 2017 Vice President, Ceramics Guild, OCAC, Portland, OR
Summer 2016 Teacher Assistant & 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 Summerlake Artist Residency Summerlake, Oregon
2021 Oregon Potters Association Teaching Residency, Portland, Oregon
2020 Arteles, Finland (had to cancel for personal reasons)
2019 C.R.E.T.A. 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
Education
2018 MFA 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
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Share, Learn, Show. Group Exhibition, Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2020 Flutter. Solo Exhibition, Portland, OR, HomeBase Gallery ~ cancelled due to Covid
2019 Connexxion. Solo Exhibition, Medalta in the Historic Clay District, Medicine Hat, Canada
In. Between. Of, Group Exhibition, Concordia University Library, Portland, OR
2018 Recalcitrant, Exhibition with Dana Morrison, Vermont Studio Center, 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
Scholarships and Fellowships
2021 Featured Artist, Collaboration with the Mae Fellowship
2018 Windgate, Craft Artists Fellowship
BB_H20, Assistantship, Privately Funded Scholarship
Presidential Scholarship, Anderson Ranch
Program Scholarship, Pilchuk School of Glass
2016-2018 Graduate Grant, Oregon College of Art & Craft
Commitment to Excellence Scholarship, Oregon College of Art & Craft
Professional Experience
2019 - 2020 Caster and Glazer at Mudshark Studios, Portland, OR
2016 – 2018 Studio Assistant, ceramics department, OCAC, Portland, OR
2017 - 2018 President, Ceramics Guild, OCAC, Portland, OR
2016 - 2017 Vice President, Ceramics Guild, OCAC, Portland, OR
Summer 2016 Teacher Assistant & 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
