RESUME

CV

2023

Origin, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD

Body Pots, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL

Point of Entry, Staple Goods, New Orleans, LA

New Beginnings, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI

Transparent, Translucent, Opaque, Geneva Center for the Arts, Geneva, IL

Small Favors 2023, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2022

2022 Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL

Workhouse 12th Annual Clay International, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA

Dynamic Duos, Art of Collaboration, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI

2021

2021 DUMA Biennial, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA

Art of Water V, James May Gallery, Artsy.net

Small Favors 2021, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2020

Small Works 2020, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY

Harmony + Contrast, Ceramics Monthly, September issue

Cutting Edge Clay, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Small Favors 2020, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

7th Biennial Central Time Ceramics, Heuser & Hartmann Galleries, Bradley University, Peoria, IL (2nd Place)

2019

Good Things Come in Small Packages, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY

Home Sweet Home, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT

Small Favors 2019, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Small and Mighty, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT (Best in Show)

Drip, Morean Center For Clay, St. Petersburg, FL

Lies, District Clay Gallery, Washington DC

2018

Workhouse Clay International 2018, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA 

Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

Visual Voices: Truth Narratives, 2018 NCECA Annual Exhibition, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA

2017

Juried National 4, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Small Monuments, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Small Favors: Think Inside the Box, NCECA, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR 

2016

Sense of Place, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL                                                            

Small Monuments, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI, two-person exhibition

Twenty-First San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Small Favors XI, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
5th Biennial Central Time Ceramics, Heuser & Hartmann Galleries, Bradley University, Peoria, IL 
 

2015

River2River Juried Show, The Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA 
Small Favors X, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA

2014

22nd Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 
Small Favors IX, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA 
Twentieth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX    

2013

The Potent Object, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
3rd Annual Workhouse Clay National, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Small Favors VIII, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA        

2009
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA    

2008

Feats Of Clay XXI, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, CA (Purchase Award)
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA        

2007

Clay on the Wall: 2007 Clay National, Landmark Gallery, Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, TX     

Forms & Shapes: Inspired by Architecture, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA

Materials: Hard and Soft, Center for Visual Arts, Denton, TX

Press:

Jill Birschbach-Secrets of Interior Worlds, The Comp Magazine, Feb 2023:

http://www.thecompmagazine.com/jill-birschbach/

Studio Potter, The Context of Technique, March 2021

https://studiopotter.org/context-technique

Ceramics Monthly, Harmony and Contrast, Sept 2020: 

https://ceramicartsnetwork.org/ceramics-monthly/ceramic-art-and-artists/ceramic-artists/harmony-contrast/#

Interview with Jill: https://thelisadshow.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-lisa-d-show-with-jill-birschbach.html

Time, Memory & Longing at James May Gallery

Peninsula Pulse, October 14, 2016

https://doorcountypulse.com/time-memory-longing-james-may-gallery/

Education
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, MFA    1995
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, BFA    1992