Nolan Baumgartner

Biography to Display:

EDUCATION

2001BFA Ceramics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

2004MFA Ceramics, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES

2014Resident Artist, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana

2015-2016Resident Artist, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

2016-2017Resident Artist, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

2013-2015Associate Professor, Lecturer, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

2006-2013Associate Instructor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Nolan Baumgartner is known for soda fired functional porcelain vessel forms that include lidded jars sometimes utilizing a reticulated upper rim. The jar lid has a finial set within the rim, the finial showing above. The jar body is surrounded with a stylized repeated glaze and slip motif.

Baumgartner states, “The surface is defined with arches, ellipses, and “lotus” petals that I render in slips and glaze. …After the precise formation and decoration, the elements and atmosphere of the soda kiln complete the work…”[1]

[1] “Building Conversations.” Ceramics Monthly (December 2014).

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display:

Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display:

____________. “Building Conversations.” Ceramics Monthly (December 2014).

Typical Marks