Events Highlights from 2022 Evermore NevermoreHunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJJan 23-April 24, 2022opening reception, Jan 23, 2-4 pm Highlights from 2021 Embodied AbstractionWexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PAJuly 9-September 24, 2021opening reception, July 22, 5-7 pm Felsic Morphology: Artist Talk411 Gallery, Columbus, INApril 29 – June 25, 2021MEET THE ARTIST, JUNE 24, 5 – 7 pm Photo credit: Jeremy Hogan The Sister Dennis Virtual Visiting Artist Speaker SeriesThe College of Saint Benedict & Saint John’s University Art Departmentzoom/virtual workshoppdf Companion gallery Workshop seriesHumboldt, TNzoom/virtual workshop INVITATIONAL SHOW: BREAKFASTInternational Dinnerware Museum, Ann Arbor, MIApril 10-August 28, 2021 TEXT MESSAGES: A Collection of Words on Pots, Curated by Naomi ClementCompanion Gallery, Humboldt, TNOpens April 30, 2021 WORKSHOPArrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TNJune 13-18 Highlights from 2020 Art Basel-Miami / Miami DesignMiami Beach, FLSpotlight Photo credit: Kris Tamburello Critical Function 2NCECA, The Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA photo credit: Owyn Vernius Johnson Smith Constructors in ClayAlma’s RVA, Richmond VA SMALL FAVORS 2020: EXPANDING THE FIELDThe Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Gravity Gallery Exhibition (Postponed)North Adams, MA (2020) WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOSDemo + talk (virtual), Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN (video) Highlights from 2019 INAUGURAL INDIANA POTTERY CONFERENCEKeynote Speaker & Demonstrator, Fort Wayne, IN STRICTLY FUNCTIONAL POTTERY JURIED SHOWJuror + Exhibitor, Lancaster, PA DRAFTING DIMENSIONSCanton Museum of Art, Canton, OH CLAY CURRENTS: THE WICHITA NATIONAL CERAMICS INVITATIONALUlrich Museum Of Art, Wichita, KS UPROCKOne-person show, Merwin Gallery, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL VESSELS FOR DRINKINGUniversity of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND NCECA 2019 EXHIBITIONSMinneapolis, MNYou got servedAlternate Endings II Book Ends NCECAYOU AM I, Veronique Wantz GalleryMore Than That, Flaten Art Museum, St Olaf CollegeAmaco Ceramic Supply NCECA Exhibition WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOSLecturer, Stellaccio Lecture series, Illinois Wesleyan University, ILWorkshop, Illinois State University, Bloomington, ILJuror/Lecturer/Demonstrator, Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PAWorkshop, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ25th Annual Residency, Watershed Center of Ceramics, Newcastle, MEJuror, Northern Clay Center Fellowships, Minneapolis, MN Highlights from 2018 HEAVESolo show, Ruth Reese Gallery, St. Louis, MO BRIXTAPEFPOAFM Calico Gallery, Brooklyn, NY VERGESSolo show, Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, IN THICKNESSSolo show, Solomon Gallery, Youngstown, OH NEW CUPSSolo show, Clay Art Vegas, Las Vegas, NV [RE]IMAGINING SCIENCEEsther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA GARDEN PARTY TABLE TOP EXHIBITIONSanta Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM THEYClay Art Center, Port Chester, NY NEW WORKSOne-person show, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NV NCECA 2019 EXHIBITIONSMinneapolis, MNAlternate Endings BookendsFunk: American Dada, Manchester Craftsman GuildContainer Show, Standard CeramicsPenn State Alumni Show WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOSWorkshop, Vincennes University, Vincennes, INWorkshop + Juror for competitive cup show, Clay Arts Vegas, Las Vegas, NVDemo + Lecture, Youngstown State University, Youngstown OHVisiting Artist/Critic, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Highlights from 2017 LIVE DEMONSTRATORNCECA 2017, Portland, OR DOMESTIC MYSTERIESExhibition at Yingge Museum of Ceramics, Taipei City, Taiwan PEOPLE OF COLOR, COLOR OF CLAYExhibition at Baltimore Clay Works, MD Don't Sip Up WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOSMontgomery Community College Philadelphia, PAKeene College, NHHartford Art School, Hartford, CTWorkshop +Communitas Lecture Series, Utah State University, Logan, UT (video)Juror, DePauw University Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Greencastle, IN THE LAST DROP: INTOXICATING POTTERY, PAST AND PRESENTNorth Carolina Pottery Center in collaboration with the Chipstone Foundation of Milwaukee, WI Highlights from 2016 ALLOW ME: FACING IDENTITYFine Art Gallery, Southwestern University, TX FROM THE WHEEL TO THE WALLGarcia Squared Contemporary, Kansas City, MO POETICS OF VOIDS: CONTAINERS THAT ANTICIPATELawrence, KS Workshop, Lectures, DemosIndiana University-Southeast, New Albany, IN Highlights from 2015 MutationsSolo show at Luise Ross Gallery, New York City, NY Planet RockGallery 15th and West, Chicago, IL Recent Works: Jacqui Lubbers and Malcolm Mobutu SmithEllis Walker Gallery, Bowling Green, KY Draftsmen DraftLuise Ross Gallery, New York City, NY WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, DEMOS“Turntablism,” two-week teaching workshop, Haystack Mountain School Of Crafts, Deer Isle, MELecturer & Panelist, “Diverse, New, and Dangerous: Political Ceramics,” NCECA 2015, Providence, RIFaculty Show, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME More Highlights from the Past Ceramics Monthly Cover and featured article, October 2008 Malcolm Mobutu Smith: Improvisations (2013)Solo show, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN Cloud Busting (2013)Public Art Installation, Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital of IndianapolisMore 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) RelatedNUVO article, March 30, 2011Artekna Mural ProjectFabCrew article, March 28, 2011NUVO review, April 5, 2011 Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, INHeartland 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, DemosArtist 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 RENDERING AND MEANING EXHIBIT University of North Carolina Pembroke Workshop (2004)YouTube videosPart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4