Jamin London Tinsel
Professional Experience
Art Educator, Grant High School, Portland, Oregon, 2003 ~ Present
Workshop Instructor, Indian River Clay, Vero Beach Florida, 2021
Board of Directors: Secondary Level Representative, Oregon Art Education Association, Portland, OR, 2017 ~ 2020
Set Design for Alexis Gideon: Video Musics III Floating Oceans, 2012
Adjunct Ceramics Instructor, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, 2009 ~ 2012
Ceramics Instructor, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, 2010
Visiting Artist Lecture, Clark College, Vancouver, Washington, 2009
Visiting Artist Lecture, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon, 2008
Visiting Artist Lecture, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon, 2007
Ceramics workshop assistant, Manos De Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2002
The Clay Carnival (exhibit curator), The Hall Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2001
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
Bachelor of Arts, Art Education, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, 1999
(Concentration in Sculpture, Teacher’s Licensure K-12)
Solo Exhibitions
Gravitate, Good: A Gallery, Portland OR, 2013
The Nest Box, Visage Eyewear, Portland, OR, 2010
Squirm, Visage Eyewear, Portland, OR, 2009
Eat/Drink 2007, The Hall Gallery, Portland, OR, 2007
Summer School, The Hall Gallery, Portland, OR, 2004
Selected Group Exhibitions
Gather:Make:Shelter Academy, Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR, 2021
Teachers as Artists, Oregon Art Education Association, Maryhill Museum, The Dalles, OR, 2017, 2018
Radius, NCECA Group Exhibition, Rising Room Gallery, Portland, OR, 2017
Beyond the Demos, Oregon Art Education Association, Southern Oregon University, 2015
Domesticated, Visage Eyewear, Portland, OR, 2014
Ceramics PDX:, College Faculty Exhibition, Portland OR, 2011
Three Person Show, The Farm, Portland OR, 2011
Group Show, Aequanimitas, Portland OR, 2011
Who Needs a Pedestal, The University of The Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Mouthful, Good: A Gallery, Portland, OR, 2009
Resurrection, Good: A Gallery, Portland, OR, 2009
Try-pod, Q is for Choir, Portland, OR, 2009
Feature Area, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR, 2009
Little Things 9, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR, 2009
Ceramics At Work, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2008
Jersey Shore Clay National, MT Burton Gallery, Surf City, NJ, 2008
Yummy, Nexus Foundation For Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
MFA Thesis Exhibit, The Milk Depot, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
MFA Thesis Exhibit, Rosenwald Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
Beyond the Demos, Oregon Art Education Association, Carnegie Art Center, Oregon City, 2006
WIP Works in Progress, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
WIP Works in Progress, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
Comic Show, Pacific Switchboard, Portland, OR, 2004
Group Exhibit, Lure Gallery, Portland, OR, 2004
Mini Show, Pacific Switchboard, Portland, OR, 2004
Studio Exhibit, The Eagerwally Gallery, Portland, OR, 2004
7n7, Andenken Gallery, Denver, CO, 2004
Publications
500 Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books, 2009
Artslandia Kids, 2016/17
Benefit Auctions
Art For Life, Cascade Aids Project Benefit Auction, The Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
Puddletown Art Auction, Puddletown School, Portland, OR, 2004 ~ 2009
Awards
Secondary Art Educator of the Year, Oregon Art Education Association, 2018
Curator’s Choice Award, OAEA Group Exhibition, Maryhill Museum, The Dalles, OR, 2018
MFA Faculty Award, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2007
Graduate Merit Scholarship, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2005 ~ 2007
Residencies
Artist in Residence, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, 2022
Summer Artist in Residence, Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon, 2018
TICA: Teacher Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2012
Artist in Residence, Oxbow Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, Michigan, 2010
Grants
Professional Development Grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR, 2008, 2010