William McKinney
Kirksville, MO 63501
Cell: 304-685-3992
Email: Williammckinneyceramics@gmail.com
Website: Williammckinneyceramics.com
Education
2019 Master of Fine Arts, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Teaching
2024-Current Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Gallery Director
Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
2022-2024 Adjunct Professor, Assistant Gallery Director
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2019-2022 Adjunct Professor, Ceramics
Mendocino College, Lakeport, CA
2020-2022 Ceramics Instructor
Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, CA
2017-2018 Instructor of Record, Ceramics
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2013 Ceramics Intern / Instructor K-12
Nantucket Island School of Design, Nantucket, MA
Residencies
2025 (Forthcoming) Artist-Invites-Artists Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center
Red Lodge, MT
2022- current John Hirschi Family Ceramic Resident
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2019-2022 Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project
Loch Lomond, CA
2013 The Pottery Workshop
Jingdezhen, China
Exhibitions
2025 Terra Fracta, Charlyn Gallery, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
(Forthcoming)
Formed by Nature, National Juried Exhibition, NCECA Salt Lake City,
Cottonwood Studio, Salt Lake City, UT
Juror: Adam Addley & Shasta Krueger
Group Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramics University, Jingdezhen, China
2024 Rocks, Solo Exhibition, The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery,
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Dredged, Solo Exhibition, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Yellow Springs Ceramics National Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition,
Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA
Juror: Chris Staley
Small Matters 2024, National Juried Exhibition, 437Co Art Gallery, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO
Juror: Adam Hawk
Lush 3, National Juried Exhibition, Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, FL Juror: Jamie Bates
Its only Clay, Juried Exhibition, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, MN
Juror: Mark Lambert
Memento, Juried Exhibition, 9th Street Studios, Wichita Falls, TX
58th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show, National Juried Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX, Juror: Mark H. Cowardin
Teapot X, International Juried Exhibition, Baltimore Clayworks,
Baltimore, MD Juror: Mike Jabbur
Texas Ceramic Symposium, Attendee Exhibition, 5th&J Gallery,
Lubbock, TX
From the Ceramics Studio 18, Midwestern State University, P.I.T. Gallery, Wichita Falls, TX
2023 2nd Taiwan International Chawan Festival, International Juried Exhibition,
Miaobei Art Center in Miaoli County, Taiwan
Practice is the Point, The Planes Museum, Fargo, ND, Curated Exhibition,
Curator: Michael Strand
Bi-Annual Faculty Exhibition, Group Show, The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery,
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Alteration Station: Annual Mug Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Juror: Amy Sanders & Robert Boomer Moore
The Texas National 2023, National Juried Exhibition,
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Juror: William U. Eiland Director, Georgia Museum of Art
Functional Ceramics, Group Show, The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery,
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Small Favors 2023 – International Juried Exhibition,
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Small works – Big Ideas, National Juried Exhibition,
The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Juror: Richard Notkin, Helena, MT
Last Call VIII, National Juried Exhibition,
Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Juror: Chanakarn Semachai, Bangkok, TH
44th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, International Juried Exhibition,
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
Juror: Ariel Zaccheo, San Francisco, CA
delecTABLE: The Art of Fine Dining, National Juried Exhibition,
Art Students League of Denver, Denver, Co
Juror: Andrew Clark, Jackson, TN
From the Ceramics Studio 17, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
Juror: Pam Muller, Wichita Falls, TX
2022 Lush 2, National Juried Exhibition, Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, FL
Juror: Brian Rochefort, Los Angeles, CA
• Honorable Mention
15th Annual Cup Show: Form and Function
National Juried Exhibition, Gulf Coast State College, Panama City, FL
Juror: Mike Stumbras, Edwardsville, IL
5x5x5 Exhibition, National Juried Exhibition,
River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
Juror: Ashley Chavis, Oxford, MS
Landscapes, National Juried Woodfire Exhibition,
North West Wood Firing Conference, Newberg, OR
Juror: Chris Pate, New Orleans, LA
Out of Ashes Come Beauty and Life,
NCECA Fertile Grounds, Sacramento, CA
Curated by: Mary Beierle and CJ Jilek
Chuck and Friends, Invitational
NCECA Fertile Grounds, Sacramento, CA
Invited by: Chuck Owens, Sacramento, CA
Tiny Things, National Juried Exhibition,
The Hive, St. Petersburg, FL
2021 Multiples, Middletown, Art Center, Middletown, CA
Juror: Lisa Kaplain, Hidden Valley, CA
Apart and Connected, Middletown Art Center, Middletown, CA
Juror: Lisa Kaplain, Hidden Valley, CA
2020 Margarita Invitational, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Invited by: Brett Kern, Pittsburgh, PA
California Clay Competition, California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art,
Davis, CA (Juror: Scott Parady, Loch Lomond, CA
2020 Nor Cal Woodfire Invitational, Ruby’s clay studio, San Francisco, CA
Juror: Scott Parady, Loch Lomond, CA
Home, Middletown Art Center, Middletown, CA
Juror: Lisa Kaplain, Hidden Valley, CA
Material Mugs V, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Juror: Mike Cinelli Taylor, MS
2019 Un-Earthed, Master's Thesis Solo Exhibition, Gallery 130, Oxford, MS
Lush, National Juried Exhibition, Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, FL Juror: Alex Zablocki Fort Collins, CO
Student Summer Exhibition, Gallery 130, Oxford, MS Juror: Sara Teasley Raymond, MS
2018 Beyond Image-Beyond Form, Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, Jingdezhen, China
Drip, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Juror: Branan Mercer Birmingham, AL
2018 Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition (MACA),
The University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, MS, Best of Show, Amount - $250 Juror: Dan Brawner, Nashville, TN
Material Mugs III, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Juror: Renee LoPresti, Austin, TX
Chroma, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Graduate Student Exhibition, Gallery 130, Oxford, MS
2017 Last Call 2, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Juror: Jen Allen Morgantown, WV
Teapots VII, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Juror: Sam Chung, Tempe, AZ
SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show, Savannah Clay Community, Savannah, GA
2016 Basket Case, Senior Solo Exhibition, Octane, Morgantown, WV
Conversations, Octane, Morgantown, WV Juror The Bench
West Virginia School of Art and Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduating Exhibition,
Mesaros Galleries, Morgantown, WV
2016 Salon, 123 Pleasant Street, Morgantown, WV Juror The Bench
2015 West Virginia University School of Art and Design Juried Student Exhibition,
Mesaros Gallery, Morgantown, WV Juror John Pena, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 West Virginia University School of Art and Design Juried Student Exhibition,
Mesaros Gallery, Morgantown, WV
Jurors Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Artists Without Borders, Mufei Gallery, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Professional Organizations
2022 – Current Art Axis, artaxis.org/artist/william-mckinney/, member
2014 – Current The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), member
Professional Experience
2024 Invitational Wood Firing, University of Kansas, Lawerence, KS
Wood firing Workshop Instructor, University of Dallas, Irving TX
Artists Lecture presentation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
Soda firing Workshop Instructor, University of Dallas, Irving TX
WF Art Association Artists Lecture, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
Workshop Presenter, University of Dallas, Irving TX
Artist Lecture, Middle Georgia State University, Macon GA
Artist Lecture, Turman State University, Kirksville, Mo
Professional Organizations
2022 – Current Art Axis, artaxis.org/artist/william-mckinney/, member
2014 – Current The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), member
Professional Experience
2024 Wood firing Workshop Instructor, University of Dallas, Irving TX
Artists Lecture presentation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
Soda firing Workshop Instructor, University of Dallas, Irving TX
Wichtia Falls Art Association Artists Lecture, Kemp Center for the Arts, Wichita Falls, TX
Workshop Presenter, University of Dallas, Irving TX
2023 Assistant Gallery Director, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2022 Workshop Assistant for Matt Long Workshop, Loch Lomond, CA
2018 The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Delegate, Taoxichuan
Autumn Ceramics Festival, Jingdezhen, China
Panel discussion International Residencies and Higher Education in ceramics The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
2016 Work Study, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2016 NCECA, Gallery Volunteer Clay Fab Lab, Kansas City, MI
2015 NCECA, Gallery Volunteer Objective Clay, Providence, RI
2014 NCECA, Gallery Volunteer Objective Clay, Milwaukee, WI
Awards/Fellowships/Grants
2023 E.U.R.E.C.A. Mentor and Grant Recipient,
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX Amount - $500
2022 Honorable Mention, Lush 2, National Juried Exhibition,
Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, FL
Juror: Brian Rochefort, Los Angeles, CA Amount - $500
2019 Graduate Assistantship, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS Clay mixing, Kiln Technician, Amount - $10,000
2018 Graduate Assistantship, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS Instructor of record, Amount - $5,000
Awards/Fellowships/Grants Continued
2018 Graduate International Travel Grant, The University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS, Amount - $1,800
Best of Show, Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition,
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, Amount - $250
2017 Graduate Assistantship, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Clay mixing, Amount - $5,000
Graduate School Writing Grant, The University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS, Amount - $200
2016 Full year Academic tuition scholarship, West Virginia University,
Morganton, WV, Amount - $8,367
2015 Full year Academic tuition scholarship, West Virginia University,
Morganton, WV, Amount - $8,367
2013 Student travel Development Grant, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV, Amount - $500
Bibliography
2024 Exposure, Ceramics Monthly, January 2024, pg.16
2023 2nd Taiwan International Chawan Festival, catalog, pg.178
2020 Material Mugs V, catalog, pg. 17, pg. 40
Margarita Invitational, poster
2018 MFA Ceramics Student to Represent University in China, Ole Miss News,
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
https://news.olemiss.edu/mfa-ceramics-student-selected-represent-universit y-china/
Material Mugs III, catalog, pg. 17, pg. 40
Mississippi Collegiate Arts Competition (MACA), catalog, Back cover
2017 Last Call 2, catalog, pg. 42
Professional Service
2023 E.U.R.E.C.A. Mentor
(Enhancing Undergraduate Research Endeavors & Creative Activities)
Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2022- 2024 Empty Bowl Coordinator, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2019 President of the University of Mississippi Mud Daubers,
The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
•Coordinate community service projects i.e., Empty Bowls
•Develop and coordinate extracurricular activities for student organization
•Contact visiting artists and organize workshops
•Organize and create Club T-shirts
2016 President of WVU Clay Club, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
•Develop and coordinate extracurricular activities for student organization
•Organize and create Club T-shirts
Demonstrations
2017 Demonstration, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2016 Demonstration, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Workshops Attended
2024 Tan Teck Heng Alvin, MSU Texas, Wichita Falls, TX
Sana Musasama, MSU Texas, Wichita Falls, TX
2023 Misty Gamble, MSU Texas, Wichita Falls, TX
2022 Tara Wilson, NCECA preconference symposium,
Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project, Cobb, CA
Nick Schwartz, NCECA preconference symposium,
Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project, Cobb, CA Matt Long, NCECA preconference symposium,
Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project, Cobb, CA
2020 Scott Ross, Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project, Cobb, CA
2019 Mark Shapiro, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
2018 Matthew Schiemann, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Mark Arnold, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2018 Travis Winters, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Yoko Sekino, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Kevin Rohde, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2017 Tommy Frank, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Chandra Debuse, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2016 Von Venhuizen, The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Peter Beasker, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Doug Peltzman, Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, WV
Matt Repsher, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2015 Paul Lewing, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Brett Kern, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Tony Clennell, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2014 Peter Pincus, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Mike Jabbor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
2013 Bruce Cochrane, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Martha Grover, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Frederick Bartolovic, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV