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Education

2012    MFA     Sculpture         Academy of Art University
2007    BA       Industrial Arts   San Francisco State University

Awards

2015    Blue Line Arts Gallery, America's Clayfest III, 2nd Place
2014    The Artery, California Clay Competition, The Artery Award
2013    City of Brea Art Gallery, ACGA National Clay & Glass Exhibition, 1st Place
2012    The Lorton Arts Foundation, 2nd Annual Workhouse Clay National, Best of Show
2012    The Artery, California Clay Competition, Clay Planet Award
2011    The Artery, California Clay Competition, Leslie’s Ceramics Award

Solo Exhibitions

2019   Blend In: Flight, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2018   Homebodies: Artifacts, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2017   Blend In, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2015   Animal Instincts, Sherrie Gallerie, Columbus, OH
2015   Calvin Ma Hombuddies, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014   Calvin Ma Homebodies: Recollective, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014   Calvin Ma Homebodies: In My Shell, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2013   Calvin Ma Homebodies, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012   Calvin Ma Blending In, The Cannery Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

Selected Exhibitions

2019    Gaia Reborn: A Future Utopia (Beautiful Bizarre Magazine international group exhibition,Urban Nation, Museum for Urban 
            Contemporary Art,  Berlin, Germany           

2019    Walk on the Wild Side, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2019    ​A Delicate Nature at WORKSHOP (NCECA Conference), Antler Gallery,  Minneapolis, MN
2019    Ascent, Talon Gallery,  Portland, OR
2018    Collect 2018: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Tansey Contemporary, Saatchi Gallery, London
​2018    Deconstructing the Conversation, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016    SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier Festival Hall, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2016    Texas Contemporary, George R. Brown Convention Center, Duane Reed Gallery, Houston, TX
2016    PLAY II: two person show with Erika Sanada, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR
2016    Seattle Art Fair, CenturyLink Field Event Center, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2016    Star Trek. 50 Artists. 50 Years. Michael J. Wolf Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016    Bodies + Beings, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2016    Indulge, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2016    Art Market San Francisco, Fort Mason Center, Duane Reed Gallery, S.F. CA
2015    SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier Festival Hall, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2015    Go Figure!  Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2015    Bodies & Beings, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2015    Seattle Art Fair, CenturyLink Field Event Center, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2015    Artful Evening 2015, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
2015    Art Speaks, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2015    Neo-Cali Clay, SMAart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015    Warholian Presents: STORYBOOK, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015    The Nightmare in Wonderland, Part II, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
2015    The Zealot's Elixir, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015    Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Sherrie Gallerie, Palm Beach, FL
2015    LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Tansey Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2014    SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier Festival Hall, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Chicago, IL
2014    Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics: From The Ground Up, Michael Seiler Studios, Zanesville, OH
2014    Visions In Clay,  LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA
2014    Figure It, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2014    Tenebrous, Clutter Gallery, Beacon, NY
2014    The Fourth World, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014    California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA, 
2014    Transformation 9: Contemporary Works in Ceramics, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2013    Mad Hatters, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2013    Affordable Art Fair, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2013    SOFA Chicago, Festival Hall Navy Pier, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Chicago, IL  
2013    The Compendium of Craft, Art Attack SF, San Francisco, CA, Curator: Joe Kowalczyk
2013    Ceramics Annual of America, Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
2013    Chronicle: Tales of the Sea, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013    Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA, Curator: Peter Held
2013    Curiosities, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013    America's ClayFest, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA, Curator: Richard Shaw
2013    ACGA National Clay & Glass Exhibition, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA,  Curator: Carol Sauvion
2012    Small Works Show, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, CA
2012    Allied Forces, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012    The Altar Project, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012    2nd Annual Workhouse Clay National, McGuire Woods Gallery, Lorton, Virginia,
             Curator: Peter Held
2012    California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA
2012    California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA, Curator: Tony Natsoulas
2011    Woodland Group Show, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011    Everybody’s Hero, Fabric8, San Francisco, CA
2011    California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA
2011    California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA, Curator: Nancy M. Servis
2011    Feats of Clay XXIV, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA, Curator: Donna Billick
2010    California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA

Workshops

2016   Otterbein Summer Ceramic Institute, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH
2016   Mayco Visiting Artists Series, Cleveland, OH

Publication
American Craft Magazine, Volume 78, No. 2, april/may 2018, 
HEY!, issue 22, June 2015, France
American Art Collector, issue 114, April 2015, Scottsdale, AZ
500 Figures in Clay volume 2, 2014, Lark, New York, NY
GEEK-ART An Anthology, Thomas Olivri, 2014, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, USA

Collections

Rancho Obi Wan, Petaluma, CA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA




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