Education
B.A. Sculpture Concentration. Xavier University: Cincinnati, Ohio. Cum Lauda, Minor Art History, Computer Science.
Study Abroad German Art History, Philosophy, and Language. Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, Germany.
Professional Experience
ArtWaves MDI: Mount Desert Island, Maine. April 18, 2026
• Instructor of Fused Glass workshop, Playing with Stringers
ArtWaves MDI: Mount Desert Island, Maine. March 27, 2026
• Instructor of Printmaking workshop
ArtWaves MDI: Mount Desert Island, Maine. March 2026
• Set up kiln for fusing glass and organized studio spaces
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Deer Isle, Maine. February 2026
• “Make and Take” Instructor
• Introduction to Stitching on Laser-cut Leather
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts: Deer Isle, Maine. February 2026
• Creative Makers After School Program Instructor
• Leather-crafts
Wilson Museum: Castine, Maine. August 2025
• Hands On History Demonstrator
Penland School of Craft: Penland, North Carolina. April 27 - May 2, 2025
• Cut, Sift, Fire: Patterns and Texture in Warm Glass
• Assistant to SaraBeth Post Eskuche
Pilotenküeche: Leipzig, Germany. January - March 2024
• International artist residency culminating in two group exhibitions
Peters Valley School of Craft: Layton, New Jersey. August 2023
• SaraBeth Post Eskuche: Introduction to Fused Glass
• Marie Zimmerman Legacy Scholarship
NCECA 57 Conference: Cincinnati, Ohio. March 2023
• Annual Ceramics Education Conference
Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft: Gatlinburg, Tennessee. July 2021
• Joshua Shorey: Sculptural Steel
• Windgate Fellowship
Solo and Partner Exhibitions
The Great Migration [Press Release]
The Neon Heater, Findlay, Ohio. Partner Exhibition. June 16 – June 30, 2023.
Selected Group Exhibitions
Barbed-wire Ghost [Press Release]
PILOTENKUECHE, Leipzig, Germany. March 16 – March 20, 2024.
Order Connection Order [Press Release]
Alte Handelsschule, Leipzig, Germany. February 17 – February 25, 2024.
Weston Works [Press Release]
Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. May 14 – June 4, 2023.
51st Hamilton Current [Press Release]
The Fitton Center, Hamilton, Ohio. Juried Exhibition. May 6 – July 7, 2023.
Elsewhere Within [Press Release]
Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. March 21 – March 26, 2023.
Analogue Art in the Age of the Digital Nomad [Press Release]
Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. January 20 – February 3, 2023.
Xavier Art Society At BLiNK [Press Release]
BliNK Festival, Cincinnati, Ohio. October 13 – October 16, 2022.
Art For Real [Gallery]
Boomer Gallery Tower London, London, UK. April 8 – April 15, 2022.
Selected Bibliography
West-Davies, Maeschelle: Barbed-wire Ghost. PILOTENKUECHE. http://westside.pilotenkueche.net/barbed-wire-ghost . March 20, 2024.
West-Davies, Maeschelle: Order Connection Order. PILOTENKUECHE. http://westside.pilotenkueche.net/order-connection-order/nggallery/thumbnails/page/1 . February 18, 2024.
Lallier, Margot: Seth Birch: curiosity heals. PILOTENKUECHE. http://westside.pilotenkueche.net/seth-birch-curiosity-heals/ . February 8, 2024.
Ghosn, Saad;SOS ART 2023 Exhibit (including USA Miniprints 2023), Online Gallery, SOS Art Cincinnati. https://sosartcincinnati.com/sos-art-2023-exhibit-including-usa-miniprints-2023-online-gallery/ . June 23, 2023.
Dunn, Briana; Xavier art gallery: Student work on display in Cohen, Xavier Newswire. https://www.xaviernewswire.com/2023/01/25/xavier-art-gallery-student-work-on-display-in-cohen . January 25, 2023.
Nihal Ahmed, Seth Birch and Kieth Flueck Senior thesis art exhibitions January 20- February 3, 2023. Xavier University Department of Art, News; https://www.xavier.edu/art-department/news/2023/01/nihalahmed-sethbirch-keithflueck . January 20, 2023.
WLWT Digital Staff; Take a trip to an Asian Night Market at this unique BLINK installation, WLWT 5 News. https://www.wlwt.com/article/take-a-trip-to-an-asian-night-market-at-this-unique-blink-installation/41629111 . October 17, 2022.
Accolades
Marie Zimmermann Legacy Scholarship. Peters Valley School of Craft: Layton, New Jersey 2023
Allgeyer scholarship. Xavier University: Cincinnati, Ohio 2022 - 2023
Windgate Fellowship. Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft: Gatlinburg, Tennessee. 2021