Education
2019
Master of Fine Arts, University of Missouri (MU), Columbia, MO
2013-2015
Post-baccalaureate Studies, MU, Columbia, MO
2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Colorado State University-Pueblo (CSU-P), Pueblo, CO
2008
Associates of Arts, Moberly Area Community College (MACC), Moberly, MO
Academic Teaching Experience
2024
Part-time Adjunct Professor, MU, Columbia, MO - Advanced Ceramics
2019-2022
Lecturer in Ceramics, Truman State University (TSU), Kirksville, MO - Ceramics I-V & Independent Studio(s): Ceramics
2019-2020
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art, MU, Columbia, MO - Beginning Ceramics & 3D Design
2019
Adjunct Instructor – Art, MACC, Columbia, MO - Drawing and Composition I & Art Survey and Appreciation I
2018-2019
Instructor of Record, MU, Columbia, MO - Beginning Ceramics & 3-D Design
2017
Co-instructor of Record, MU, Columbia, MO - 3-D Design
Selected Professional Experience
2023-Present
Craft, Service, Maintenance Operations Coordinator, School of Visual Studies - MU, Columbia, MO
2024
Panelist, 39th Annual Ceramics Symposium, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
2023
Technical Assistant, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Island, ME - Justin Donofrio, 1-week
2021-2023
Ceramic Studio & Residency Manager/Department Head of Ceramics, Access Arts, Columbia, MO
Instructor - Clay Community Classes, Access Arts, Columbia, MO
2019
Workshop Assistant, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC - Joe Pintz, 3-week
2017
Studio Technician, MU, Columbia, MO
2015-2016
Instructor, Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, FL
Upper Division - Visual Arts | Substitute Drawing and Painting | Faculty Wellness and Development Program
Instructor, Morean Center for Clay (MCC), St. Petersburg, FL
Youth Summer Camp | Friday Night Clay | Clay Friends & Fun | Sundays @ the Morean.
Resident Artist, MCC, St. Petersburg, FL (1-year)
2015
Assistant Kiln Builder, MU, Columbia, MO - Assisted Joe Pintz with soda kiln construction
Publications
2023
“Keeping Tests Going | Eric Ordway.” Paul Blais. The Potters Cast, July 11th, 2023. Episode 952, https://thepotterscast.com/ [Interview]
“2023 Emerging Artist: Eric Ordway, Columbia, MO,” Ceramics Monthly, Issue: May 2023, pp. 33 [Feature]
“Recipes: Atmospheric Layers,” Ceramics Monthly, Issue: May 2023, pp. 66 [Feature]
2022
“Exploring the Rhythms of Life and Art: An Interview with Ceramic Artist Eric Ordway,” Sarah Elizabeth Burns, Vigil Magazine, Issue 10 – Winter 2022, pp.83-86 [Interview]
“Elemental,” Ceramics Monthly, Issue: Sept. 2022, pp. 53 [Photo]
“Exposure,” Ceramics Monthly, Issue: May 2022 [Photo]
2021
“Columbia Ceramics Artist Eric Ordway Molds Lasting Connections,” Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune, October 3rd [Article]
“Illuminators,” Conor Sweetman, October, Christianity Today [Feature]
“Four artists: Ceramic, fantasy surrealism, watercolor, and poly-disciplinary. This month's Missouri Arts Council featured artists,” Diana Moxin, Speaking of the Arts, August, Episode 172, KOPN 89.5 [Interview]
2019
“Grounded,” Ceramics Monthly, Issue: Sept. 2019, pp. 54 [Photo]
“We Are But Dust,” Eric Ordway, October, Ekstasis Magazine [Article]
“Pottery embodies Missouri landscapes,” Kelsey Wu, Columbia Missourian, March 15th [Article]
Grants & Awards
2023
Staff Development Award, MU, Columbia, MO
3rd Place Award, KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2023, The Arts KC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
George VanOstrand Fellowship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Ceramics Monthly 2023 Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly, Issue: May 2023
2022
Watermark Honorable Mention, It’s Only Clay 2022, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, MN
Diamond Core Award, KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2022, The ArtsKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2021
Missouri Featured Artist – August, Missouri Arts Council, Missouri
2019
Second Place Award, 27th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Creative Factory/Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, PA
2018
Hazel (Pat) Steele Burney Endowment, MU, Columbia, MO
2017
Sheryl Bulgrin Purchase Award, Working Pots II, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
Second Runner Up, KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2017, Bredin-Lee Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2013
Library Award, CSU-Pueblo Student Show, CSU-P, Pueblo, CO
2012
3rd Place Award, CUS-Pueblo Student Show, CSU-P, Pueblo, CO
Solo Exhibitions
2024
There and Back Again: A Potter’s Tale, South Gallery, Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO
2023
DOXA: Revisited, Mildred M. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
2022
Eric Ordway Ceramics, Riverside Pottery, Cape Girardeau, MO
2021
Selected Ceramic Works by Eric Ordway, Osage Arts Community Art Center, Belle, MO
2020
Contemplative Vessels, Boger Gallery, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
2019
DOXA: Prayerful Pots, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
DOXA: Prayerful Pots, Annex Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
2016
Foundation, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2024
In Hand Cup Exhibition, Mikhail Zakin Gallery at The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
10th Annual Dirty South Cup Show, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
SIP: A Ceramics Cup Show, Clayer & Co. Gallery, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA
Nature & Coalescence, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
Earth & Fire 2024, Stifel Fine Arts Center-Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, WV
Santa Barbara Clay National Juried Exhibition, Clay Studio Santa Barbara, Goleta, CA
8th Central Time Ceramics Juried Exhibition, Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Concentricity: University of Missouri School of Visual Studies Juried Alumni Exhibit, Montminy Gallery, Boone County Historical Society, Columbia, MO
International Cup 2024, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
NCECA Annual 2024 - Rendered Fusion: Clay, Connection, Attention, Joel & Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Teapot X: 10th Biannual, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
2023
16th Annual Cup Show: Form and Function, The Amelia Center Gallery, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
47th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, History, and Science, Evansville, IN
The Clay Cup VI: Vessel, Icon, Canvas, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Alteration Station: Annual Mug Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Fly Over Focus, Trish Martindell Gallery at Queen City Clay, Norwood, OH
KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2023, The ArtsKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Cup: The Intimate Object XIX, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Transformative Craft, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Synthesis, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
Pots for Ritual and Contemplation, Online Exhibition, Hanover, PA
Sip: A Ceramics Cup Show, Clayer & Co. Gallery, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA
Shapes of Influence 2023, M.G. Nelson Family Gallery, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Baldwin National 2023, Holt Russell Gallery, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
delecTABLE: The Art of Fine Dining, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO
NCECA Annual 2023 - I Contain Multitudes, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2022
15th Annual Cup Show: Form and Function, Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL
It’s Only Clay 2022, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, MN
KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2022, The ArtsKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
30th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Raise a Toast 2, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL
8th Annual Dirty South Cup Call and Competition, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
SAY SOMETHING: Tactile Voices in Clay, Schacht Gallery – Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY
2021
29th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2021, The ArtsKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Workhouse Clay International 2021, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Ritual!, Intersect Arts Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2020
Off Center International Ceramic Art Competition, Blue Line Arts Center, Roseville, CA
Off the Table: Clay for the Wall, Potter Fine Arts Gallery, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO
7th Central Time Ceramics International, Bradley University Galleries, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2019
27th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster Creative Factory/Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, PA
2018
Clay Cup IV, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, MU, Columbia, MO
Transplanted, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
2017
Clay National XII: The Art of Utility, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2017, Bredin-Lee Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Working Pots II, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
Soda2 Show, Mantle Gallery/KY Mudworks, Louisville, KY
Vessels: Interpretations and Iterations, Mantle Gallery/KY Mudworks, Louisville, KY
Last Call II, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
TEA: The Ritual & The Art, Plough Gallery, Tifton, GA
2016
KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2016, Centered Earth Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Tabletop 2016, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Coffee & Clay Exhibition, Pottery Northwest Gallery, Seattle, WA
2nd Annual Dirty South Mug Show and Competition, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
Invitational Exhibitions
2024
Atmospheric Vessels: Selected Works by Andrew McIntyre & Eric Ordway, Mayer Museum, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
2023
Art Shoppe, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
Small Work Exhibit, Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
2022
1st Annual Holiday Show, Montminy Gallery, Columbia, MO
2020
Small Works Exhibit, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
Functional Ceramics Exhibition-2020, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, OH
2019
Small Works Exhibit, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
New Work from Truman State University Art Faculty, Truman State University Art Gallery, TSU, Kirksville, MO
“Tenses”, Hanger Gallery, Kansas City, MO
MU Graduate Showcase, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
MACC Alumni: Beyond, Jorgenson Gallery, MACC, Moberly, MO
2018
May Exhibit, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
Gradualism: MFA Candidates of MU, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
2017
Hitt & Marx, Greg Hardwick Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
The Graduates: MFA Candidates of MU, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
2015
Artist in Residence Show, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
2013
CSU-Pueblo Student Show, Capps Capozzolo Student Art Gallery, CSU-P, Pueblo, CO
2012
CSU-Pueblo Student Show, Capps Capozzolo Student Art Gallery, CSU-P, Pueblo, CO
Artists Lectures & Workshops
2024
Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
Baylor University, Waco, TX
2023
Indiana Clay Conference, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Island, ME
Mildred C. Cox Gallery, William Woods University, Fulton, MO
Franklin College, Franklin, IN
2022
Montminy Gallery, Boone County Historical Society, Columbia, MO
Riverside Pottery Studio, Cape Girardeau, MO
2021
Baylor University, Waco, TX
KC Clay Guild, Kansas City, MO
2020
College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO
2019
Truman State University, Kirksville, MO - Prof. Laura Bigger, Self and Society Class
Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
2018
Chaminade College Preparatory School, St. Louis, MO
The Children’s School at Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2015
Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Gallery Representation
2018-Present Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
2017-Present Plough Gallery, Tifton, GA
Professional Affiliations & Organizational Membership
The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
ArtAxis.org
Columbia Art League (Columbia, MO)