Max Trumpower
B. 1999
(704) 502-1977 trumpowermr@gmail.com missingmagpie.com
EDUCATION
2022- Post-Baccalaureate Indiana University Southeast, Ceramics
2022 BFA Appalachian State University, Concentration in Painting and Ceramics, Departmental Honors. Graduated May 2022
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Curated, BFA Senior Honors Thesis, Nth Degree Gallery, Boone, NC
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Curated, Imprint with Sierra Schweitzer, Looking Glass Gallery, Boone, NC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 (Upcoming) Juried, ESPRIT DE CORPS - 2023 CERAMICS PENTACULUM AT ARROWMONT, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Richmond, VA
2024 (Upcoming) Juried, Organizer, Intersection X Redirection, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Richmond, VA
2023 Juried, Student Exhibition, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2023 Juried, Wall to Table, The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Evansville, IN
2023 Juried, Origins, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
2023 Juried, Distrubuqueery, Pendleton Art Center, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Cincinnati, OH
2023 Juried, Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
2022 Juried, Student Exhibition, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2022 Curated, In the Weeds, Houseguest Gallery, Louisville, KY
2022 Juried, Hispanic & Latinx Heritage: The Tapestry of America, The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA
2022 Juried, FRESH Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2022 BFA Senior Class Exhibition, Smith Gallery, Boone, NC
2022 Juried, Art and Design Expo, Smith Gallery, Boone, NC
2021 Invitational, Toxic Youth, Nth Degree Gallery, Boone, NC
2021 Invitational, Protest in Print, King Street Arts Collective, Boone, NC
2021 Juried, Draw You In, King Street Arts Collective, Boone, NC
GRANTS, HONORS, AWARDS
2023 Sculpture Award, Student Exhibition, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2023 Appalachian Visions Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy
2020 The Jody and Peter Petschauer Scholarship, Appalachian State University in tandem with Penland School of Craft
LECTURES
2021 Reimagining the Queer Experience Through Reynolda’s Collection, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC https://reynolda.org/about/news/reynoldas-fall-program-lineup/
RESIDENCIES
2023 Pocosin School of Fine Craft, Summer Resident. May 2023
2023 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pentaculum. May 2023.
SIGNIFICANT POSITIONS
2023 Organizer/Curator, Intersection X Redirection, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Richmond, VA
2022 Studio/Workshop Assistant, Lisa Clague, Bakersville, NC
2021 Technical Assistant, Screen Printing Studio, Professor April Flanders
2021 Education Intern, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2020-2022 Community Appearance Commission Member, Town of Boone, NC
https://www.townofboone.net/278/Community-Appearance-Commission
NOMINATIONS
2023 Nominated for the Appalachian Visions Scholarship for Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Pentaculum Spring 2023 in Clay
2021 Nominated for the ASPN Residency at the Red Lodge Clay Center by Andrea Connell, Professor of Ceramics at Appalachian State University
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Juried, Spring Catalog, The Peel Literature and Arts Review