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Lotus Bermudez
Education
2002- 2004 MFA Studio Art- Sculpture/Ceramics, University of Houston
2001- 2002 Graduate Studies, University of North Texas
1997- 2000 BFA Sculpture/Ceramics, Art History Minor, Magna cum Laude,
University of Houston
1996- 1997 Galveston College
1994- 1996 TX A&M Galveston
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Teaching/Business
2013-Current Co-Owner of Third Coast Clay, Community Clay Studio
2014-Current Co-Owner TAB Electric, Electrical Contractor
2011-Current Owner of Clay Matter, Artist Business Name
2010-2015 Sculpture Artist Affiliate at University of Houston
2008-2009 Sculpture Affiliate Artist at University of Houston,
Ceramics Adjunct at Houston Community College Central
2006-2008 Sculpture Affiliate Artist at University of Houston,
Ceramics Adjunct at Lone Star Montgomery Community College
2004- 2006 Adjunct and Continuing Education Professor at
Houston Community College SW/ Stafford College and Lone Star
Montgomery Community College.
2003- 2004 Teaching Fellow and Teaching Assistant, University of Houston, TX
Fundamentals and Intermediate Ceramics, (instructor of record), loaded
and fired kilns (electric, gas, and raku), mixed glazes and clay, studio
reorganization and maintenance
2003 Adjunct Professor College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
2002- 2003 4th-6th Grade Art Teacher, KIPP 3D Academy, Houston, TX,
TAKS compliant, set-up new art classroom and curriculum
2001- 2002 Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Design I and Design II (instructor of record)
1998- 2000 Ceramic Instructor, Foelber Studio, Houston, TX,
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Lotus & Jordan Phillips, Houston Cider Co, Houston, TX
2013 A Full Plate, Solo Show, Galveston College, Galveston, TX
Joe Winston & Lotus, The Art Studio, Beaumont, TX
Clean Plate Club, Winter St Studio, Houston, TX
2012 Dirty Dozen, San Jacinto College Central Fine Arts Gallery, Pasadena, TX
2011 Betsy Evans & Lotus, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
Amber Tiemann & Lotus, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
2007 Lotus Witt & Rodney Navarre: Twist & Spout, Houston Potters Guild, Hou, TX
2006 Lotus Witt: Ceramic Works, Montgomery College, Conroe, TX
2005 Spiked, Houston Potters Guild Gallery, Houston, TX
2000 Laura and Lotus, Foelber Gallery, Houston, TX
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Selected Group Exhibitions/Festivals
2025 Between Me and You, Houston Endowment Building, Houston, TX
2024 Grounded in Clay: Rooted in Community, Houston City Hall Rotunda, TX
Endless Summer, Foltz Gallery, Houston, TX
Friends, Bolton Davis Gallery, Alexandria, LA
Third Coast Clay & Friends Art Festival, Houston, TX
EBH Invitational, Archway Gallery, Houston, TX
Art with a Purpose, Brookwood Gallery, Brookshire, TX
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
2023 Texas Dimensional, San Antonio Art League & Museum
Bayou City Clay Crawl, ClayHouston at Third Coast Clay
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Bayou City Arts Festival Houston
Texas Sculpture Group Exhibition, Irving, TX
Lavender Festival, Blanco, TX
2022 Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Bayou City Arts Festival Houston
Lavender Festival, Blanco, TX
2021 Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Bayou City Arts Festival Houston
Bayou City Clay Crawl, ClayHouston at Third Coast Clay
Lavender Festival, Blanco, TX
2019 Spree, Front Gallery, Houston, TX
Rockport Arts Festival, Rockport, TX
Lavender Festival, Blanco, TX
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Holiday Show
2018 Fiesta Arts Fair San Antonio, TX
Rockport Arts Festival
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
2017 Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
2016 Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
2015 NCECA: Gallery Expo, Providence, RI
Sculpture Invitational, The Art Studio, Beaumont, TX
Bayou City Arts Festival, Memorial Park, Houston, TX
2014 8th Annual CAMEO Show, Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont, TX
Gun Show, Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
Acquae Obscurae, The Art Studio Inc, Beaumont , TX
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Four Texas Potters, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX
2013 Bayou City Arts Festival, Houston, TX
NCECA: Gallery Expo,, Houston, TX
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Third Coast Clay Holiday Show, Houston, TX
Bluegrass Bourbon, Kentucky Museum of Art, Louisville, KY
Houston Pop Shop, Houston, TX
Houston International Festival, Houston, TX
2012 Annual Juried Exhibition, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX
Six Pack Show, Coop Gallery, San Angelo, TX
NCECA: Gallery Expo, Seattle, WA
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Craftidote, Houston, TX
Houston Holiday Shop, Houston, TX
Five X Seven, AMOA-Arthouse, Austin, TX
2011 Crafting Live(s): 10 Years of Artists-in-Residence, Houston Center for
Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Spectrum, Avis Frank Gallery, Galveston, TX
NCECA: Gallery Expo, Tampa, FL
Defining Green, Russ Pitman Park, Bellaire, TX
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Six Pack Show, Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, TX
2010 Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Preserving Space, Russ Pittman Park, Bellaire, TX
NCECA: Gallery Expo, Philadelphia, PA
Inspired in Education, 18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
2008 Orton Cone Box Show, Baldwin City, Kansas
Lost & Found, Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, TX
Texas Clay Festival, Gruene, TX
Craft Texas, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Open Studio, Studio 2017, Houston, TX
Clay Houston Festival, Houston, TX
2007 Open Studio, Studio 2017, Houston, TX
ARToberFest, 10th Annual Fine Art Festival, Galveston, TX
AIR Craft, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Clay Houston Festival, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2006 Clay Houston Festival, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
8th Annual Ikebana, Houston Potters Guild Gallery, Houston, TX
Faculty Show, Montgomery College, Conroe, TX
Faculty Show, HCC SW Stafford, Stafford, TX
2005 Faculty Show, Montgomery College, Conroe, TX
Houston Potters Guild Show, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Hou, TX
Contemporary Clay, Design Works Gallery, Galveston, TX
25th Anniversary Show, Houston Potters Guild Gallery, Houston, TX
New Members Show, Houston Potters Guild Gallery, Houston, TX
2004 Faculty Show, HCC SW Stafford, Stafford, TX
Faculty Show, Montgomery College, Conroe, TX
Masters Thesis Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, TX
2003 Art Crawl, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX
2003 Art Crawl, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX
5 X 7, Art House at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
50/50, C. S. A.W., Houston, TX
Fresh Fire, Mixed Bag Gallery, Houston, TX
Texas Arts and Crafts Festival, Shriner University, Kerrville, TX
Emerging Artists, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX
Sculpture Garden Opening, Univ. of Houston South Park Annex, TX
2002 Art Crawl, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston, TX
Mélange, Gerald D. Hines School of Architecture, Houston, TX
Big Show Small Space, Gallery_803, Denton, TX
Denton Jazz Festival, Denton, TX
2001 Art Crawl, Preston Workshop, Houston, TX
UNT Ceramics Graduate Show, Denton, TX
2000 Art and Craft Juried Competition, Art Museum of South Texas,
Corpus Christi, TX, Susan Peterson Juror
Art Crawl, Preston Workshop, Houston, TX
Let There be Light, Foelber Gallery, Houston, TX
TAACL Annual Exhibition, TAACL, Clear Lake, TX
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Conferences and Workshops
2024 Artist Demonstrator, Texas Arts Educators Assn Conference, Galveston, TX
Artist Demonstrator, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Artist Workshop Presenter, Third Coast Clay, Houston, TX
2023 Artist Demonstrator, TexasClay Festival, online and on-site, Gruene, TX
Artist Affiliate, Fire Under the Oaks, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
2015 Artist Lecture & Workshop, Lutheran North High School, Houston, TX
2014 Artist Lecture, ClayHouston, TX
2013 Artist Lecture & Workshop, Galveston College, Galveston, TX
Artist Lecture & Workshop, Lone Star Mont. College, Conroe, TX
Artist Lecture, NCECA: Gallery Expo, Houston, TX
Artist Lecture, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, TX
2012 Artist Lecture & Workshop, San Jacinto Central College, Pasadena, TX
Artist Lecture & Workshop, Victoria College, Victoria, TX
Artist Lecture & Presenter, ClayHouston, Houston, TX
2010 Artist Demonstration at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (Nov)
Artist Workshop/Demonstration Lee College, Baytown, TX
2008 Artist Demonstration at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (Nov)
2007 HISD Art Teacher Workshop: Ceramics Course, lead workshop,
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Thinking Outside the Bowl Workshop, led the artist workshop,
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
Artist Lecture and Demo, Cesar Chavez High School, Houston, TX
2003 Artist Demonstration, KIPP 3D Academy, Houston, TX
Artist Lecture, NCECA Graduate Forum, San Diego, CA
2002 Artist Workshop, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX
2001 Hotter than a Texas Summer, Wood kiln building and firing workshop,
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
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Current Gallery Representation
The Barn Gallery, Gruene, TX
Brieger Pottery, Blanco, TX
Former Gallery Representations:
18 Hands Gallery, Houston, TX
Asher Gallery, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
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Projects, Commissions, Publications & Press
2025 Support for Artists Grant, City of Houston and Houston Arts Alliance
100 Bowl Donation Challenge, Empty Bowls Houston, TX
2024 Orange Show Artist Open House, Orange Show, Houston, TX
2023 Let Creativity Happen Grant, City of Houston and Houston Arts Alliance
Orange Show Artist Open House, Orange Show, Houston, TX
2022 Commission from Root Lab to create large Vessel series for Houston Museum of
Natural Science: King Tut Exhibition
2018 Empty Bowls Fundraiser and Bowl-A-Thon at Third Coast Clay
2014 New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, Published image, Oct. 26
UH Bowl-A-Thon to support Houston Empty Bowls
2013 Houston Chronicle, Molding Matters of Life & Death, Oct. 11th
Galveston Daily News, Nov. 4th
UH Bowl-A-Thon to support Houston Empty Bowls
2012 Cover of webpage on Houston Press.com May, 13th
UH Bowl-A-Thon to support Houston Empty Bowls
2011 Work in The Daily News, Galveston, TX
UH Bowl-A-Thon to support Houston Empty Bowls
2010 Art Review of work featured in article on culturemap.com
UH Bowl-A-Thon to support Houston Empty Bowls
2009 Co-Chair of Empty Bowls Houston
Curated Exhibition for UH Class to install works in HCCC Craft Garden
UH Bowl-A-Thon to support Houston Empty Bowls
2008 Work Published in Clay Times, July/August issue
Published image in the Craft Report, October issue
Co-Chair of Empty Bowls Houston
Work Published in the Crafts Report, October Issue
Work published in Clay Times, The Gallery, July/August Vol. 14, No. 4
Curated Exhibition for UH Class to install works in HCCC Craft Garden
2007 Artist in Residence at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, May 07 – Jan 08
Chair of Empty Bowls Houston
UH Bowl-A-Thon to support Houston Empty Bowls
Filmed/Interviewed for "the StyleFyle": Houston, TX
2006 Artist in Residence at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, July– Sept.,
also participated in the Mentorship Program with HSPVA student
2005 Work Published in Ceramics Monthly, October issue
Featured Artist HGTV (Home and Garden Television) for “That’s Clever”,
Season 2
Wood kiln building at Montgomery College, Conroe, TX
2003 Commissioned sculpture for Texas Children’s Hospital for
Birthday Gala (signed by George and Barbara Bush) Houston, TX
2000 Assisted creation and installation of Organ Grinder, with Dwayne Bohuslav,
Univ of Houston Gerald D. Hines School of Architecture, Houston, TX
Assisted with reno of one of the houses at Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
1999- 2002 Three Outdoor Ceramic Murals created, working with the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, City of Houston, Spark Park, & H.I.S.D., Installations for Thompson, Ryan, and Looscan
Elementary Schools
2000- 2001 Building Wood Kiln with Daryl McCracken for Katherine McKinnin, Chappell Hill, TX
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Affiliations
2023 Texas Clay Festival, Board of Directors
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Member
2022 Texas Sculpture Group/ISC Member
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Member
2014-2024 Clay Houston Member
2012 Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Volunteer
TCAA Member
Clay Houston Member
2011 TCAA Member
2009 Clay Houston Member
TCAA Member
2008 Clay Houston Member
TCAA Member
2007 Clay Houston Member
CRAFT Member
TCAA Member
CAMEO, Advisory Board Member
Houston Potters Guild, Co-op Member
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Member
2006 CAMEO, Member of Board of Directors
Houston Potters Guild, Co-op Member
Clay Houston, Steering Committee Member
2005 Houston Potters Guild, Co-op Member
Clay Houston, Steering Committee Member
2004 Houston Potter’s Guild, Co-op Member
Texas Clay Arts Association, Member
Clay Houston, Steering Committee Member
Clayworks President, University of Houston
Association of Student Sculptors, University of Houston Member