Ashley Gauntt

1986 Born Arcadia, FL

EDUCATION

2004-2005 Interior Design, Art Institute of Tampa, Tampa, Florida

2006-2010 Ceramics, Business, and Psychology, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, Florida

2010-2013 BFA Ceramics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
2007-2009 Studio Assistant, Ceramics Studio, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, Florida
2011Project Assistant for Jacob Meders Thesis Exhibition, Tempe, Arizona

2011-2013Studio Assistant, Ceramics Studio, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
2013Studio Assistant for Kurt Weiser, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

2013-2014Gallery Assistant, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana

2013-2014 Production Thrower and Studio Assistant, Free Ceramics, Helena, Montana
2014 Tile Production/Ram Press Operator, Digital Ceramic Technologies (DCT), Phoenix, Arizona
2014 Decal Applicator, Adsun Inc., Mesa, Arizona
2014-2016 Events and Exhibitions Assistant, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale Arizona
2015-2016 Gallery and Programs Assistant, Ceramics Research Center at ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

2016— Studio Assistant, Patricia Sannit

BIOGRAPHY

Ashley Gauntt makes functional wheel thrown pottery using white stoneware. She frequently creates a geometric surface patterning made from inlaid black oxide stain for the contour lines and bright colors from underglazes and ash glaze that is then sealed with a clear glaze.

Her ceramic work is inspired by the domestic space, and the belief that what one decides to surround themselves with influences them.

Gauntt began her studies in ceramics at St. Petersburg College in 2006 and went to earn her BFA in Ceramics at Arizona State University, Tempe in 2013 where she was awarded the Windgate Scholarship. She has worked with arts organizations including the Ceramic Research Center at ASU Art Museum and the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, and ceramic artists including Don Reitz, Kurt Weiser and Emily Free Wilson of Free Ceramics.