EDUCATION

2023 Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Ceramics, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2021   Michigan State University, BA Chemistry, Minor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, East

Lansing, MI

2020   Northern Clay Center, Minnesota New Institute of Ceramics Education Advanced Certificate

Program, Minneapolis, MN

2019   Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Ceramic Wood-Firing Workshop with Josh Copus,

Gatlinburg, TN

2019   Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Hollow Core Construction with Bobby Scroggins,

  Gatlinburg, TN

2019   Penland School of Craft, The Whole Pot Workshop with Bandana Pottery, Bakersville, NC

2018   Penland School of Craft, Red Clay Every Way with Maggie & Tom Jaszczak, Bakersville, NC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 Forms of Remembrance, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026

Cargas, MOUSE Gallery, Detroit, MI
Fractals, Fragments, and Familiar Things, NCECA, Detroit, MI
Material Memory, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI

2025

Faculty Biennial, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
What Holds, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
A Grain of Sand, 100,000,000 Space, Kansas City, MO
Rock Show, 100,000,000 Space, Kansas City, MO

2024

Sur o No Sur, pocoapoco, Oaxaca, Mexico
Earth and Fire, Stifel Fine Arts Center, Wheeling, WV
Faculty Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2023

Meet Me Halfway, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  AACAA, The Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Project M, The Mason Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
La Quema del Diablo, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Chair Show, First National Building, Detroit, MI

2022
Altar Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Brought To The Table, Saarinen & Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2021

Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Ceramics School, Hamtramck, MI

2020

MN NICE Graduate Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

2019

Work-Study Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gatlinburg, TN

2018

PeopleScape, Tucson Museum of Art: Arizona Biennial, Tucson, AZ

RESIDENCIES

2025

Pollinator, Oct-Nov 2025, Virtual
Lynden Sculpture Garden, July 2025, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI

2024

Chop Wood, Carry Water, May 2024, Freeport, IL
Pocoapoco, June 2024, Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico

Open Kitchen Residency, July 2024, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI

2023 Township10, June-July 2023, Marshall, NC

2022

STARworks Ceramics, July -August 2022, Star, NC

Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, June 2022, Newcastle, ME

2021 Ceramics School, Hamtramck, MI

2019 - 2020 Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN

PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA

2025 In/Out/Of, print & digital publication, https://inoutof.com/v1i1/
2024 Making Is Thinking, The Ceramics Companion Podcast with Cammi Climaco

Artists on Couches: Artist Spotlight, https://www.instagram.com/p/C50dOyoro3G/?igsh=MWk1azJ4a3Ftc2N3

2023 Nothing Anybody Becomes Is Ever By Themselves, Self-Published Artist Book

2021    Diversity in Clay Spotlight, Bracker’s Good Earth Clay, https://www.brackers.com/project/chris-salas/

“Pinch Pot Meditations,” Studio Potter, September 1, 2021, https://studiopotter.org/pinch-pot-meditations

VISITING ARTIST, LECTURES, & DEMONSTRATIONS

2025

H.F. Johnson Gallery, Carthage College, What Holds Panel Discussion, Kenosha, WI, Nov 12
Lynden Sculpture Garden, Forms of Remembrance Artist Talk, Milwaukee, WI, Aug 23

Lynden Sculpture Garden, Open Kitchen Artist Conversation, Milwaukee, WI, Aug 23
AICAD Teaching Fellow Gathering, Teaching & Pedagogy Lecture, Milwaukee, WI, Jan 9

2024

College for Creative Studies, Visiting Artist Lecture and Demo, Detroit, MI, November 18

GnarWare Workshop, Artist Lecture, August, Chicago, IL

Lynden Sculpture Garden, Artist Lecture, July, Milwaukee, WI

Ox-Bow School of Art, Artist Lecture, Saugatuck, MI

2023 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Artist Lecture, Chicago, IL

2022

STARworks, Artist Lecture, Star, NC

Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Artist Lecture, Newcastle, ME
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Brought To The Table Artist Talk, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2021 Ceramics School, Artist Lecture, Hamtramck, MI

2019 Northern Michigan University, Visiting Artist, Marquette, MI, November 11 -18

AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2025 Student Curricular Funding Grant, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2023 Course Enhancement Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2023 - AICAD Post-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,

Chicago, IL

2021 - 2023     Gilbert Fellowship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2020 - 2021     Mildred B. Erickson Scholarship/Fellowship, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

2019    Work-Study Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2019   Work-Study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC

2018    Work-Study Scholarship, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

2026 NCECA, Where the “Wild” Clays Are, Detroit, MI

2025 NCECA, Clay Conexíon, Community Conversations, Salt Lake City, UT

2024 NCECA, Building Community Among Artists of Color, Clay Conversations, Richmond, VA

2023 NCECA, Breath, Connection, Reflection: Clay Altar, Project Space, Cincinnati, OH

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2025

STARworks Ceramics, Juror for 2025-2026 Residencies, Virtual

Clay Conexíon, Group Co-organizer
Ox-Bow School of Art, Juror for Summer Workshop Merit Scholarship, Virtual

The Color Network, Producer of Open Studio Panel Discussion: Residency Applications, Virtual

2024

Artaxis, Juror for Membership Application, Virtual

The Color Network Residency, Juror for Project M Residency, Newcastle, ME

NCECA, Portfolio Reviewer, NCECA, Richmond, VA

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Clay Conexíon, Co-Founder

The Color Network, Mentor

Artaxis, Member