SALLY RESNIK ROCKRIVER
196 COLLINS MOUNTAIN ROAD, CHAPEL HILL NC 27516
(919) 342 6605 srockriver@gmail.com
BIOGRAPHY
Born Chapel Hill, NC
Lives and works in Chatham County, NC
DEGREES
1996 MFA Ceramics and Combined Medias, Hunter College, NYC
1992 BFA with Honors, Ceramics and Painting, UNC- Chapel Hill, NC
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015 Unmapped, Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
Transformed Viewpoints, A.I.R. Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2014-5 Refreshed, National Traveling Exhibition of Selected A.I.R. Gallery Artists
Liminal Communities, curated by Lucy Li. A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Solo Exhibiton , Unfound: Glass Rains of Azure, Gallery C
National Liberty Museum Invitational Auction, Philadelphia,PA
Emerge Art Fair, Represented by Gallery C, Washington,DC
Ox-bow School of Art Invitational Auction, Sagautuk, MI
2010 Sally Resnik Rockriver, Mothers of Abstraction, Gallery C, Raleigh NC
2009 Solo Exhibiton , 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 Solo Exhibition, Geochemical Formations, Rome Arts, Brooklyn, NY
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, Brooklyn, NY
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
2015 Art Review, Washington Post, Feb. 6th 2015.
Hidden Treasures Art Magazine (London)
2014 "3 Questions For Sally Resnik Rockriver", Glass Quarterly: Urban Glass Hotsheet, Andrew Page.
"Glass, Ceramics, and Geology", Geology In Art, Andrea Baucon.
2013 Geochemical Glassblower:PIoneering the UnIverse Sally Resnik Rockriver Retrospective Blurb Publications
2011 The Best of America Glass, Select, Kennedy Publications
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
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
LECTURES and TEACHING
2012 Ox-Bow School of Art "Beyond the Limits" Summer Instructor, Ox-Bow, MI 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, MN 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
MENTIONABLE
2015 Guest Artist- Glassblowing Demonstration: DC Glassworks, (DC suburbs).
2014 International Award for Art and Design (Germany)
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 RELATED EDUCATION
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2000 Glass Plus One: Harumi Yukitake, the Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
2001 Hot Glass Sculpture: Karen Willenbrink, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2001 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