Rheda Made
Education
2019-2023
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Bachelor's of Arts degree
Bachelor's of Liberal Arts degree
Concentration: Visual Arts and Design (Studio Art)
Skills
Studio Experience
Independant Studio
Ceramics
The Mud Room North
Portland, OR
2023-2025
Worked within a common use Ceramics space among peers and maintained a space for ceramic use. Made wheel thrown bodies of works, mixed glazes, mixed clay, and adequately cleaned up the space for communal use.
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Ceramics Studio Assistant
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
2019-2023
Worked alongside students and faculty to facilitate a space exemplary for mid to high fire clay bodies and glazes. Made clay and glazes from scratch materials, loaded and unloaded kilns for bisque and multiple types of cone firings, loaded and unloaded electric, wood, and gas kilns, upkeep and maintenance of kilns, and produced works of sculpture, wheel throwing pottery, and molds. Taught students outside of faculty class time about wheel throwing and glaze chemistry. Facilitated multiple different communication and teaching styles depending on individual needs.
Painting Studio Assistant
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
2019-2023
Curated a learning environment around oil painting alongside faculty and students.Showed expertise of color theory, composition, glazing, canvas stretching, canvas priming, color mixing, and oil medium uses in teaching other students the basics and master techniques in oil painting.
Gallery and Exhibit Experience
Self produced work alongside setting up other students' work for group Exhibitions and Gallery walks in accordance to gallery expectations.
2020-2024
Group Exhibition
Senior Thesis Exhibition
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Hillman-Jackson Gallery
Final products of Thesis Students with oil paintings, ceramic pottery, and ceramic tile work. Paintings and ceramic tile work wall mounted, ceramic pottery work shown on a metal table.
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Group Exhibition
Sculpture Exhibition
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Daniel's Art Center
Showing of Porcelain and Stoneware sculpture bodies.
Group Exhibition
Pottery Exhibition
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Daniel's Art Center
Showing of Porcelain and Stoneware wheel thrown bodies.
Group Exhibition
Figurative Drawing Exhibition
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Student Gallery
Presentation of charcoal and ink drawings
Group Exhibition
Figure Painting Exhibition
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Student Gallery
Presentation of figurative Oil Paintings
Group Exhibition
Student Body Collaborative Exhibitions
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Student Gallery and Bazrd College at Simons Rock
Charcoal and Ink Drawings, Fabric Arts, Screen Printings, Oil and Acrylic Paintings
Group Exhibition
Ikebana Floral Arrangement Exhibitions
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Student Gallery
Floral arrangements in self=made ceramic pots
Solo Exhibition
Synesthesia and the Human Figure
Cookeville, TN
Synergy Mind & Body Studio
A solo showing of my Thesis work, including 4 large oil paintings of me and my friends in their respective synesthetic color.
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Teaching and Course Design Experience
Created Syllabuses and facilitated independent work on studies pertaining to specific fields within the Arts.
2021-2023
Drip Glaze Series
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Students were introduced to the beginnings of Cone 6 firings and drip/gloop glazes. Instructed students to make wheel-thrown vessels to facilitate a both aesthetically pleasing and functional pot with the gloop glazes.
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Series of Figure Painting
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
After taking beginning oil painting and figure drawing classes, students were instructed on bringing the two worlds together. Assigned multiple paintings throughout the semester with different prompts to facilitate a creative learning space.
Surrealism Paintings
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
After taking beginning oil painting classes, students were introduced to the history of Surrealism in the Art World in hopes to draw inspiration for a series of paintings assigned throughout the semester.
Yunomi Cups and Test Glazes
Bard College at Simons Rock
Great Barrington, MA
Within this Tutorial, the history of Yunomi cups was taught so that students could make a series of them in a personalized fashion. These cups were then used as test tiles to facilitate experimentation with different types of glazes in both electric, gas, and wood kilns.