RACHEL BALLARD BIGLEY
224 B GRAND BLVD BOONE, NC 28607
(704) 798-5315
EDUCATIONAppalachian State University, Boone NC 2011
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude
Bachelor of Science in Art Education, Cum Laude
Minor in music
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Then and Now,The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC 2012
Faulty Fancy, The Looking Glass Gallery, Boone, NC 2011
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Beast In Show, The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC 2013
King Kongth, The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC
Sweet Sixteen, The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC
Where’s My Heater?, The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC
The Brevard Sculpture Show, Brevard, NC
Debbie Meyer’s Sculpture Garden, Chapel Hill, NC 2012
NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery,
Seattle, WA
Casting Call, The Jones House, Boone, NC
Forging, The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC
The Creature from the Nth Lagoon, The Nth Gallery, Boone, NC 2011
Toys: Re-invent, Re-imagine, Re-discover, Ann Marie Sculpture Garden
and Visual Arts Center, Dowell, MD
Political Potpourri, Washington DC Museum of ContemporaryArt,
Washington D.C.
Bachelor Of Fine Arts Exhibition, Catherine J. Smith Gallery,
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Art Expo, Catherine J. Smith Gallery 2011, 2010, 2009
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
AWARDS & GRANTS
Regional Artist Project Grant of Northwest North Carolina 2013
NCECA Retired Professors Award 2012
Nominee for the Windgate Fellowship
Odyssey Center For Ceramic Arts Student Scholarship 2011
Eva H. Burress Memorial Scholarship
Plemmons Student Union Purchase Award
Catherine J. Smith Gallery- Art Expo Student Choice Award forSculpture
Appalachian State Office of Student Research Grant 2010
Catherine J. Smith Gallery- Art Expo Student Choice Award forSculpture
and Art Expo Faculty Choice Award forCeramics
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Studio Assistantship, Penland, NC 2012- present
Studio Assistant to Cristina Cordova
The Craft Enrichment Program, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2014
Instructor
Artist Talk, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2013
Lecturer
Cordova Soto Studios, Penland, NC 2013
Teaching Assistant to Cristina Cordova during workshop
Doe Ridge Pottery, Boone, NC 2013
Demonstrating Artist
The Nth Degree Gallery & Studios, Boone, NC 2013
Life Drawing Instructor and Coordinator
Visiting Artist, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2012
Lecturer
Studio Internship, Garfield, WA 2012
Intern to Beth Cavener Stichter for “Come Undone”
Lisa Clague Studios, Bakersville, NC 2012
Teaching Assistant to Lisa Clague during workshop
Doe Ridge Pottery, Boone, NC 2011- present
Studio Assistant to Bob Meier
Studio Internship, Bakersville, NC 2011- 2012
Intern to Lisa Clague
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2011, 2010
Teaching Assistant to Lynn Duryea, Handbuilding I and II
Studio Internship, Bakersville, NC 2010
Intern to Melisa Cadell
WORKSHOPS & MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the Nth Gallery and Studios, Boone, NC 2012- present
NCECA 46th Annual Conference, Seattle, WA 2012
Thaddeus Erdahl Workshop, Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC 2011
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 2010 Figurative Association, 2010
Gatlinburg, TN
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Land of Oz, Beech Mountain, NC 2013
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 2011
PUBLICATIONS
Nan Smith,“500 Figures in Clay: Volume 2,” Lark Books, Publication Forthcoming 2014
Laura Taylor, “The Peel Literary Magazine” 2011