dharma strasser maccoll

biography

Education
M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan May, 1997
B.A. Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin May, 1993
Lorenzo De Medici, Florence, Italy September-May, 1991-92

Solo Exhibitions
2005 Migration, Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, California
2005 Suspension, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Borders , Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 New Work, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Harborage, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 The Space Around Things, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1998 5 Installations, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Sculptural Ceramic Groupings, Bona Keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 New Works, Bona keane Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Painterly Ceramics, Bona Keane Gallery, Portland. OR

Group Exhibitions
2005 Marin Arts Council , Novato,CA.
2004 Women‘s Work, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA.
2003 Northern California Clay, NCECA Conference, Town and Country Convention Center, San Diego, California
2003 Periphery, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2003 18 Women, CCC Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR
2003 Selections 2003, Artspan, The Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
2002 The Art of Clay: Contemporary West Coast Artists, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2002 New Ceramic Horizons, Paradise Ridge Winery, Santa Rosa, CA
2001 Selections, Herbst International Pavilion, Artspan, San Francisco, CA
2001 Containment: Recent Work by Kate Blacklock, Brad Schweiger and Dharma Strasser, University of Texas at El Paso, TX
2000 Of Now and Future Dreams, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2000 Fragments & Clay Drawings, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Ceramics Monthly International Competition, Columbus, OH
1999 Heretofore Unseen, Carmichael Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Emerging Artists, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 Summer Ceramics Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME
1997 1997 Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR Curated by Kathryn Kanjo
1997 New Generation: Graduate Student Exhibitions, Shaw Guido Gallery, Pontiac, MI
1997 Clay Dominant, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI

Awards
1997 Jaymes B. Leahy Grant May, 1997
1997 Juror‘s Award, New Generation: Graduate Student Exhibitions, Shaw Guido, Pontiac, MI.

Workshops, Residencies, and Lectures
2002 Artist lecture, Napa College, Napa, CA.
2001 Artist lecture, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso.TX.
2000 Workshop: Wall, Table, Floor: Utilizing the Sculptural Space of the Room in Clay, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2000 Workshop,Non-Fired Surfaces: Exploring Alternatives to Glaze, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
2000 Residency in the studio of Miroslav Paral, Cesky Krumlov , Czech Republic

Teaching Experience
Instructor of Ceramics, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA., January 2007-Present
Instructor of Ceramics, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA., August 1999 - Present
Instructor of Ceramics, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA., January 2000 - June 2000
Instructor of Ceramics, National Institute for Art and Disabilities, Richmond, CA., November 1998 - January 2000
Instructor of Ceramics, Portland Community College, Portland, OR., October 1997 - September 1998