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—Born New Hampshire
EDUCATION
1999BA Studio Art, Painting and Printmaking Concentration, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
2012MFA Ceramics, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
RESIDENCIES
2008Summer Resident, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
2012-2013Artist in Residence, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2014James Rosenquist Artist in Residence, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota
2015-2016Fogelberg Studio Fellowship, Northern Clay Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
2003—Professional Artist
2013Mellon Teaching Fellow in Ceramics, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont
2014-2015Visiting Professor, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont
BIOGRAPHY
Megan Mitchell is known for wheel-thrown functional pottery and slab rolled wall tile installations. Both bodies of work are created using porcelain or white stoneware. Surface technique in the leather-hard stage includes a colored slip silk screen.
Work is high fired in a reduction kiln to 2,350 degrees Fahrenheit. Both pottery pieces and tile wall installations carry similar themes. Subject matter includes fences, doors, landscape, windows architecture, textiles, and geometry.
WEBSITE(S):
http://www.meganmitchellceramics.com/
Artist's Studio: Megan Mitchell
Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey. "The Marks Project." Last modified April 22, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/mitchell-0