Ceramic artist | Michael Foerster

Education:

2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concentration in Ceramics, University of Texas at San Antonio, Minor in Art History

Solo Exhibitions:

2024 These Foolish Things. Contemporary at Blue Star. San Antonio, Texas.
2022 I Remember. Brick Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2022 Every Time We Say Goodbye. Blue Star Contemporary. San Antonio, Texas.
2019 Cotton Alley. Flax Studio. San Antonio, Texas.
2019 Uwa!! Such Floops!! Concrete Gallery. San Antonio Texas.

Select Group Exhibitions:

2024 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Friendship is Magic. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Greater Richmond Convention Center. Richmond, Virginia.
2023 Microbios de San Antonio. The Brick at Bluestar. San Antonio, Texas.
2023 Small Scale - Big Impact. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas.
2023 Red Dot. Contemporary at Blue Star. San Antonio, Texas.
2023 Community Arts Faculty Exhibition. UTSA Southwest Russell Hill Rogers Gallery. San Antonio, TX.
2022 Small Scale - Big Change. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas.
2022 The Office of Possible Projects’ Exhibition of Alternative Exhibition Spaces. UARK SculptureX Gallery. Fayetteville, Arkansas.
2021 Red Dot. Blue Star Contemporary. San Antonio, Texas.
2021 Crustbucket Trunk Show. Multiple Venues. Bentonville, AR; San Antonio TX; New Orleans, LA, Houston, TX; etc.
2021 Small Scale - Big Change. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas.
2020 Small Scale - Works for a Local Cause. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas;
2020 Texas Clay: 20/20 Vision. San Antonio Art League Museum. San Antonio, Texas.
2019 Small Scale - Big Change. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas.
2019 DONUTS: a form-based show of toroidal art across mediums. Lincoln Arts Project. Waltham, Massachusetts. (Curated by Anneloes Marina and Angela DeVesto)
2019 Teaching Artist and Technical Assistant Exhibition. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Deer Isle, Maine.
2019 Déjà vu. Studio 111. San Antonio, Texas. (Organized by Robert Mata)
2019 Invisible Threads. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas
2019 SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show. Savannah Clay Community. Savannah, Georgia.
2018 Suspend. Clyde Snook Gallery. Alamosa, Colorado.
2018 Vitrified: Conversations Through Contemporary Ceramics. Terminal 136. San Antonio, Texas. (Curated by Juan Vallejo and Ed Escobedo)
2018 Spring BFA Exhibition. UTSA Main Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2018 18th Annual Texas Clay Arts Association Six Pack Show. Coop Gallery. San Angelo, Texas.
2018 In Relation To. Sala Diaz. San Antonio, Texas. (Curated by Vero Caceres)
2018 The Millennial Show Juried Exhibition. TEJAS Gallery. Dayton, Ohio.
2018 34th Annual Student Exhibition. UTSA Main Art Gallery. San Antonio. Texas.
2018 After School Special. Threadbare Cider House. Pop up show in conjunction with NCECA. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2018 Extra Ordinary. Gallery 107. San Antonio, Texas.
2018 SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show. Savannah Clay Community. Savannah, Georgia.
2017 Containers: Annual Three Wheel Studio Ceramic Show. Three Wheel Studio. Providence, Rhode Island.
2017 Hot Fresh Glazed. Ann Arbor Art Center. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2017 More than Just Coincidence. South Texas College Gallery. McAllen, Texas. In conjunction with the South Texas Ceramic Symposium

Curation:

2024 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Friendship is Magic. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Greater Richmond Convention Center. Richmond, Virginia.

Residencies:

2023 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Summer Residency III: Embracing Change. New Castle, Maine.
2022 FOCO (Focused on Creative Opportunity) AIR. Brick Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.

Public Art:

2023 San Antonio. Interactive Public Installation. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
2021 Featured Artist in Artpace Chalk It Up 2021. Igo Public Library. San Antonio, Texas.
2019 Featured Artist in Artpace Chalk It Up 2019. Artpace, San Antonio, Texas.
2017 Collaborative Public Art Piece: design, build project. Installed at SCG building on UTSA 1604 campus, San Antonio, Texas.

Awards/Scholarships:

2023 Windgate University Fellowship (awarded through The Color Network, to attend Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts)
2023 Watershed Merit Scholarship (to attend Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Summer Residency)
2022 Luminaria Working Artist Fund (grant to fund solo exhibition I Remember)
2022 San Antonio Individual Artist Grant (to fund exhibition Every Time We Say Goodbye)
2019 Technical Assistant Scholarship (to attend Haystack Mountain School of Crafts)
2018 Carlos and Malu Alvarez Special Opportunities Fund (to attend NCECA)
2017 Carlos and Malu Alvarez Special Opportunities Fund (to attend NCECA)

Bibliography:

2023 ‘Dark Comedy: Ceramic artist Michael Guerra Foerster embraces the playful and the ephemeral’ Digital and Print Article and Interview. Bryan Rindfuss for the SA Current.
2022 ’New art installation at San Antonio airport encourages breast cancer screenings.’ Digital Article. Raquel Torres for the San Antonio Report.
2022 ‘Artpace Exhibit by Foerster Builds Characters, Creates Monsters’. Digital Article and Interview. Ashley Rocha for the San Antonio Sentinel.
2022 ‘7 Questions with… Artist Michael Guerra Foerster’. Video Interview. City of San Antonio.
2017 Gates, Fallon. ‘Hot Fresh Glazed’ presents myriad of pottery. Digital Article. Fallon Gates for Michigan Daily.
2017 Exhibition catalogue for “10x10x10Tieton,” Mighty Tieton Warehouse gallery, Tieton, WA. Citation and color photographs.

Workshops:

2023 Spreading Joy With Clay Seed Bombs - Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2021 Community Collaboration: Speculum Salon and Workshop w/ Nao Bustamante - Artpace, San Antonio, TX
2020 Clay Ornaments Workshop - Artpace via Zoom, San Antonio, TX
2019 Big Boy Ceramics Workshop – SAY Sí, San Antonio, TX

Teaching/Assisting Experience:

2019 - Present: Teaching Artist – SAY Sí, San Antonio, TX
2023 - Present: Adjunct Faculty - UTSA Southwest, San Antonio, TX
2019 - 2023: Studio Assistant to Jennifer Ling Datchuk
2020 - 2022: Adjunct Faculty – Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX