exhibitions
solo
group
- Family Ties - David Klein Gallery - Detroit, MI
- Fragile: Earth - Grounds for Sculpture - Hamilton, NJ
- Stop Making Sense - Center Galleries, College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
- Expo Chicago 2022 - David Klein Gallery - Chicago, IL
- Ceramics Synthesized - Blumenfield Projects - Los Angeles, CA
- Salon Redux - David Klein Gallery - Detroit, MI
- Design Miami 2021 - Friedman Benda - Miami, FL
- With Eyes Opened - Cranbrook Museum of Art - Bloomfield Hills, MI
- A New Realism - Friedman Benda - New York, NY
- "A Dead Reckoning: Contemporary Ceramics in the U.S" - Pensacola Museum of Art - Pensacola, FL
- SFAI 150: A Spirit of Disruption - Walter McBean Galleries, San Francisco Art Institute - San Francisco, CA
- "Origin Stories: Expanded Ceramics in the Bay Area" - Berkeley Art Center - Berkeley, CA
- "Annual Scholarship Awards & Exhibition 2021" - Detroit Artist's Market - Detroit, MI
- "Unraveled. Restructured. Revealed." - Trout Museum of Art - Appleton, WI
- "Objects USA 2020" - R & Company Gallery - New York, NY
- New Work / New Year - David Klein Gallery - Detroit, MI
- "Never Normal" - Wasserman Gallery, From & Seek - Detroit, MI
- "Forms Fired" - Shoshana Wayne Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
- "Shapeshifters: Transformation in Contemporary Art" - Cranbrook Museum - Bloomfield Hills, MI
- "Annual Scholarship Awards & Exhibition 2020" - Detroit Artist's Market - Detroit, MI
- "Up Next" - David Klein Gallery - Detroit, MI
- "Manifest of Ipseities" - 333 Midland, 333 Midland - Detroit, MI
- "Inspired: Baralaye, Crowell, Edgar, McDonald" - Pewabic Pottery, Pewabic Pottery - Detroit, MI
- "Baralaye / Rosch: In Time" - The Great Highway Gallery - San Francisco, CA
- "Hidden In Plain Sight" - 1301 Broadway, Cranbrook Academy of Art - Detroit, MI
- "Planned Obsolescence" - Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University - San Jose, CA
- "Of Other Spaces" - Guerrero Gallery - San Francisco, CA
- "Attachment to Function" - 1301 Broadway, Cranbrook Academy of Art - Detroit, MI
- "Make Space", Staple Goods - New Orleans, LA
- "Cultural Landscapes" - The Fed Galleries,
Kendall College of Art and Design - Grand Rapids, MI
- "First Summer: Part 1" - David Klein Gallery - Detroit, MI
- Graduate Degree Exhibition - Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art - Bloomfield Hills, CA
- "Fidelity Investments Exhibition" - Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club - Providence, RI
- Spring 2006 Exhibition - Hillel Gallery Project, Brown University - Providence, RI
- BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition - Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI
- 2010 Exhibition, Excalibur Sculpture Foundry - Brooklyn, NY
- 127th Annual Members' Exhibition, Salmagundi Club - New York, NY
- "Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale 2011", Korea Ceramic Foundation - Icheon, Republic of Korea
- 40th Anniversary Exhibition - Moscow Clayworks, Peters Valley - Moscow, PA
- Public Collection Exhibition, Philadelphia Biblical University - Philadelphia, PA
- "pArt Project", SRAM - New York, NY
- "Journey of Faith" - Osilas Gallery, Concordia College - Bronxville, NY
- "Fill the Space" - Space Womb Gallery - Long Island City, NY
- "Fine Art & Faith" - White Stone Gallery - Philadelphia, PA
- "Solstice Salon" - Greenpoint Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
- "FUBU" - Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art - Bloomfield Hills, MI
- "Other Another" - David Klein Gallery - Birmingham, MI
- "Home Design Show" - Architectural Digest, ArtMgt - New York, NY
- "First Show" - David Klein Gallery - Detroit, MI
- "Chance Encounters" - Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art - Bloomfield Hills, MI
- "Dark Matter" - Jeffrey Meier Gallery - Lambertville, NJ
- "Independent Happenings" - Talking Dolls, Detroit Design Festival - Detroit, MI
- "Form Ever Follows: Iterative Design Objects" - Peter Paul Luce Gallery, Cornell College - Mount Vernon, IA
- "In Series" - Propeller Gallery, Toronto Design Offsite Festival - Toronto, Ontario
press
- "What we Learned from a Year of Crafting" - Steven Kurutz, New York Times
- "Ebiteneyfa Baralaye" - Andy Pepper, Artists Looking at Animals
- "150 Ebitenyefa 'Ebi' Baralaye" - Mariwyn Curtin, Essay'd
- "The Groundbreaking 1969 Craft Exhibit 'objects: Usa' Gets A Reboot" - Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine
- "Objects: USA 2020" - Glenn Adamson, The Monacelli Press
- "Ebitenyefa Baralaye @ Traywick" - Maria Porges, Square Cylinder
- "Ebitenyefa Baralaye @ MoAD" - Maria Porges, Square Cylinder
- "Detroit: The Dream Is Now: The Design, Art, and Resurgence of an American City" - Michel Arnaud, Abrams
- "Notes from MoAD - Episode 1: Jacqueline Francis and Ebitenyefa Baralaye" - Jacqueline Francis, Art Practical
- "Ebitenyefa Baralaye Explores Issues of Identity", Arts Observer
- "On Location: Ebitenyefa Baralaye" - Julie Baumgardner, 1stdibs Introspective Magazine
- "Inspired @ Pewabic Pottery" - Dennis Nawrocki, Detroit Art Review
awards
- Harry R. Ballinger Memorial Award - Salmagundi Club Members' Exhibition
- Honorable Mention - Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale
- Larson Award - Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Cranbrook Art Selection - Mercedes Benz Financial Services
- Leslie Rose Merit Scholarship - Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Museum Committee Acquisition Prize - Cranbrook Academy of Art
lectures
- "Ebitenyefa Baralaye" - Graduate Seminar on Experimental Form-making, University of Illinois, Chicago - Chicago, IL
- "Shape Shifters: A Conversation with curator, Laura Mott" - Cranbrook Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art - Bloomfield Hills, MI
- "Ebitenyefa Baralaye" - Cranbrook Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art
- "Material Lives" - Department of Art + Art History, San Jose State University - San Jose, CA
- Invitational Lecture - NCA Forum, National Conference of Artists Michigan - Detroit, MI
- Visiting Artist Lecture Series - Department of Art, Lewis & Clark College - Portland, OR
- Visiting Artist Lecture Series - Department of Art, University of Oregon - Eugene, Oregon
- Invitational Lecture - Department of Crafts, College of Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
- Invitational Lecture - Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University - Philadelphia, PA
- "Exit Strategies" - Visual & Critical Studies, School of Visual Art - New York, NY
- Panel Discussion - RISD Multi-cultural Community
, Rhode Island School of Design - Providence, RI
- 7th Ceramics Forum - Department of Visual & Media Arts: Ceramics, Grand Valley State University - Allendale, MI
- SAIC/CAA Ceramics Exchange Forum - Department of Ceramics, School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
- "SKIN" - Wigley-Fleming Gallery, Luther College - Iowa, Decorah
teaching
- Assistant Professor & Section Head - Department of Ceramics, College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
- Adjunct Faculty - Sculpture & Contemporary Practice , San Francisco Art Institute - San Francisco, CA
- Instructor - Wheel-throwing & Pottery, Jewish Community Center of SF - San Francisco, CA
- AICAD Fellow & Visiting Faculty - Sculpture & Contemporary Practice , San Francisco Art Institute - San Francisco, CA
workshops
- Tile/Text Demonstration - Department of Ceramics, College for Creative Studies - Detroit, MI
- Hand-Building Workshop - Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Middle School - San Francisco, CA
- Press-Molding Workshop - Department of Art + Art History, San Jose State University - San Jose, CA
- Press-Molding Workshop - MCAA: Michigan Mud 2019 , Oakland Community College - Auburn Hills, MI
curation
- "Live" - Journey for Justin, Salt Space NYC - New York, NY
- Benefit Art Action - Spark & Echo Arts - New York, NY
- "SAIC/CAA CeraMix Exchange" - Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art - Bloomfield Hills, MI
- "Languages of (A)scape" - Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute - San Francisco, CA