Education
2020 Masters of Fine Arts, Emphasis: Ceramics, Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design, Indiana University, IN
2013 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Emphasis: Ceramics and Sculpture, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2010 Associates of Science, Emphasis: Art, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
Exhibitions: Group, Solo, and Collaborations
2022 Seeds of Tomorrow/Semillas Del Mañana, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
The Regional, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
NCECA Expo 2022, NCECA Fertile Ground, SAFE Credit Union Convention Center, Sacramento, CA
Small and Mighty, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT2021
2021 The Regional, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Documenting Our Invisible Histories, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
Diversity in Clay, Bracker’s Good Earth Clays Gallery, Lawrence, KS
CCA Alumni Show, Tippetts Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Alumni Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
https://eskenazi.indiana.edu/exhibitions/grunwald-gallery/online-exhibitions/alumni/index.html
La Gente/The People, Belger Crane Yard Galleries, Kansas City, MO
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Annual: Social Recession, Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Layers of Being, Bill Ford Gallery, West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, KS
2020 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Recipients Exhibition, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
Harmony and Contrast, Ceramics Monthly, The American Ceramics Society, Westerville, OH
Master Pieces, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Distant Ceramics: International Online Exhibition, https://www.distantceramics.com
Online MFA Thesis Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Manos y Obras, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
2019 Between the Coasts, Invitational Group Exhibition, Chalmers Hall Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Remembering and Forgetting, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Clay Bodies, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
IU Ceramics Club: Recent Works, John Waldron Arts Center, Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN
2018 Regular Style, MFA Exhibition Online, University of Montana, http://mfaexhibitiononline.org
Eight Universities Shows in Shipping Containers, Standard Ceramic Supply, NCECAExhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
MFA/BFA Group Show, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016 FINE ART UNIVERSITY SELECTION/SELECTION (FAUSS), Tsukuba Museum of Art, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
Carbondale Clay National XI: The Intimacy of Scale, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Faculty Exhibition, Ready-Made Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
USU Sculpture, Projects Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Archetypes, Projects Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2015 Faces of Utah Sculptures XI, Utah Cultural Celebration Center, West Valley, UT
USU Sculpture, Ready-Made Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2014 Atmospheric Invitational, Taos Clay Center, El Prado, NM
Drink This!,Workhouse International Cup Show, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2013 21st Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, PA
Senior BFA Exhibition, Gallery 102, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Vertical Experiment, Gallery 102, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Ars Nova, Kent Concert Hall Foyer, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Paper and Clay, Gallery 102, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012-10 Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Gallery 102, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012 Fibers in Use,Site Specific Installation Designer, Utah State University Art Guild, Logan, UT
2011 DECADE, Alumni Invitational, Main Gallery, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
Scholarship Recipients Exhibition, Tippets Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2010 Domestic Ceramics, Alt Space Gallery, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
Conceptual Self Portraits, Alt Space Gallery, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2010-08 Artists’ In Residence: Works In Progress, Main Gallery, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2008 Red Iron Oxide, Alt Space Gallery, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
Awards and Scholarships
2021 Emerging Artist Contest, Ceramics Monthly, The American Ceramics Society, Westerville, OH
2020 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
2019 Chris Boger Memorial Scholarship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Windgate University Fellow, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2018 Genia and Max Tanner Scholarship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2013 Outstanding Senior Award, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Art Departmental Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Eccles Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012 Nona and Wendell Fuhriman Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Leola Faylor Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012-10 Dean’s Transfer Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012-11 Arthur and Diana Norris Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2011 First Place Award, Annual Undergraduate Student Exhibition, Gallery 102, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2010 Award of Merit in Ceramics, Artists’ in Residence: Works in Progress, Main Gallery, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2010 Art Department Travel Seminar Scholarship, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2010-09 Art Department Scholarship, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2010-09 Dolores-Eccles Scholarship, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2008 Award of Merit for Ceramics, Artists’ In Residence: Works in Progress, Main Gallery, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
Residencies
2021-22 Artist in Residence, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2021-20 Artist in Residence, Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Leadership
2018 President of Fine Arts Ceramic Club, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2012 President of Ceramics Guild, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Employment
2022-21 Instructor, Hands, Head and Feet, 1st Time Potter, Cups, Cups, Cups, Animals and Humans, Intro to Hand building, Print and Clay, Heads Held High, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2021-20 Lecturer, CER. 301/500 Intermediate Wheel Throwing, University of K
2020-19 Instructor of Record, Ceramics 1, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2019 Pitcher Workshop Instructor, Sycamore Ridge Ceramics Studio, Bloomington, IN
2019-18 Instructor of Record, 3D Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Private Ceramics Instructor, Cynthia Stone, Bloomington, IN
2018-17 Graduate Assistantship, Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Pedestal Builder, Tippets Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2017-14 Wood and Metal Shop Technician, Utah State University Sculpture Lab, Logan, UT
2016-11 Ceramic Artist Instructor, Timpanogos Storytelling Festival Artist, Orem Arts Council, Orem, UT
2016-14 Pedestal Builder, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012 Student Assistant, Whispers and Silence, Monumental Stone Sculpture by Professor Ryoichi Suzuki, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2012 Catalogue Assistant, Larry Elsner Art Foundation, Logan, UT
2010-09 Studio Assistant, Art Department, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
Publications
2021 “‘The Regional’ Review: The Midwest on the Move”, Peter Plagens, The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 29, 202, https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-regional-review-the-midwest-on-the-move-the-regional-contemporary-arts-center-cincinnati-lorena-molina-anissa-lewis-dakota-mace-jonathan-christensen-caballero-11640801845
“A New Survey of Contemporary Midwestern Artists Doesn’t Try to Pinpoint What Makes the Region Special – But It Does So All the Same”, Taylor Dafoe, Artnet, December 16th, 2021, https://news.artnet.com/art-world/new-survery-midwestern-artists-cincinnati-2050216
“How Two Friends and Latinx Artists Explore Complex Identities in Faces”, Vicky Diaz-Camancho, Flatland KC, PBS, August 6th, 2021, https://www.flatlandkc.org/arts-culture/how-two-friends-and-latinx-artists-explore-complex-identities-in-faces/
“Christiansen Caballero explora la lucha de la clase trabajadora”, Angie Baldelomar, July 30, 2021, https://dosmundos.com/2021/07/30/christiansen-caballero-explora-la-lucha-de-la-clase-trabajadora/
“ARTSPEAK RADIO with Consuelo Cruz, Jonathan Christensen Caballero, and Byron Constance” Maria Vasquez Boyd, June 2, 2021,
https://kkfi.org/program-episodes/artspeak-radio-with-consuelo-cruz-jonathan-christensen-caballero-and-byron-constance/
“Ceramics Monthly 2021 Emerging Artists”, Ceramics Monthly, The American Ceramics Society, Westerville, OH, May Issue 2021, pages (44)
“En Los Tiempos de Cuarentena”, La Horchata, Washington D.C. and New York City, April 2021, Issue #8, pages (9-14)
“Mobility & Exchange: Moving Across/Through Cultures”, Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Vol. 9 No. 1, pages (63-71)
“2020 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards”, Sculpture, The International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ, January/February 2021, Vol. 40/No. 1, pages (12 & 15)2020
“Harmony and Contrast”, Ceramics Monthly, The American Ceramics Society, Westerville, OH, September Issue 2020, pages (cover, 10, 48).
“Work of Studio Art MFA Students Reflects the Personal and Political”, Steve Martin, News at IU, Indiana University, April 27, https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/04/iub/27-studio-art-mfa-candidates-thesis-work-exhibited-online.html
2020 “Harmony and Contrast Contest”, Ceramics Monthly, The American Ceramics Society, Westerville, OH, September Issue 2020, pages (cover, 10, 48).
“Work of Studio Art MFA Students Reflects the Personal and Political”, Steve Martin, News at IU, Indiana University, April 27, https://news.iu.edu/stories/2020/04/iub/27-studio-art-mfa-candidates-thesis-work-exhibited-online.html
2020-18 Canvas, Creative Arts Magazine, Spring Editions, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016 “Artist Sculpts Figures Relatable To Many”, Kettinger, Mikey, Utah Public Radio, http://upr.org/post/artist-sculpts-figures-relatable-many, Logan, UT
2012 “Teapot”, Speak Easy Zine, Utah State University Art Guild, Logan, UT
2011 “Scholarship Recipients Exhibition Review”, Statesmen, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2010 “Artists’ in Residence: Works in Progess Exhibition Review”, Snow Drift Newspaper, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2010 “Conceptual Self Portraits Exhibition Review”, Snow Drift Newspaper, Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2008 Red Iron Oxide Exhibition Review, Snow Drift Newspaper, Snow College,Ephraim, UT
Artist Talks
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, NC
Lunch and Learn, The Clay Studio Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Behind the Screen, Artist Lecture, El Comalito Collective, Vallejo, CA
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Art Talks, Snow College, Ephraim, UT