Education
2009-2012 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
Master of Fine Arts: Art
Primary: Ceramics Secondary: Sculpture
3.894 G.P.A.
1998-2006 Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Bachelor of Science in Education Art K-12
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Ceramics
3.75 G.P.A. at MSU
Graduated Cum Laude
Exhibitions
Sept. 8 – October 15, 2017 Wichita National All Media Exhibition Wichita, KS
Mark Arts
Juror:Kyle Reicher
Apr. 15 – June 1, 2017 #nofilter St. Louis, MO
Art St. Louis Gallery
Juror: Sarah Hermes Griesbach & MK Stallings
Award of Excellence for Welfare Trump Supporter
March 10-31, 2017 Play: Juried All Media Exhibition Springfield, IL
Springfield Art Association Collective
Juror: Bob Dixon
Sept. 30 – Nov 11, 2016 Emerging Artist Series: Assembled Memories St. Charles, MO
The Foundry Art Centre
Aug. 12 – Sept. 23, 2016 Putting it Together: The Art of Assembling St. Charles, MO
The Foundry Art Centre
Juror: Kevin Hughes
Aug. 29 – Sept 23, 2016 Some Assembly Required: Second Edition Jacksonville, IL
MacMurray College: Applebee Gallery
March 6 – 19, 2016 Generations
Filipino Cultural Center Overland Park, KS
Concurrent exhibition with NCECA conference Kansas City, MO
January 7 – February 2, 2016 Some Assembly Required
Mount Mercy University: Janalyn Hanson White Gallery Cedar Rapids, IA
July 17 – Aug 28, 2015 Circus!
The Foundry Art Centre Saint Charles, MO
Juror: Nick DeFord
Sold: One Says to the Other and I’m Gonna Love Ya a Squeeze Ya Forever
November 13 – December 26, 2014 Given Form
The Foundry Art Centre Saint Charles, MO
Juror: Robert Davis Jr.
Juror’s Choice Award $250
May 2 – June 5, 2014 Playdate
The Ceramics Center Cedar Rapids, IA
April 16 – May 10, 2014 Minute (mahy-noot) Musings
Union Street Gallery Chicago, IL
Jurors: Jessica Segal & Madeline Henry
Second Place Prize $75 for all three pieces in the show
November 1, 2013 Provocat8
Nomadic Gallery at the 5 & J Studios Lubbock, TX
October 1 – 31, 2013 What Goes Bump In The Night
Clay Arts Vegas Las Vegas, NV
Juror: John Gregg and Peter Jakubowski
June 21 – July 31, 2013 not(2)BIG
M S Rezny Studio/Gallery Lexington, KY
Juror: Arturo Sandoval
May 3 – June 12, 2013 Red Lodge Clay Center Juried National 2
Red Lodge Clay Center Red Lodge, MT
Juror: Dan Anderson
April 5, 2013 Provocate
Nomadic Gallery at the 5 & J Studios Lubbock, TX
March 6 – April 6, 2013 National Juried Exhibition: Mad World
Union Street Gallery Chicago, IL
Juror: Natalie Domchenko
Nov. 21, 2012 – Jan. 7, 2013 38th Toys Designed By Artists
Arkansas Arts Center Little Rock, AR
Juror: Tim Tate
Aug. 20 - Nov.1, 2012 So Tiny: An Exhibition of Small Works in 3-D
Baum Gallery of Fine Art at University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR
Juror: Virginia Samsel
Aug.16 – Sept. 13, 2012 Visions in Clay 2012
LH Horton Jr. Gallery at San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA
Juror: Joe Bova
June 29, 2012 Fifth Friday on Slaton Square
V2 Studio & Gallery Slaton, TX
May 4 – 25, 2012 The More You Play With It… MFA Exhibition
TTU School of Art Satellite Gallery at LHUCA Lubbock, TX
March 30, 2012 Fifth Friday on Slaton Square
V2 Studio & Gallery Slaton, TX
Feb. 21 – Mar. 16, 2012 Ceramic/Metals and Jewelry Exhibition
Missouri State University Student Exhibition Center Springfield, MO
Nov. 22, 2011 – Jan. 10, 2012 Influences
Buddy Holly Center Lubbock, TX
Oct. 11 – Nov. 16, 2011 Confusion Setting In: TTU Group Exhibition
Texas A&M International University CFPA Gallery Laredo, TX
Aug. 26 – Sept. 2, 2011 Annual MFA Candidate Group Show
Landmark Arts Gallery Lubbock, TX
March 2 – April 2, 2011 Rising Eyes of Texas
Rockport Center for the Arts Rockport, TX
Juror: Risa Puleo
First Place Prize $500
March 2 – April 2, 2011 The Way We Were: TTU Ceramic Graduate Works
Plaster Student Complex Art Gallery, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Jan. 5 – Feb. 3, 2011 Bring It: An MFA Exchange
Ernst G. Welch School of Art Design Gallery at Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
Sept. 9 – 30, 2010 Negative Slope, TTU MFA Group Exhibition
Lone Star College North Harris Houston, TX
Sept. 1 – 30 Annual MFA Candidate Group Show
Landmark Arts Gallery Lubbock, TX
April 8-10, 2010 TASA Annual Poster Competition
Art and Community Austin, TX
Feb. 7, 2010 TTU Ceramics MFA Group Show: Part of TTU Ceramics Symposium WatersSpace North Gallery Slaton, TX
Jan. 25 – Feb. 26, 2010 Emergence: TTU MFA Group Exhibition
Gallery 193, San Angelo State University San Angelo, TX
Oct. 17, 2009 Art on Slaton Square
Dead Bird Gallery Slaton, TX
Sept. 1 – Oct. 14, 2009 Annual MFA Candidate Show
Landmark Arts Gallery Lubbock, TX
October 2007 Exhibition Elemental: Light, Fire, and Metal Student Exhibition Center, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
June 2007 “This & That” 3 person visiting artist show with Lars Westby & Bradford Davis
C. Space Gallery Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (R.O.C)
Dec. 2005 – Jan. 2006 Solo B.F.A. Thesis Show The Randy Bacon Gallery Springfield, MO
January 2005 Missouri State 5 School Metals & Ceramic Invitational Student Exhibition Center, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Awards
Award of Excellence, #nofilter, 2017 St. Louis, MO
Juror’s Choice Award, Given Form, 2014 St. Charles, MO
Second Place Prize, Minute (mahy-noot) Musings, 2014 Chicago, Ill
First Place Prize, Rising Eyes of Texas, 2011 Rock Port, TX
Residency
Feb. – June 2007 Tainan, Taiwan
Guest visiting artist at Tainan National University for the Arts
Worked with artists: Ching-Yuan Chang, Debra Sigel, Lars Westby, and Patrick Crabb
Lectures/Talks
September 22, 2016 Gallery Talk
MacMurray College Jacksonville, IL
February 2, 2016 Artist Lecture
Mount Mercy University: Betty Cherry Room Cedar Rapids, IA
November 16, 2011 MFA Thesis Lecture: Nostalgia and Toys
English Lecture Hall: Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
October 13, 2011 Gallery Talk
Texas A&M International University CFPA Gallery Laredo, TX
March 4, 2011 Gallery Talk
Plaster Student Complex Art Gallery, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Workshops/Demos Presented
Jan. 27-31, 2014 Canadian River Art Gallery Canadian, TX
Jan. 16-18,2014 Dallas Market Center – J. Mackie & Associates Dallas, TX
March 3-4, 2011 Missouri State University w/ TTU Ceramic Graduates Springfield, MO
Publications/Articles
All The Art: The Visual Art Quarterly of St. Louis
Summer 2017
“Curiouser and Curiouser” p.17
Jan. 2014 Panhandle PBS
Panhandlepbs.org/arts/artist/bruce-alves-iii/
2009-2012 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
Master of Fine Arts: Art
Primary: Ceramics Secondary: Sculpture
3.894 G.P.A.
1998-2006 Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Bachelor of Science in Education Art K-12
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Ceramics
3.75 G.P.A. at MSU
Graduated Cum Laude
Exhibitions
Sept. 8 – October 15, 2017 Wichita National All Media Exhibition Wichita, KS
Mark Arts
Juror:Kyle Reicher
Apr. 15 – June 1, 2017 #nofilter St. Louis, MO
Art St. Louis Gallery
Juror: Sarah Hermes Griesbach & MK Stallings
Award of Excellence for Welfare Trump Supporter
March 10-31, 2017 Play: Juried All Media Exhibition Springfield, IL
Springfield Art Association Collective
Juror: Bob Dixon
Sept. 30 – Nov 11, 2016 Emerging Artist Series: Assembled Memories St. Charles, MO
The Foundry Art Centre
Aug. 12 – Sept. 23, 2016 Putting it Together: The Art of Assembling St. Charles, MO
The Foundry Art Centre
Juror: Kevin Hughes
Aug. 29 – Sept 23, 2016 Some Assembly Required: Second Edition Jacksonville, IL
MacMurray College: Applebee Gallery
March 6 – 19, 2016 Generations
Filipino Cultural Center Overland Park, KS
Concurrent exhibition with NCECA conference Kansas City, MO
January 7 – February 2, 2016 Some Assembly Required
Mount Mercy University: Janalyn Hanson White Gallery Cedar Rapids, IA
July 17 – Aug 28, 2015 Circus!
The Foundry Art Centre Saint Charles, MO
Juror: Nick DeFord
Sold: One Says to the Other and I’m Gonna Love Ya a Squeeze Ya Forever
November 13 – December 26, 2014 Given Form
The Foundry Art Centre Saint Charles, MO
Juror: Robert Davis Jr.
Juror’s Choice Award $250
May 2 – June 5, 2014 Playdate
The Ceramics Center Cedar Rapids, IA
April 16 – May 10, 2014 Minute (mahy-noot) Musings
Union Street Gallery Chicago, IL
Jurors: Jessica Segal & Madeline Henry
Second Place Prize $75 for all three pieces in the show
November 1, 2013 Provocat8
Nomadic Gallery at the 5 & J Studios Lubbock, TX
October 1 – 31, 2013 What Goes Bump In The Night
Clay Arts Vegas Las Vegas, NV
Juror: John Gregg and Peter Jakubowski
June 21 – July 31, 2013 not(2)BIG
M S Rezny Studio/Gallery Lexington, KY
Juror: Arturo Sandoval
May 3 – June 12, 2013 Red Lodge Clay Center Juried National 2
Red Lodge Clay Center Red Lodge, MT
Juror: Dan Anderson
April 5, 2013 Provocate
Nomadic Gallery at the 5 & J Studios Lubbock, TX
March 6 – April 6, 2013 National Juried Exhibition: Mad World
Union Street Gallery Chicago, IL
Juror: Natalie Domchenko
Nov. 21, 2012 – Jan. 7, 2013 38th Toys Designed By Artists
Arkansas Arts Center Little Rock, AR
Juror: Tim Tate
Aug. 20 - Nov.1, 2012 So Tiny: An Exhibition of Small Works in 3-D
Baum Gallery of Fine Art at University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR
Juror: Virginia Samsel
Aug.16 – Sept. 13, 2012 Visions in Clay 2012
LH Horton Jr. Gallery at San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA
Juror: Joe Bova
June 29, 2012 Fifth Friday on Slaton Square
V2 Studio & Gallery Slaton, TX
May 4 – 25, 2012 The More You Play With It… MFA Exhibition
TTU School of Art Satellite Gallery at LHUCA Lubbock, TX
March 30, 2012 Fifth Friday on Slaton Square
V2 Studio & Gallery Slaton, TX
Feb. 21 – Mar. 16, 2012 Ceramic/Metals and Jewelry Exhibition
Missouri State University Student Exhibition Center Springfield, MO
Nov. 22, 2011 – Jan. 10, 2012 Influences
Buddy Holly Center Lubbock, TX
Oct. 11 – Nov. 16, 2011 Confusion Setting In: TTU Group Exhibition
Texas A&M International University CFPA Gallery Laredo, TX
Aug. 26 – Sept. 2, 2011 Annual MFA Candidate Group Show
Landmark Arts Gallery Lubbock, TX
March 2 – April 2, 2011 Rising Eyes of Texas
Rockport Center for the Arts Rockport, TX
Juror: Risa Puleo
First Place Prize $500
March 2 – April 2, 2011 The Way We Were: TTU Ceramic Graduate Works
Plaster Student Complex Art Gallery, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Jan. 5 – Feb. 3, 2011 Bring It: An MFA Exchange
Ernst G. Welch School of Art Design Gallery at Georgia State University Atlanta, GA
Sept. 9 – 30, 2010 Negative Slope, TTU MFA Group Exhibition
Lone Star College North Harris Houston, TX
Sept. 1 – 30 Annual MFA Candidate Group Show
Landmark Arts Gallery Lubbock, TX
April 8-10, 2010 TASA Annual Poster Competition
Art and Community Austin, TX
Feb. 7, 2010 TTU Ceramics MFA Group Show: Part of TTU Ceramics Symposium WatersSpace North Gallery Slaton, TX
Jan. 25 – Feb. 26, 2010 Emergence: TTU MFA Group Exhibition
Gallery 193, San Angelo State University San Angelo, TX
Oct. 17, 2009 Art on Slaton Square
Dead Bird Gallery Slaton, TX
Sept. 1 – Oct. 14, 2009 Annual MFA Candidate Show
Landmark Arts Gallery Lubbock, TX
October 2007 Exhibition Elemental: Light, Fire, and Metal Student Exhibition Center, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
June 2007 “This & That” 3 person visiting artist show with Lars Westby & Bradford Davis
C. Space Gallery Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (R.O.C)
Dec. 2005 – Jan. 2006 Solo B.F.A. Thesis Show The Randy Bacon Gallery Springfield, MO
January 2005 Missouri State 5 School Metals & Ceramic Invitational Student Exhibition Center, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Awards
Award of Excellence, #nofilter, 2017 St. Louis, MO
Juror’s Choice Award, Given Form, 2014 St. Charles, MO
Second Place Prize, Minute (mahy-noot) Musings, 2014 Chicago, Ill
First Place Prize, Rising Eyes of Texas, 2011 Rock Port, TX
Residency
Feb. – June 2007 Tainan, Taiwan
Guest visiting artist at Tainan National University for the Arts
Worked with artists: Ching-Yuan Chang, Debra Sigel, Lars Westby, and Patrick Crabb
Lectures/Talks
September 22, 2016 Gallery Talk
MacMurray College Jacksonville, IL
February 2, 2016 Artist Lecture
Mount Mercy University: Betty Cherry Room Cedar Rapids, IA
November 16, 2011 MFA Thesis Lecture: Nostalgia and Toys
English Lecture Hall: Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
October 13, 2011 Gallery Talk
Texas A&M International University CFPA Gallery Laredo, TX
March 4, 2011 Gallery Talk
Plaster Student Complex Art Gallery, Missouri State University Springfield, MO
Workshops/Demos Presented
Jan. 27-31, 2014 Canadian River Art Gallery Canadian, TX
Jan. 16-18,2014 Dallas Market Center – J. Mackie & Associates Dallas, TX
March 3-4, 2011 Missouri State University w/ TTU Ceramic Graduates Springfield, MO
Publications/Articles
All The Art: The Visual Art Quarterly of St. Louis
Summer 2017
“Curiouser and Curiouser” p.17
Jan. 2014 Panhandle PBS
Panhandlepbs.org/arts/artist/bruce-alves-iii/
