Education:
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2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concentration in Ceramics, University of Texas at San Antonio, Minor in Art History
Solo Exhibitions:
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2025 Fries. Box 13 Artspace. Houston, Texas.
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2024 Summer's Almost Gone. Contra/Common. Bee Cave, Texas.
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2024 Without a Trace. Contemporary at Blue Star. San Antonio, Texas.
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2022 I Remember. Brick Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
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2022 Every Time We Say Goodbye. Blue Star Contemporary. San Antonio, Texas.
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2019 Cotton Alley. Flax Studio. San Antonio, Texas.
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2019 Uwa!! Such Floops!! Concrete Gallery. San Antonio Texas.
Select Group Exhibitions:
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2025 Transfiguration. Central Library Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
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2025 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Rainbow Road. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Salt Palace Convention Center. Salt Lake City, Utah.
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2024 Sickly Sweet. From Here to Sunday. Brooklyn, New York. (Curated by Casey Lin)
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2024 Clay Symphony. Mercury Project. San Antonio, Texas.
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2024 Fruits of Our Labor. Ornamental Cabbage. San Antonio, Texas.
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2024 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Friendship is Magic. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Greater Richmond Convention Center. Richmond, Virginia.
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2023 Microbios de San Antonio. The Brick at Bluestar. San Antonio, Texas.
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2023 Small Scale - Big Impact. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas.
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2023 Red Dot. Contemporary at Blue Star. San Antonio, Texas.
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2023 Community Arts Faculty Exhibition. UTSA Southwest Russell Hill Rogers Gallery. San Antonio, TX.
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2022 Small Scale - Big Change. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas.
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2022 The Office of Possible Projects’ Exhibition of Alternative Exhibition Spaces. UARK SculptureX Gallery. Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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2021 Red Dot. Blue Star Contemporary. San Antonio, Texas.
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2021 Crustbucket Trunk Show. Multiple Venues. Bentonville, AR; San Antonio TX; New Orleans, LA, Houston, TX; etc.
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2021 Small Scale - Big Change. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas.
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2020 Small Scale - Works for a Local Cause. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas;
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2020 Texas Clay: 20/20 Vision. San Antonio Art League Museum. San Antonio, Texas.
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2019 Small Scale - Big Change. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas.
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2019 DONUTS: a form-based show of toroidal art across mediums. Lincoln Arts Project. Waltham, Massachusetts. (Curated by Anneloes Marina and Angela DeVesto)
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2019 Teaching Artist and Technical Assistant Exhibition. Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Deer Isle, Maine.
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2019 Déjà vu. Studio 111. San Antonio, Texas. (Organized by Robert Mata)
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2019 Invisible Threads. SAY Sí. San Antonio, Texas
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2019 SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show. Savannah Clay Community. Savannah, Georgia.
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2018 Suspend. Clyde Snook Gallery. Alamosa, Colorado.
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2018 Vitrified: Conversations Through Contemporary Ceramics. Terminal 136. San Antonio, Texas. (Curated by Juan Vallejo and Ed Escobedo)
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2018 Spring BFA Exhibition. UTSA Main Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
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2018 18th Annual Texas Clay Arts Association Six Pack Show. Coop Gallery. San Angelo, Texas.
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2018 In Relation To. Sala Diaz. San Antonio, Texas. (Curated by Vero Caceres)
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2018 The Millennial Show Juried Exhibition. TEJAS Gallery. Dayton, Ohio.
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2018 34th Annual Student Exhibition. UTSA Main Art Gallery. San Antonio. Texas.
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2018 After School Special. Threadbare Cider House. Pop up show in conjunction with NCECA. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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2018 Extra Ordinary. Gallery 107. San Antonio, Texas.
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2018 SIP: A Ceramic Cup Show. Savannah Clay Community. Savannah, Georgia.
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2017 Containers: Annual Three Wheel Studio Ceramic Show. Three Wheel Studio. Providence, Rhode Island.
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2017 Hot Fresh Glazed. Ann Arbor Art Center. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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2017 More than Just Coincidence. South Texas College Gallery. McAllen, Texas. In conjunction with the South Texas Ceramic Symposium
Curatorial Projects:
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2025 Transfiguration. Central Library Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
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2025 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Rainbow Road. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Salt Palace Convention Center. Salt Lake City, Utah.
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2024 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Friendship is Magic. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Greater Richmond Convention Center. Richmond, Virginia.
Residencies:
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2024 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Project M. In collaboration with the Color Network. New Castle, maine.
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2023 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Summer Residency III: Embracing Change. New Castle, Maine.
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2022 FOCO (Focused on Creative Opportunity) AIR. Brick Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
Public Art:
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2024 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Friendship is Magic. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Greater Richmond Convention Center. Richmond, Virginia.
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2023 San Antonio. Interactive Public Installation. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
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2021 Featured Artist in Artpace Chalk It Up 2021. Igo Public Library. San Antonio, Texas.
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2019 Featured Artist in Artpace Chalk It Up 2019. Artpace, San Antonio, Texas.
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2017 Collaborative Public Art Piece: design, build project. Installed at SCG building on UTSA 1604 campus, San Antonio, Texas.
Awards/Scholarships:
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2024 The Color Network Microgrant
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2023 Windgate University Fellowship (awarded through The Color Network, to attend Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts)
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2023 Watershed Merit Scholarship (to attend Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts Summer Residency)
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2022 Luminaria Working Artist Fund (grant to fund solo exhibition I Remember)
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2022 San Antonio Individual Artist Grant (to fund exhibition Every Time We Say Goodbye)
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2019 Technical Assistant Scholarship (to attend Haystack Mountain School of Crafts)
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2018 Carlos and Malu Alvarez Special Opportunities Fund (to attend NCECA)
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2017 Carlos and Malu Alvarez Special Opportunities Fund (to attend NCECA)
Bibliography:
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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.
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2022 ’New art installation at San Antonio airport encourages breast cancer screenings.’ Digital Article. Raquel Torres for the San Antonio Report.
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2022 ‘Artpace Exhibit by Foerster Builds Characters, Creates Monsters’. Digital Article and Interview. Ashley Rocha for the San Antonio Sentinel.
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2022 ‘7 Questions with… Artist Michael Guerra Foerster’. Video Interview. City of San Antonio.
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2017 Gates, Fallon. ‘Hot Fresh Glazed’ presents myriad of pottery. Digital Article. Fallon Gates for Michigan Daily.
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2017 Exhibition catalogue for “10x10x10Tieton,” Mighty Tieton Warehouse gallery, Tieton, WA. Citation and color photographs.
Workshops:
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2023 Spreading Joy With Clay Seed Bombs - Artpace, San Antonio, TX
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2021 Community Collaboration: Speculum Salon and Workshop w/ Nao Bustamante - Artpace, San Antonio, TX
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2020 Clay Ornaments Workshop - Artpace via Zoom, San Antonio, TX
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2019 Big Boy Ceramics Workshop – SAY Sí, San Antonio, TX
Teaching/Assisting Experience:
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2024 - Present: Visual Arts Director - SAY Sí, San Antonio, Texas
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2019 - Present: Teaching Artist – SAY Sí, San Antonio, TX
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2023 - Present: Adjunct Faculty - UTSA Southwest, San Antonio, TX
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2019 - 2023: Studio Assistant to Jennifer Ling Datchuk
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2020 - 2022: Adjunct Faculty – Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX