
Stephen Fisher
Ceramics
Curriculum Vitae
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 "A Potter’s Perspective", Takami Gallery of Art, Treasure Valley Community College, Ontario, Oregon
"A Potter’s Perspective”, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
1997 “Ceramic Vessels”, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
“Solo Exhibition”, The Potter's Center Gallery, Boise, Idaho
1996 "Clay/Landscape/Vessel", Takami Gallery of Art, Treasure Valley Community College, Ontario, Oregon
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 "It's Only Clay 2022", Watermark Arts Center, Bemidji, Minnesota. Juror: Delores Fortuna
"2022 Southern Miss Ceramics National", University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Juror: George Rodriguez
"Strictly Function Pottery National", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Jurors: Jack Troy and Carolanne Currier
"Members Exhibition", Main Gallery, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jurors: Paul Briggs and Lisa Buck
2021 -22 "EIGHT", Rosenthal Gallery of Art, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2019 “Four Make Forms”, GEM Gallery, Gem Center for the Arts, Boise, Idaho
2017 "Faculty Exhibition”, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2013 “Inter/change”, Gallery at The Linen Building, Boise, Idaho
2008 “Seven from the C of I”, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2005 “ACI Faculty Show”, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, Albertson College (The College of Idaho), Caldwell, Idaho
2001 “ACI ART“, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, Albertson College (The College of Idaho), Caldwell, Idaho
1999 “Dislodged Symmetry”, Stephen Fisher and George McCauley, Herrett Center for the Arts and Sciences, College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho
"Art Equinox”, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana
1998 “1998 Idaho Triennial”, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
“Faculty Exhibition”, Rosenthal Gallery of Art, Albertson College of Idaho (The College of Idaho), Caldwell, Idaho
1997 “Oregon Clay/97 National", Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
“Brand 27”, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, California
“1997 Monarch National”, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, Alabama
"Companions of the Cupboard", Gallery 1021, Lill Street Studios, Chicago, Illinois
"Clay Cup VI", University Museum, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Illinois
AWARDS AND HONORS
2022 Visual Arts Fellowship, Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
2018 Quickart$ Project Grant, The Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
Faculty Growth and Development Grant, The College of Idaho, Caldwell,
Idaho
2017 Faculty Growth and Development Grant, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2011 Quickart$ Project Grant, The Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
Faculty Growth and Development Grant, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
1999 Quickart$ Professional Development Grant, The Idaho Commission on the Arts, Boise, Idaho
Faculty Growth and Development Research Grant, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
1997 Quickart$ Professional Development Grant, Idaho Commission on the Arts., Boise, Idaho
Faculty Growth and Development Grant, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Juror’s Award, “Oregon Clay/97 National”, Renshaw Gallery, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Juror: David Gilhooly
Juror’s Award, “Brand 27”, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, California. Juror: Philip Cornelius.
Purchase Award, "Clay Cup VI", University Museum, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Illinois. Juror: Mark Burns
LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
2022 The College of Idaho 2022 Student Research Conference, Moderator, Roundtable Online Session with Artists in the Exhibition “Body Politic” at Rosenthal Gallery of Art, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2019 Ceramics Demonstration, "Half-Baked Ideas" Series of Faculty Research Presentations, The College of Idaho,
Caldwell, Idaho
2018 Sabbatical Presentation (Lecture and Demonstration), The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Pottery Demonstration, Timberline High School, Boise, Idaho
2017 Lecture, “Writing an Artist Statement", Treasure Valley Artist Alliance, Boise Idaho
Lecture, “Writing an Artist Statement", College of Western Idaho, Nampa, Idaho
2015 Pottery Demonstration, Caldwell High School, Caldwell, Idaho
Lecture, “Creativity and the Liberal Arts”, Liberal Arts Lecture Series, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
2011 Sabbatical Presentation, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Artist Lecture (Drawings), College of Western Idaho, Nampa, Idaho
2004 Sabbatical Presentation, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
1997 Sabbatical Presentation, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
RELATED EXPERIENCES
2017-19 Community Ceramics Instructor, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
1984-7 Sculpture and Ceramics Studio Technician, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
1883-4 Ceramics Resident Assistant, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, Idaho
COLLECTIONS
University Museum, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1990-pres. Professor of Art, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
Art Department Chair 1994-2015, Faculty President - Elect 2018-19, Faculty President 2019-20
1988-90 Full-Time Instructor of Art, Palo Alto Community College, San Antonio, Texas
1981-83 Art Teacher, Kimball Union Academy, Meridian, New Hampshire
EDUCATION
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 1987. M.F.A. in Ceramics.
Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, Idaho, 1983-84.
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1978. B.A. in Studio Art.