EDUCATION
California College of the Arts, BFA Ceramics 2009
Santa Monica College, 2002-2004

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010 LESSONS AND LIFE, the sculpture of Alissa Goss, Zza's, Oakland, CA
2010 ROUND RHYTHM: Alissa Goss & Tallulah Terryll, The Compound Gallery, Oakland
2008 ALISSA GOSS, Solo Exhibition, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
CALIFORNIA!, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL SHOW, Baltimore, MD
OUT OF THE BOX: Art in a Box Artists, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA

2010
HOLIDAYLAND, Professor Squirrel, Oakland, CA
BETTER THAN A LUMP OF COAL, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
INNOVATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
COMPOUNDING: Annual Group Show, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
ART IN A BOX EXHIBIT, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA

2009
HOLIDAYLAND, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
ART IN A BOX, The Compound Gallery’s art subscription service, Oakland, CA
BACCALAUREATE EXHIBITION, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
PAST INFINITY: Math & Science Juried Show, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA

2008
HOLIDAYLAND, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
WATERSHED BENEFIT, Group Show, Selvin Studios, Berkeley, CA
OAXIFORNIA, Group Show, Museo Biblioteca Henostrosa, Oaxaca, Mexico
Group Show, 19th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts. Hosted by The John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA

2007
On One Condition, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA
Bringing Sexy Back, TRAX Gallery Berkeley, CA
One Ton, 18th Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts. Hosted by The John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Ceramics Department Guild Show, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA
Overhung, Boontling Gallery, Oakland CA

2006
Boundaries, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA
Ceramics Department Guild Show, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland, CA
New Work: Mia Braverman, Kathy DeBoy, Alissa Goss, Sara Maynard & Pilar Pumar, South Gallery, Oakland, CA
Viral, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA

AWARDS
2007 & 2008 Student Leadership Award
2006 & 2007 Art Nelson Scholarship
2005- 2008 Presidential Scholarship

LECTURES
CCA's Ceramics Lecture Series, Ceramics Alumni Robert Brady, Kin Kwok, and Alissa Goss, October 2010
Andean Moche Ceramics, City College of San Francisco, March 2009

PUBLICATIONS
The Compound's Workers' Paradise, By DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, July 28, 2010
MICROCOSMOS: Two Artists Explore Geometry in Nature, By DeWitt Cheng, East Bay Express, April 28, 2010