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Elijah (Chip) Wagner

eliwag17@gmail.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

High School Art Teacher - Wellston City Schools, Ohio 2022 - current

Courses taught - Survey of Art, Art 1, Art 2, and Intro to Ceramics

Teaching Artist - The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio 2022 - 2025

Kids Summer Art Camp, 2022 - 2025

Create to Donate, 2025 - monthly workshop using bisque mold to make bowls and then glazing them to donate to local fundraisers such as the Amesville Empty Bowls Event and Athens Area Mediation Service's Souper Bowl. 

Taught Intro to Pottery class twice, 2022

Studio Assistant - The Dairy Barn Arts Center's Ceramic Studio in Athens, Ohio 2021 - 2022

General studio maintenance, created plaster mold for claze (clay + glaze) waste tile pressing, firing and loading electric kilns, and replaced elements in a kiln

Studio Assistant - Kelle McLaughlin, 2020

Mixing clay, and pressing clay hands from molds

Studio Assistant - Alex Hibbit, 2018

Organizing the components and drilling holes in the components of Rhizome: 

   Infrastructure which was installed at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

EDUCATION

2022 Master of Education - K to 12 Art Education, Ohio University

Student teacher for Amesville Elementary and Federal Hocking High School & Middle School

2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ceramics major with Philosophy minor, Ohio University

Studied with: Alex Hibbit, Brad Schwieger, and Tom Bartel

2020 Exploring Art in London, Great Britain: Winter Break (December 2019-January 2020) 

Ohio University College of Fine Arts: Study Abroad

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Reclaimed: Second Annual Upcycled Art Exhibition, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH

2023 State of the Arts Mentor/Mentee, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH

Majestic National, Juried by Don Adleta, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH

2021 Alphabet Soup, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH

2020 Majestic National, Juried by Charlie Kanwischer, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH

Reading Tokens and Introspection, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH

2nd Annual Undergrad Exhibition, Juried by Chaz O’Neil, Majestic Galleries, 

Nelsonville, OH

2019 Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Juried by Imin Yeh, Ohio 

University Art Gallery, Athens, OH

Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, Juried by Anthony Mastromatteo, Waterloo Art Gallery, 

Cleveland, OH

2018 OH+5 ‘18: Ohio Border Biennial, Juried by Tim Bearse, Kim Beck, and Dana 

Goodman, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH

Work Doodles, Artists at Alden, Athens, OH

2017 Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Juried by Drew Sawyer, Ohio 

University Art Gallery, Athens, OH

At First Sight: A Survey of Foundations Methods, The Ohio University Art Gallery, 

Athens, OH

   Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition, Columbus, OH

2016 Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Juried by Astria Suparak, Ohio

University Art Gallery, Athens, OH

Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition, Columbus, OH

FELLOWSHIPS

2023 - 2027 Growing Home Fellowship from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio

WORKSHOPS

2024 Fused Glass - Ornaments for all Seasons, Maureen Aderman, through Arrowmont's Appalachian Arts for Appalachian Teachers Summer Program, Gatlinburg, TN

Comics and Ceramics: A Way of Thought, Kevin Snipes, Arrowmont School of Arts 

and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2019 Subtle Pastel Flashing in Soda Kilns, Austin Riddle, Arrowmont School of Arts 

and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Carving Commentary, Steven Cheeks, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 

Gatlinburg, TN

AWARDS AND HONORS

2020 Honorable mention in Majestic National, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH

Awarded second place in 2nd Annual Undergrad Exhibition, Majestic 

Galleries, Nelsonville, OH

2020-2017 Fine Art Talent Award, Ohio University, Athens, OH 

     Dean’s List, Ohio University, Athens, OH

     Raymond C Cook Endowed Scholar

  Catharine Burk Memorial Scholarship

     Ohio Governor Art Exhibit Award

MEMBERSHIPS

2020-2019 Ohio University Ceramics Club, Vice President



TECHNICAL SKILLS