Art & Design

Paul Linhares

• Master of Fine Art, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 2000
• Bachelor of Fine Art, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, May 1991

• Sole Proprietor - Mudskipper Pottery, Fredericktown, Ohio, July 1993 - Present
• Adjunct Professor of Art – Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, September 2001 –Present
• Visiting Ceramics Faculty – Chautauqua institute School of Art, Chautauqua, New York, June 2001 and July 2002
• Production Potter and Glaze Technician - Millcreek Stoneware, Coshocton, Ohio, November 1993 - August 1997
• Potter’s Apprentice - Jeff Reed and Sarah MacFarland, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 1993 - July 1993
• Production Potter - Three Rivers Pottery, Coshocton, Ohio, September 1991 - October 1992
• Class Instructor and Clay Shop Technician - the Student Center Craft Shop, Carbondale, Illinois, July 1990 - May 1991

• Tableware, Zen Clay, Morgantown, West Virginia, November 2008
• Fresh Pots, Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, April 2000
• Recent Works, Zen Clay, Morgantown, West Virginia, July 1999

• Cups of Comfort and Joy, Meridith Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2008
• National Teapot Show VII, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, North Carolina, June 2008
• Chautauqua Ceramics Invitational Retrospective Exhibit, NCECA 2008, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 2008 and Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York, July 2008
• Functional Ceramics 2005, Wayne Center For The Arts, Wooster, Ohio, March 2005
• Gifts of the Craftsmen, Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, Ohio, November 2004
• Rambunctious Clay Ceramics With Attitude, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, Ohio, August 2004
• Butter Dish, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Ashville, North Carolina, October 2004

• 16th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg, Pennsylvania, May 2008
• Form Follows Function, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, September 2004
• 12th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 2004
• Big Fish, Small Pot: An International Teapot Competition, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, California, March 2004
• Earth In Balance, A Regional Clay Competition, Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, Ohio, December 2003
• 58th May Show, , Mansfield Arts Center, Mansfield, Ohio, April 2003
• Fall Members Show, Mansfield Arts Center, Mansfield, Ohio, October 2002
• Artists React to 9-11, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, August 2002
• 57th May Show, Mansfield Arts Center, Mansfield, Ohio, April 2002
• Faculty Art 2002, Fine Arts Chapel Building, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, March 2002
• Faculty Show, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, August 2001
• 9th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 2001
• Utilitarian Ceramics National, Ameen Art Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, February 2000
• Continuing the Search, Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 1999
• NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Fort Hays Metropolitan Arts Center, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, February 1999
• Formal Tease, Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 1998
• Paul Linhares - Ceramics, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, Ohio, September 1997
• International Orton Cone Box Show, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, March 1994, work included in the traveling exhibition
• Studio Artist Show, Manitou Gallery, Business of Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 1993
• Atrium Gallery Show, Atrium Gallery, Business of Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 1993
• Sculpture In Your Outer Space, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois April 1991
• Student Center Purchase Award Show, Carbondale, Illinois, March 1991
• Rickert-Ziebolt Trust Award Show, Allen Hall, SIU, Carbondale, Illinois, March 1991

• Best Of Show, Earth in Balance, Rosewood Arts Centre, Kettering, Ohio, December 2003
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Tuition and Stipend, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, August 1997 - May 2000
• Permanent Collection Purchase, Chef John Folse Culinary Institute, Thibodaux, Louisiana, April 2000
• Permanent Collection Purchase, Pomerene Fine Art Center, Coshocton, Ohio, January 1996
• Best of Show in Clay, Springfield Art in the Park, Springfield, Ohio, June 1994
• Pacer Corporation Purchase Award, International Orton Cone Box Show, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, March 1994
• Honorable Mention Award, Sculpture In Your Outer Space, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois April 1991
• Talent Scholarship Award, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, November 1990

• 500 Plates and Chargers, Lark Books, 2008, p. 73, 142
• 500 Cups, Lark Books, 2004, p. 275
• Ceramics Monthly, “Earth In Balance”, April 2004, p. 46
• Dayton Daily News, “Commentary on contemporary world gives edge to clay medium,” November 2, 2003
• The Dominion Post, “Guatemalan coffee gift to community,” December 5, 1999
• The Coshocton Tribune, “Affordable Art,” December 7, 1995
• Ceramics Monthly, “International Orton Cone Box Show”, January 1995, p. 29

• Guest Lecturer on Hand-built slipware, The Ohio State University, Mansfield, Ohio, August 2004
• Artist Lecture, Ceramics Studio, Chautauqua Institution School of Art, Chautauqua, New York, July 2002
• Visiting Artist Demonstrations, The Craft Shop, Braxton Towers, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, April 1999
• Artists’ Panel Discussion, NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, Fort Hays Metropolitan Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, March 1999
• Visiting Artist Demonstrations, Mount Vernon Nazarene College, Mount Vernon, Ohio, September 1997
• Visiting Artist Demonstrations, Meramec Community College, St. Louis, Missouri, May 1995