Josh Deweese: Beauty in the Unpredictable
Josh DeWeese: Beauty in the Unpredictable
Intermediate Ceramics Art 160
Professor Una Mjurka
March 12, 2013
Yanelly Torres
Josh DeWeese is an esteemed, modern ceramic artist and an educator. He resides in Bozeman, Montana with his wife Rosalie Wynkoop where they have a home and a ceramics studio. Josh DeWeese is currently an Assistant ceramic Professor at Montana State University. He was the Resident Director for the Archie Bray Foundation from 1992-2006 where he was able to focus most of his time experimenting and refining his wood and salt/soda firing processes. His work reveals his individual artistic fingerprint and resembles an Asian flair that was one of his central sources of inspiration. DeWeese’s work can be seen all over the world in both private and public viewings. Josh DeWeese has spent his life fulfilling his passion for ceramics by compiling his experimental gains and methods into his unique collections.
Josh DeWeese has a BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute. He also earned an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. After completing he’s undergraduate degree DeWeese struggled the most with the lack of studio space and other resources. DeWeese involved himself in an art program at the Mendocino Art Center. It was a state funded program that allowed him to have a part time job at a local restaurant and still be able to afford an inexpensive studio place at the Center. DeWeese worked 14 years as a director and 3 more as a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana once completing his graduate studies. It was there that he had his opportunity to build up a substantial career and reputation as a ceramic artist.
As an undergraduate ceramics student studying at the Kansas City Art Institute, his professor, Ken Ferguson, was the person who initially introduced DeWeese to the Asian ceramic traditions and its ample range of possibilities. At the Institute
Intermediate Ceramics Art 160
Professor Una Mjurka
March 12, 2013
Yanelly Torres
Josh DeWeese is an esteemed, modern ceramic artist and an educator. He resides in Bozeman, Montana with his wife Rosalie Wynkoop where they have a home and a ceramics studio. Josh DeWeese is currently an Assistant ceramic Professor at Montana State University. He was the Resident Director for the Archie Bray Foundation from 1992-2006 where he was able to focus most of his time experimenting and refining his wood and salt/soda firing processes. His work reveals his individual artistic fingerprint and resembles an Asian flair that was one of his central sources of inspiration. DeWeese’s work can be seen all over the world in both private and public viewings. Josh DeWeese has spent his life fulfilling his passion for ceramics by compiling his experimental gains and methods into his unique collections.
Josh DeWeese has a BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute. He also earned an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. After completing he’s undergraduate degree DeWeese struggled the most with the lack of studio space and other resources. DeWeese involved himself in an art program at the Mendocino Art Center. It was a state funded program that allowed him to have a part time job at a local restaurant and still be able to afford an inexpensive studio place at the Center. DeWeese worked 14 years as a director and 3 more as a resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana once completing his graduate studies. It was there that he had his opportunity to build up a substantial career and reputation as a ceramic artist.
As an undergraduate ceramics student studying at the Kansas City Art Institute, his professor, Ken Ferguson, was the person who initially introduced DeWeese to the Asian ceramic traditions and its ample range of possibilities. At the Institute
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