Education
2016 M.F.A. in Ceramics. The University of Texas at San Antonio.
2013 B.F.A. in Ceramics and Painting. The University of the Incarnate Word.
Teaching Experience
2018 Paraprofessional. Hampden Charter School of Science East. Chicopee, MA.
2018 Art Teacher. IS183 Art School of the Berkshires. Stockbridge, MA.
2017-2018 Pottery Instructor. Continuing Education Department at Fayetteville Technical Community College. Fayetteville, NC
2016-Present Adjunct Professor. Fayetteville State University. Fayetteville, NC
2016-2018 Adjunct Professor. Fayetteville Technical Community College. Fayetteville, NC
2016-2017 Adjunct Instructor. Methodist University. Fayetteville, NC.
2015 Ceramic Instructor. Southwest School of Art.
2014-2015 Instructor of Record at University of Texas at San Antonio.
2013 Intern at Sunin Clay Studio.
2010 Ceramic Teaching Assistant. Southwest School of Arts and Crafts.
Exhibitions
2017 Solo Exhibition. University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Givens Performing Arts Center Gallery. Pembroke, NC.
2017 Solo Exhibition: In the Between. Up and Coming Gallery. Fayetteville, NC.
2017 Game of Chance. Freight Gallery. San Antonio, TX.
2016 4th Annual Faculty Exhibition. The Art Gallery of FTCC. Fayetteville, NC.
2016 Dreamers and Realists. Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery. San Antonio, TX.
2016 Blue Star Red Dot: Emerging Artist. Blue Start Contemporary Gallery. San Antonio, TX.
2016 Patterns, Bodies, & Beasts Thesis Exhibition. Terminal 136. San Antonio, TX.
2016 Deep in the Art of Texas. Sculpture and Ceramic Graduate Gallery at UTSA. San Antonio, Texas.
2016 32nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition. Terminal 136 Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2016 Contemporary Art Month. Sculpture and Ceramic Graduate Gallery at UTSA. San Antonio, TX.
2015 Alumni Exhibition. University of the Incarnate Word. San Antonio, Texas.
2015 Contemporary art in Suburbia/Suburbia. Sculpture and Ceramic Graduate Gallery at UTSA. San Antonio, Texas.
2015 Al2Si2O5(OH)4. Terminal 136 Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2015 Containment: Lidded Forms. Dept. of Art & Art History, UNCW. Wilmington, North Carolina.
2014 Seventh Annual Cup Show: Form and Function (Juror: Chandra DeBuse). Amelia Center Gallery. Panama City, Florida.
2014 Calculated Efforts: A South Texas Ceramic Showdown. McAllen, Texas.
2014 The Graduate Show: Grand Opening. Gallery 136. San Antonio, Texas.
2013 Uncommon Ground Student Exhibition. Seemes Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2012 Hardly Invisible Exhibition. Clamp Light Gallery. San Antonio, Texas.
2012 40x40: Forty Works By Forty Artists Under Forty. Hanchey Gallery. Natchitoches, Louisiana.
2012 8th San Antonio Collegiate Exhibition. San Antonio Art League Museum. San Antonio, Texas.
2011 Visual Arts Student Exhibition. Inspire Fine Art Center. San Antonio, Texas.
2011 7th San Antonio Collegiate Exhibition. San Antonio Art League Museum. San Antonio, Texas.
2010 6th San Antonio Collegiate Exhibition. San Antonio Art League Museum. San Antonio, Texas.
Publications
2017 Women’s View Magazine. Training Self-Sufficient Artists: What’s Needed in Art Education. August Issue 8 Vol. 11. Fayetteville, NC.
2017 Up & Coming Weekly’s Artist Cover Story. “In the Between: New Works by Kaela Nommay. Written by Sondra (Soni) Martin. July Issue. Fayetteville, NC.
Awards
2018 Outstanding Online Course Design. Art 150: Manga and Sequential Art. Fayetteville State University. Fayetteville, NC.