Brooks Bowman Oliver
Education
- 2014 (expected)
- MFA, Studio Art, Concentration Ceramics
Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Pennsylvania
- 2010
- BFA, Studio Art, Concentration Ceramics
Southern Methodist University - Dallas, Texas
Residencies
- 2011-2012
- Post Bacheloriate Studies in Ceramics
Syracuse University - Syracuse, New York
Related Work Experience
- 2011-2012
- Teaching Assistant for Peter Beasecker’s Intro Throwing Class, Syracuse Universtiy
- 2010-2011
- Teacher of Debate and Technical Theater, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas
- 2011
- Guest Lecturer in Ceramics, Art, and Stagecraft Classes, Jesuit College Prepatory of Dallas
- 2008-2009
- Documenter and Photographer, The Rosenfield Collection (Ceramics)
- 2008-2009
- Assistant to Peter Beasecker, Syracuse University
- 2006-2007
- Ceramics Instructor, St. Marks Summer Camps, Dallas, Texas
- 2007, 2009
- Assistant to Camp Coordinator, St. Marks Summer Camps, Dallas, Texas
Exhibitions
- 2012
- (Take) Home for the Hollidays, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- 2011
- November Group Show, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- September Group Show, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- Uptown Opening, RO2 Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas
- Group Show, The McKinney Art Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
- 2010
- Mercedes Daimler Chrysler Exibit, Ft. Worth, Texas
- Container Show, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Group Show, The McKinny Art Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
- Jesuit Artquest Show, Dallas, Texas
- SMU Artist Show, Alcove Wine Bar, Dallas, Texas
- Student Art Association Show, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Taos Exibition, SMU, Taos, New Mexico
- 2009
- Entry into Daimler Chrysler Exibit, Ft. Worth, Texas
- Art for Darfur, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Junior Exhibition, Doolin Gallery, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Meadows at the Meyerson, Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, Texas
- Container Show, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- 2008
- Advanced Ceramics Fall Show, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Advanced Ceramics Spring Show, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Art for Darfur, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Container Show, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Foundations Metal Forms, Doolin Gallery, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- 2007
- Advanced Ceramics Fall Show, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Art for Darfur, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Container Show, Owen Fine Arts Center, SMU, Dallas, Texas
Supplemental Education
- 2011
- National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Tampa, Florida
- 2010
- New York Colloquium Class
- National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
- 2009
- National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
- 2008
- Utilitarian Clay Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
- Workshop with Julia Galloway, Craft Guild, Dallas, Texas
- Workshop with Ryan McCurly, Craft Guild, Dallas, Texas
Grants, Awards and Honors
- 2011
- Commisioned by SMU Provost to create retiring faculty gifts (second time)
- 2010
- Visiting Artist, Southwestern Community College, Dillsboro, North Carolina
- Outstanding Senior Award (Studio Arts Department Meadows School)
- Outstanding Senior Man Award Nominee, SMU (Meadows School Representative)
- Entry into the Free Museum of Dallas, SMU
- Entry into the Empty Bowls silent auction, North Texas Food Bank
- Commisioned by SMU Provost to create retiring faculty gifts (first time)
- 2009
- Zelle Grant, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Entry into the Rosenfield Collection, Dallas, Texas
- Entry into the Jesuit Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
- Entry into Daimler Chrysler exibit, Ft. Worth, Texas
- Academic Scholarship, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- 2008
- First Place, Artquest Juried Competition, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, Texas
- 2007
- Academic Scholarship, SMU, Dallas, Texas
- Engineering Scholarship, SMU, Dallas, Texas