EDUCATION
1985-present   Professor, Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1979-85          Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
1979               M.F.A. Ceramics, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
1977               M.S. Art Education, University of Nebraska at Kearney
1975               B.F.A. Ceramics, University of Nebraska at Kearney

GRANTS/AWARDS
2002               GAP Grant, Pew Fellowships in the Arts,
                      Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2001               Special Opportunity Stipend, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2000               Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Pew Foundation for the Arts
1997, 92, 87    Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship
1993               Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1991               Artist-in-Residence, La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule, France
                      sponsored by the Pew Foundation for the Arts
1985               Michigan Council for the Arts, Creative Artists Program Grant
1984               Artist-in Residence, Art Park, Lewiston, NY

SELECTED ONE/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2008              
“PRIZE WINNER EXHIBITION.” Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

2006
“RECENT SITE WORK”, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
“INSTALLATIONS AT ST. PETER’S’, in conjunction with Accessibility, Columbia, SC

2005
“MUSEO CASA PRINCIPALA”, Les Jardins Esculturas, Xalapa, Mexico and traveling to Museo Diego Rivera, Guanajato, Mexico
“INSTALLATIONS AT CORPUS CHRISTI”, in conjunction with NCECA conference, Baltimore, MD

2004 
“MUSEO CASA PRINCIPALA”, Centro Cultural Casa Principal, Veracruz, Mexico
“INSTALLATIONS AT ST. PATRICK’S”, in conjunction with the NCECA Conference, Indianapolis, IN
 “NICHOLAS KRIPAL, JEFFREY MONGRAIN; CERAMIC SCULPTURE”, Newcastle Region Art Gallery,  Newcastle, Australia        

2003
INSTALLATION, University Art Gallery, University of Newcastle, Australia

2002
INSTALLATION, Westby Art Gallery, Rowan University
“TRAX”, Installation, Union Station, Kansas City, MO

2000
INSTALLATION, Eastern States Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA
INSTALLATION, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
INSTALLATION, The Philadelphia Art Alliance

1998
The Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1996
1708 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

1995
Longwood College, Virginia

1994
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1992 
"Linea del Cuore", Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy

1990
"Challenge IV: 1989-90", Fleisher Art Memor ial, Philadelphia, PA

1987 
Gallery Two-Nine-One, Atlanta, GA
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, IN

1986 
Art Museum, College of Wooster, OH
Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI

1982 
Installation, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Carol Shapiro Gallery, St. Louis, MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008                                                       
“MATERIAL TRANSCENDENCE: CLAY AS COMMENTARY, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville and traveling to NCECA Pittsburgh

2007                                                       
“CERAMIC ABSTRACTION,” Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT Prize Winner
“STATE OF THE ART: THE TRANSHUDSON PROJECT,” Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY

2006
“MINIMAL/ist”, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
“CROSSOVERS: CRAFT - ART – DESIGN”, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
“HELICON: Art Historical Influence in Contemporary Art”, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
“EARTHENWARE”, Santa Fe Clay, NM

2005
“BUILDING REFERENCES”, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
“OFF THE WALL/PHILADELPHIA CERAMIC EDUCATORS”, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“DIVERSE DOMAIN-CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN CERAMIC ART”, Taipei County Yingge
Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
“CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL: SITE PROJECTS”, National Museum of Catholic Art and History, New York, NY

2002
“CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL", Site Projects, Cologne, Germany
"4x10: CERAMIC SCULPTURE", The Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin & Marshall University
"CLAY BODY RHTORIC:CERAMIC FIGURE OF SPEECH", The Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
“CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL”, Site Projects, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
“32/32/2002”, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

2001
"CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL", Site Projects, Glasgow, Scotland and Rome, Italy

2000
"FAITH: THE IMPACE OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN RELIGION ON ART AT THE MELLENIUM", Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

1999
GROUP EXHIBITION, White Box Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"STATIONS", Group Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"ABSTRACT CRAFT", Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio, TX
"20x12", 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL, Philadelphia, PA
"THROUGH THE HEART OF THE CITY", Philadelphia Art Alliance

1996                              
"ELEMENTS", Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
BIENNIAL ‘96, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

1995                                   
80TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, The Philadelphia Art Alliance

1993                              
"HARD CHOICES III", PA Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA and traveling through 1994
BIENNIAL '93, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE Museum Purchase Award, Juror's Award

1992 
"ANCIENT SOURCES; CONTEMPORARY FORMS", Abington Art Center Sculpture Garden, Abington, PA
"HALDANE CONNECTIONS", Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

REVIEWS/ARTICLES
2004
“On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art”, by James Elkins, Routledge New York/London, 2004 p. 74  

2003
“Solid Manadalas,” by Jill Stowell, Weekender, September 6, 2003 Newcastle, Australia
“Contemplating the Spiritual”, by Glenn R. Brown, World Sculpture News, Vol. 9, No.1, Winter, 2003, pp. 44-47.

2000                              
"Nicholas Kripal: Body Glyphs", by Glenn R. Brown.  Sculpture Magazine.  July/August 2000
"In a New Millennium, Religion Shows its Face", by Ann Wilson Lloyd. The New York Times, Sunday, January 23, 2000
"Faith:  The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium" by Mark Daniel Cohen.  Review Magazine, February 15, 2000
"Faith:  The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium" by Mark Daniel Cohen.  Contemporary Visual Arts Magazine.  Issue 29
"The Judeo-Christian Influence in the Temple of Art", by Matt Damsker. The Hartford Courant, Sunday, January 30, 2000
"Faith:  The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium" by Katherine Gass.  Art New England, April/May, 2000
"Take it on Faith", by Stefanie Ramp, The Fairfield County Weekly, February 3, 2000
 "Faith Finds Form in Art", by Edward M. Gomez.  Art & Antiques Magazine, March 2000
"Faith harvests a Renaissance in Ridgefield", by L.P. Streitfeld. Stamford Advocate, March 2000
"Faith in Art", by Patricia Rosoff.  The Hartford Advocate, March 23, 2000
"Creative Souls Who Keep Faith or Challenge its Influence", by Grace Glueck, The New York Times, Friday, April 21,2000
"Extended Review, Faith:…", by David D.J. Rau, The New Art Examiner, June 2000

1999                                   
"Ironic Reflections on a Familiar Theme at the Art Alliance", by Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, April 9-15, 1999
"Tyler at White Box", Curatorial Essay by Richard Torchia, May 1999
"Visiting Critic Essay", by Patricia Phillips, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE, November 1999

1998                                   
"The Numbers Game", by Robin Rice, Philadelphia City Paper, July 31, 1998

1994                                   
"Nicholas Kripal", The Snyderman Gallery, Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 1994
"Reviews: Philadelphia, PA",  Tom Csazar, Sculpture Magazine, September-October 1994

1993                                   
"Kinder, Gentler Biennial This Time", Gary Mullinax, Sunday News Journal, Wilmington, DE, July 25, 1993
"In Dela., A Survey of Philadelphia Art",  Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 1993

1992                                   
Miriam Seidel, New Art Examiner, November 1992
"Exhibitions Spawned by the Sculpture Conference", Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 25, 1992

CATALOGUES
“State of the Art: The Trans Hudson Project,” Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY

“Diverse Domain-Contemporary North American Ceramic Art”, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, pp. 98-99, 2004       

“Ceramic Sculpture: Eclipsing Process”, Art Gallery, University of Newcastle, Australia, 2003

“33.32.02, A Retirement Exhibition of Select MFA Graduates: 1970-2002,” Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 2002

“TRAX”, Exhibition Brochure, Union Station, Kansas City, MO. 2002

“Clay Body Rhetoric; Ceramic Figures of Speech”, Glen R. Brown, Beech

Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2002

“Philadelphia Culture”, The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2002

“Contemplations on the Spiritual”, Glasgow School of Art, 2001

“Contemplations on the Spiritual”, Temple University Rome and SALA 1 Gallery

“Nicholas Kripal, Santo Spirito: An Installation Inspired by Brunelleschi”,

Philadelphia Art Alliance, 2000

“Fonts, Nicholas Kripal”, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, 2000

"Faith: The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium" The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000

"The 1999 Pew Fellowships in the Arts", Published by the Pew Foundation.  Philadelphia, PA  2000

"Through the Heart of the City", Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1998

"The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts", Fellowship Recipients 1997

"Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 1991-92 Crafts, Visual Arts and Art Criticism Fellowship Recipients"

"Ancient Sources" Contemporary Forms", Abington Art Center Sculpture Garden

"Artistes 'A La Napoule", La Napoule Art Foundation

"Michigan Artists 80-81", The Detroit Institute of Arts

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
University of Newcastle, Australia

University Museum, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware

Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri

Museo di Arte Sacra di San Gabriele/Foundazione Stauros,

Teramo, Italy

Glasgow University, Glasgow, Scotland

Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University