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 for four years 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
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, casted, 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 November 2017 / January 2018-June 2018

  • Leaping Dog Studio December 2018

  • Mohawk International Day Camp June 2018 -August 2018

  • Katonah Art Center September 2018 - April 2019

  • Greenwich House Pottery April 2020 - June

  • GoggleWorks Center for the Arts March 2023 - PRESENT

  • Wayne Art Center April 2023 - PRESENT

  • Allens Lane Art Center May 2024 - PRESENT


EDUCATION

Alfred University, Alfred, NY— BFA

Materials Engineering Minor

Art History Minor

Artist of Special Collections


OTHER EXPERIENCE

Glaze Mixing and Application Workshop: 2019 Mount Kisco, NY

Visiting Artist Demo: 2018 Kissimmee River Pottery Flemington, NJ

Putnam Arts Council Intern: 2017-2018 Mahopac, NY

Katonah Arts Council Intern: 2018 Katonah, NY

NCECA Volunteer: 2019 Minneapolis, MN

GHP Lightning Talks Lecture: 2020 Zoom/Remote

Raku Workshop and demo Kutztown, Reading, Mount Airy, Philadelphia 2022 - 2024

“What’s in a Glaze” Materials lecture and subsequent materials exploration class GoggleWorks Center for the Arts 2023 + 2024