Robert Reedy, Rob Reedy

EDUCATION

BFA University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

MFA University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

Penland School of Craft and Design, Penland, North Carolina

Artist in Residence, National Endowment for the Arts

Visiting Scholar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Visiting Scholar, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Foundation Faculty, Professor of Ceramics, School of Visual Art and Design, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

Visiting Scholar, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Artist in Residence, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

Visiting Artist in Residence, Turo Center for the Arts, Turo, Massachusetts           

Ceramics Instructor, Arrowmont School of Art and Design, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

BIOGRAPHY

Robert Reedy is best known for his sculpture-like teapots and other functional pottery referening abstracted works. For instance, teapots may have a wire handle and exaggerated long and arching spout with small water chambers. Surface techniques include bright colors and patterns. Reedy is also known as a painter, printmaker, and mixed media artist.

As a professor at the University of Central Florida, Reedy launched a class called “Advanced Design Lab,” bringing together art and engineering students to collaborate on commissioned projects. This class was the first of its kind at a university in the United States.