EDUCATION
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, MFA in Sculpture/Ceramics, 2003-2005
University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI, BFA in Ceramics and Painting, Graduated Magna Cum Laude, 1996-2000
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
“Are You Okay in the Dark?”, Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA SOLO EXHIBIT
“Even the Ground Gives Way,” Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO SOLO EXHIBIT
“Earth Oracles,” Mayten’s Projects, Toronto, CANADA
“Small Acts – The Craft of Subversion,” City College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Budding,” Shape Theory Collective, online solo show/artist spotlight
2021
“A Large Group of Small Artworks,” Quint Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Featured Artist,” Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Forces of Nature,” San Diego International Airport, CA, 2 year exhibition
“Winter Sublime,” Shape Theory Collective, online exhibition
“Art Auction,” MassArt Art Museum, Boston, MA
2020
“Forces of Nature,” San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA
“Art Auction,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
“The Clay Studio National”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
“The 23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition,” San Angelo, TX
“LUSH,” The Lighthouse Art Center, Tequesta, FL
“Endangered,” California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
“Contingent Upon,” Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
2019
“Antivenom”, Quint Projects, SOLO EXHIBIT, San Diego, CA
“Anthropocene”, Bonita Museum, Bonita, CA
“Forces of Nature”, San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA
“Beyond the Brickyard”, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
“In Place”, The Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN
“Small Favors”, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2018
“Lingering Light”, The James Alan Rose Gallery, SOLO EXHIBIT, San Diego, CA
“Bright Beyond”, Bread and Salt, Projects Space, 2-person exhibit, San Diego, CA
“Artifact”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
“Fahrenheit 2018”, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Juror Patti Warashina, Pomona, CA
“Nasty Women”, Third Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA
“You Are Here”, San Diego Public Library, San Diego, CA
“Campus Creatives”, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2017
"Extra-Ordinary Collusion", Collaboration with Beverly Emerson from the Salk Institute, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
"Blurred Boundaries", Couturier Gallery, Curated by Rody Lopez, Los Angeles, CA
"Inherent Terrain", Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
"Scofflaws", Pacific College of the Northwest, 4-person exhibit, Portland, OR
"Gallery Selects", Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Endangered", Mesa College, Curated by Danielle Deery, San Diego, CA
"Nasty Women", Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
2016
"Into Nature", R.B. Stevenson Gallery, 2-person exhibit with Astrid Preston, La Jolla, CA
"Strangely Familiar", Zoya Tommy Gallery, 2-person exhibit with Scott Rosenburg, Houston, TX
"San Diego Art Prize 2016, New Contemporaries", City College Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Flat Earth", Ship in the Woods, Escondido, CA
"Art San Diego 2016", SDAI/Art-Prize/Mesa College, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
"The Clay Studio National," The Clay Studio, Juried by Elisabeth Argo and Jennifer Zwilling, Philadelphia, PA
"Wouldn't it be Nice...," Eastfield College, Curated by goodgoodthing, Mesquite, TX
"The Cave of Wonder," The Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery, Escondido, CA
“Under Pressure,” Hyde Gallery, Curated by Jennifer Bennett, El Cajon, CA
2015
"Eclectic Traditions," Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
"On the Threshold," The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
"Sinking, Sinking, Sinking," San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
"Sharp Contrast," Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
"Confluence," Cellar 3, Curated by Alexander Salazar, Poway, CA
"Sup! Port Us - The Ship in the Woods", Bread and Salt, San Diego, CA
2014
"Wonder & Weight," White Box Contemporary, SOLO EXHIBIT, San Diego, CA
"Clay and Paper," Charlie Cummings Gallery, Curated by Paul Andrew Wandless, Gainesville, FL
"Object! Object!", Helmuth Gallery, San Diego, CA
2013
“Allied Craftsmen TODAY”, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA
"The Left Edge," Morris Graves Museum, Eureka, CA
ART San Diego 2013 , White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CA
2012
“Cannon Art Gallery 2012 Invitational”, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
“Kilnopening.edu”, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
“Beyond the Limit,” Hyde Gallery, 3-person Exhibit, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
“Small Favors,” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2011
“Travel-Size,” Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
“Cannon Juried Biennial”, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, jurors Peter Frank and Larry Baza, Carlsbad, CA
“Self-Schema,” The Heights Waterfront, NCECA 2011, Tampa, FL
“Mendovernacular”, The Trolley Barn, NCECA 2011, Tampa, FL
“Annual Clay Ball,” Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD
2010
“Material Matters,” California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA
“The Gray Area,” Kruglak Gallery, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
“Bodily Functions,” Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
“Ripe,” Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
2009
“Big Blast,” Clay-Mix Gallery, SOLO EXHIBIT, Fresno, CA
“Synthesis,” Hyatt Regency Hotel, NCECA 2009, Phoenix, AZ
“Intersection,” Gallery at the Merc, 2-person Exhibit, Temecula, CA
“Plumb Line,” Firehouse Gallery at Genesee Art Center, 2-person Exhibit, Rochester, NY
“Resident Artists,” International Ceramics Research Center, Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, DENMARK
2008
“New World,” Zentrum für Keramik, SOLO EXHIBIT, Berlin, GERMANY
“Viewpoints 2008,”, Hyde Gallery, juror Richard Burkett, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
“MassArt Annual Juried Auction,” Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
2007
“Dream Palace,” A-Space Beijing 1 ArtBase, Beijing, CHINA
“Crossing the Pond,” NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, CHINA
“Kilnopening.edu,” American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
2006
“California Clay Competition,” The Artery, juror Patti Warashina, Davis, CA
“Experiments in the Fog,” Oddfellows Gallery, SOLO EXHIBIT, Mendocino, CA
“Artists in Residence 05-06,” Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
“NCECA 2006 – MAC AIR,” Stark Street Gallery, Portland, OR
“Ink and Clay 32,” Kellogg University Art Gallery, jurors Marylin Zeitlan and
Peter Held, Pomona CA
2005
“MFA Thesis Show,” David and Sandra Bakalar Gallery, SOLO EXHIBIT, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
2004
“burst,” Doran Gallery, MCA, SOLO EXHIBIT, Boston, MA
“Midway Show,” Stephen Paine Gallery, MCA Boston, MA
“Habitations,” Doran Gallery, MCA, Boston, MA
2003
“Faculty Exhibition,” The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
“in the village of pripinchuk,” 3rd Street Gallery, 2-person Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
“remember i was here,” University City Arts League, SOLO EXHIBIT, Philadelphia, PA
2002
“New Members Show,” 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Clay Studio Gallery Shop, Philadelphia, PA
Omni Gallery, Omni Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
“Multiples,” Main Line Art Center,” Haverford, PA
2000
“unraveled (dreams and illusions),” Warren Robbins Gallery, SOAD, SOLO EXHIBIT, Ann Arbor, MI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021-present
Founding Board Member, “No More Boring Art”, Baldessari Endowment, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
2023
Resident Artist, Center for Contemporary Ceramics, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2022
Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Resident Artist, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Visiting Artist,Traingle Potter’s Guild, Raleigh, NC2020
Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
Artist, James Renwick Alliance Studio Tour
Lecturer, Lunch and Learn with Jennifer Zwilling, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2019
Visiting Artist, California State University, San Bernadino, CA
Artist, MCASD Avant Garde Collector’s Tour
Artist, To Do Mending Workshop, MCASD
Gallery Director, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
2018
Gallery Director, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Lecturer, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
Lecturer, Artist and Designers in Real Time, San Diego State University, CA
2017
Gallery Director, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Organizer, NASTY WOMEN, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
2016
Gallery Director, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Lecturer, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Lecturer, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Lecturer, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2015
Resident Artist, Zentrum für Keramik, Berlin, GERMANY
Resident Artist, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer, The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Gallery Director, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
Visiting Lecturer, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2012
Curator, Boehm Gallery Ceramics Biennial, “Wastelands and Candylands,” San Marcos, CA
2011
Public Work, Artist, The Escondido Creek Conservancy, Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve, “Oak Idyll,” Escondido, CA
Juror, CASD Juried Members Show, “Contain Yourself,” Gallery 21, San Diego, CA
Visiting Artist, Mira Costa College, Mira Costa, CA
2010
Curator, “Corporeal Manifestations,” The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Resident Artist, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, HUNGARY
Curator, Boehm Gallery Ceramics Biennial, “Play/Pause,” San Marcos, CA
Lecturer, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2009
Lecturer, “Global Explorations – NCECA International Residency Experiences” NCECA 2009, Phoenix, AZ
2008
Resident Artist, Zentrum für Keramik, Berlin, GERMANY
Resident Artist, International Ceramic Research Center, Guldagergaard, DENMARK
Curator, Boehm Gallery Ceramics Biennial, “From Dust to Decadence,” San Marcos, CA
2007
Resident Artist, NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, CHINA
Judge, “Visual Expressions,” Temecula Art Council, Temecula, CA
Judge, Sandblasters Competition, televised sand sculpture competition, The Travel Channel
Curator, “Local Treasures,” Hands on Cedros Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
2005-2006
Resident Artist, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2003
Artist’s Assistant, Arina Ailincai, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2000-2002
Head of the Ceramics Department/studio technician, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Palomar College, San Marcos, CA, Fall 2006–present
Professor of Art, Head of the Ceramics Program
Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Visiting Artist Workshop, Spring 2016
Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
Visiting Artist Workshop, Spring 2016
Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
Visiting Artist Workshop, Printmaking onto Clay Fall 2010
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Printmaking onto Clay Spring 2006, Summer 2010, Summer 2016
Handbuilding in Clay Winter 2010
Turk Hill Craft School, Rochester, NY
Visiting Artist Workshop, Printmaking onto Clay Summer 2009
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Image and Clay, co-taught with Megumi Naitoh Spring 2005
Ceramics Elective, Summer Studios Summer 2004
Graduate Teaching Assistantships:
Form Study with Taylor Davis Fall 2004
Photographic Lithography with Fred Liang Spring 2004
3D Seminar, Ceramics with Janna Longacre Fall 2003
Chester Springs Studios/MLAC, Chester Springs/Haverford, PA
Wood kiln Workshop Biannually March 2001–May 2003
Delco Blind-Site Center, Chester, PA
Ceramics for vision impaired adults February 2002-July 2003
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Handbuilding in Clay, Claymobile Program Fall 2000-Spring 2003
Main Line Arts Center, Haverford, PA
Intro to Handbuilding and Throwing Spring 2001-Spring 2003
Kiln Firing
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2022
“Fierce and Fantastical Experiments in Ceramics,” by Sarah Rose Sharp, Hyperallergic, June 12, 2022
2021
“Jordan Karney Chaim on Sasha Koozel Reibstein, HereIn Journal, July 6, 2021
“The Context of Technique,” by Lauren Mabry, Studio Potter, March 1, 2021
“Exposure – Duane Reed Gallery”, Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 2021
Artist Interview with Shape Theory Collective, Instagram Live, November 24, 2021
2020
“Endangered exhibition shows imperiled Earth through artist’s eyes”, by Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union Tribune, January 17, 2020
Interview with Thomas Demello, Bread and Salt Projects, April 30, 2020
2019
“Featured Artist : Sasha Koozel Reibstein,” Maake Magazine, Clay Edition, Issue 8
2018
“Ceramics Art Back, and They’re Aggressive” by Kinsee Morlan, Voice of San Diego, August 7, 2018
“Thought-Provokers: Sasha Koozel Reibstein”, SD Voyager, September 2018
“The ‘Nasty Woman’ fight continues,Artists explore feminism and womanhood in That’s What She Said”by Seth Combs, San Diego Citybeat, August 29, 2018
Foreword, A Ceramic Guide: The Art of Creating and Teaching Wheel Thrown Pottery,by Trent Berning, Cognella Press
“Exposure,”Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 2018
2017
“Doug Simay’s Best Picks, Blurred Boundaries at Couturier Gallery,” Simayspace.com, July 20172017
“San Diego women getting nasty for a new art show,” by Lara McCaffery, San Diego Citybeat, January 10, 2017
2016
“Into Nature,” Review by Lauren Buscemi, Art Ltd. Magazine, Sept/Oct 2016
#2 of “Top Five,” by Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees, Glasstire.com, February 25, 2016
2014
"Palomar College - Ceramics in Many Directions", Studiokotokoto.com, Blog feature article , September 16, 2014
"Burden" featured by Lee Gainer, PEEK, Contemporary Art Blog, February 27, 2014
"Alled Craftsman Today," Mingei Museum, San Diego, CA - Exhibition Catalog
"Object! Object!," Helmuth Gallery, San Diego, CA - Exhibition Catalog
2013
“The Anatomy of Sadness,” 500 Prints on Clay,” Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. Asheville, NC
2012
“2011 NCECA Biennial Review,”, Author, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue No. 82
“5 from 1: Sasha Koozel Reibstein” by John Oliver Lewis and Jessica McCambly, Glasstire.com, May 13, 2012
“Palomar Sculptor among featured artists at Cannon show,” by Patricia Morris Buckley, The North County Times, CA January 26, 2012
“Cannon Art Gallery 2012 Invitational”, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA – exhibition catalog
2010
“Corporeal Manifestations,” Independent Review but Colette Copeland, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue No. 82
“Your Body, The Masterpiece,” by Spencer Ball, Arts & Features, The Gatepost, pg.13, Framingham, MA, December 10, 2010
“Exhibition at FSU’s Mazmaninan Gallery explores the body,” by Chris Bergeron, The MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA, December 5, 2010
“Corporeal Manifestations,” Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Exhibitions, pg. 22, June/July/August 2010
“Clay shows Begin – bodies at the Mutter,” by Libby Rosof, The Artblog, March 14, 2010
“NCECA Preview,” Corporeal Manifestations, Ceramics Art Daily, March 2010
2009
“Art Review – January ArtHop,” by Felicia Matlosz, Fresno Beehive.com, January 2009
2008
“From Dust to Decadence,” Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Up Front, pg. 24, March 2008
2008 “Palomar’s ceramic show breaks the mold,” by Joel D. Amos, The North County Times, San Diego, CA, March 20, 2008
“MassArt Annual Juried Auction”, Massachussetts College of Art, Boston, MA 2006, 2008 – exhibition catalogs
2007
“Do the Dishes,” by Pat Sherman, Today’s Local News, San Marcos, CA September 2007
“Local Treasures exhibit features works by Palomar College artists”, The North County Times, San Diego, CA, October 4, 2007
“Crossing the Pond,” by Fred H.C. Liang, NYArts Magazine Online, June 2007
“Western artist’s crossing the pond to display their creations in Beijing,” Cover Terra (Spanish language newspaper) / Telesur (television spot), June 2007
2006
“California Clay Competition 2006,” The Artery – exhibition catalog
Artists in Residence 05-06,” Mendocino Art Center – exhibition catalog
2005
“Ink and Clay 31,” Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA – exhibition catalog
AWARDS
2016
Nomination for San Diego Art Prize, nominated by Tara Centybear
2015/16
Research sabbatical, Palomar College
2015
Nomination for Distinguished Faculty Award, Palomar College
2012
North County Higher Education Alliance Grant
2010
Foundation “Excellence in Teaching” Grant, Palomar College
2009
Professional Development Grant, Palomar College
Nomination for Distinguished Faculty Award, Palomar College
2008
NCECA International Resident Artist Award 2008, Zentrum für Keramik, Berlin, GERMANY
Nomination for Distinguished Faculty Award, Palomar College
2007
Nomination for Distinguished Faculty Award, Palomar College
2005
Nomination for International Sculpture Center, Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
2004
Scholarship – Lands of the Eternal Sun, Massachusetts College of Art
2000
Del Val Pottery Supply Award – “ Multiples,” Exhibition, MLAC
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Artisan Works – Where Art Lives, Rochester, NY,
International Ceramic Research Center, Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark
Zentrum für Keramik, Berlin, Germany
A-Space/Art Base 1, Beijing, China
JURIED NETWORKS/DATABASES
www.artaxis.org, online porfolio since 2008
www.accessceramics.org, online portfolio since 2008
Allied Craftsmen of San Diego, member since 2009