Events
Evermore Nevermore
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Jan 23-April 24, 2022
opening reception, Jan 23, 2-4 pm
Embodied Abstraction
Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
July 9-September 24, 2021
opening reception, July 22, 5-7 pm
Felsic Morphology: Artist Talk
411 Gallery, Columbus, IN
April 29 – June 25, 2021
MEET THE ARTIST, JUNE 24, 5 – 7 pm
The Sister Dennis Virtual Visiting Artist Speaker Series
The College of Saint Benedict & Saint John’s University Art Department
zoom/virtual workshop
TEXT MESSAGES: A Collection of Words on Pots, Curated by Naomi Clement
Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
Opens April 30, 2021
WORKSHOP
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
June 13-18
Critical Function 2
NCECA, The Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA
Constructors in Clay
Alma’s RVA, Richmond VA
SMALL FAVORS 2020: EXPANDING THE FIELD
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Gravity Gallery Exhibition (Postponed)
North Adams, MA (2020)
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOS
- Demo + talk (virtual), Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (video)
INAUGURAL INDIANA POTTERY CONFERENCE
Keynote Speaker & Demonstrator, Fort Wayne, IN
STRICTLY FUNCTIONAL POTTERY JURIED SHOW
Juror + Exhibitor, Lancaster, PA
DRAFTING DIMENSIONS
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH
CLAY CURRENTS: THE WICHITA NATIONAL CERAMICS INVITATIONAL
Ulrich Museum Of Art, Wichita, KS
UPROCK
One-person show, Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
VESSELS FOR DRINKING
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
NCECA 2019 EXHIBITIONS
Minneapolis, MN
You got served
Alternate Endings II Book Ends NCECA
YOU AM I, Veronique Wantz Gallery
More Than That, Flaten Art Museum, St Olaf College
Amaco Ceramic Supply NCECA Exhibition
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOS
Lecturer, Stellaccio Lecture series, Illinois Wesleyan University, IL
Workshop, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
Juror/Lecturer/Demonstrator, Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA
Workshop, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
25th Annual Residency, Watershed Center of Ceramics, Newcastle, ME
Juror, Northern Clay Center Fellowships, Minneapolis, MN
VERGES
Solo show, Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, IN
THICKNESS
Solo show, Solomon Gallery, Youngstown, OH
NEW CUPS
Solo show, Clay Art Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
[RE]IMAGINING SCIENCE
Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
GARDEN PARTY TABLE TOP EXHIBITION
Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
THEY
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
NEW WORKS
One-person show, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
NCECA 2019 EXHIBITIONS
Minneapolis, MN
Alternate Endings Bookends
Funk: American Dada, Manchester Craftsman Guild
Container Show, Standard Ceramics
Penn State Alumni Show
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOS
Workshop, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN
Workshop + Juror for competitive cup show, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Demo + Lecture, Youngstown State University, Youngstown OH
Visiting Artist/Critic, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
DOMESTIC MYSTERIES
Exhibition at Yingge Museum of Ceramics, Taipei City, Taiwan
PEOPLE OF COLOR, COLOR OF CLAY
Exhibition at Baltimore Clay Works, MD
THE LAST DROP: INTOXICATING POTTERY, PAST AND PRESENT
North Carolina Pottery Center in collaboration with the Chipstone Foundation of Milwaukee, WI
ALLOW ME: FACING IDENTITY
Fine Art Gallery, Southwestern University, TX
FROM THE WHEEL TO THE WALL
Garcia Squared Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
POETICS OF VOIDS: CONTAINERS THAT ANTICIPATE
Lawrence, KS
Workshop, Lectures, Demos
Indiana University-Southeast, New Albany, IN
Mutations
Solo show at Luise Ross Gallery, New York City, NY
Planet Rock
Gallery 15th and West, Chicago, IL
Recent Works: Jacqui Lubbers and Malcolm Mobutu Smith
Ellis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY
Draftsmen Draft
Luise Ross Gallery, New York City, NY
WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOS
“Turntablism,” two-week teaching workshop, Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Lecturer & Panelist, “Diverse, New, and Dangerous: Political Ceramics,” NCECA 2015, Providence, RI
Faculty Show, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
Ceramics Monthly
Cover and featured article, October 2008
Cloud Busting (2013)
Public Art Installation, Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital of Indianapolis
More about this project
DODADS (2014)
One-person show at I Fell Building, Bloomington, IN
Backjumps (2008)
Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Shift: new works by Malcolm Mobutu Smith (2007)
Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Backroom Gallery, KCMO
Rigmarole: Object/Image (2005)
SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Glyphs: Ceramics by Malcolm Mobutu Smith (2007)
Solo show, NCECA, Pyro Gallery, Louisville, KY
Inner City Inspiration: An Artist’s Evolution in Clay (2011)
Solo exhibition at iMOCA (Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art)
Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Heartland Art: Selections from Your Indiana Collection (2011-2013)
Heartland: Indiana Artists from the Permanent Collection (2012)
Considering the Kylix (2014)
Peters Valley Gallery, Layton, NJ & Mahady Gallery, Sheilds Center for Visual Arts, Scranton, PA
Parallax Futured: Transtemporal Subjectivities (2014)
Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, Skirball Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Haan Museum Exhibition (2014)
Lafayette, IN
Ceramics and Sculpture Invitational (2014)
Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes, IN
Workshops, Lectures, Demos
Artist in Residence, BreckCreate Inauguration, Breckenridge, CO (2014)
Workshop & Lecture, Central Michigan University, MI (2012)
Member, Art Selection Committee for the Indianapolis Cultural Arts Committee – African American Artist selection for Cultural Trail (2013)
Lecturer/Featured Artist, Roberto Lugo Conference Presentation “From the Wheel to the Wall,” NCECA 2013, Houston, TX (2013)
“Salad Days Artist: Then and Now,” Watershed Center of Ceramic Art, Watershed, ME (2012)
Workshop and Lecture, Central Michigan University, MI (2012)
Navel Gazing: Christyl Boger and Malcolm Smith (2010)
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
