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Contact

abbey.peters4@gmail.com

Education

2024   MFA - Ceramics, Sculpture Secondary, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2023   MA - Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2019   BFA - Studio Art, Minor - Art History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Professional Experience

2024-pr.    3D Studio Technician, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA

2023-24    Ceramics Area Administrator, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2021-24    Instructor of Record, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

2021          Studio Manager, Thrown Elements Pottery, Arlington Heights, IL

2020          Teaching Assistant & Monitor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL

2019          Ceramics Intern, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Artist Residencies

2025   Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2023   laRex l’Atelier: International Artist Residency Exchange, St. Raphael, France

CIRCA Residency Exchange, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO

Solo Exhibitions

2025    Berea College, Berea, KY (forthcoming)

2024    24: Sub Rosa, UI Health Care: Project Art, Iowa City, IA

 From Lemons to Leaves, Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2019    Four Years Later, Walker Stone House, Fayetteville, AR

2018    Indelible Acts, Installation and Performance, Fayetteville, AR

Group Exhibitions

2025   Intersections: Meaning Through Materiality, A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

Vessels, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL

Midwest Regional, Artlink Contemporary, Fort Wayne, IN

2024  River 2 River, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA

Garden Of Earthly Delights, Coop Gallery, Nashville, TN

Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

NCECA Juried Student Exhibition, Visual Art Center, Richmond, VA

Ephemeral Altars, 3 North, Richmond, VA

Hush, Hush, Grandstaff and Stein, Richmond, VA

Clay National, curated by Matt Mitros, Clay Studio of Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA

2023  What We Take Forward, Smalter Gallery, Kansas City, MO

(Be)Longing, Latela, Washington DC

Circa Annual Exhibition, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO

Potted & Planted, The Greenhouse, Iowa City, IA

38th San Angelo Ceramic Symposium, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX

Past Curfew, Somerset, Cincinnati, OH

Lushly, curated by Sydney Ewerth and Paul Maloney, Fern, Cincinnati, OH

2022  Ceramics Invitational Exhibition & Symposium, Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Whispers In the Weeds, The Butterfly House Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Think Pink!, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA

S&I Open House, Visual Arts Building, Iowa City, IA

2021  Hang In There Baby, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA

2020   Locus: III, Curated by Whitney LaMora, The Martin, Chicago, IL

2019   Tacos On Plates, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO

Interim, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Green: Year Two, Curated by Allison Hobbs and Chloe Jones, Company Club, Bentonville, AR

Pale Pinky, Walker Stone House, Fayetteville, AR

UARK Lamp, Curated by Chris Rodgers, Forage Modern, Minneapolis, MN

Resting, Curated by Payton Wiedner, Forage Modern, Minneapolis, MN

2018   NWA Scout Guide Exhibition, Windgate Design District, Fayetteville, AR

Art Walk, Ceramics Exhibition, UARK Ceramics Studio, Fayetteville, AR

2017   Venus, Collaborative Performance, Ponte Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy

Juried Student Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Fayetteville, AR

Research, Service

2023    Graduate & Professional Student Government Research Grant, Iowa City, IA

Received funds to travel to the Millennium Seed Bank, Chelsea Physic Garden, and Victoria and Albert Museum in London to conduct research

Small Grant for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Iowa City, IA

Received funds to build a community apiary and garden to research honeybee ecosystem and collect wax, honey, propolis, and seeds from abortifacient plants

2022    Teaching Artist, UI Reach Art Workshop, Iowa City, IA

Led ceramics classes for students with differing intellectual, cognitive, and learning abilities

2021-24    Volunteer Crisis Advocate, Rape Victim Advocacy Program, Iowa City, IA

Completed 36-hour trauma-informed advocacy training and served on-call for direct client advocacy with dispatch to schools, hospitals, and law enforcement departments

Awards, Grants

2025   Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

            Union Street Gallery, Merit Award, Chicago Heights, IL

2024   Athena Fund Finalist, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL

2023   CIRCA Residency Exchange Grant, Boulder, CO

Graduate & Professional Student Government Research Grant, Iowa City, IA

Small Grant for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Iowa City, IA

2022   Graduate Student Senate Degree-Related Travel Award, Iowa City, IA

2021   Len Everett Award for Excellence, Iowa City, IA

Glenn C. Nelson Memorial Award, Iowa City, IA

2019   School of Art Summer Research Grant, Fayetteville, AR

2018   Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Scholarship, Snowmass Village, CO

School Of Art Research Travel Award, Fayetteville, AR

2017   Nina J. Erikson Merit Scholarship, Fayetteville, AR

UARK Rome Summer Program Scholarship, Rome, Italy

Artist Lectures, Demos, and Workshops

2025    Berea College, Visiting Artist Workshop and Lecture, Berea, KY (forthcoming)

2023    University of Colorado – Boulder, Visiting Artist Demonstration, Boulder, CO

2021    Cornell College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Virtual

2019    Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Artist Lecture, Snowmass Village, CO

Publications, Features, Collections

2025   Ceramics Monthly, Spotlight Article: “A Decorative Vessel”, June/July/August 2025

2024   Kinhouse Art, Catalog curated by Kaylan Buteyn and Dana Caldera

Grinnell College, The S&B: “Grinnell’s Underground Art Scene”, essay by Bea Crist

2023   Woodman Study Collection, University of Colorado – Boulder

2019   MILK, catalog curated by Nicolette Bonagura and Nicole Norman

UARK LAMP, catalog and essay by Adam Welch