| 2019-1995 | Sole Proprietor, Terri Kern Studios, Cincinnati, OH Specializing in the creation and sale of original artwork through national and regional juried arts events, gallery exhibitions, lectures, workshops, freelance design and illustration work. |
| 1991 | Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Ohio University, Athens, OH |
| 1987 | Bachelor of Arts, Ceramics, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2012-2013 | Cincinnati Art Ambassador Fellowship, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2009 | Individual Artist Grant, Summerfair, Inc., Cincinnati, OH |
| 1994 | Individual Artist Grant, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Louisville, KY |
| 1991 | Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH |
| 2017 | United States Artists Fellowship Nominee, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2011 | United States Artists Fellowship Nominee, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2015 | Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH |
| 2013 | Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2011 | Fifth Street Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2010 | Funke Fired Arts, Thomas J. Funke Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2009 | Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH |
| 2005 | The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY Enjoy the Arts/START, Cincinnati, OH |
| 1999 | The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY |
| 1998 | Nordheim Gallery, Covington, KY Thomas Moore College, Crestview Hills, KY |
| 1997 | Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN |
| 1996 | Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY |
| 2016 | “Jewels of the Crown”, LongTan Park, Liuzhou, People’s Republic of China |
| 2014 | “ReArt”, Barbacoa, Cuba; Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Middletown Art Center, Middletown, OH |
| 2012 | “Inspired by Japan”, Yu Yu Gallery, Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan |
| 2009 | “Triangular Drawings: Three Cities, Three Continents”, Goethe Institute, Munich, Germany; Municipal Gallery, Liuzhou, People’s Republic of China; Xavier University Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2006 | “A Change in Perspective”, Amerikahaus, Munich, Germany; Freiburg Municipal Gallery, Freiburg, Germany; UC Galleries on Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 | “Le Lien/The Bond”, M.J. Pichon Center, Nancy, France; Krohn Conservatory, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2000 | “Heim und Handwerk 2000”, Cincinnati Studio Artists Group, Munich, Germany |
| 2018 | “Made of Clay…”, The Gallery of Lakeland Community College, Kirkland, OH “Inspirado”, Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, OH “Renew: Reveal”, Women’s Art Gallery, YWCA, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 2017 | “The Skull and Skeleton in Art V: Folk Art to Pop Culture”, The Gallery of Lakeland Community College, Kirkland, OH “Biophilia, Standing Witness, Studio San Giuseppe Art Gallery, Mount St. Joseph University, Delhi, OH |
| 2017-2016 | “Eggs Hatching Across Ohio”, traveling exhibition: Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV; Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH; Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, OH; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Massilon Museum, Massilon, OH |
| 2016 | “Redefining the Vessel”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA “from Woman X…Created by women, of women and about women”, The Gallery of Lakeland Community College, Kirkland, OH |
| 2014 | “Contemporary Narrative”, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2013 | “6 x 6 x 30”, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX “Prints for Peace and Justice”, Art Academy, Cincinnati, OH “Confluence”, San Giuseppe Art Gallery, College of Mount St. Joseph, Delhi, OH “Prints for Peace and Justice”, Art Academy, Cincinnati, OH “Wild Things”, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2012 | “Ohio Potters Today”, The Clay Place, Standard Clay, Carnegie, PA “The Chromatic Edge”, NCECA Conference, Seattle, WA “Nine”, Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY “The Joyce Clancy Legacy”, Kennedy Heights Art Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2011 | “Contemporary Ceramics”, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA |
| 2010 | “The American Dream: A Juxtaposition”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2010 | “For the Birds”, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY |
| 2009 | “American Spirit 2009”, Cincinnati Art Galleries, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2008 | “Fire Fusion”, Thomas J. Funke Gallery, Funke Fired Arts, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2007 | “Avant Gardens”, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH |
| 2005 | “Artist Exchange”, College of Mount St. Joseph, Delhi, OH |
| 2005 | “A Nurturing Spirit”, Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY |
| 2004 | “NCECA” Conference Exhibition, Gallery North, Bloomington, IN |
| 2003 | “Recent Works”, Two Person Exhibition, Millworks Gallery, Akron, OH |
| 2002 | “Home”, KZF Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2002 | “Points of Contact”, Millworks Gallery, Akron, OH |
| 2001 | “Three Women in Clay”, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH |
| 2001 | “New Directions”, Three Person Exhibition, Only Artists Gallery, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2000 | “Contemporary Narrative Ceramics”, Milton Hershey Performing Arts Center, Hershey, PA |
| 1999 | “Ohio Ceramic Showcase”, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH |
| 1996 | “In Pursuit of Ceramic Excellence”, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH |
| 2018 | Aeqai, “The Clay Alliance”, by Laura Hobson |
| 2017 | Aeqai, “Biophilia, Standing Witness”, Review, by Jane Durell |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Home, “Designs with a Difference”’, by Brent Coleman, Spring 2016 |
| 2013 | Aeqai, “Balance: an Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics by Terri Kern”, by Sara Pearce, September 22, 2013 |
| 2012 | The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Artists Make Case for Wider Use of Clay as Medium”, by Karen S. Chambers, November 25, 2012 Soapbox Cincinnati, “Pendleton Artist Wins City Grant to Serve as Arts Ambassador”, by Stephanie Kitchens, on-line publication, October 30, 2012 The Auctions at Rookwood, [catalog], June, December 2012 |
| 2011 | Ceramic Arts Daily 2011 Poster Ceramics Monthly, “Depth of One Thousand Strokes”, by Gil Stengel, November 2011 The Auctions at Rookwood, [catalog], June, December 2011 |
| 2010 | Xavier Cross Roads, ”President’s Report 2010” The Auctions at Rookwood, [catalog], June, December 2010 |
| 2009 | City Beat, “Revisiting Rookwood: New Space in Over-the-Rhine, Same Dedication to Artistic Quality”, by Christine Mersch, July 8, 2009 For a Better World: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice, edited by Saad Ghosn, Ghosn Publishing 2009 |
| 2008 | Clay Times, “Earthenware with a Painterly Flair”, by Collin Taylor, Volume 14, September 2008 Soapbox Cincinnati, “Limited-Edition Rookwood Tiles Support OTRCH Mission”, by Kevin LeMaster, on-line publication, November 18, 2008 |
| 2007 | The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Inspiration Blooms for Artists”, by Beth Burwinkel, January 6, 2007 Arts and Crafts Homes and the Revival, “Rookwood Reincarnated, by Linda Vaccariello, Spring 2007 |
| 2006 | Housetrends, “Two Nations One Love: Local Clay Artists Foster Global Art Exchange”, by Barbara E. Cohen, Volume 5, Issue 5, September 2006 A Change of Perspective/Perspektivenwechsel, [bilingual catalogue with images], by Traude Linhardt,Gabriele Huber-Thoma, Gabriele Stolz, 2006 |
| 2005 | City Beat, “Rich Life, Rich Art”, by Christine Mersch, August 3-9, 2005 Inspired By…Celebrating Sixteen Extraordinary P&G Brands, [catalogue with image], Proctor & Gamble, publisher 2005 |
| 2004 | The Stevenson Color Company Calendar, June 2004 The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Superstars of Art Highlight Carnegie Birthday Auction”, by Jim Knippenberg, November 7, 2004 Gifts & Decorative Accessories, “Red Carpet Studios Debuts First Licensed Collection Introducing Artist Terri Kern”, December, 2004 |
| 2002 | Xavier Cross Roads, “Master of Art: Crafting Clay”, by Lisa J. Mauch, Fall 2002 |
| 2001 | Summerfair Select, [catalogue with images], Summerfair, Inc. Publisher 2001 |
| 2000 | The Post, “Downtown’s Art Mall: Rich Diversity Thrives at Pendleton Art Center”, by Jerry Stein, January 26, 2000 |
| 2000 | The Cincinnati Post, Timeout Magazine, “Art by Hand”, by Connie Yaeger, June 1, 2000 |
| 1999 | The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Smallest Sculptures Steal Show”, by Owen Findsen, June 28, 1999 |
| 1998 | Cincinnati Magazine, “The Goods”, by Eric Hunter, June 1998 |
| 1996 | Functional Ceramics 1996, [catalog], by Phyllis Blair Clark, curator, Tope Printing Incorporated, 1996 The Columbus Dispatch, “Craft museum’s ceramic pieces range from amusing to disturbing”, by Kay Koenninger, December 1, 1996 |
| 2019-2018 | Xavier University, The Art Experience, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2018 – 2006 | Xavier University, Freshman Seminar, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2019 – 2001 | Morehead State University, Senior Capstone Seminar, Morehead, KY; semiannual |
| 2015 | Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH Xavier University, Women’s Art History Class, Cincinnati, OH Mount St. Joseph University, “Selections 2015” Keynote Speaker, Delhi, OH |
| 2012 | Mount St. Joseph University, Women’s Art History Class, Delhi, OH Juror’s Lecture, Ohio University, Athens, OH Mount St. Joseph University, Art and Writing Class, Delhi, OH |
| 2010 | Mount St. Joseph University, Women’s Art History Class, Delhi, OH |
| 2008 | Mount St. Joseph University, Women’s Art History Class, Delhi, OH |
| 2006 | Mount St. Joseph University, Women’s Art History Class, Delhi, OH Northern Kentucky University, Freshman Seminar, Highland Heights, KY Mayesville Arts Association, Mayesville, KY |
| 2005 | Mount St. Joseph University, Women’s Art History Class, Delhi, OH |
| 2004 – 2003 | “Artists Reaching Classrooms”, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2002 | Ohio University, Graduate Seminar, Athens, OH |
| 2002 – 2001 | “Artists Reaching Classrooms”, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2018 | “Exploring the Detailed Surface”, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2017 | “Exploring the Detailed Surface”, Buckeye Ceramic Supply, Hilliard, OH “Narrative Ceramics”, Rovin Ceramics, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2016 | “Narrative Ceramics”, Queen City Clay, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2015 | “Contemporary Narrative Ceramics”, McHenry Community College, Lake City, IL “Art RX”, ArtWorks, Inc., Cincinnati, OH |
| 2014 | “The Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics”, Zanesville, OH |
| 2012 | “Contemporary Narrative Ceramics”, CraftSummer, Miami University, Oxford, OH “Family First Saturday”, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2010 | “From the Navajo to Frida Kahlo: Art as a Visual Language”, Funke Fired Arts, Cincinnati, OH, lecture and workshop |
| 2008 | “Surface Design and Finish”, Funke Fired Arts, Cincinnati, OH)— |
| 2006 | Artist in Residence, St. Dominic’s Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 | “Surface Design”, OAEA, Southwestern Teachers Division, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2002 | “Sculptural Ceramics”, Carolina Clay Guild, Greensboro, NC |
| 1999 | “Introduction to Ceramics”, Thomas Moore College, Crestview Hills, KY |
| 1997 | “Sculptural Ceramics”, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN |
| 1994 – 1995 | “Introduction to Ceramics”, “Art Appreciation: Art History Survey”, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY |
| 1993 – 1994 | “Introduction to Ceramics”, Ursuline Academy, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2018 | Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH, all media categories |
| 2019 – 2014 | Summerfair Select, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2013 | Middletown Area Art Show, ceramics category, Middletown Arts Center, Middletown, OH |
| 2012 | Student Art League Exhibition, all media categories, Ohio University, Athens, OH |
| 2011 | Autumn Air Art Fair, Cincinnati, OH, all media categories |
| 2010 | Autumn Air Art Fair, Cincinnati, OH, all media categories |
| 2009 | Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH, all media categories |
| 2006 | The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY, all media categories |
| 2004 | “Earth in Balance”, Regional Ceramics Arts Exhibition, Dayton, OH Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH, all media categories |
| 2001 | Scholastics Arts Awards, Portfolio and Individual Works for Ohio and Kentucky, Cincinnati, OH; Florence, KY Kentucky Foundation for Women, Panel juror awarding Individual Artist and Organizational Grants, Louisville, KY |
| 2019 – 2003 | Magis Award, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2017 | Coloramics, underglaze color consulting, Hilliard, OH |
| 2015 – 2007 | Rookwood Pottery Company, prototype design, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2011 | “Year of the Horse”, Kentucky Struts, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2009 | United Church of Christ, Global Mission logo design, Design Mill, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2006 – 2004 | Red Carpet Studios, prototype design, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 | Essentials of Managerial Finance, [cover illustration], by Scott Besley and Eugene F. Brigham, Thomson South-Western Publisher Lives of the Poem: Community & Connection in a Writing Life, by Richard Hague, Wind Publications, 2005 |
| 2015 | Outstanding Project Manager, ArtWorks Inc., Cincinnati, OH |
| 2013 | Best of Show, “Prints for Peace and Justice”, Art Academy, Cincinnati, OH Juror’s Award of Distinction, “Wild Things”, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2011 | Best of Show, Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2009 | Innovation Award, Sister Cities International Annual Conference, Belfast, Ireland |
| 2008 | Honorable Mention Award, Ceramics, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2007 | Second Place Award, Ceramics, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH Judges Selection Award, Ceramics, Cain Park, Cleveland, OH |
| 2006 | Award of Distinction, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival, Orlando, FL Honorable Mention Award, Ceramics, Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 | Best of Show, Ceramics, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH First Place Award, Ceramics, Summerfair,Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 | Award of Distinction, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival,Orlando FL |
| 2004 | Best of Show, Ceramics, Centerville Fine Arts Market, Centerville, OH Second Place Award, Ceramics, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH Third Place Award, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival, Orlando, FL Judges Selection Award, Ceramics, Cain Park, Cleveland, OH |
| 2003 | First Place Award, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival, Orlando, FL Second Place Award, Ceramics, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2002 | First Place Award, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival, Orlando, FL |
| 2002 | First Place Award, Ceramics, Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati, OH Award Of Distinction, Ceramics, Mt. Dora Arts Festival, Mt. Dora, FL |
| 2001 | Best of Show, Ceramics, Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati, OH First Place Award, Ceramics, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH Second Place Award, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival, Orlando, FL Merit Award, Ceramics, Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 2000 | Second Place Award, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival, Orlando, FL |
| 2000 | Collector’s Award, Ceramics, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Miami, FL |
| 1999 | First Place Award, Ceramics, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH Award of Distinction, Ceramics, Craft Art, St. Petersburg, FL Award of Merit, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival, Orlando, FL |
| 1998 | Third Place Award, Ceramics, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH Third Place Award, Ceramics, Winterpark Sidewalk Arts Festival, Orlando, FL Honorable Mention Award, Ceramics, Wyoming Art Show, Cincinnati, OH |
| 1997 | Award of Merit, Ceramics, Master Crafts Festival, Charlotte, NC |
| 1996 | Honorable Mention Award, Ceramics, Hyde Park Art Show, Cincinnati, OH |
| 1995 | Honorable Mention Award, Ceramics, Penrod Arts Festival, Indianapolis, IN Best of Ceramics, Salem Arts Festival, Salem, OR Best Overall Body of Work, Ceramics, Crafts Affair, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2019 – 2017 | Education and Community Outreach Director, Clay Alliance, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2019 – 2011 | “The Joyce Clancy Legacy Fund”, Supporting Ceramics Programs at Not for Profit Institutions, Founder and Fundraiser, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2019 – 2000 | “Empty Bows” Fundraiser, Clay Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2013 | “Art In Action”, Community Outreach Visual Art Program, Co-Founder, Pendleton Art Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2010 | “First Annual Clay Alliance Holiday Pottery Fair”, Committee Co-Chair, Clay Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2007 – 2004 | Board President, Clay Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 | “A Nurturing Spirit”, Committee Chair, Clay Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2003 – 2002 | Board Vice President, Clay Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2001 | Member at Large, Clay Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2000 | By-Laws Committee, Clay Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2016 | City of Liuzhou, People’s Republic of China |
| 2015 | McHenry Community College, Lake City, IL Ronald McDonald House, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2014 | City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2012 | Hisao Miyake, Setouchi City, Okayama, Japan Riley Humler, Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2011 | Jeff Engle, Humler & Nolan, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2010 | Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH Funke Fired Arts, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2010 | Coloramics, LLC. Hilliard, OH |
| 2009 | Riley Humler, Humler and Nolan, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2007 | Martin and Marilyn Wade, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 | Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2005 | Summerfair Inc., Cincinnati, OH |
| 2003 | The Bindley Collection, Middleton, WI |
| 2002 | Peter Frampton, Cincinnati, OH |
| 2000 | The Milton Hershey School, Hershey, PA |
| 1999 | Pinellas County Arts Council, St. Petersburg, FL |
| 1997 | Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN |
