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Rocky Lewycky, born 1977 in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a contemporary artist living and working in Santa Cruz, California. His resume includes teaching positions at The University of South Carolina, Institute of American Indian Arts (I.A.I.A.), the Santa Fe Community College, Foothill College, and Monterey Peninsula College. Rocky has been featured in museum shows, as well as gallery exhibits of contemporary sculpture, installation and performance throughout the country. Rocky currently shows his work at galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Sun Valley, Idaho. Rocky was recognized by the Santa Fean magazine as ”One of the top five artists to watch in New Mexico,” and “Top Talent from emerging to established and our region’s most influential talent of all time,” in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Most recently, Rocky was chosen by Jo Lauria of Craft in America to install a piece at the Eastern State Penitentiary for the 2010 Philadelphia NCECA conference.

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EDUCATION
MFA, University of South Carolina, Ceramics
BA, San Diego State University, Design

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2011 The New Us Project, Ongoing Active Installations in Santa Cruz County, CA
2010 Eastern State Penitentiary Project (ESP), Performance and Site Specific Installation. In association with “Ceramic Interactions,” NCECA 2010 Exhibitions Committee, Philadelphia, PA. Funded by the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2008 The Long Now, Underground Gallery of Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2007 I Am Already Dead: Vessels For Time, Robert Nichols Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Dead Word, Bang Gallery, Site Specific Installation with Ian Ingram, Santa Fe, NM,
2004 Free Art, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
2003 New Pottery, McMaster Gallery, Two-Person Show with Jeremy Davis, Columbia, SC
2002 Germline, McMaster Gallery, Columbia, SC
2002 Ambiguity, Accessibility- Invited Artist, Sumter, SC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Friesen Gallery, “Silver Summit,” Sun Valley, Idaho
2011 SFCC Gallery, Hell/Heaven, Santa Fe, NM
2010 Friesen Gallery, “Considered,” Sun Valley, Idaho
2009 MAH Museum, Santa Cruz Ceramics-Past/Present, Santa Cruz, California
2009 William Shearburn Gallery, Prayer for Al-Qaeda (2009), Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
2006 Farrell Fischoff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Tichava-Mills, Fine/Function, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Tichava-Mills, High Road Inspired Ceramics, Truchas, NM
2006 Faculty Exhibit, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Turner Carroll Gallery, Under 2000, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Turner Carroll Gallery, I Spy, Santa Fe, NM
2005 College of Santa Fe, Mass (Re)Production, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Santa Fe Community College, Faculty Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Derusha's Studio, Block-Busta, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2004 McMaster Gallery, USC Student Art Exhibition, Columbia SC, Ceramic Merit Award
2004 The Cultural Council of Richland//Lexington Counties and Palmetto GBA Columbia, SC
2003 Columbia State Fair Juried Fine Art –“Purchase Award” Columbia, SC
2003 Belton Standpipe Art Show Belton, SC
2003 The Quirk in the Quagmire," City Art’s 6th Anniversary Exhibit, Columbia, SC
2003 USC Student Art Exhibition, Columbia SC
2002 USC Ceramics Exhibition, Sumter, SC
2002 Mish Mash, National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Kansas City, MO
2002 USC Student Art Exhibition, Columbia SC

PUBLICATIONS
March, 2011, Artist on Art, Radio Interview KZSC with Nada Milijkovic
November, 2009, THE Magazine, Unrepresented (William Shearburn Gallery)
June/July, 2008 Santa Fean Magazine, Top Emerging, Established and Most Influential Artists.
March 19, 2008, Santa Fe Reporter, Time Has A Middle, by Zane Fisher
September 14, 2007, Pasa Tiempo, I Am Already Dead: Vessels For Time, Elizabeth Cook-Romero
September 14, 2007, KSFR Radio Cafe, Interview with Rocky Lewycky, Mary-Charlotte Domandi
July, 2007, Santa Fean Magazine, Five Artists to Watch Out For, Featured Artist
May 4, 2005, Santa Fe Reporter, Zanes World, Dead Word Review
April 23, 2004, The State Newspaper, Student’s artistic gift is giving it away… T.D. Mobley-Martinez


PROFESSIONAL
Instructor, 2-D Design/Ceramics/Digital Media, Monterey Peninsula College (2007– present)
Instructor, 2-D Design/Ceramics/3-D Design, Foothill College (2009-present)
Sabbatical Replacement, Ceramics, Monterey Peninsula College (2007)
Instructor, Ceramics, Santa Fe Community College (2004-2007)
Sabbatical Replacement, Ceramics, Institute of American Indian Arts (I.A.I.A) (2006)
Instructor of Record, Ceramics, University of South Carolina (2002-2004)

COLLECTIONS
MAH Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, California
San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas
Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sanford M Besser, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dr. Ron Porter and Joe Price, Columbia, South Carolina

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