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Shannon Goff

Shannon Goff

Statement


My ceramic work embraces abstraction, channeling energies into concretized atmospheres. I begin my sculptures as meditative doodles, but current events and images often co-opt them. Torrid relationships with structure imply entanglement, within collapsing horizons. Imaginary landscapes assemble as gestural drawings in space, testing the conceptual and structural limitations of the material. I address themes of containment and collapse, landscape and structure, sustainability and escape with humor, backdoor mockery, and an aesthetic sensibility that often belies the seriousness of my subject matter. The most recent work engages function and the power of scent to transport; an invitation to travel inward. Drawing out loud and within helps me understand how to best navigate the built and natural environments of contemporary society’s tumultuous terrain.

Bio


Detroit native Shannon Goff is an artist preoccupied with the privilege of movement. She makes objects from cardboard and clay but her practice, however, is heavily rooted in the practice of drawing. Studying and living in Japan greatly influenced her sense of line, color, and beyond. Shannon has been the recipient of a Japanese Monbusho grant and twice awarded residencies to the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry program. She has been an artist in residence at the ClayArch Museum in Gimhae, South Korea and a United States Artists nominee. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Korean Ceramics Biennale 2019, South Korea, the Knockdown Center, Queens, NY, Red Bull Arts, Detroit, MI, the Jane Hartsook Gallery in NYC, Elijah Wheat Showroom, Newburgh, NY, Honey Ramka, Brooklyn, NY and in Beijing, Berlin, Chicago, London, and Australia. Reviews of her work have been featured in Hyperallergic, DesignBoom, Colossal, FastCoDesign, Cfile, and Detroit Art Review. Shannon received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and is presently an Associate Professor Ceramics at The Penn State University School of Visual Arts.

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EDUCATION
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art, M.F.A., Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Kyoto Seika University, Post Baccalaureate Studies, Kyoto, Japan
  • University of Michigan, B.F.A., Ann Arbor, MI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
  • 2022
  • Shannon Goff: New Work
  • Elijah Wheat Showroom, Newburgh, NY
  • Future Forward (24’ permanent ceramic tile installation)
  • Corl Street Elementary, State College, PA
  • Roberto Lugo: The Village Potter
  • Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
  • Earth Oracles
  • Maytens Gallery, Toronto, CA
  • Faculty Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
  • 2021
  • With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy Of Art Since 1932
  • Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 2020
  • FAIR presented by NADA / May 20 – June 21, 2020
  • with Elijah Wheat Showroom, Brooklyn, NY
  • Quartz Inversion
  • 2019
  • Korean International Ceramic Biennale 2019
  • ClayArch Museum, Gimhae, South Korea
  • Breaking The Plane
  • Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
  • Meet & Greet, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
  • Keystone Clay, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
  • Geologic Shift, Wilson Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • 2018
  • Ball Snake Ball
  • Artspace, New Haven, CT
  • Outside the Box
  • Chamber Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
  • Depth of Surface
  • Honey Ramka, Brooklyn, NY
  • Flamethrowers
  • Elijah Wheat Showroom, Brooklyn, NY
  • SuperMud / FutureMud
  • Union Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA
  • TACTIC III
  • Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
  • 2017
  • Vigorous Form
  • The Gallery, Unit 9, Huntington Estate, London
  • SHANNON GOFF
  • Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
  • TACTIC II
  • Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University
  • SoVA Faculty Exhibition
  • HUB Robeson Gallery, Penn State University
  • Internationalist
  • M16 Artspace, Canberra, Australia
  • TACTIC
  • NCECA Conference, Portland Convention Center, Portland, OR
  • REEL Real
  • Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • 2017-present
  • Associate Professor of Art
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  • 2011-2016
  • Assistant Professor of Art
  • Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: COMMENTARY
  • 2019
  • Ceramics Monthly Magazine, November 2019,
  • Breaking The Plane @ Jane Hartsook Gallery, Exposure, p. 14
  • Industria della carta, October 2019, Ingegno E Abilita De Cartone, pp.3-6
  • Ceramics Monthly Magazine, October 2019, Jane Hartsook Gallery
  • Ceramics Now Exhibition Series 2019-2020, p.68
  • 2018
  • PSU Multimedia & Print Center, Supermud / Futuremud, The Pennsylvania State
  • University Alumni Ceramics Exhibition, University Park, PA
  • 2017
  • Dead Center Magazine, Fall 2017, Shannon Goff: Clay and Cardboard, David Higgins, p.26-34
PUBLICATIONS: SELECTED ONLINE REFERENCES
  • INTERNATIONAL - 2016
  • Germany
  • Octane Magazine, Ausgabe 21, March 2016, Der Origami Lincoln, Nairolf Resom, pp.12-13
  • 2015
  • Albania:
  • Vitamina. Nje Makine Prej Kartoni nga Shannon Goff, November 6, 2015.
  • Brazil:
  • Canto, F. da pra acreditar? Esse carro e inteiramente feito de papelao!, November 10, 2015.
  • Hernandes, D. Este Lincoln Continental Feito De Papelao E Uma Homenagem Impressionante a Um Carro De Verdade, November 5, 2015
  • Nanbu, G. Instalacao Miles to Empty, de Shannon Goff, November 10, 2015.
  • France:
  • Kleck, P. Shannon Goff a refait en carton la Lincoln Continental Mark V 1979 de son grand-pere, November 2, 2015.
  • Delpech, M. Lincoln Continental en carton par Shannon Goff, November 3, 2015
  • Impression-Decoupe. Lincoln Continental Mark V: la folle replique en carton, November 25, 2015.
INVITED LECTURES
  • 2021
  • California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA (forthcoming)
  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (forthcoming)
  • Arapahoe Community College, Denver, CO (forthcoming)
  • 2020
  • Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  • 2019
  • Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • 2018
  • College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
  • Kent State University, Kent, OH
  • 2017
  • Alfred University, Alfred, NY
  • 2016
  • Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
  • 2015
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  • CalState Northridge, Northridge, CA
RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, & AWARDS
  • 2021
  • United States Artists Fellowship nominee
  • 2020
  • President’s Award for Engagement with Students, Penn State University
  • Embedded Researcher / Arts & Design Research Incubator, Penn State University
  • 2019
  • Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Drawing Outloud Workshop
  • 2018
  • Center of Arts & Design Pedagogy / Innovator in Residence 2018-2020
  • Penn State College of Arts and Architecture Faculty Research Grant
  • Kent State University Art Blossom Art Intensive
  • 2016
  • United States Artists Fellowship nominee
  • 2014
  • Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities Individual Faculty Grant
  • Penn State College of Arts and Architecture Faculty Research Grant
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
  • ClayArch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, South Korea
  • Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Ripley Museum, San Francisco, CA
  • John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
  • Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
  • Maxine and Stewart Frankel Foundation, Bloomfield Hills, MI
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
  • Rachel Kukes and Mark Schwartz Collection, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Marshall and Janet Miller Collection, Kansas City, MO
  • Judi Rotenberg Collection, Boston, MA
  • Marge and Phil Kalodner Brown Collection, Gladwyne, PA
  • Elysia Borowy-Reeder and Scott Reeder Collection, Detroit, MI
  • Bruce Kahn Collection, Birmingham, MI
  • Ross Hanley Collection, Fennville, MI
  • Jennifer and John Barry Collection, Northbrook, IL
  • Lisa MacDonald Collection, West Bloomfield, MI
  • Zina and Michael Kramer Collection, Palm Beach, FL
  • Amy Kantgias Collection, Birmingham, MI
GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
  • Elijah Wheat Showroom, Newburgh, NY

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