Artist: Zach Wollert
Zach Wollert, IOWA
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My ceramic work is built upon recurring forms and surfaces. I intently focus my
making on form and surface because they are the most expressive elements at my disposal as a ceramist. Outline of form, proportionate transitions from foot to rim, decorative marking on the clay: I consider these qualities carefully to create a work that genuinely represents my ideals and self. Ultimately I intend my work to embody the personable qualities I possess: proud... strong... thoughtful...
WORK
2017-present Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids, Iowa Lead Studio Technician
2016-2017 Cobb Mountain Art and Ecology Project Cobb, California Resident Artist
2015-2016 Firebug Pottery Elkton, Oregon Technical Assistant and Resident Artist
2014-2015 Kent State University Kent, Ohio Assistant/Curator to the Director of Galleries
2013-2014 Kent State University Kent, Ohio Graduate Teaching Assistant Ceramics
2008-2010 Radius Community Art Studios Portland, Oregon Instructor
2003-2013 Costco Wholesale Eugene/Tigard, Oregon Supervisor/Forklift Operator/Cashier
SHOWINGS
2018 On The Rocks, Pewabic, Detroit, MI
2017
Americano Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
DISH, Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR, Iowa City, IA
Material Function, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Alumni Exhibition, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Fired Relationships, New Harmony Contemporary Gallery, New Harmony, IN
Legacy Emergent, Blackfish Gallery in conjunction with NCECA, Portland, OR
2016
Strictly Functional Pottery National Lancaster, PA Fired in Freedom, Revision Space Pittsburgh, PA
Fired in Freedom, Revision Space, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2015
(im)permanence, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Kent State University Kent, Ohio
2014
Quest for Space, Umbaji Gallery, Oscar Ritchie Hall Kent, Ohio
Be the Voice for Those Who are Unheard North Canton, Ohio
Growth, Kent State Downtown Gallery Kent, Ohio
Thoughts Wandered, Kent State University Kent, Ohio
Fired in Freedom, Kent State Downtown Gallery Kent, Ohio
Wood, Fire, and Ash, Kent State Stark Campus, North Canton, Ohio
ASM International, ASM Headquarters Novelty, Ohio
2013
Student Annual Show, Kent State School of Art Gallery, Kent, Ohio
A Home for Joe, Coffee Cup Show, Baldwin Wallace University Berea, Ohio
Niche Awards, Student Finalist Philadelphia, PA
2012
12 Woodfire Kilns of the NW, Pots Gallery, NCECA Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
2015 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Kent State University Kent, Ohio
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
2004 BS Fine Arts, University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon