Rate My Professor Travis Erxleben

Erxleben's artistic practice in ceramics and art metals stimulates thematic commentary on the lasting legacies of previous generations and the preservation of historically significant objects. His solo exhibitions include Epitaphs at the Nicolay Heritage Room Gallery, Adrian College in 2019; Repose, his MFA capstone exhibition at the SFA School of Art Gallery in 2016; Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, MFA qualifying exhibition in 2015; and Remnants, BFA exhibition at The Boyett Gallery in 2013. He has participated in numerous two-person, group, invitational, and juried exhibitions across the United States, such as Adrian College Faculty and Staff Exhibition at Hickman Gallery in 2023, Michigan Mudd Presenter’s Exhibition at Holding House Gallery in 2019, Three-Dimensional at Clinton Art Center in 2019, Biennial 600: Sculpture at the Amarillo Museum of Art in 2015, and A Show of HeART at Uptown Downtown Gallery where he received Second Place in 2015. Awards and honors include demonstrating artist at the Michigan Ceramic Art Association’s Michigan Mudd conference in 2019, Faculty Spotlight of the Game and Bulldog of the Month at Adrian College in 2020 and 2019, Piero Fenci Scholarship for Ceramic Arts and multiple scholarships from Friends of the Visual Arts and Albert K Murray Fine Arts Education Fund in 2015 and 2016, and the Asa Mahan Award for Outstanding Community Involvement in 2017. Erxleben contributes to committees including chair of the Creativity Award Advisory Committee, College of the Future Committee, Academic Status and Review Committee, and others at Adrian College, as well as Patron Development Committee for the Adrian Symphony Orchestra. He has delivered public presentations and demonstrations, such as Why am I Here? at Rovin Ceramics in 2019 and workshops at Stephen F. Austin State University.