Sheri Leigh

Biography to Display:

EDUCATION

1984 BFA University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

1986 MFA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENC

1986-1988 Instructor, Denver Free University, Denver, Colorado

1988-1997 Instructor, Aims Community College, Greeley, Colorado

1997-1998 Instructor,Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, Nevada

1997–Faculty, Ceramics, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, Nevada

BIOGRAPHY

Sheri Leigh is known for hand-built trompe l'oeil ceramic sculpture. Food, animals, and factory made objects are replicated in clay to form Leigh's compositions. Objects are often stripped of their original purpose and re-contextualized. She studied with Betty Woodman and Anne Currier at the University of Colorado and with Paul Soldner and David Furman at Claremont Graduate University.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

“Kentucky Fired Gun Control.”Clay Times, Spring-Summer 2016.

Britt, Morgan. "Sheri Leigh.” Ceramics Monthly 50, no. 4 (April 2002): 53-58. ceramics-monthly-apr02-cei0402d.pdf (ceramicartsnetwork.org)

Turner, Anderson. Ceramic Sculpture: Inspiring Techniques. Westerville, OH: American Ceramics Society, 2009.

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Achaidae Bakka

Date: 2001

Form: Sculpture
Materials: Earthenware
Method: Slab-Built, Hand-Built
Surface Technique: Carved, Glaze