Glory Day Loflin

EDUCATION

2021- (current) MFA Student at Clemson University 


2010-2014 BFA: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City, NY


2008-2010 South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts & Humanities, Greenville, SC

2006-2008 The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2021

Clemson Art Department Research Scholarship (to NYC), Clemson, SC

2020

Penland Winter Residency (Ceramics) , Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC

2019

Award of Merit (Painting), Sausalito Arts Festival, Sausalito, CA

2019

Mayor’s Choice Award, Artisphere, Greenville, SC

2018

MAC Project Grant Recipient, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC

2015- 2020

Resident Artist, Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC

2015-2016

Brandon Fellow, Greenville Center for the Creative Arts, Greenville, SC

2014

Jack Stewart Memorial Prize Winner, The Cooper Union, NYC, NY

2011

Irma Weiss Cultural Fellow, The Cooper Union, NYC, NY

EXHIBITIONS

2021

TSA/PDF: Like Dirt (curated), Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greenville, SC

2020

Yardwork (Group Show with Tiger Strikes Asteroid), Greenville, SC

SCGSAH Alumni Show (Juried Show), Greenville, SC

Artisphere (Postponed to 2021) (Juried Show), Greenville, SC

Kimball Arts Festival (Postponed to 2021) (Juried Show), Park City, Utah

Greenville Artists’ Show (Group Show), Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC

After Penland (Pop-Up), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC

2019

Scape (three person show), Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC

Artisphere (Juried Show), Main Street, Greenville, SC

Tempo (performance), Savereign, Greenville, SC

Big and Tall (two person show), Southern Bleachery, Taylors, SC

Antiques, Fine Art & Design Weekend (Signature Setting Artist), Greenville County Museum of Art, SC

South Carolina Festival of Flowers (Juried Show), Greenwood, SC

Sausalito Arts Festival (Juried Show), Sausalito, CA

Indie Craft Parade (Juried Show), Furman University, Greenville, SC

Greenville Open Studios, Greenville, SC

Rhymes With Orange (solo show), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC

2018

WITNESS MATERIAL/MATERIAL WITNESS (performance), Knockdown Center, Queens, NY


Wet Paint, Center Stage, Greenville, SC


As the Crow Flies (solo show), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC

Bloom: Artist Table (collaboration with Darin R. Gehrke), The Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC

Indie Craft Parade (Juried Show), Southern Bleachery at Taylors Mill, Taylors, SC

Greenville Open Studios, The Village Studios, Greenville, SC


In Flight (collaboration with Darin R. Gehrke), Darin R. Gehrke Ceramics, Greenville, SC

2017

Pots on Pots, Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC

In Sight (three person show), Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC

Indie Craft Parade (Juried Show), Huguenot Mill at the Peace Center, Greenville, SC

Potter & Painter (collaboration with Darin R. Gehrke), Darin R. Gherke Ceramics, Greenville, SC

2016

Greenville Open Studios, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC

Brandon Fellowship Exhibition (three person show), Greenville Center for Creative Arts, SC

Flat Out Under Pressure, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC

Unseen Greenville, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, SC

Current, The Artistry, Greenville, SC

Hoods Up, Belton Center for the Arts, Belton, SC

Far and Wide (solo show), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC

2015

Christmas Show, Warehouse Theater, Greenville, SC

Unseen Greenville (non juried participant) Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC


Next in Show (Solo Show), Joseph Bradley Studio, Greenville, SC


First Friday: Open Studios, (September, October) Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC

Resident Work (Group Show), Art and Light Gallery, Greenville, SC


2014 


Art on the Trail, Travelers Rest, SC

INFJ/ENTP (with Emilie Gossiaux), The Cooper Union, NY, NY

EOYS, The Cooper Union, NY, NY

2013 


Hook, Line, and Sinker (with Daniel Schroeder), The Cooper Union, NY, NY

Drawn (Day Gleeson’s Drawing Class), The Cooper Union, NY, NY

Grid Off; Lights On, Ideas City Festival, NY, NY

Grid Off; Lights On, SUSTAIN festival, NY, NY


2012

EOYS, The Cooper Union, NY, NY


Parallax (William Downs’ Drawing Class), The Cooper Union, NY, NY

PUBLICATIONS

New American Paintings No.148, p.109-111, June/July 2020

The Greenville Journal (online), March 2019

Town Magazine, Cover, p.14, November 2018

Town Magazine, p.49-50, October 2018

Create Magazine Issue 5, p122-123, September 2017 Town Magazine, p.38, p.108, July 2017

SmokeLong Quarterly (online), May 2017


WORK EXPERIENCE

2017- 2020

Artist Assistant at Grushovenko Inc.

2014- 2020

Artist Assistant at Joseph Bradley Studio

2016-2017

Artist Assistant at Darin R. Gehrke Ceramics

2016-2017

Framer at Bennetts’ Frame and Art Gallery

2015-2016

Artist Assistant to Alice Ballard at Arrowmont Workshops (2015, 2018), Penland Workshop (2016, 2021 TBA) 2013-2014

Typesetter at the Cooper Union Type Shop

2012-2014

Resident Assistant, Freshman Housing at The Cooper Union


2013

Art Staff (Ceramics), Ramapo Country Day Camp, Airmont, NY

2011-2012

Sculpture Teacher, The Saturday Program at The Cooper Union

VOLUNTEER WORK

2021

Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Greenville Member)

Stone Academy Mural, Stone Academy, Greenville, SC


GCCA Brandon Fellowship Selection Committee, Greenville Center for the Creative Arts, SC

2020


Arts Escape, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities Foundation, Greenville, SC High Museum Chaperone, The Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC

Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Greenville Member)

2019


Kuka Juice Mural (Dorothy Shain), Greenville, SC

Stone Mural Project (Joseph Bradley Studio), Greenville, SC

Penland Auction, Penland, NC

2018

Village Grind Mural, Greenville, SC

Penland Auction, Penland, NC

2017

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Portland, OR

Stone Academy, Arts Alive! (mural), Greenville, SC

Emilie Gossiaux, New York University, NY

Penland Auction, Penland, NC

2016

Penland Auction, Penland, NC

Indie Craft Parade, Greenville, SC

Christ Church Episcopal School, Greenville, SC

Eno Gallery, Hillsborough, NC

Stone Art Academy Auction, Greenville, SC

The Refinery, Asheville, NC

2015

Greenville Open Studios, Greenville, SC

Indie Craft Holiday Parade, Greenville, SC

Athens Y Camp, Athens, GA

NEXT High School, Greenville, SC

Travelers Rest Farmers Market, Travelers Rest, SC

The Nomadic Few, Greenville, SC

2014

Father’s Heart Ministries, Worked on a food line serving food to the homeless

Feed 50, Provided bagged lunches to the homeless in the East Village

Price of Life, Organized and ran an interactive booth raising awareness about sex trafficking in NYC