Andrew Bailey Arend
Born Alaska // Lives North Carolina
bailey.arend@gmail.com
www.baileyarend.com
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Drawing Ghosts, Lacuna Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2017
Vestiges, Claymakers, Durham, NC
2016
Deft Perception, (Two-person exhibition with Hannah Thompsett) Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred NY
2014
Angularity, The International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
2013
Terra Cognita, The Bunnell Street Art Center, Homer, AK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Faculty Biennial, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
2023
Earth is a Time Machine, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, TN
Lending Library Vol 1, Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
Transformations, Construct 3D Conference, NYU Tandon, Brooklyn, NY
Sculpture in the Garden, Hooverness, Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
COSO, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Strange Days, Hiddenite Center, Hiddenite, NC
Transformations, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
2022
Transformations, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
Between States of Being, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greeneville, SC
A Tournament of Lies, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
Faculty Biennial, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
2021
Draw You In, King Street Art Collective, Boone, NC
North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, NC
The Ceramics Forum, NCECA 2021 Online Exhibition
From Here, Hiddenite Center, Hiddenite, NC
Alumni Exhibition, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
2020
Faculty Biennial, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
2019
Suggestions for a Perplexing Thought, Lacuna Gallery/Springbox Center for the Arts, NCECA Concurrent Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Landscape: Real or Imagined, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Bemis Benefit Art Auction, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
Structures of Atmosphere, NCECA 2018 concurrent exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Raleigh, NC
2015
Variance, WURKS Space, Providence, RI
No Ice Cream without Cow Shit, Turner Gallery, Alfred NY
Grants/Awards/Collections
2024
University Research Council Grant, Appalachian State University
2022
Regional Artist Project Grant, Ashe County, North Carolina Arts Council
2020
Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Appalachian State University
2018
Regional Artist Project Grant, Watauga County, North Carolina Arts Council
2016
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, MFA Collection
Nominee, Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, Alfred University
2013
Career Opportunity Grant, Alaska State Council on the Arts
Residencies and Fellowships
2022
Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY
2018
The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, OR
2017
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
2016
Studio Assistant, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2013
Studio Assistant, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2010-2012
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC
Studio Assistant, Penland, NC (2012)
Lectures / Visiting Artist
2023
Workshop Leader, Construct 3D Conference, NYU Tandon, Brooklyn, NY, Aug 3
Panel Discussion, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC, March 1
2019
Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, April 1
2018
Lecture, Tri-State Sculpture Conference, Greensboro, NC, October 19
Lecture, North Hennepin Community College, Lacuna Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Jan 11
2017
Visiting Artist / Lecture, Industrial Designers Society of America, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, April 11
2016
Visiting Artist / Lecture / Demonstration, Alfred Summer Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, July 15
2015
Lecture / Visiting Critic, 7th Grand Valley State University Ceramics Forum, Grand Valley State University, Grand Valley, MI, October 19
2014
Lecture, First Year Graduate Presentations, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, September 10
2013
Visiting Artist / Lecture / Demonstration, Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, Alaska, June 8
Visiting Artist, Begich Middle School, Anchorage, AK
Education
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred NY
Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics, May 2016
University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
Practicum Student, 2012-2014
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, May 2010, Cum Laude
Experience
2023 - Present
Full-time Lecturer and Digital Fabrication Lab Operations Manager, Appalachian State University
2020-2023
3/4-time Lecturer and Lab Operations Assistant Manager, Appalachian State University
2019 (Fall)
3/4-time Lecturer, Appalachian State University
2018-2019
3/4-time Lecturer and Lab Operations Assistant Manager, Appalachian State University
2016-2017
Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Teaching Assistant, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2015
Teaching Assistant, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2014
Teaching Assistant, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Scanning and Plaster Technician, Castable Ceramics, Anchorage, AK
2013
Temporary Technician in Ceramics, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
2010-2012
Ceramics Instructor, Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC
Courses Taught
Clay I: Handbuilding
Clay II: Handbuilding
Clay I: Throwing
Clay II: Throwing
Special Topics Advanced Clay
Foundations Drawing
Foundations II
Carving
Installation
Design for Digital Fabrication
Art for Social Change
Art and Ecology (Intro to Studio Art)
Design – Make Ceramics (Intro to Studio Art / Ceramic Technology)