Jason walker ceramics biography
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- Artist Bio He received a BFA from Utah State University and a MFA from Penn State University.
- Jason Walker received a BFA from Utah State University and an MFA from Penn State University.
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Jason Walker
1973 Born Pocatello, Idaho
EDUCATION
1996 BFA Utah State University, Logan, Utah
1999 MFA Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2001-2003Long Term Residency, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
2010 Artist in Residence, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen, China
2010Artist in Residence, A.I.R. Vallauris, Vallauris, France
2011International Ceramics Workshop, Kecshemet, Hungary
2011Artist in Residence, The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China
Jason Walker’s sculptures are primarily hand built with cast elements that may be repeated within one individual piece and used as needed as components in other sculptures. Walker uses white porcelain forms as his canvas. Underglaze images cover the entire surface of each piece.
The decoration often uses patterns formed by leaves, grass and flowers that meander over the surface. Some spaces are set aside for a central painting where he tells a specific story. He chooses images from the two distinctly diffe
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Jason Walker
Awards
Fellowship Awards 2014
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About
Jason Walker grew up in Pocatello, ID, and moved to Washington State in 2004. He received a BFA from Utah State University and a MFA from Penn State University. He spent two years as an artist in residence at The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. He has also been awarded an NCECA International Residency Fellowship. He has work in major collections such as the Fine Art Museum of San Francisco: De Young, the Carnegie Mellon Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Arizona State University Art Museum, Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, Arizona. He is represented by Ferrin Contemporary.
Featured Works
Manifest Destiny, porcelain and underglaze, 2007.
City Animal: We Burn Things, That’s What We Do, porcelain, underglaze and luster, 2008.
Standing In the Grass, porcelain, underglaze, resin and plastic tubes, 2009.
The Pollenators, porcelain and china paints, 2012.
Blind Admiration, porcelain and china paints, 2012.
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Jason Walker’s ceramic sculpture question how we perceive and decipher technology and nature within our changing world. He has exhibited and taught widely including at the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., Haystack Mountain School for the Crafts, Penland School for the Crafts, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China and the International Ceramics Workshop, Kecskemet, Hungary, South Korea, Ireland and France.
Walker has been awarded a 2009 NCECA International Residency Fellowship and a 2014 Artist Trust Fellowship from Washington State, as well as the Taunt Fellowship award at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. His work is included in collections at the Fine Art Museum of San Francisco: De Young, the Carnegie Mellon Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Arizona State University Art Museum Ceramic Research Center, Tempe, Arizona and the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon.
Walker received a BFA from Utah State University and a MFA from Penn State University and is represented by Ferrin Contemporary,
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