SALLY
RESNIK ROCKRIVER
196 COLLINS MOUNTAIN ROAD CHAPEL HILL NC
27516
(919) 342 6605 srockriver@gmail.com www.thermallab.com
BIOGRAPHY
Born
1970 in Chapel Hill, NC
Lives and works in Chatham County, NC
EDUCATION
1996
MFA Ceramics and Combined Medias, Hunter College, NYC
1992
BFA with Honors, Ceramics and Painting, UNC- Chapel Hill,
NC
AWARDS
AND FUNDING
2008 Chatham County Studio Tour, Second Place
Award
2006 First Place in Ceramics: Best
of North Carolina Artists
Kennedy Publications
Honorable
Mention Sculpture: Best
of North Carolina Artists
Kennedy Publications
2001
Scholarship to The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass:
Study with Harumi Yukutake
2000
Research at National Science Foundation Workshop on Chemistry and
Art,
Millersville University, PA
Funding
for Preparation of Articles on Geochemistry with Dr. Brian Stoner,
UNC-Chapel Hill
1999 Co-Investigator Materials
Fund:
Zinc Silicate Project, Material Sciences Department at
UNC-Chapel Hill
1987 Scholarship: Studies in Genetic
Engineering, N.C. Science Camp,
UNC- Wilmington
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009
Featured Artist, The Joyfull Jewel, Pittsboro, NC
Winter Invitational, Greenhill Center for the Arts, Greensboro, NC
Small Works Invitational, Elon College Gallery,
Elon, NC
2008 Regrowth, Greenhill Center for NC Arts,
Greensboro, NC
Small Works Invitational, Elon College
Gallery, Elon, NC
2007 Planetary Formations, Studio
Exhibit, Resnik Thermal Lab, NC
2006 New Planets, Studio
Exhibit, Resnik Thermal Lab, NC
2004 Thermal Formations,
Studio Exhibit, Resnik Thermal Lab, NC
2003 Completed
By Nature, Gallery The, Brooklyn NY
2002 Geochemical
Formations, Solo Exhibition, Rome Arts, Brooklyn, NY
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EXHIBITIONS (continued)
2001 Gender Play, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
The Synthesis Project, UNC Chapel Hill Art Department Gallery
Frozen Moments, Studio Exhibit, Resnik Thermal Lab, NC
2000 Geochemical Prizes, Virtual Circus, Revolving Museum, Boston
Geochemical
Artifacts, Sandbox Bang, Galapagos, NYC
1999 Thermal
Discoveries, Solo Exhibiton, Braddigins Art Gallery, Hillsboro, NC
Take Back the Streets, ABC No Rio, NYC
Let's Make it Dirty, 42nd Street, NYC
1998
Durham Arts Council Juried Exhibition, Durham, NC
NC Arts Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Process, Baby
Jupiter, NYC
1997 Future Visions, Velvet, NYC
1996
Zine World, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
Sandbox Performers: Fate and Chance, Flamingo East, NYC
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Science and Ceremony, Hunter
College, NYC
Selected Exhibitions from the
Deviant Playground, T.E.S. Conference, NYC
1995 Rites of
Spring, Installations in Gardens of NYC
Sandbox,
Shelter Eclectic, NYC
Deviant Playground,
Suffolk Schoolhouse, NYC
1994 Landmark Music and Arts,
Brooklyn, NY
1993 Fountains, NC Crafts Gallery, Chapel
Hill, NC
1992 BFA Honors Thesis Solo Exhibition, Glass
Gallery, U.N.C.-Chapel Hill, NC
2008-10
Six
International Artists Combining Glass and Ceramics, Jessamy
Kelly,
PHD at University of Sunderland, England
2007
The
Best of America Glass, Kennedy
Publications
2006 The
Best of North Carolina Artists, Kennedy
Publications
2005 Encyclopedia
of Ceramics
, Steven Goldate; Australia
Ceramics
Today,
Artist of the Week, Steven Goldate
2004 Making
Marks,
Robin Hopper, KP Books
Ceramics
Monthly,
Cover Article, Thermal Formations,
Sally Resnik
Rockriver, March
2002 New
York Times:
Art in Review, Roberta Smith, April 12th
American
Style Magazine,
Chatham County Artists, Charlotte Richardson
2001
In-Shows-NYC. July 19, Sandbox #9, Amy Shapiro
1999
Art
and Craft of Clay,
Susan Peterson, Prentice-Hall
1998
Working
with Clay,
Susan Peterson, Overlook Press
Sandbox Magazine, Geochemical Sounds, Sally Resnik: Jain/Myerson
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BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
1998-2009
Feature
Articles in Local Newspapers:
Durham
Herald,
Chapel
Hill Herald, Durham News and Observer, Chapel Hill News,
Sanford Herald, Daily Tarheel, Burlington Times News, Raleigh
News and Observer, Chatham Record, Carrboro Free Press
Sandbox
Magazine,
Place Yourself Outside, Sally Resnik: Jain/Myerson
Sandbox Magazine,
Process, Sally Resnik: Jain/Myerson
1997 Sandbox
Magazine,
Art Review, Christiaan Koop: Jain/Myerson
Sandbox
Magazine,
Game of Life, Sally Resnik: Jain/Myerson
1996 Sandbox
Magazine,
Reflection Site, Sally Resnik: Jain/Myerson
1995 Sandbox
Magazine,
Play or Pray, Sally Resnik: Jain/Myerson
New York Post,
Pic of the Week, Review of Deviant Playground
New
York Magazine,
Gotham, Review of Deviant Playground
RELATED EDUCATION
Glass
Plus One: Harumi Yukitake, the Studio at the Corning Museum of
Glass, Corning, NY
Hot Glass Sculpture: Karen Willenbrink,
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Glass Blowing: Nick Mount, the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
1996-8 Glass
Blowing and Construction: Jon Offut, Moorhead State University,
MN
1993 Anagama Woodfiring: Chuck Hindes, Arrowmont School
of Arts,
Gatlinburg, TN
1992 Glaze Chemistry: Val
Cushing, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1990
Woodfiring: Ken Sedberry, Penland, NC
Altering
Pots: Mary Law, Penland, NC
Drawing: Clarence
Morgan, Penland, NC
1989 Salt Firing: Kirk Mangus, Penland, NC
LECTURES and
TEACHING
1999 –PRESENT: Director: Resnik Thermal Lab.
2000-1
Visiting Scholar: Art Department, UNC-Chapel Hill
2000
Lecturer: National Science Foundation Workshop, Millersville
University, PA
Materials Science Lecturer: Glass
and Ceramics Lab, UNC-Chapel Hill
1996-8 Head of Ceramics:
Assistant Professor, Moorhead State University,
Moorhead,
MN
1995-6 Adjunct Ceramics Instructor, Hunter College,
NYC
1996 Artist in Residence, public demonstrations,
American Craft Museum, NYC
Ceramics Studio
Manager, MFA building Hunter College, NYC