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Associate Professor, Ceramics & Sculpture

School of Art

Email Address: nlblair@uncg.edu

Education

2000 MFA Ohio University 

1996 BFA Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville 

Biography

Nikki Blair is currently an Associate Professor in Ceramics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Nikki Blair received her MFA from Ohio University and her BFA from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.  

She has exhibited in both museums and galleries across the country including Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, MT, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR, Cross Mackenzie Gallery in Washington, D.C., The Kendall Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI, The Harbor Gallery in Boston, MA, The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC, Baltimore Clay Works in Baltimore, MD, and Spaces in Cleveland, OH. She has also been an artist-in-residence at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, ME, the Guldagergarrd International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, Galeria Estudio in Barcelona Spain, The Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, and The International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary. 

Subjects Taught

  • Ceramics One Hand Building 
  • Ceramics Two Wheel Throwing 
  • Ceramics Three Advanced Ceramics/Slip Casting 
  • Graduate Student Mentor 

Scholarly Creative/Research Activity

2024            

Solo Exhibition, Frank Gallery, Carrboro, NC 

Solo Exhibition, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

2023            

Dallas Pottery Invitational, The Empire Room, Dallas, TX 

Memorial Alumni Invitational, Art West Gallery, Edwardsville, IL  

2022            

New Work, Online Exhibition, Shape Theory Collective   

Lush, Juried Exhibition, Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA 

The Witchita National 2022 Ceramics Invitational, Group Invitational, 

Rueben Saunders Gallery, Witchita, KS 

Color, Group Invitational, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA 

2021             

A Sublime Winter Show, An online group exhibition associated with Shape 

Theory Collective  

2020            

Chromatherapy, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT 

The Winter Show, The Greenhill Center for the Arts, Greensboro, NC 

Shape Theory Collective, Online Gallery devoted to criminal justice reform 

2019             

Six, Frank Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC  

Ceramics Exhibition, Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia 

Solo Exhibition, Art on Sixteen, Marion, VA  

Personal Website

http://www.nikkiblair.com/