ELIZA AU

DENTON, TX

BORN: JUNE 26, 1982 (NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA)

Education

2009 MFA, Ceramic Art, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred Station

2005 BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 Archetype, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan 2022 The Architecture of Solace, Greenwich House Pottery, New York 2017 Abstract/Arabesque/Analog, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff • Triforium, Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Parall(elles): A History of Women in Design, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, QC, Canada • International Biennial of Contemporary Ceramic Art – Faenza Prize 2023, International Museum of Ceramics, Italy • Underneath Everything: Humility and Grandeur in Contemporary Ceramics, Des Moines Art Center, IA • Coalescence, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO • I Contain Multitudes, 2023 NCECA Annual, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati Arts Association, OH • Deconstructing the Mold, Red Lodge Clay Center, MT 2022 CraftTexas, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX • 2022 Craft Biennial, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA • Reminiscing the Now, The Gallery at UTA, University of Texas at Arlington • Constructed Landscapes: Brick, Tile and Pillar, Blue Line Arts, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Sacramento, CA • 24th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX

• Artaxis Invitational, Longwell Museum, Neosho, Missouri

2021 XYZ 4th Virginia McClure Ceramic Biennale, Galerie McClure, Centre des arts visuels, Montreal, QC, Canada • La céramique en plein essor, La Guilde, Montreal, QC • Journeys,

Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO • Contemporary Clay: A Survey of Contemporary American Ceramics, The WCU Fine Art Museum, Cullowhee, NC 2020 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan • 41st Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, AZ • The Clay Studio National 2020, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 2019 Korean International Ceramic Biennale, Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do

Selected Awards

2022 ClayHouston’s Award for Texas BIPOC Ceramic Artists, Mid-Career and Beyond 2021 McKnight Artist Residency for Ceramic Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN • Arts Abroad Grant Residency Canada Council for the Arts 2020 Award of Excellence, JRACraft Chrysalis Award, James Renwick Alliance for Craft, Smithsonian American Art Museum 2016 Windgate Summer Scholarship, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT

Gallery Representation

La Guilde, Montreal, QC, Canada • The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario • Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY • Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, QC, Canada • Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Professional Experience

2019-Current Assistant Professor in Ceramics, University of North Texas, Denton 2023 Artist in Residence, Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv, Israel • Artist in Residence, Tandem, Künstlerhaus Stadttöpferei Neumünster, Germany 2022 Workshop, Structure and Form: Ornamental Lattices, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN 2018 Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark