Chloe Theodosiou

is a ceramic artist whose practice focuses on where material experiments meet emotional articulation. Originally from New York, Theodosiou graduated with her BFA from Alfred University and worked as a teaching, assisting, and exhibiting artist in NYC before moving to Pheonixville, PA. She has been living in Pennsylvania since 2020 working with local art spaces and non-profits to provide affordable, high-quality art education. She is motivated by community and humanity in the arts with an intense passion for all things clay. A natural extrovert, Theodosiou is always ready to sit and talk about the intellectual, emotional, and philosophical nuances in artwork and making.

EXPERIENCE

Allens Lane Art Center, Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA—Arts Studio Manager

2024 - Current


Goggleworks, Reading, PA—Communications Coordinator

2023 - 2024

  • Ensure the timeliness of content on the website, blog, and social media accounts in a style and manner consistent with brand standards and tone

  • Develop a comprehensive communications/content calendar

  • Assist in production of printed and posted marketing materials (physical and digital copy/content writing, proofing, editing)

  • Maintain database of contacts; draft and distribute emails to target audience segments based on communications/content calendar

  • Develop positive relationships with and experiences for visiting and inhabiting artists, students, and art spaces with similar missions

  • Maintenance of onsite wayfinding signage and promotional communications including promotions of special events

  • Organizing & archiving visual brand assets, including images, and video

  • Assist in the archiving of key communications, marketing, and public relations throughout the year

Goggleworks, Reading, PA—Ceramic Studio Lead Assistant and Tech
2023 - 2024

  • Part of studio production projects: fabricating and casting plaster molds, providing kiln maintenance, and general support of the Studio Manager

  • Assists in clay, slip, and glaze recipes, adjusting, and experimenting.

  • Supports students and works studies, and answers general technical questions.

The Ceramic Shop, Norristown, PA—Glaze Lab Tech
2021 - 2023

  • Lead of product production of large batch, in-house  glaze, wax, and specialty materials

  • Assists in glaze recipe and material adjusting, creating, and experimenting

  • Aids in customer service and outreach with local artists

  • Head safety officer and respirator instructor


Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY— Student Liaison
2019 - 2020

  • Facilitated a community studio

  • Processed and filed student registrations, scholarship applications, class schedules, and special projects

  • Headed guided tours of the historical and technical facility

  • Member of social media team, in-charge of daily studio photos and event posters

  • Lead of the Greenwich House Pottery Library collection

  • Assisted in gallery operations, show openings, and annual studio-wide sales


Ceramics and Theory, Brooklyn, NY— Studio Assistant

2017 - 2020

  • Represented and assisted in the making of the work of Dustin Yager

  • Sanded, polished, and crafted production pottery and art objects

  • In charge of general maintenance, organization, and safety of a working studio

  • Prepped large-batch and large-scale ceramic packaging and shipping

  • Member of the social media (newsletter and wholesale presentation too) team and co-head of company’s Instagram


ADDITIONAL STUDIO ASSISTANT POSITIONS

  • Michael Keropian: 2017 - 2019

  • George Petrides: 2019 - 2020

  • John Born of Humble Matter: 2019

  • Malene Barnett: 2019 - 2020

  • Kathy Erteman: August - October 2020


ADDITIONAL TEACHING POSITIONS

  • Putnam Art Council, Hudson Valley, NY

  • Leaping Dog Studio, Flemington, NJ

  • Mohawk International Day Camp, White Plains, NY

  • Katonah Art Center, Katonah, NY

  • Greenwich House Pottery, Greenwich Manhattan, NY

  • GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA

  • Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

  • Allens Lane Art Center, Mount Airy, Philadelphia, PA


EDUCATION

Alfred University, Alfred, NY— BFA


OTHER EXPERIENCE

Glaze Mixing and Application Workshop: Mount Kisco, NY

Visiting Artist Demo: Kissimmee River Pottery Flemington, NJ

Putnam Arts Council Internship Mahopac, NY

Katonah Arts Council Internship Katonah, NY

NCECA Volunteer: 2019 Minneapolis, MN

GHP Lightning Talks Lecture

Raku Workshop and demo Kutztown, Reading, Mount Airy, Philadelphia

“What’s in a Glaze” Materials lecture and subsequent materials exploration class GoggleWorks Center for the Arts and Allens Lane Art Center