Simon Levin
    W11561 Mill Creek Rd
    Gresham, WI 54128
    715-787-4831

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• Master of Fine Art in Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 1998
• Master of Art in Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, May 1997
• Bachelors of Art, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA May 1990
  

• College of Menominee Nation, Fundamentals of Design, Keshena, WI 2006
• University of Wisconsin, Intermediate & Advanced Ceramics, Green Bay, WI 2004 - 2005
• Corning Community College, Kiln Building Summer Course, Corning NY 2003

• University of Missouri, Throwing demos and lecture, Columbia, MO 2005
• Cambridge Potter's Guild, Throwing demos with Karl Borgeson, Cambridge, WI 2005
• Southern Illinois University, Anagama loading and firing workshop, Edwardsville, IL 2005
• Syracuse University, Anagama loading and firing workshop, Syracuse, NY 2004
• Corning Community College, Wood-firing workshop, Corning, NY 2004
• Peninsula Art School, Pots for Potters, Fish Creek, WI 2004
  
• Southern Illinois University, Kiln building, Edwardsville, IL. 2003
• Syracuse University, Kiln Building, Syracuse, NY. 2003
  
• Good Dirt, Clay center, Athens, GA 2002
• Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN 2002
• Fired Earth Pottery, Appleton, WI 2002, 2001, 2000
• Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT 2001
• Walton Wood Kiln, Walton, NY 2000
• University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley, Appleton WI 2000
• Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA, 1999
• Dallas Craft Guild, Dallas TX, 1999
• University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1999
  MacNider Museum, Mason City, IA, 1998
• University of Wisconsin, Steven's Point, WI, 1998
• Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 1998
• University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1998

• Speaking Volumes, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2002
  
• CIVIL WARE, The Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2000
• OBJECTING, Studiolo, Iowa City, IA, 1998
• ART OF UTILITY, Art Guild of Burlington, Burlington, IA, 1998
• ARTOFUTILITY, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1997
• RE-TURNING,, Alumni Show, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, 1996
• RE-NAIVE, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, University of IA, Iowa City, IA, 1996
• GIFTS OF FLAME AND LIGHT, Berman Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 1995

• Strictly Functional Clay National, Lancaster PA, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000.
• State of Clay, Lexington art and Craft Guild, Lexington, MA 2004
• First helpings: Plates and Platters, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN 2004.
• Winter tour, Art Stream Nomadic Gallery, 2004
• All Over the Map, Black mold Studios, Indianapolis, IN. 2004
• Snow Birds, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM 2003
• Tea for Two or Twenty, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN 2003
• Sensuous, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO, 2003
• Clay, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA 2003
• American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN 2003, 2002
  
• For the Table, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM 2002
• Celebrating 35 Years, Art Guild of Burlington, Burlington, IA 2002
• American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN 2002
• Necessary Objects, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL 2002
• Clay and Glass, Corning Community College, Corning, NY 2002
• 2001: A Clay Odyssey, Archie Bray Foundation 50th Anniversary, Helena, MT 2001
• Strictly Functional Clay National, Lancaster PA 2002
• Strictly Functional Clay National, ITC Award, Lancaster PA 2001
• Strictly Functional Clay National, Lancaster PA 2000
• Celebrate the Object, Utilitarian Clay III, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. Gatlinburg TN 2000
• Teapot Invitational, ZenClay Gallery, WV 2000
• Bridge: A Show of Ceramic Work, Delta Axis Gallery, Memphis, TN 2000
• State of Clay, Lexington Art and Craft Guild, Lexington, MA 1999
• Ceramic Alumni Exhibit, Stanley Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1999.
• Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal & Wood Exhibition. Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA 1999
• Clay Cup VII, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 1999
• 1999 NCECA Clay National. Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH 1999
• Viewpoint Ceramics '99, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA 1999
• Japanese Table, Iowa Artisans, Iowa City, IA 1999
• 4 For Form and Function, Summit Street Gallery, Iowa City, IA 1999
• Tea or Poetry: Artists and the Teapot, Iowa Artisans, Iowa City, IA 1998
• Greetings From Iowa, Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998
• Ceramics USA 1998. University of North Texas, Denton, TX 1998

• Oshkosh Art fair, Juror, 2000
• Functional Fire: Woodfired Cup Exhibition, Juror, Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City, IA, 1999
• Container: Selections from the Mannheimer Collection, Museum of Art, University of Iowa, 1997-98

• Contemporary American Ceramics, Kevin Hluch, Krause Publications, 2001
• "The Functional Sagger," Clay Times, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp 38-39, March/April, 1999. Art In America, 1998 Catalogue of American Artists
• Art In America, 1998 Catalogue of American Artists.
• "Gallery," Clay Times, Featured Artist, Color Plate, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 37, April 1996

• Art in the Park, Appleton, WI, Best 3-D 2002, Best of Show 2000, Honorable Mention 2001
• ITC Kiln Coat Award, Strictly Functional Pottery National, 2001
• Awarded Best of Utilitarian, State of Clay, Lexington Art and Craft Guild, Lexington, MA, 1999
• Commissioned work for Grinnell College's dedication Bucksbaum, 1999.
• Len Everett Scholarship in Art, 1997-98
• Glenn C. Nelson Scholarship in Ceramics, 1996
  

   Kilns Built

• Anagama, 250 cubic feet, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL. 2003
• Anagama, 100 cubic feet, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. 2003
• Anagama, 100 cubic feet, Corning Community College, Corning, NY. 2003
• Downdraft wood kiln, 100 cubic feet, dual fire boxes, Manatutu, East Timor. 2003
  
• Anagama, 200 cubic foot stacking area, Mill Creek Pottery, Gresham WI 2002.
• Single chamber wood kiln, Mill Creek Pottery, Gresham WI 1999
• Anagama, consulted and helped build, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 1997
• Single chamber gas salt kiln, Dallas Craft guild, Dallas TX 1997
• Two chamber catenary arch Wood kiln University of Iowa , Iowa City, IA 1997
• Tube kiln. Wood-fired, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1996
• Two chambered sprung arch Noborigama wood/salt kiln, 400 cubic feet stacking space Farmington, GA 1994

   Private Collections

• Archie Bray Foudation, Helena MT
• Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
• University of Iowa Museum, Iowa City, IA

• Creation of a working pottery and water filtration project, Manatutu, East Timor. 2003