Michael Guerra Foerster

Education:

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

Solo Exhibitions:

2025 Fries. Box 13 Artspace. Houston, Texas.
2024 Summer's Almost Gone. Contra/Common. Bee Cave, Texas.
2024 Without a Trace. 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:

2026 Toy Dispenser Gallery Vol 3: DELUXE. Concurrent Exhibitionas part of NCECA. Huntington Place Convention Center. Detroit, Michigan.
2026 60th Annual CAIN National Show. Del Mar College CAIN Art Gallery. Corpus Christi, Texas.
2025 Eudaimonia. Elizabeth Street Garden. New York, New York
2025 The Mark of the Hand. Mercury Project. San Antonio, Texas
2025 In House. Greenwich House Pottery. New York, New York.
2025 Transfiguration. Central Library Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2025 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Rainbow Road. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Salt Palace Convention Center. Salt Lake City, Utah.
2024 Sickly Sweet. From Here to Sunday. Brooklyn, New York. (Curated by Casey Lin)
2024 Clay Symphony. Mercury Project. San Antonio, Texas.
2024 Fruits of Our Labor. Ornamental Cabbage. San Antonio, Texas.
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

Curatorial Projects:

2026 Toy Dispenser Gallery Vol 3: DELUXE. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Huntington Place Convention Center. Detroit, Michigan.
2025 The Mark of the Hand. Mercury Project, San Antonio Texas.In conjunction with Clay SA as a founding member.
2025 Transfiguration. San Antonio Public Library, Central Library Art Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2025 Transfiguration. Central Library Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2025 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Rainbow Road. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Salt Palace Convention Center. Salt Lake City, Utah.
2024 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Friendship is Magic. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Greater Richmond Convention Center. Richmond, Virginia.

Residencies:

2024 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Project M. In collaboration with the Color Network. New Castle, maine.
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:

2026 Toy Dispenser Gallery Vol 3: DELUXE. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Huntington Place Convention Center. Detroit, Michigan.
2025 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Rainbow Road. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Salt Palace Convention Center. Salt Lake City, Utah.
2024 Toy Dispenser Gallery: Friendship is Magic. Concurrent Exhibition as part of NCECA. Greater Richmond Convention Center. Richmond, Virginia.
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:

2025 Contemporary Art Month (CAM) Grant
2024 The Color Network Microgrant
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:

2025 ’Maker’s Mark’. Digital and Print Article. Bryan Rindfuss for the SA Current.
2025 'Top Five: July 17, 2025’. for Transfiguration at San Antonio Central Library. Digital Article. Glasstire. 2025 ‘Playing with Mud’. Digital and Print
2025 ‘Playing with Mud’. Digital and Print Article and Interview. Bryan Rindfuss for the SA Current.
2025 ‘Top Five: January 30, 2025’. for Fries at Box13 ArtSpace. Digital Article. Glasstire.
2025 Our Guide to the Best Weekend Ever in Houston (January 10-12). Digital Article, Meredith Nudo for Houstonia Magazine.
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:

2024 Junkfood Art Workshop - Ruby City, San Antonio.
2024 Clay Seedbombs Workshop - Contemporary at Bluestar, San Antonio.
2023 Clay Seedbombs Workshop - Artpace, San Antonio.
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:

2026 - Present: Ceramics Faculty - Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2025 - Present: Ceramics Instructor - Pottery NYC, New York, NY
2025: Ceramics Instructor - Mud Studio San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
2024 - 2025: Visual Arts Director - SAY Sí, San Antonio, TX
2019 - 2025: Teaching Artist – SAY Sí, San Antonio, TX
2023 - 2025: Adjunct Faculty - UTSA Southwest, San Antonio, TX
2020 - 2022: Adjunct Faculty – Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX