Resume

Born in Boston, Massachusetts Eileen Braun has lived and worked in Atlanta Georgia since 2004. Her unique visual arts voice was developed primarily through intensive exploration and discovery in her home studio. Ms. Braun notes that “It is exciting when a materials boundaries are an unknown. Unsupervised in my studio I am free to experiment and push my materials, then use my skills of observation to repeat the resulting effects”.

Ms Braun received a BA in Sculpture and Art Education from Indiana University her broad professional experience includes Executive Director for Croton Cortlandt Center for the Arts in New York, Art Educator (in Cook County Illinois) and Manager at Spertus Museum in Chicago. She is nationally recognized for her ceramic sculpture.

Her work has appeared in numerous private and corporate exhibitions including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (LA), San Angelo Museum of Art (TX), MESA Contemporary Arts Museum (AZ), Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (TX), American Museum of Ceramic Art (CA), and Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MA). In 2014 and 2015 she received the NICHE Award. Her teapots are in the Kamm, Sara and Bill Morgan and Arthur Goldberg collections as well as featured in Lark Books 500 Teapots II. She has participated in two Hartsfield- Jackson International Airport exhibitions Ceramix: Georgia’s Creative Claymakers (2015-16) E-Merge: Contemporary Atlanta Artists (2013-14), and Georgia Artists Selecting Artists (2013) MOCA GA. Ms Braun is a Hambidge Fellow, Ambassador for North Central Illinois College- Self Employment in the Arts program, as well as a lifelong mentor in the arts.

Education:

B.A. Indiana University Sculpture and Art Education

Sculpture Exhibitions:

2020 Questionable Origins, Solo Show, January 30- March 14, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta GA
2019 Delineate, Graver’s Lane Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2019, Friends from Social Networks, March 20- April 23, Thomas Dean’s Fine Art, Atlanta GA
2019 Traces, October 11-November 8, Thomas Dean’s Fine Art, Atlanta GA

Residency:

October 2007, Fellow, Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap GA

Invitational Art Auctions:

Hambidge Center for the Arts and Sciences, 2007-2015, 2017-2019.
High Museum of Art, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016.
Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia 2009- 2019
Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2009, 2010, 2011

Workshops and Lectures

Meditech, Atlanta GA. Team Building Workshop 2012- 2020
Self Employment in the Arts, Central Illinois College, Lisle IL. Ambassador/Presenter 2013-2015

Ceramic Awards:

2016: Niche Professional Awards Finalist, Teapots, Washington DC
2015: Niche Professional Awards Winner, Ceramic Sculpture and Finalist Teapots

2014: Niche Professional Award Prize Winner, Teapots, Philadelphia PA
2013: Honorable Mention, Contained, Longmont Council for the Arts, Boulder CO 2013
2012: Niche Professional Award, Finalist Ceramics, Philadelphia, PA
2009: Functional & Sculptural Teapot Exhibition, Purchase Award, JRB Art, Oklahoma OK
2009: State of Clay, Sheffield Pottery Award & People’s Choice Award, Lexington MA
2007: Niche Student Awards Finalist Ceramics. Philadelphia PA
2007: State of Clay, Juror’s Award, Lexington MA
2007: Works in Clay, Juror’s Award Best in Show, Roswell GA
2007: 16th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Salisbury MD
2006: Southworks, First Merit 3D and Purchase Award, Watkinsville GA

Ceramic Exhibition Highlights

American Craft Council, Pop – Up Cobb Galleria, Atlanta GA 2015
Art of the Cup, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans LA 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Baltimore Clayworks 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Baltimore MD 2015
Celebrate Clay! Hambidge Center for Creative Arts& Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA.2007-14
Ceramix: Terminal E, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Atlanta GA 2015-2016
Clay, Cloth Connection, Vessels Gallery, Boston MA.2009.
Clayfest, Indianapolis Indiana, 2006.
ClayHouston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston TX.2010
Claymakers First Annual Juried Completion and Exhibition, Durham NC
Delineate, Graver’s Lane Gallery, Philadelphia PA 2019
E-Merge: Contemporary ALT Artists, Hartsfield Jackson Airport, Atlanta GA, T Gate 2013-14
Figure and Illusion, Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston MA 2014
Form, The Spruill Gallery, Atlanta GA.2007.
Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists, MOCA GA, Atlanta GA 2013
Georgia Clay, Gallery Walk at Terminus 200, Atlanta GA.2010.
MESA Contemporary Arts Museum 38th Annual Crafts exhibition, Mesa AZ. 2017
National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts TX. 2008 & 2016
Natural Connections, Armstrong Gallery, Pomona CA.2009.
New Elements Gallery, Featured Artist, Wilmington NC 2014 & 2016
NHIA Clay Biennial, NHIA, Manchester NH 2014
NICHE Awards, Buyers’ Market of American Craft .2007, 2014, 2014, 2015
Scratching the Surface, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA.2009.
Second Nature, The James Gallery, Pittsburg PA 2015
Silent Conversations, Craft Alliance, St Louis MO.2007
Southworks, Oconee Cultural Arts Center Watkinsville, GA.2006, 2008.
State of Clay, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Lexington MA.2007.2008, 2009.2014
Texture, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta GA 2016

Teapot Exhibitions:

100 Teapots, Baltimore Clayworks Gallery, Baltimore MD. 2007,’11,”13,’14, 15
Annual Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach FLA.2008-2015
Annual Teapot Show, “On the Road Again”, Chiaroscuro Galleries, Chicago.IL.2007-11.
Big Fish, Small Pot IV, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo CA.2010, 2012, 2014
Contained, Longmont Council for the Arts, Sponsor: Celestial Seasonings, Boulder CO 2013
Craft Alliance, Teapot Exhibitions, St Louis MO 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
HOT-Tea! del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles CA 2008-15.
Infusion 10 x 10, Craft Alliance, St Louis MO. 2008.
National Teapot Show, Cedar Creek, Creedmoor NC.2008, 2011, 2014, 2017
Teapots a Go-Go, Mudfire Gallery, Decatur GA 2006
Teapots! Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg PA 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
Texas Teapot National, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston TX 2012, 2013, 2014
The Teapot Redefined, Mobilia Gallery, Boston MA 2013