EDUCATION

2004-07

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS  Resident Artist

1983-85

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS Core Student program  Penland, North Carolina

1978-82                       

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY  Bachelor of Fine Arts  St. Louis, Missouri

AWARDS

2006

Smithsonian Craft Show, Artists Choice, Bronze Award

2004

Cain Park Arts Festival – Juror’s Selection, Cleveland Heights, OH

2003

St. Louis Art Festival – Beth Ann Gertstein Juror’s Award, St. Louis, MO

2003

Cain Park Arts Festival – First Place, Best in Show, Cleveland Heights, OH

2003 

Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship,  Columbus, OH

2002

NCECA, Cups of Merit Award,  Kansas City, Missouri

2001

Columbus Arts Festival, Jurors' Choice, 3-Dimensional,  Columbus, OH

2000

Crafts At The Castle, Best in Ceramics,  Boston, MA

2000

St. Louis Arts Festival - Mel Watkin Juror’s Award,  St. Louis, MO

1999-02

Cain Park Arts Festival – Jurors Selection &, Directors Choice Awards, Cleveland Hts, OH

1998                            

Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship,  Columbus, OH

1996

Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship,  Columbus, OH

PUBLICATIONS

2008

500 Tiles An Inspiring Collection of International Work  Lark Books

2007

500 Dolls Handmade Dolls Modern Explorations of the Human Form  Lark Books

2007

Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion    February/March 2007 page 60

2006

Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion   November pages 53, 54, 57

2006

Ceramics Monthly  December Page 28

2006

500 Animals in Clay Contemporary Expressions of the Animal Form Lark Books

2006

Design Language, Interpretive Edition by Tim McCreight  Brynmorgan Press

2005

500 Cups, Ceramic Explorations of Utility and Grace  Lark Books

2005

Ceramics Monthly, March  

2005

Making and Installing Handmade Tile by Angelica Pozo   Lark Books

2004

500 Figures in Clay, Lark Books

2003                            

500 Bowls, Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design   Lark Books

2003

Clay Times,  January/February

2002

Ornament, Spring

2002

Ceramics Monthly, March

2001

Hand built Tableware, by Kathy Triplett  Lark Books

2000

Making Ceramic Sculpture by  Raul Acero, Lark Books 

2000

At Home With Art, by Estelle Ellis  Clarkson N. Potter

1998

Ceramics Monthly, September

1998

American Style, Spring    

1996

American Craft, “Portfolio”   October/November

SOLO and Two Person EXHIBITIONS

2008

Sherrie Gallery  solo show  Columbus, Ohio

2008

AKAR  Jenny Mendes and Michael Kline New Work   Iowa City, IA

2008

The Clay Studio: In the Niche  Philadelphia, PA

2007

Signature Gallery  Atlanta, GA  solo show

2006

The Works Gallery  Philadelphia, PA  solo show

2004

Signature Gallery  Atlanta, GA  solo show

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008

Ahead of the Need an invitational exhibition to benefit CERF - craft emergency relief fund

Curated by Lana Wilson and Anthony Schaller  Red Lodge Clay Center  Red Lodge, MT

2008

Rockford Art Museum “Common Thread: Contemporary Craft” Rockford, IL

2008

Still Life in G Gallery “The Shy Show” curated by Susan Andrew and Carolyn Fellman Bradenton, FL

2008

Baltimore Clay Works “Another Cup”   Baltimore, MD

2007

AKAR  “Recent Ceramics: Silvie Granatelli, Jenny Mendes & Ron Meyers”  Iowa City, IA

2007

Baltimore Clay Works “Opposites Attract” curated by Nick Joerling  Baltimore, MD

2007

Penland School of Crafts “Tea”  & “Resident Artists Show”  Penland, NC

2007

Santa Fe Clay  “Agape”  Feb/March  “2007 Instructors Show”  March/April  Santa Fe, NM

2007

Obsidian Gallery Tucson, AZ

2007

The Clay Studio   “Plates and Platters: Salon Style” Philadelphia, PA

2006

Signature Gallery “Intimate Rituals of Daily Life” Krista Grecco, Kathy King, Jenny Mendes, Janis Mars Wunderlich

Atlanta, GA               

2006

Mary Lou Zeek Gallery “The Other” Curated by William Skrips  Salem, Oregon

2006

Poetic Expressions of Mortality, Figurative Ceramics from the Porter-Price Collection

Currated by Martha Connell,  Mobile Museum of Art  Mobile, Alabama

2006

University of Montavallo  “Just A Head: a Survey of Ceramic Heads”  Calera, Alabama

2006

Ohio Craft Museum  “Stories in Clay”  Columbus, Ohio

2006

Baltimore Clay Works “An Extravagance of Salt & Pepper” Currated by Gail Brown  Baltimore, MD

2006

Society of Art and Crafts “ Our Cups  Runneth Over”  Boston, MA

2006

Xen Gallery  “Likeness/Human Form in Clay”  St. Louis, MO

2005

Penland Gallery “New Work from the Barns” Work by Penland’s current resident Artists   Penland, NC

2005

The Clay Studio “Mastery in Clay”  Philadelphia, PA

2005

Penland Gallery “Enclosed Within”  Penland, NC

2005

Obsidian Gallery “Recuerdos/Remembrances” Tucson, AZ

2005

Santa Fe Clay “Cups Cups  Cups”  Santa Fe, NM

2005

Blue Spiral 1 “Hot/Ice Tea IV”  Asheville, NC

2005

Society of Arts and Crafts “Things Your Mama Said” Boston, MA

2005

Santa Fe Clay “Flowers That Bloom in Spring” Santa Fe, NM

2005

Lucinda Gallery “Body Language the Figure in Clay” (in conjunction with NCECA)  Baltimore, MD

2005

Lillstreet “The Contemporary Cup” Chicago, IL

2005

The Clay Studio “Bowled Over” Philadelphia, PA

2005

Signature Shop and Gallery “Stories and Visions of Nature in Clay” Atlanta, GA

2005

Florida Craftsman “Daily” St. Petersburg, FL

2005

Santa Fe Clay “Man’s Best Friend” Santa Fe, NM

2004

The Clay Studio “Thirtieth Anniversary Auction” Philadelphia, PA

2004

Society of Arts and  Crafts “Our Cups Runneth Over” Boston, MA

2004

Hodges Taylor Gallery “Gather Round the Table”  Charlotte, NC

2004

Red Art Studios “A Show of Bowls” Kansas City, MO

2004

Obsidian Gallery “Here I Am" Invitational, multi-media theme show  Tucson, AZ

2004

Society of Arts and Crafts “Grimms Fairy Tails” Boston, MA

2004

Santa Fe Clay “The Drawn Surface” Santa Fe, NM

2004

Society of Arts and Crafts  “Portraits” Boston, MA

2004

Indiana University of Pennsylvania  “Material Wealth” Indiana, PA

2003

Obsidian Gallery “Go Figure” A multi media exhibition exploring the human condition Tucson, AZ

2003

Massillon Museum “With Reverent Hands” Massillon, OH

2003

Obsidian Gallery  “Icono-Clash”  Tucson, AZ

2003                            

Society of Arts and Crafts  “Craft Boston”  Boston, MA

2003

Santa Fe Clay  “Hundreds of Cups”  Santa Fe, NM

2003

Ferrin Gallery  “Subject  - Me - Object:  Autobiographical Ceramic Sculpture”  Lenox, MA

2003                            

ArtGallery999  “27@999: A Teapot Invitational”   San Diego, CA

2003                            

Wayne Center for the Arts  “Functional Ceramics 2003”  Wooster, OH

2003

Sandusky Cultural Arts Center  “Blue”  Sandusky, OH                                  

2003

The Odyssey Gallery   “Beastiary”   Ashville, NC   

2003-02

The Clay Studio  “Mastery in Clay”  Philadelphia, PA

2003

OXOXO Gallery  “Doll Show”  Baltimore, MD

2002

Obsidian Gallery  “Annual Dia de los Muertos”  Tucson, AZ Invitational

2002                            

The Signature Shop & Gallery  “Being Human: Figure Expressed”  The Atlanta, GA

2002

OXOXO Gallery  “Oops Our Undies Are Showing!”  Baltimore, MD

2002

Smithsonian Craft Show  Washington, D.C.

2002

Ferrin Gallery  “Major Figures:  A Group Show of Figural Lenox, MA Ceramics”

2002

Ferrin Gallery  “Teapots Transformed: A Group Show”  Lenox, MA

2002

Craft Alliance   “Once Upon a Time” & “The Body in St. Louis, MO Clay”

2002

Society of Arts & Crafts  “Images on Clay”  Boston, MA

2002

The Arts Center  “The Doll Show”  St. Petersburg, FL

2002                            

Sandusky Cultural Arts Center  “Without Color”  Sandusky, OH