Jessica Steinhäuser developed an interest in pottery at the age of sixteen and become determined to pursue a career as a professional potter.

Education:

2009 Stone carving workshop with Nick Fairplay, Guelph

2004 Working with oven builders in Austria.

1989-2009 Owner and Operator of Stonehouse Pottery in downtown Guelph.

1988 Immigrated to Canada at age twenty-two to further develop her skills and to become a professional potter.

1985-1988 Specialized potter apprenticeship in Staatl. Keramikfachschule (State School for Ceramics), Landshut, Germany. Jessica completed three years of training in pottery prior to receiving her designation as a Graduate Journeyman Potter

1984-1985 Practicum in pottery at Staatl. Fachschule für Gestatung (State School for Art and Design), Nürnberg, Germany

1982-1983 Spent a year at a high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan as an exchange student learning English and taking courses in pottery

1981-1984 Wirtschaftschule, Nürnberg, Germany

Teaching, Guest Speaking and Awards:

2009 First Guest Presenter at the new London Potters Guild, London

2009 Haliburton School of the Arts, throwing intermediate and advanced. Art talk: "The Kachelofen" its history, and my journey trying to bring it to Canada

2009 Received Ontario Arts Council Exhibit assistant grant, to install Kachelofen at "ArtPrize" in Grand Rapids Michigan, USA

2009 Haliburton School of the Arts, Contemporary Design and traditional Technique

2009 Received Ontario Arts Council Project Grant

2009 Guest presenter at the Potters guild in Mississauga

2009 Teaching at Waterloo Potter's Workshop

2008 YMCA/YWCA Nomination for Women of Distinction in Arts and Culture

2007 received Ontario Arts Council Exhibit assistant grant, to install Kachelofen at the Faculty Show at Rails End Gallery

2007 Haliburton School of the Arts, Mold making for Ceramic, certificate Program

2007 Haliburton School of the Arts, Contemporary Design and traditional

2007 YMCA/YWCA Nomination for Women of Distinction in Arts and Culture

2007 Lecture and Workshop at Haliburton School of the Arts, Ceramics for the Professional Potter

2006 Haliburton School of the Arts, Contemporary Design and Traditional Technique (1 week course)

2005 Founder of the Potters Market in Guelph

2000 Dundas Potters Guild, Dundas

1998 Brampton Potters Guild, Brampton

1993 Lecture at Staatliche Keramikfachschule, Landshut, Germany

Publications:

2007 Ceramics Monthly, 2007 Issue "The Kachelofen, its time has come again"

Commissions and Private Collections:

1996-2008 6 Teapots and 1 Clock, Mr. David and Vivian Campbell, Toronto

2006 Paintings for LaCachette, Niagara-on-the-Lake

2005 Guelph Community Health Centre, Donor Wall

2004 Guelph Youth Music Centre, Donor Wall, Mosaik

2002 LaCachette, Niagara on the Lake

2002 Guelph Community Health Centre, Donor Wall

Shows and Exhibits:

2010 Masterworks Southwest, Touring March - December Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario

2009 "ArtPrize" Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

2009 Powerplay, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario

2009 "20 Below-32 Above" Minnesota State University Moorhead, Department of Art & Design, Minnesota, USA

2008 Private Sale in Rowayton, Connecticut, USA

2008 Art Gallery of Hamilton

2008,2009 Operetta Set Designer,Mikado,The Wizard of Oz, SOSI, Wilfried Laurier University in Waterloo

2008, 2009 1001 Pots in ValDavid, Quebec

2007 Framed, Painting, Mac Donald Steward Art Centre, Guelph

2006, 2007 Faculty Show, Rails End Gallery, Haliburton

2003 Art of the Casserole, London

2003 Artist in Residence, Guelph Spring Festival

1988-2009 One of a Kind Show in Toronto, Out door Art Exhibit in Toronto