GINNY SIMS

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

BORN: AUGUST 1, 1977 (LITTLE ROCK, AR)

Education

2012 MFA, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis

2005-2006 Post-Baccalaureate Studies in Ceramics, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

2004 Trinity Certificate TESOL, Trinity College London/ The Windsor Institute of Languages, Barcelona 2001 BA, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Recent works, OfR, Paris • Recent Works, Tiwa Select, Los Angeles • Brief Histories, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN 2019 CHORUS, Forage Modern Workshop, Minneapolis, MN 2018 No Creature Loves an Empty Space, Lacuna Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2017 Six Towns, The White Page, Minneapolis, MN • On the Table, The Shop Floor Project, Ulverston, UK 2014 New Work, Bottle Rocket Gallery, Fayetteville, AR 2011 Peter, I Will Miss You, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wausau 2009 Prince William Sound, Carbondale Clay Center, CO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Pattern of Hand, Mast Books, New York 2021 Right Now, Hair and Nails, Minneapolis, MN • In the Pleasure Garden, The Shop Floor Project, Ulverston, UK 2020 Future Future, Hair and Nails, Minneapolis, MN 2019 Little Red Quartet, The White Page, Minneapolis, MN • Object Lessons, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis 2017 The Painted Parlour, The Shop Floor Project, Ulverston, UK • Small Objects, Lacuna Gallery, Minneapolis, MN • Group Show: Collecting Art, Hair and Nails, Minneapolis, MN 2016 Bedfellows Club, Kate Shannon’s Apartment, Oakland, CA •

On View at ACC, American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN 2015 Stool Sample, Midnight Brigade, Minneapolis, MN • Katherine Rutter & Ginny Sims, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock • Art of the Cup, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

Selected Awards

2022 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN • Creative Support for Individuals, Minnesota State Arts Board 2020 Jerome Ceramic Artists Project Grant, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN 2017 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board 2015 Jerome Foundation Study and Travel Grant, Jerome Foundation, MN • Powderhorn Kitchen: 38th and Chicago Business Association Pop-Up Art Storefronts 2014 Northern Spark: Dosha Kitchen, Minneapolis, MN • Community Supported Art (CSA), Springboard for the Arts and MNartists.org 2013 Jerome Ceramic Artists Project Grant, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

Gallery Representation

Hair and Nails, Minneapolis, MN • The Shop Floor Project, Ulverston, UK • Tiwa Select, Los Angeles • OfR, Paris

Professional Experience

2016-2022 Lecturer, Introduction to Art, Beginning Ceramics, Art History (Pre-Historic to Contemporary), Minneapolis Community and Technical College, MN 2019 Women’s Studio Workshop Parent Residency, Rosendale, NY 2014 Grand Marais Art Colony, MN