selected exhibitions

2026HERALDING: From the Collection of Forrest L. Merrill — Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA USA
FOURTH BLANC DE CHINE INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC ART AWARD — Xiamen, China
2026 JINGDEZHEN INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC ART BIENNALE— Jingdezhen, China
THE ABSTRACT LANGUAGE OF CERAMICS — Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
CLAY SUSTAINS: VESSELS OF CHANGE — Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA
202580th SCRIPPS COLLEGE CERAMIC ANNUAL — The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA, USA
BIOPHILIA — Pence Gallery, Davis, CA USA
CURRENT WORKS — Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI USA
2024PAPER AND PORCELAIN — The Ren Brown Collection, Bodega Bay, CA, USA
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SLOVENIA — Škofca Locka Museum, Slovenia
CALIFORNIA CLAY — Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, USA
202362ND FAENZA PRIZE, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF CERAMIC ART — Faenza, Italy
20th ANNUAL CERAMICS INVITATIONAL — Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI, USA
MS CLAYWORKS INVITATIONAL — Gumtree Museum, Tupelo, MS, USA
2022SYMBIOSIS: MARK GOUDY & LIZA RIDDLE — Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
NEW WORK: NANCY SELVIN, LIZA RIDDLE, MARK GOUDY — Selvin Studios, Berkeley, CA, USA
SEISMIC STATE: CALIFORNIA CERAMICS — Sparrow Gallery, Sacramento, CA, USA
2021ONE OF MANY — DZINE Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
JEUX DE TRANSPARENCE — Galerie du Don, Le Fel, France
2020KLEI WITH A CAPITAL K — Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur, Tegelen, Netherlands
2019BONE BLACK — DZINE Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
TRACES — AAW Gallery of Wood — Saint Paul, MN, USA
MINIMALIST MAKERS — Trax Gallery, Berkeley, CA, USA
CLAY FROM ACGA — Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA, USA
2018SELECTED WORKS FROM MINO COMPETITION — Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan
FAHRENHEIT 2018 BIENNIAL — American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, USA
LATVIA INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS BIENNALE — Mark Rothko Art Center, Daugavpils, Latvia
2017THE 11th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS COMPETITION — Mino, Japan
LA NOUVELLE VAGUE CALIFORNIENNE: Mark Goudy & Liza Riddle — Galerie du Don, Le Fel, France
INK & CLAY 43 — Kellogg Art Gallery, UC State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA
201621st SAN ANGELO NATIONAL CERAMIC COMPETITION — San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX, USA
2015NCECA 2015 Biennial — Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
3RD INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS TRIENNIAL — National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
CALIFORNIA NOW: CLAY, GLASS & ENAMEL — Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, USA
2014ALCHEMY: CERAMICS BY MARK GOUDY AND LIZA RIDDLE — SMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
BIG IDEAS: INFLUENCES IN MODERN CERAMICS — Sebastopol Art Center, CA, USA
HARRINGTON GALLERY, Pleasanton, CA, USA
201324th ANNUAL CALIFORNIA CLAY COMPETITION — The Artery, Davis, CA, USA
INNOVATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS — Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, USA
BY HAND: EXTRAORDINARY FINE CRAFT IN CALIFORNIA — Pence Gallery, Davis, CA, USA
2012CERAMICS NOW INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION II — Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
DUET: CERAMICS BY MARK GOUDY AND LIZA RIDDLE — SMA Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA
GOOD COMPANY, GREAT CLAY & GLASS IN CALIFORNIA — Petaluma, CA, USA
INK & CLAY 38 — Kellogg Art Gallery, Pomona, CA, USA
23th ANNUAL CALIFORNIA CLAY COMPETITION — The Artery, Davis, CA, USA
2011CERAMICS NOW EXHIBITION I — The Paintbrush Factory, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION — Beato Gallery, Ojai, CA, USA
EIGHT FROM ACGA — Davis, CA, USA
CLAY AND GLASS NATIONAL EXHIBIT — Brea, CA, USA
2010ACGA@MAH — Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

residencies

2021ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, SELVIN STUDIOS — Berkeley, CA, USA

awards

2026AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BLANC DE CHINE — Xiamen, China
2017HONORABLE MENTION, INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS EXHIBITION — Mino, Japan
HONORABLE MENTION, INK AND CLAY 43 — Pomona, CA, USA
2015CURATOR’S CHOICE, INK AND CLAY 41 — Pomona, CA, USA
2014HONORABLE MENTION, INFLUENCES IN MODERN CERAMICS — Petaluma, CA, USA
2013AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BY HAND: EXTRAORDINARY FINE CRAFT IN CALIFORNIA — Davis, CA, USA

press

2025CRACKED EARTH — Ceramic Review, November/December, 2025
2022SYMBIOSIS: LIZA RIDDLE & MARK GOUDY AT PLINTH GALLERY, DENVER — Ceramics Now Weekly, December, 2022
2021CALIFORNIA ARTISTS PUSH BOUNDARIES OF MATERIALITY — Home and Design Magazine, June, 2021
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT FORTHCOMING “ONE OF MANY” EXHIBIT — San Francisco Magazine, June, 2021
2020LIZA RIDDLE, FEATURED ARTIST — Taiwan Art Magazine, #533, October, 2020
2018LIZA RIDDLE & MARK GOUDY · SUBTLE COLOR BALANCE — de kleine K (online), no. 37, Jan., 2018
2011SPOTLIGHT: LIZA RIDDLE — Ceramics Now Magazine, Issue Nr. 1, Winter 2011-2012
NOTICED: LIZA RIDDLE— Handful of Salt (online), November, 2012
INTERVIEW WITH LIZA RIDDLE, RECOGNIZED ARTIST — Ceramics Now Online, June/July, 2011

collections

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Collection, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, USA
Mark Rothko Art Center Collection, Daugavpils, Latvia
National Museum of Slovenia Ceramics Collection, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jeffrey Spahn Collection (private), California, USA
Forrest L. Merrill Ceramics Collection (private), California, USA

education

MLA Environmental Planning — University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
BA Zoology, (Minor, Art) — San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA