Jonathan T. Ginnaty
Education
Bowling Green State University, Ohio MFA – Ceramics 2003
California State University, Fullerton BFA – Ceramics 2001
Professional Experience
Instructor/ Lecturer 2008- Present
Chapman University, Orange, CA
Art 115- Foundations Course, Ceramics
Instructor/ Lecturer - Ceramic Department Head 2016- Present
Coastline Community College
Art C150 & C151, Introduction to hand-building, Introduction to wheel-throwing
Instructor / Lecturer 2009- 2015
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Art- 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 216, 217, 289 Foundations to Ceramics, Hand building I, II, & III, Wheel Throwing I, II, & III, & Architectural Tile/Furniture
Senior Lab Technician –Fine Arts 2005- 2016
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
35 hours per week- Maintain, Service, and Repair Ceramic, Sculpture,
Jewelry, Printmaking, Drawing and Painting Studios
Instructor/ Lecturer 2004 - 2009
Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Art 18, 35, 40- Introduction / Intermediate / Advanced Ceramics
Art 412 – Alternative Firing Techniques
Instructor/ Lecturer 2005- 2011
Adult Education Summer School- Ceramic Survey
Capo Valley High School, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Teaching Assistantship 2001 - 2003
Bowling Green State University, OH
Graduate Instructor/ Lecturer- Introduction to Ceramics
Woodshop & Ceramic Lab Technician
Honors/Awards
Employee of the Year, Saddleback College 2012 -2013
Grand Prize, OC Art Grant 2009
Aaron Macy Memorial Scholarship 2003
First Prize, Student Art Show, California State University, Fullerton 2001
The John and Flora Olsen Scholarship 2000
Private Collections
Nilsson Family Sculpture Gardens 2003
Waterville, OH
California State University, Fullerton 2001
Permanent Collection
Select Solo-Exhibitions* & Group Shows
Orange County Faculty Invitational 2017
Coastline Community College Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
Clay and Glass Show
CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
The American Dream in Terra Cotta
Common Walls, Great Park Gallery, Irvine, CA
Happening/ Unhappening 5 - Into the Void 2016
Studio box Theater, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
*Online Pottery Exhibition
Pedagogical Clay II 2015
Frank M. Doyle Art Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
*Generation Z “The New Silent Generation” 2014
Coastal Eddy Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Coastal Eddy Gallery, group show 2013
Laguna Beach, CA
Kilnopening.edu 2012
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) Pomona, CA
GCAC Ceramic and Glass Show
CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana CA
*Cubicle 2011
dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, group show
Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
*The American Dream in Terra Cotta 2010
Project room, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
Aaron Macy Legacy Exhibition –traveling exhibition
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Northern Arizona State University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
100 Artists See Satan
CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
*Explorations OC: An Art Scene Subjectively 2009
The Artery Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Activsite (International Sculpture Conference) 2008
Federal Building, (Former Grand Rapids Art Museum) Grand Rapids, MI
The Happy Show
CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana CA
Ceramic & Glass Extravaganza 2007
CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana CA
Orange County Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition
John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA
Publications
Laguna Beach Magazine 2014
Review of “Generation Z (The New Silent Generation)”
Inland Empire Weekly 2011
Review of “Cubicle” exhibition
OC Weekly 2010
Review of 100 Artists See Satan
Art Scene
Review of “The American Dream in Terra Cotta”
OC Art Grant, Competitive Grants for Contemporary Artists 2009
Santa Ana Business Council
OC Art & Culture magazine
Artist spotlight- Jon Ginnaty
Explorations OC: An Art Scene Subjectively
Documentary – Four emerging artist from Orange County, CA.
Committees / Community Service
Saddleback College Mentor 2008- 2016
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Search Committee – Administrative Assistant - Art 2015
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Search Committee – Photography Technician 2012
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Search Committee - Dean of Fine Arts, Media, & Technology 2010
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Search Committee – Art History Professor
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Classified Senate 2007- 2010
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
Related Experience/ Activities
Guest/ Visiting Artist 2017
Leisure World Ceramics Education Program
Juror - High School Artist of the Year - 3D
Orange County Register
Slide Lecture 2010
Santa Ana City College, Santa Ana, CA
Guest/ Visiting Artist 2009
National Clay Workshop V, Grand Rapids, MI
Guest/ Visiting Artist 2008
UICA Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Guest Lecture/ Featured Artist
California State University, Fullerton, CA
Juror
Ceramics Competition, Los Angeles County Fair, San Dimas, CA