Henry James Haver Crissman
2692 Carpenter Ave. Hamtramck, MI 48212
(989) 600 2467 / HJCrissman@gmail.com / www.HenryCrissman.com / www.CeramicsSchool.com
IG: @henrycrissman @ceramicsschool
Education
2013 – 2015 MFA Ceramics, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2008 – 2012 BFA Craft/Ceramics, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Relevant Employment
June 2019 - Present Co-Founder and Co-Director, Ceramics School LLC, Hamtramck, MI
Jan. 2018 - Present Adjunct Faculty, College for Creative Studies, Craft and Material Studies Department, Detroit, MI
Jan. 2019 - Present Adjunct Faculty, Eastern Michigan University, School of Art and Design, Ypsilanti, MI
Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2019 Adjunct Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Aug. 2016 - Aug. 2018 Instructor, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Jan. 2017 - July 2018 Adjunct Faculty, Wayne State University, James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, Detroit, MI
Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Adjunct Faculty, Marygrove College, Department of Visual Arts, Detroit, MI
Aug. 2016 - Dec. 2016 Adjunct Faculty, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI
Aug. 2015 - June 2016 Studio Director/Instructor, The Wellsville Creative Arts Center, Wellsville, NY
Selected Presentations / Demonstrations
2020 Digital Visiting Artist, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
2020 Digital Visiting Artist, University of Georgia abroad program in Cortona, Italy
2018 Visiting Artist, Art Schools Collaborative Conference, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
2018 Presenter, “Ceramics and the Architecture of Social Progression”, College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Visiting Artist, Oakland Community College, Royal Oak Campus, Royal Oak, MI
2016 Visiting Artist, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
2015 Visiting Artist, Ox-bow Wood-fire Intensive, Ox-bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2015 Visiting Artist, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 Presenter, Michigan Ceramic Art Association MIMud Conference, HFCC Dearborn, MI
2015 Visiting Artist, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
2015 Demonstrating Artist, The National Folk Festival, Greensboro, NC
2015 Visiting Artist, Odyssey Clay Works, Asheville, NC
2014 Presenter, “Considering Social Practice in Contemporary Ceramics,” 2014 NCECA Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Selected Exhibitions / Collaborations / Notable Engagements
2021
“Turn Onz” Curanted by Jeffery Tranchell, NADA House, Governors Island, NY
2020
“Bowls,” Public Pool, Hamtramck, MI
“Art Mile” Detroit Digital Art Exhibition, included by SOUTHFIELD, Southfield, MI
“Conglomerate” Two Person Show with Chris Riddell, Ceramics School, Hamtramck, MI
2019
“Turn Ons,” Jeff (Gallery), Detroit, MI
“New Balance” (Solo), Simone DeSousa Edition, Detroit, MI.
2018
“Edition 18,” Simone DeSousa Gallery, Detroit, MI.
“MOCAD Gala” The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI.
“Henry Crissman: Kiln Pad Pop-Up,” Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI.
“Alla Prima All’a Time,” Collaboration with Hamilton Poe, Trinosophes, Detroit, MI.
“Hello Future” (Solo exhibition in the MoCAD store), The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI.
“Function” Curated by Tom Phardel, The Jewish Community Center, West Bloomfield, MI.
2017
“The Lounge of Saturn” Popps Packing, Hamtramck, MI.
“Please,” (Solo Exhibition/Collaboration) Trinosophes, Detroit, MI.
“Annual Staff and Student Show” Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI. (juried by Corbe, awarded first prize)
“Convergence and Bifurcation” (curator and participant) OCAC/PNCA Applied Craft and Design Studios, Portland, OR.
“Social Objects” Exhibition by the Socially Engaged Craft Collective, C3: Initiative, Portland, OR.
2016
"Glisten" (Artist in Community Grant funded Backpack Kiln Project) Alfred, NY.
"Across the Table, Across the Land" Curated by Michael Strand and Namita Wiggers, NCECA 50th Anniversary
Community Project, Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, MO.
"Self Titled 2: (954)785-8492.5" Collaboration with Hamilton Poe, Trinosophes, Detroit, MI.
2015
“2015 Winter Show” Curated by Edie Carpenter, Greenhill Art Center, Greensboro, NC.
“The Mobile Anagama Invitational” Collaborative Project with Josh Copus and Nick Moen, Odyssey Clay Works,
Asheville, NC.
“Cousins in Clay” ‘Guest Cousin’, Bulldog Pottery, Seagrove, NC.
“The Mobile Anagama Company” MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Historic Terra-Cotta Building, Alfred, NY
“Variance” Alfred University Ceramics MFA Candidates Group Exhibition, Providence, RI
2014
"Suggested Donation Pottery Sale" One day event at The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
"The Mobile Anagama" National Tour of Firings, stops included:
- Alfred University, Alfred, NY
- AMACO, Indianapolis, IN
- Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
- Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
“Spring 2014 SUNY Art Student Exhibition” Alfred University Selected Graduate Student, Albany, NY
2013
“Self-Titled: Collaborative Projects by Henry Crissman and Hamilton Poe” Collaboration with Hamilton Poe,
Trinosophes, Detroit, MI
“Pinewood Derby II” Popps Packing, Detroit, MI
Selected Awards / Residencies
2019 Successful Kickstarter Campaign, “Ceramics School” (Raised $35,595)
2016 Artist in Community Grant, “Glisten” (The Backpack Kiln Project), The Cattaraugus County Arts
Council, Allegany, NY ($2,500 Grant)
2015 Resident Artist, STARworks Center for Creative Enterprises, Star, NC
2014 Successful Kickstarter Campaign, “The Mobile Anagama” (Raised $3,106)
2014 Resident Artist / Instructor, C.A.M.P. Experimental Artist Residency, Honeoye, NY
2014 NCECA Graduate Student Fellowship ($2,000 Grant)
2012 NCECA Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship ($2,000 Grant)
2012 Successful Kickstarter Campaign, “The Detroit Noborigama” (Raised $2,275)
2011 Summer Internship, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2010-13 Resident Artist, Fortress Studios, Detroit, MI
2010 Student Fellowship, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Publications
Oesterritter, Lindsay, “Mastering Kilns and Firing: Raku, Pit and Barrel, Wood Firing, and More,” p.165, p.172 Quarry, 2020.
Sharp, Sarah Rose, “Two Artists Are Alla-bout Bob Ross, and a Forthcoming Book on His Painting Techniques,” Hyperallergic RSS, 9 August, 2018.
Sharp, Sarah Rose, “From Functional to Found, an Art Couple’s Experiments in Clay,” Hyperallergic RSS, 2 January, 2018.
Chapman, Charine, “A Community Kiln Keeps the Flame of Democracy Burning in Detroit” Vice Creators, 20 March, 2017.
Sharp, Sarah Rose, "Florida, Bob Ross, and a Collaborative, Conceptual Art Journey," Hyperallergic RSS, 17 March, 2016.
“The Mobile Anagama Photo Essay,” The Log Book: International Wood-Fired Ceramics Publication, p.9-13, Issue 64, 2016.
“Clay Culture: Mobile Anagama,” Ceramics Monthly, p.20-21, September 2015 issue.
“The Mobile Anagama Tour,” (Limited Edition Photo Book) Salt & Cedar Letter Press, Detroit, MI, 2015.
Oesterritter, Lindsay “The Expanding Community of Wood-Fired Ceramics,” The Studio Potter, vol. 43 issue 1, 2015.
“The Mobile Anagama,” NCECA Journal, vol. 35, The Sheridan Press, Hanover, 2015.
“Considering Social Practice in Contemporary Ceramics,” NCECA Journal, vol. 35, The Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA, p.120, 2014.
“The Public Subsidized Pottery Sale,” NCECA Journal, vol. 34 2013, The Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA, pg. 38, 2013.