Kirk Jackson

—Born Lewis Center, Ohio

EDUCATION

2013MFA The Ohio State University, Athens, Ohio

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2012Resident Artist, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine

2013Resident Artist, Belden Brick Company, Canton, Ohio

2014Resident Artist, Seward Park Clay Studio, Index, Washington

2014-2016Long-Term Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana

2016-2018Long-Term Resident, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

2013Studio Manager, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine

2013—Studio Artist

BIOGRAPHY

 Kirk Jackson is known for wheel-thrown and altered porcelain functional pottery. Surface techniques include mottled glazed surfaces achieved by mixing silica sand into the clay body before wheel-throwing. Jackson's work is fired in a gas kiln with the addition of baking soda and soda ash.

Bibliography

Friesen, Peter. “Variation through Repetition: Clay Studio Resident Finishes Tenure with Exhibition.” The Missoulan, July 27, 2018.

Southern Highland Craft Guild