ADRIAN ARLEO

b. 1960
aarleo@gmail.com
adrianarleo.com

EDUCATION

1986 M.F.A. CERAMICS, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1983-84 Graduate Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1983 B.A. ART AND ANTHROPOLOGY, Honors in Art, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
1982 Hoko River Archaeological Field School, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1981 American University of Rome, Rome, Italy

HONORS/AWARDS

1995 Montana Arts Council Individual Fellowship
1993 and 1992 Virginia A. Groot Foundation, Second Place Award, and Recognition Award, Evanston, IL
1991 Shimpo Award of Excellence, NCECA Clay National, Tempe, AZ
1990 “Emerging Talent”, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Cincinnati, OH

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 ADRIAN ARLEO, SOLO EXHIBITION, Wanda Hollensteiner Art Gallery, Flathead Valley Community College, Kalispell, MT
2024 INTERIORA, SOLO EXHIBITION, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT
2021 DOG DAYS, SOLO EXHIBITION, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT
2020 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW SCULPTURE AND SMALL WORKS, (online) Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 ADRIAN ARLEO: CONTINUANCE, Abmeyer and Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2012 ADRIAN ARLEO, HARBINGERS, NEW WORK, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW SCULPTURE, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW WORK, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008 ADRIAN ARLEO, BEYOND THE FIGURATIVE: CERAMIC SCULPTURE, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2007 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW BRONZE AND CERAMIC SCULPTURE, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW WORK, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW SCULPTURE, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 ADRIAN ARLEO, GIVING REFUGE, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW WORK, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
2000 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW WORk, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 ADRIAN ARLEO, NEW SCULPTURE: Nature Studies, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1997 ADRIAN ARLEO: NEW SCULPTURE, Projects Room, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1996 ADRIAN ARLEO: RECENT SCULPTURE, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 ADRIAN ARLEO: RECENT WORK, Art Museum of Missoula, MT
1994 ADRIAN ARLEO, “BRIDGE III” The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
1992 ADRIAN ARLEO: SCULPTURE, MIA Gallery, Seattle WA
1991 ADRIAN ARLEO: SCULPTURE, Fine Arts Gallery, Cheyenne, WY
1990 ADRIAN ARLEO: RECENT CERAMIC SCULPTURE, Maveety Gallery, Portland, OR
1982 ADRIAN ARLEO, “SKETCHBOOK: PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS FROM ROME, ITALY” Barbara Hinshaw Gallery, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 PRESENT FORM, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2025 WOMEN WORKING IN CLAY Invitational, Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
2025 LORE/TALKSTORY: BETH LO and ADRIAN ARLEO, Lucy LaCoste Gallery, Concord, MA
2020 WOMEN WORKING IN CLAY: Ten Years of Telling Their Story, Concurrent NCECA Exhibition, The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA
2019 IN PRAISE OF FOLLY; ARTIST AFTER PHILLIP GUSTON, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
2019 BESTIARUM VOCABULUM, Invitational, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT
2018 BEYOND CRAFT, THE ART OF CERAMICS, Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT
2018 DESIGN/DESIRE, Invitational, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT
2017 FEATURED WORK, The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Northwest Art, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2017 2nd Annual Ceramics Invitational, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT
2017 20th Anniversary Exhibition, The Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2017 EPICS, MYTHS AND FABLES, Curated by Russell Wrankle, Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT
2017 ART CHANGES THINGS, Faculty Exhibition, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
2016 FREAK SHOW, Loft Gallery, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2016 MICROCOSM; A SELECTION OF SMALL WORKS, Abmeyer and Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2016 LAST CHANCE ART SHOW, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
2016 IN THE COMPANY OF ANIMALS, Four-person exhibition, Leopold Gallery, Part of NCECA’s 50th Concurrent Exhibitions, Leopold Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2016 SURFACE AND SUBSTANCE: INTERSECTIONS IN CLAY, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT
2016 ADRIAN ARLEO, BETH LO, AND AYUMI HORIE, in conjunction with The Archie Bray Foundation’s 65th Anniversary Celebration, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
2016 PRESENTERS EXHIBITION, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
2015 BODIES and BEINGS, Abmeyer and Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2015 MONTANA CLAY, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
2014 FIGURE IT, Invitational, Ohio Craft Museum, Curated by Gwen Heffner, Columbus, OH
2014 UN/CONSCIOUS BENT, A SURVEY OF REGIONAL SURREALISM, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2014 THE TEAPOT EXHIBITION II, Invitational, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
2014 FACULTY EXHIBITION, North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington VT
2013 FACULTY EXHIBITION, Women Working in Clay Symposium, Tinker Mountain Visual Arts, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, Jane Sauer Gallery, S.O.F.A. (Sculptural Objects, Functional Art), Navy Pier, Chicago,IL
2012 ANIMAL MAGNETISM, Wallace L. Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
2012 PUSH PLAY: NCECA INVITATIONAL, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2012 THE REALM OF THE FEMININE: INTERIOR EDGE, NCECA, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2012 FINDING PLACE: CERAMIC WORK FROM MISSOULA, MONTANA, NCECA Seattle Design Center, Seattle, WA
2012 BOUNDLESS VISIONS, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2011 PERSISTENCE IN CLAY: CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS IN MONTANA, Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT. Traveling Exhibition, 2012 Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper WY, 2012 Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker, OR
2011 DEATH-REBIRTH Invitational Exhibition, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
2011 MONTANA CLAY, in conjunction with NCECA, St. Petes Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
2010 TRANSCENDING THE FIGURE, Invitational Exhibition curated by Tom Bartel, The Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH
2008 A HUMAN IMPULSE: Figuration from the Sandy and Diane Besser Collection Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2008-09 THE SPIRIT OF THE FIGURE: FOUR VIEWS, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 NORTHWEST CERAMICS INVITATIONAL, curated by Richard Notkin, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
2006 RAIMENT, Invitational, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2006 POETIC EXPRESSIONS OF MORTALITY, FIGURATIVE CERAMICS FROM THE PORTER-PRICE COLLECTION, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
2006 Jane Sauer Gallery, S.O.F.A. (Sculptural Objects, Functional Art) The Armory, New York, NY
2006 FIGURATIVE CERAMICS INVITATIONAL, Cervini Haas Gallery and Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
2006 SURFACE TENSION INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
2006 ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION LIVE AUCTION, Helena, MT
2005 THE ANIMAL INSTINCT, Baltimore Clay, Baltimore, MD
2005 TERRA SUTRA II, Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2005 35th ANNUAL CERAMICS EXHIBITION, University of WI, Whitewater, WI
2005 PARTICLES OF PASSION, Academy Art Museum, MD
2005 THE 3RD WORLD CERAMIC BIENNALE World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Gyeonggi-do, Icheon-si, Korea
2004 NATURAL SELECTION, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004 5th ARMORY NATIONAL CERAMIC INVITATIONAL, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2004 CHARACTER SKETCHES: AN EXHIBITION OF WORDS AND IMAGES, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2004 FACETS OF CLAY: NATIONAL INVITATIONAL, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN
2003 Ferrin Gallery, S.O.F. A. (Sculptural Objects, Functional Art) Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2003 21ST CENTURY CERAMICS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, curated By Bill Hunt Columbus College of Art and Design, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, OH
2003 CLAY, curated by Rick Berman, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Atlanta, GA
2003 ART OF SURVIVAL, HEALING IN LIFE, Women’s Center at St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, MT
2003 TRANS-MISSION, curated by Andy Nasisse, Museum of Arts and Science, Macon, GA
2003 SHORT STORIES; NARRATIVE CERAMIC ART, curated by Leslie Ferrin, Center for Ceramic Art, Berkley, CA
2002 VISUAL PERSPECTIVES: 14 YEARS OF THE VIRGINIA A. GROOT FOUNDATION, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2002 THE FIGURE IN CERAMIC, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2002 TERRA SUTRA: 21ST CENTURY EROTIC CERAMICS, The Incubator Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2002 FIGURAL CERAMIC SCULPTURE, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
2002 Ferrin Gallery, S.O.F.A. (Sculptural Objects, Functional Art) The Armory, New York, NY
2002 MAJOR FIGURES: A GROUP SHOW OF FIGURAL CERAMICS, Ferrin Gallery Lenox, MA
2002 THE BODY IN CLAY, curated by Joe Bova, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2002 FIGURATIVE CERAMICS, UNI Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
2001 INTERNATIONAL INFUSION III, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2001 FIGURATION IN CLAY-A COLLECTION, from the Ron Porter collection McMaster Gallery, University of SC, Columbia, SC
2001 EROTICA IN CERAMIC ART, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
2001 FIGURATIVE CERAMIC SCULPTURE, Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, MT
2001 CERAMICS NORTHWEST, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT
2001 TAKING MEASURE: AMERICAN CERAMICS AT THE NEW MILLENIUM, World Ceramics Exposition WOCEK Symposium Center, Yeoju, Korea
2001 EXPRESSING THE HUMAN FORM: THE FIGURE IN CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC SCULPTURE, curated by Adrian Arleo, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2000 CERAMIC NATIONAL 2000, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
2000 DISTINGUISHED WORKS BY INNOVATIVE MINDS, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2000 THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW, 35th Anniversary Show, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2000 ADRIAN ARLEO & CHRISTI HAGAR, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
1999/2000 FLORA & FAUNA, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida, and H & R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO, Pensacola Museum of Art, FL
1999 LOOKING IN THE MIRROR: ASPECTS OF FIGURATIVE CERAMICS, Riley Hawk Gallery, Columbus & Cleveland, OH
1999 CLAY BECOMES THE FIGURE, Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1999 TEAPOT INVITATIONAL, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1998 MONTANA FINE ART & CRAFT INVITATIONAL, Hockaday Center for the Arts, Kalispell, MT
1998 NATIONAL SUMMER FACULTY INVITATIONAL, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1997 EARTH BODY, CELESTIAL MINDS, Salem Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
1997 FIGURATIVE CERAMICS, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 CLAY OUT WEST, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY
1997 100th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, The Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA
1997 THE ART TEAPOT, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1997 NATIONAL CRAFTS LEADERS EXHIBITION, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Craftsmen’s Conference, Boca Raton, FL
1996 CUP SHOW Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 MONTANA CHOICE: MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS Hockaday Center for The Arts, Kalispell, MT
1996 FOURTH ANNUAL TEAPOT EXHIBITION, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
1996 Ferrin Gallery, S.O.F.A (Sculptural Objects, Functional Arts) Miami, FL
1996 LA BELLE ET LA BETE (“Beauty & the Beast”), Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1995 BOWL INVITATIONAL, Margot Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 TEAPOT INVITATIONAL, MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995 Ferrin Gallery, S.O.F.A. (Sculptural Objects, Functional Art) Chicago, IL
1995 GROUP EXHIBITION, Patricia Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR
1995 EXPLORING A MOVEMENT: FEMINIST VISIONS IN CLAY, Laband Gallery. Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
1995 DISTINGUISHED FIRES, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana
1995 THE NARRATIVE TEAPOT, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA
1995 ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION BENEFIT EXHIBITION, Minneapolis, MN
1995 3RD ANNUAL TEAPOT EXHIBIT, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1994 GENDER/GEOGRAPHY: NEW WORKS BY MONTANA WOMEN ARTISTS, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
1994 THE CUP, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 ADRIAN ARLEO & INDIRA JOHNSON, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 YEAR OF THE CRAFT, Maveety Gallery, Salishan, OR
1993 FROM MATTER INTO SPIRIT, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
1992 A GARDEN FOR SCULPTURE, Bumbershoot, Seattle Arts Festival, Seattle, WA
1992 GLASS & CLAY INVITATIONAL, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1992 ARTISTIC GENERATIONS: JACQUELYN RICE & HER STUDENTS, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 NATIONAL CERAMIC INVITATIONAL, West Chester University, PA
1992 2ND OREGON CLAY INVITATIONAL, Linfield College, McMinnville, OR
1992 CERAMIC SCULPTURE: FORM & FIGURE,, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburg, PA
1992 TEAPOT INVITATIONAL: CONTEMPORARY VIEWS, Pro-Art, St. Louis, MO
1992 10 ARTISTS/10 STATEMENTS, The Farrel Collection, Washington D.C.
1991 ANGELS, ArtSpace, Atlanta, GA
1991 FIGURATIVE CERAMICS, Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
1991 NCECA CLAY NATIONAL, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1991 THE HUMAN FORM AS MYTHICAL VESSEL, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1990 CHICAGO NEW ART FORMS EXPOSITION, Maveety Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1990 OLD FRIENDS, NEW ACQUAINTANCES, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 SCULPTURE EXHIBITION, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID
1990 SCRIPPS CERAMIC ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1990 CERAMIC SCULPTURE & MASTER PRINTS, Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1989 CERAMIC TRADITIONS: FIGURATION, Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA
1989 NATURE STUDIES, Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 MUD & FIRE INVITATIONAL, Campus Gallery, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
1989 NATURE & THE FIGURE, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1988 GREENWICH HOUSE POTTERY PERMANENT COLLECTION EXHIBITION, Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY
1988 FEATURED ARTIST, Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 N.C.E.C.A. INVITATIONAL, Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 EAST MEETS WEST: A NATIONAL CERAMICS INVITATIONAL, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 NORTHWEST CLAY INVITATIONAL Littman Gallery, Portland State University & Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
1988 6 X 12 CERAMICS INVITATIONAL, Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
1988 THE AESTHETIC EDGE: A NATIONAL CLAY INVITATIONAL, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
1987 SECOND ANNUAL MONARCH TILE NATIONAL CERAMIC COMPETITION San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, 2nd Place Award, Catalogue
1987 TWENTY UNDER THIRTY, Sabbath Art Gallery, Wunsch Center, Glen Cove, NY
1987 RESIDENT ARTISTS EXHIBITION, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
1987 DUO EXHIBITION – SCULPTURE & PRINTS, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1987 EROTIC ART, Northwest Artists Workshop, Portland, OR
1986 CLAY IN THE EAST, Towson State University, MD
1986 EARTHWORKS, Juried Competition, Helme House Gallery, Kingstown, RI,, 3rd place award
1986 M.F.A. THESIS EXHIBITION, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1986 GROUP EXHIBITION, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, NY, NY
1984 SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI
1984 NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL CLAY EXHIBITION, Boston Visual Arts Union, Boston, MA
1983 7 VIEWS, Student Union Gallery, University of Ma, Amherst, MA
1982 GENERATION, Whittier College Gallery, Whittier, CA JUROR OF EXHIBITIONS

JUROR OF EXHIBITIONS

2017 “NATURE: SURFACE, FORM, CONTENT”, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
2014 “LOOKING AT OURSELVES; A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE CERAMIC SCULPTURE”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2011 64 ARTS NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL
2010 COLORADO CLAY BIANNUAL, Foothills Center for the Arts, Golden, CO
2010 RED HEAT NATIONAL BIANNUAL, University of Tulsa School of Art, Tulsa, OK

REVIEWS

Kangas, Matthew, CERAMIC ART AND PERCEPTION, TECHNICAL, Issue #88, 2012
“Push Play, Reinventing the Wheel” by Judy Seckler, CERAMICS ART AND PERCEPTION, TECHNICAL, Issue #88, 2012
Up Front Review, CERAMICS MONTHLY, April, 2009
Wood, D. Up Front Review, CERAMICS MONTHLY, December, 2004
“Expressing the Human Form”, CERAMICS MONTHLY, February, 2002
Joiner, Dorothy, “The Body in Clay”, CERAMICS MONTHLY, December, 2002
Leonard, Pamela Blume, AMERICAN CERAMICS, March 13, 2000
“Interdependence in Ceramics”, ATLANTIC JOURNAL, May 21, 1999
“Up Front”, CERAMICS MONTHLY, October, 1999
“Aspects of Figurative Ceramics”, CERAMICS MONTHLY, June/July/August, 1999
Glowen, Ron, “Adrian Arleo & Beth Lo at MIA Gallery”, ART WEEK, December, 1996
Kapitanoff, Nancy, “Exploring a Movement: Feminist Visions” CERAMICS: ART AND PERCEPTION, Issue 25, 1996
Craft Alliance Teapot Annual, CERAMICS MONTHLY, December 1995
Glowen, Ron, AMERICAN CERAMICS, October 4, 1993
“Art News”, REFLEX, January/February, 1993
“Up Front”, CERAMICS MONTHLY, June/July/August, 1991
Allan, Lois, AMERICAN CERAMICS, July 2, 1989
Wadsworth, Susan M., ART NEW ENGLAND, May 1987

PUBLICATIONS

WHITEFISH REVIEW, “Crossroads”, artist feature, Vol. 15, Issue 2, 2025
Córdova, Cristina, MASTERING SCULPTURE; THE FIGURE IN CLAY, The Quarto Publishing, London, England, 2022
Taylor, Brian and Doody, Kate, GLAZE; THE ULTIMATE CERAMIC ARTIST’S GUIDE TO GLAZE AND COLOR, Quarto Publishing, London, England, 2014
Finn, Charles, MONTANA QUARTERLY, Winter Issue 2012/13
Garcia, Edith, CERAMICS AND THE HUMAN FIGURE, The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, 2012
HIGH DESERT JOURNAL, Photo spread, Issue 16, 2012
WHITEFISH REVIEW, “Beneath the Surface”, Art, Literature, Photography, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2012
THE BEST OF 500 CERAMICS, Lark Books, Ashville, NC 2012
Arleo, Adrian, “Working Sculptor Feature”, CERAMICS MONTHLY, January 2010
CERAMIC SCULPTURE, INSPIRING TECHNIQUES, edited by Anderson Turner, Ceramic Arts Handbook Series, The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, 2009
Munson, Laura A., “In the Studio, Adrian Arleo: Living Structure”, WESTERN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, Fall/Winter 2008-09
Newby, Rick, “Adrian Arleo: Metaphors for Interdependence”, AMERICAN CRAFT, December ’06/January ’07
Putnam, Conan, “Adrian Arleo’s Tricks of Radiance”, CERAMICS; ART AND PERCEPTION, 2005 issue 62
500 ANIMALS, Juried by Joe Bova, Lark Books, Asheville, NC 2006
THE FIGURE IN CLAY: CONTEMPORARY SCULPTING TECHNIQUES BY MASTER ARTISTS, Lark Books, Asheville, NC 2005
Bruce, Bob, “Metamorphosis: Adrian Arleo’s Nature Inspired Sculpture”, ARTISAN NORTHWEST, Vol.2, No.4, Fall 2005
500 FIGURES, Juried by Leslie Ferrin, Lark Books, Ashville, NC, 2004
Prange, Marnie, “Adrian Arleo; Nature Studies”, CERAMICS MONTHLY, June/July/August 2003
Nasisse, Andy, “Trans-Mission”, KERAMEIKI TECHNI, Vol. 44 2003
Arleo, Adrian, “Adrian Arleo’s Figure Teapots”, KERAMEIKI TECHNI, Vol. 44 2003
SEXPOTS: EROTICISM IN CLAY, Paul Mathieu, Rutgers University Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2003
500 TEAPOTS, Juried by Kathy Triplett, Lark Books Ashville, NC, 2002
Mickelson, Leigh Taylor, “Expressing the Human Form – A Workshop with Adrian Arleo”, CLAY TIMES, Vol.8, N0. 1 January/February 2002
CERAMICS: A POTTER’S HANDBOOK, Glenn Nelson and Richard Burkett, Harcourt College Publishers, 2002
THE ARTFUL TEAPOT: 20TH CENTURY EXPRESSIONS FROM THE KAMM COLLECTION, Garth Clark, Thames and Hudson, UK, Watson Guptill, US 2001
TEAPOTS TRANSFORMED: EXPLORATION OF AN OBJECT, Leslie Ferrin, Guild Books, 2000
THE SPIRIT OF CLAY, Robert Piepenburg, Pebble Press, Farmington Hills, MI, 1996
Arleo, Adrian, “Building Large Figurative Sculpture”, NCECA JOURNAL, Vol. 15, 1994-95
“Portfolio”, AMERICAN CRAFT, February/March 1991
Arleo Adrian, “Emerging Talent”, NCECA JOURNAL, Vol. 11, 1990-91
Arleo, Adrian, Essay on personal use of the figure, STUDIO POTTER, Figurative Clay Issue, December/January 1987-88
Arleo, Adrian, “An O.S.A.C. Residency”, CERAMICS MONTHLY, November 1987
Autio, Chris, VIDEO, “ARCHIE BRAY FOUNDATION: CLAY ODYSSEY”, 2001

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, Korea
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
The Baker Museum, Artis-Naples, Naples, FL
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
The Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, MT
Montana Museum of Art and Culture, University of MT, Missoula, MT
Microsoft, Seattle, WA
Kings County Public Art Collection, Kings County, WA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Portland Community College, Portland, OR
The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Arlene Schnitzer, Portland, OR
Candace Groot, Chicago, IL
Ruth Kohler, Kohler, WI
Susan and Roy O’Connor, Missoula, MT
Christopher Nelson, Annapolis, MD
Pacific Enterprises, Los Angeles, CA
Gloria and Sonny Kamm, Los Angeles, CA
David Beitzel, New York, NY
John Sinker, Detroit, MI
Dr. Judith S. Schwartz, New York, NY
Dr. Ron Porter, Columbia, SC
David and Sara Lieberman, Scottsdale, AZ

RESIDENCIES

2017 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI
2012 JORDEN SCHNITZER PRINT RESIDENCY, with master printmaker Julia D’Amario, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
1987-88: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
1986-87 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR

WORKSHOPS / LECTURES

(February-March 2026) WORKSHOP, “Gilding the Lily; Building and Embellishing Human and Animal Sculpture”, Gaya Center for Ceramic Arts, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
2025, 2023, 2019, WORKSHOP, "The Narrative Figure in Clay," Estudio Palomas San Miguel, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
(2026), 2025 & 2024 WORKSHOP, “Coil-building Narrative figurative Sculpture”, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
2025 VISITING ARTIST, Ceramic graduate department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
(2026), 2024, 2022, 2018 WORKSHOP, "The Layered Figure," La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Tuscany, Italy
2023, VISITING ARTIST, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, OK. Brought in on Wingate Foundation Grant to work with graduate student
2021 WORKSHOP, “Form and Content in Human and Animal Imagery”, Private studio, Vaison-la-Romaine, Provence, France
2020 to Present HANDS-ON ZOOM WORKSHOPS, developed a series of courses on coil-building figurative sculpture, and the use of wax encaustic on ceramic sculpture
2019 WORKSHOP, "Coil-building the Figure”, Olympic College, Bremerton, WA
2019 VISITING ARTIST, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
2019 WORKSHOP, “Three Day Intensive; Figurative Sculpture Workshop”, Private studio, Longmont, CO
2018 WORKSHOP, “Finishing Techniques for Ceramic Sculpture” Hawaii Potters Guild, Honolulu, HI
2018 WORKSHOP, "Images Upon Form: Figurative Ceramic Sculpture," Karen Russo Studio, Elmira, OR
2017 PRESENTER/DEMONSTRATOR, 12TH Biennial Mid-Atlantic Clay Conference, Front Royal, VA
2017 VISITING ARTIST, Clay College of Cumberland College, Millville, NJ
2017 WORKSHOP, “Inside-Out; the Body as Landscape for the Interior Experience”, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, Hawaii, HI
2017 WORKSHOP, "Two Day Intensive, Coil Building the Figure", Hawaii Potters Guild, Honolulu, HI
2016 DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOP, 50th Anniversary Celebration, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
2016 DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOP. Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2016 PRESENTER, Yuma Art Symposium, Yuma, AZ
2015 DEMONSTRATION WORKSHOP, “The Human Figure”, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2015 WORKSHOP, “Coil-building the Figure in a Two-Day Reduction Sauce”, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
2015 WORKSHOP, “Figurative Ceramic Sculpture”, Gristmill Studios, Westport, Ontario, Canada
2015 VISITING ARTIST, Paulina Arcos Studios, Quito, Ecuador
2015 WORKSHOP, “The Figure in Ceramic Sculpture”, Portland Community College, Rock Creek, Portland, OR
2014 VISITING ARTIST, Boise State University, Boise, ID
2014 WORKSHOP, “The Figure in Clay”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2014 WORKSHOP: “Exploring the Figure in Clay” Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2014 WORKSHOP, “Transparent Figures: Forms Within Forms”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2014 WORKSHOP, “Coil-building Ceramic Sculptures”, North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT
2013 DEMONSTRATOR, “Women Working in Clay Symposium”, Tinker Mountain Visual Arts, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2012 VISITING ARTIST, Austin Museum of Art, The Art School at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX
2011 WORKSHOP, “The Body as Landscape for Truth-telling: Human and Animal Narrative Sculpture”, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2011 WORKSHOP, “Large Scale Figurative Clay Sculpture”, Ceramic Artists of San Diego, CA
2010 VISITING ARTIST, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
2010 VISITING ARTIST AND JUROR, University of Tulsa, School of Art, Tulsa, OK
2010 VISITING ARTIST, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2008 WORKSHOP, “Enriching the Figure”, Mudfire Clayworks, Decatur, GA
2008 WORKSHOP, “Figurative Ceramic Sculpture”, The Claymakers, Durham, NC
2006 N.C.E.C.A. Annual Conference, Portland, OR, “Deep Sources of Inspiration” Panel with Richard Notkin, Tip Toland, Adrian Arleo and Rick Newby
2006 VISITING ARTIST, College of Marin, Larkspur, CA
2006 VISITING ARTIST, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2005 WORKSHOP, “Expressive Approaches to the Human Form”, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2005 WORKSHOP: Pottery NorthWest, co-teaching with Kristine Veith, “Large Scale Figurative Ceramic Sculpture”, Seattle, WA
2004 VISITING ARTIST, Slide Lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2004 VISITING ARTIST, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
2003 VISITING ARTIST, Hummingbird Studio, Applegate, OR
2003 VISITING ARTIST, Miami University, Oxford, OH
2002 VISITING ARTIST, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
2002 VISITING ARTIST, City College of San Francisco, SF, CA
2001 WORKSHOP, “Expressing the Human Form”, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2001 WORKSHOP, 2001 Clay Odyssey, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2000 WORKSHOP, “Large Scale Animal & Figurative Sculpture”, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH
1999 VISITING ARTIST, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1999 VISITING ARTIST, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1999 WORKSHOP, “Expressing the Human Form”, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1999 VISITING ARTIST, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1998 WORKSHOP: “Animal Imagery in Clay Sculpture”, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1997 WORKSHOP: “Things with Tales”, sculpture & story writing, co-taught with David James Duncan, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO
1997 VISITING ARTIST, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1997 VISITING ARTIST, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY
1997 VISITING ARTIST, Florida Craftsmen Conference, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
1996 VISITING ARTIST, Kansas Artist Craftsmen Conference, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS
1996 VISITING ARTIST, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
1996 VISITING ARTIST, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1996 VISITING ARTIST, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
1996 VISITING ARTIST, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
1996 VISITING ARTIST, Michigan Potters Association, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI
1995 VISITING ARTIST, San Diego State University San Diego, California
1995 VISITING ARTIST, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1995 WORKSHOP: Hand-building Large Figurative Sculpture, Santa Fe Clay Studio, Santa Fe, NM
1995 WORKSHOP: Hand-building Large Figurative Sculpture, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR
1995 VISITING ARTIST, slide lecture, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1994 VISITING ARTIST, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
1994 WORKSHOP& SLIDE LECTURE, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
1994 DEMONSTRATION, NCECA Conference, New Orleans, LA
1993 VISITING ALUMNI SLIDE LECTURER, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1993 SLIDE LECTURE University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1992 VISITING ARTIST, Ceramic Sculpture, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
1991 WORKSHOP: Ceramic Sculpture, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY
1989 WORKSHOP, Figurative Ceramics, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR

TEACHING

1995 INSTRUCTOR, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1989-90 INSTRUCTOR, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR, Ceramics: “Narrative Forms, Expressions in Clay
1987 INSTRUCTOR, Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR, Ceramics: High-fire Hand-building, Ceramics: Low-fire Hand-building
1986 INSTRUCTOR, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Pre-College Basic Design
1985-86 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Full responsibility for teaching Raw Materials: Clay, and Raw Materials: Glaze
1985 INSTRUCTOR, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Pre-College Ceramics
1984 INSTRUCTOR, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Low-Fire Ceramic Sculpture