Lucas Pointon
Phone: 724.841.1650
E-Mail: lucmp06@gmail.com
Education
2017 - 2020 - Master of Fine Art in Metalsmithing/Jewelry design
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2014 - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Three Dimensional Studies, Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Bowling Green State University, Ohio (Deans List)
Scholarship/Awards/Fellowships
2020 - Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant Recipient, New York, NY
2020 - Brooke Hannan Memorial Emerging Craftsman Scholarship Award, Ohio Designer Craft, Best of 2020
2020 - Blair H. and Leah D. Temkin Exhibition Award, UW-Madison
2020 - Award Winner, Enamel Society Student Exhibition
2019 - Glen R. Allen Graduate Professional Development Grant, UW-Madison
2019/20 - Project Assistant Fellowship, Studio Assistant for Prof. Lisa Gralnick
2019 - Summer Project Assistant, Prof. Anna Campbell
2018/19 - Project Assistantship, Prof. Lisa Gralnick
2018 - Fred and Valmai Fenster Scholarship Award
2018 - Scholarship Award, UW Office of Student Financial Aid Competition
2017 - Instructional Support Fellowship, UW-Madison (Metals Area Technician)
2014 - James W. Strong 3D Studio Achievement Award, Bowling Green State University
2014 - First Place Award, Teapot Category, Niche Awards Student Show
Selected Exhibitions
2024 - HEREAFTER, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA (Forthcoming)
2024 - Battle of the Rings 2024, Danaca Design Studio, Seattle WA
2023 - REFINED 2023, Steven F. Austin State Univ. Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX
2023 - Memento Mori Exhibition, Night Shift Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2023 - Emerging Ohio Artists, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2023 - TMA Contemporary Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2023 - Battle of the Rings 2023, Danaca Design Studio, Seattle WA
2022 - Gallerium Art Prize 2022 – Online Exhibition
2022 - TMA Contemporary Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2021 - Printmaking: A Social Practice, University of Wisconsin Alumni Exhibition
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI
2021 - Artifactual Remakes: Jewelry Across History, Baltimore Jewelry Center,
Baltimore, MD
2021 - 41st Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2020 - Ohio Designer Craft, Best of 2020, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
2020 - In Flux, Enamel Society Student Exhibition
Teaching/Professional Experience
2020- Current - Bench Jeweler/Goldsmith
Gruno’s Diamonds, Madison WI
2020 - 2023 - Adjunct Lecturer of Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2023 - Instructor of Metalsmithing and Stone Setting
Wheel House Studios, Madison, WI
2023 - Co-Taught Hinge Workshop with Tom Muir
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
2019 - Stone Setting Demonstration
Assistant Instructor with Lisa Gralnick
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2017 - Teaching Assistantship at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
2017 - Internal Lip Box Forms, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 - Instructor of Safety and Studio Maintenance Practices
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2015-2017 - Bench Jeweler/Goldsmith, Jared Galleria of Jewelry, Sterling Jewelers Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
2015 - Copper Cups: Moscow Mules Workshop, Assistant Instructor with Sharon Massey
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Professional Affiliations
Society of North American Goldsmiths
American Craft Council
Ohio Designer Craftsmen