Elaine Quave
Bio:
Elaine Quave received a BFA in crafts from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and an MFA in ceramics at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She currently teaches ceramics at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities (SCGSAH), where she was a graduate of the inaugural program of the residential high school. In addition to experience as a 3-D and ceramics instructor at Tyler, SCGSAH, and the Greenville County Museum of Art in Greenville, SC, Mrs. Quave has also assisted for workshops at North Carolina’s Penland School of Craft and Pilchuck School of Glass in Washington. Elaine Quave is the 2015 recipient of the Regina Brown Teacher Development Award through the National K12 Ceramic Exhibition. Mrs. Quave's work has been exhibited nationally at venues including the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Baltimore Clayworks, the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Lee Gallery of Clemson University, and Blue Spiral 1.
2026 (upcoming) “Fragments of Existence” Appalachian Center for Craft, TN Tech
Diana Farfan and Elain Quave
2025 ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2024 “Existing Now” SCGSAH Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
Marty Epp-Carter and Elaine Quave
2024 “Existing Now” Greenville Tech, Greenville, SC
Marty Epp-Carter and Elaine Quave
2024 “Fahrenheit 2024”, American Museum of Ceramic Art, CA
2024 “Cultivators” Richmond, VA
NCECA 2024 Concurrent Exhibit, Organizer
2023 “A Gender Line” Richardson Family Art Gallery, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
2023 “Existing Now” Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
Marty Epp-Carter and Elaine Quave
2023 “Naturescape” Invitational Exhibit, The Art Center of Greenwood, SC
2023 “Degrees of Commitment: Climate, Ecosystems, and Society”
Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN, National Juried Show
2023 Faculty Exhibition, SCGSAH Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
2023 “Visions in Clay” Horton Art Gallery, San Juaquin Delta College, CA
2023 “Impact” Spiers Gallery, Brevard College, NC
2022 “Clay: A Southern Census” Juried by Asia Mathis, Clay Center of New Orleans, LA
2021 “Botanicals” Invitational Exhibit, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2021 “Finding Nature” Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2021 Faculty Exhibition, SCGSAH Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
2021 “Bloom” Invitational Exhibit, The Art Center of Greenwood, SC
2020 “Cutting Edge Clay” Clay Center of New Orleans, LA
2020 “Finding Nature” Cameron Building, Petersburg, VA
NCECA 2020 Concurrent Exhibit, Organizer (cancelled conference and exhibit)
2019 “SCGSAH Faculty Exhibition” Greenville Center for Creative Arts, SC
2019 “Interpretations in Clay” Lander University, SC
2019 “Dirt x Digital: A Southern Survey in Clay” Clemson University, SC
2019 “Pushing Petals” (2 person show), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
Jillian Dickson & Elaine Quave
2019 “Unfolding Epoch”, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, MN
NCECA Concurrent Exhibit
2019 ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2019 “Greenville OS Retrospective” Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
2018 Faculty Exhibition, SCGSAH Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
2018 “BEEsmART” Invitational Exhibit, The Art Center of Greenwood, SC
2018 “ANTHRO/BOTANICAL” (solo show), Scenic City Clay Arts, Chattanooga, TN
2018 “SC Festival of Flowers Juried Art Show”, The Art Center of Greenwood, SC
2018 “Artistsphere Artists of the Upstate”, Greenville, SC
2018 “Contemporary Clay 2018” Western Colorado Center for the Arts
Juried by Doug Casebeer
2018 “Sculpture National” Clay Center of New Orleans, LA
Juried by Shayla Marsh
2018 ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2018 “Climate Change” Art Reach of Mid Michigan
2018 “Anthro/Botanical” Solo Show, Adele Kassab Gallery, Francis Marion University
2017 “Anthro/Botanical” Solo Show, Thompson Art Gallery, Furman University
2017 “Tierras Coloridas/Colorful Lands” Hughes Main Library, Greenville, SC
2017 “SC Festival of Flowers Juried Art Show”, Greenwood, SC
Juried by Erin Glaze Nathanson2017 “Artistsphere Artists of the Upsatate”, Greenville, SC
Juried Exhibition, Kathleen Thum2017 “Argillaceous Earth: Contemporary Ceramics”, Lillian Davis Hogan Galleries,
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
2017 “Possibilities: GCCA Ceramics Invitational”, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
2016 “Visions in Clay” San Joaquin Delta College, CA, Exhibition Juror: Liz Quackenbush
2016 “Teachers as Artists, Artists as Teachers”, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
2016 Faculty Exhibition, SCGSAH Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
2016 Carbondale Clay National XI, “The Intimacy of Scale” Carbondale, CO
Juried by Chris Gustin
2016 “Artistsphere Artists of the Upsatate”, Greenville, SC
Juried Exhibition, Kathleen Thum2016 “Menagerie” Baltimore Clayworks, MD
Juried by Jenny Mendez
2016 “De La Naturaleza” Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, OH
2015 “SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Faculty Exchange”
Vandiver Gallery, Anderson University, SC
2014 “Un-Natural Nature,” SciArt Center, New York, NY
2014 Faculty Exhibition, SCGSAH Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
2014 “In Full Bloom” Baltimore Clayworks, MD
Juried by Leigh Taylor Mickelson, director of Clay Art Center, NY
2014 "The Light of the Moon" Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinberg, TN
Juried by Namita Gupta Wiggers, Director and Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Craft PNCA
2013 “The Bone Show” Industria Studios, Tucson, AZ
2013 Columbia College’s Annual Art Educators Invitational, Goodall Gallery, SC
2012 Faculty Exhibition, SCGSAH Lipscomb Gallery, Greenville, SC
2012 Solo Exhibition, Luigart Studio and Gallery, Lexington, KY
2011 “The Unsettled,” University of Deleware Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
2011 “Resident Artist Show”, LexVC, Lexington, KY
2010 “Crystilization” SAFinc, Lexington, KY (solo show)
2010 “ARTillery Invitational” ARTillery, Columbus, OH
2010 “Searching for God” OSU at Marion, Marion, OH
2009 “Promethean Ambitions,” Philadelphia, PA
2009 “In Limbo” Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2009 “Transgressions” OSU, Columbus, OH
2008 “Worlds Greatest Best,” Philadelphia, PA
2008 “XXXXY” Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 “From One State To Another” FAB Gallery, Curated by Gregory Volk, Richmond, VA
2007 “Latino Art Exhibit” School District Administration Building, Philadelphia, PA
2007 “Elaine Quave: Photography and Sculpture” (solo-show) Lipscomb Gallery, SCGSAH,Greenville, SC
2007 2nd Annual South Plaza Sculpture Exhibit, Curated by Wim Roef, Dillon, SC
2006 “What’s you Body Image?” Lee Gallery, Celmson University, SC
2006 Upstate Ceramics Exhibition, Warehouse Theater, Greenville, SC
2006 Faculty Show, Lipscomb Gallery, SCGSAH, Greenville, SC
2006 Faculty and Staff Show, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
2006 “Makeup” (solo-show) Clemson University MFA Gallery, SC
2005 ”New Voices” Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY
2005 "Forward” (curator) Lipscomb Gallery, SCGSAH, Greenville, SC
2005 “New Work in Medallic Sculpture” Traveling Exhibition, Philadelphia, Portugal, Brazil,
Organized by New Approach, Inc. NY, (traveling through 2007