Curriculum Vitae
Academic Appointments
2020-2022 | Adjunct Faculty, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2018-2019 | Adjunct Faculty, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2018 | Sabbatical Replacement Faculty, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2016-17 | Instructor, EMU Craft Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Education
2016 | MFA in Craft | Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Thesis: To Do Dumb Smart: A Material Phenomenology of Not Knowing, Supervisor: Karl Burkheimer
Academic Achievements: MFA Award of Distinction
2014 | Post-Baccalaureate BA in Studio Art | University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2010 | BA Cum Laude in Physics | Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
Other Appointments
2024 (upcoming) | Resident Artist, The Shigaraki Ceramics Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
2024-Present | Resident Artist, Vortex Pottery, Seattle, WA
2022-Present | Sculptural Consultant/Assistant by project contract to artist Priscilla Dobler-Dzul, Tacoma, WA
Exhibitions including:
Neddy Artist Award Exhibition at Cornish College of the Arts,
Seattle Future Cosmologies: The Regeneration of Maya Mythologies, MadArt Gallery, Seattle
2022-Present | Lead Sculptor by project contract, Stark Raven Fabrication, Santa Fe, NM
Clients: Color and Light, San Francisco, Boulevard World Theme Park Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2019-Present | Independent Contracts in Public Art Installation and Residential Carpentry
Clients: Studio Palanquin, Color and Light, MERCURY Bank, UBER
2019-Present | Founder/Owner, Jonathan Steele Studio
2018-2019 | Carpenter – Green River Construction, Eugene OR
2016-2020 | Co-founder/Owner, Friends of Fire: Oregon Woodfire Pottery Collective
2016-2018 | Resident Artist, Pleasant Hill Pottery, Pleasant Hill, OR
Exhibitions of Note
2024 | “Tea”, Juried by Mitch Iburg and Curated by John Hessiman, NCECA concurrent exhibition, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
2024 | Jonathan Steele Teaware: Spring 2024 Batch Reveal, Solo Exhibition, Enthea Teahouse, Portland OR
2024 | Teapots X, Juried by Mike Jabbur, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
2023 | Cup and Mug, Puerh Brooklyn with G Grippo Art and Design, Brooklyn, NY
2020 | Juried Functional Teapot Show, Juror and invited exhibitor, NCECA concurrent exhibition, Black Iris Gallery, Richmond VA
2020 | In the Service of Tea, Solo Exhibition, George Fox University, Newberg OR
2020 | Strictly Functional Pottery National, Juried by Julia Galloway, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg PA
2018-19, ‘23 | Northwest Tea Festival, Exhibitor, Seattle Center Exhibitions Hall, Seattle, WA
2018 | Gongfu Cha: A Celebration of Tea, Curator and Exhibitor, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
2018 | WCA Teapots, Exhibitor, Juried by Simon Levin, Good Earth Pottery Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2018 | The Cup, The Mug, Main Streets Art Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY
2017-19, ‘23 | TeaFestPDX, Exhibitor, World Forestry Center, Portland, OR
2017 | Legacy Emergent, NCECA concurrent exhibition, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR
2017 | Ashes & Flux, NCECA concurrent exhibition, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR
2016-19 | Beloved Sacred Music and Arts Festival, Exhibitor, Tidewater OR
2016 | re|solve, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2015 | Stoked: Tambayaki and Northwest Woodfire Exhibition, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
Publications
2023 | Kyusu Tea Vessel with Wooden Handle, Pottery Making Illustrated, May/June 2023 Issue
2022 | Faculty Critique of Selected Works, Crosscurrents Student Arts and Literature Magazine, Spring 2022 Issue
Grants | Awards
2024 | Best in Show: “Tea” Artspace Gallery, Richmond VA
2024 | Rainmaker Craft Initiative 2024 Microgrant Recipient
2022 | ASUPS Faculty of the Year Award 2022 (Student Nominated), University of Puget Sound