Ceramic Artists

Kenneth Richard Ferguson (1928 – 2004) was an American ceramist. Ken Ferguson is best known for his stoneware incorporating sculptures of hares, such as Vessel with Hares in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. He was born and raised in Elmwood, Indiana, by two industrious manufacturing laborers who urged him to pursue an … Read more

Michelle Erickson (born 1960) is an American ceramic artist who specializes in contemporary ceramics. Michelle Erickson is best known for her colonial-era ceramic styles, which she employs in the construction of twenty-first-century social, political, and environmental sculptures. Erickson received her BFA in 1982 from William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Michelle Erickson’s Career Her first … Read more

Ruth Duckworth was a modernist sculptor who specialized in ceramics. Ruth worked in stoneware, porcelain, and bronze for over six decades. Ruth’s sculptures are mostly untitled. She is best known for Clouds over Lake Michigan, a wall sculpture. Ruth Duckworth excelled at creating vessels and sculptures that were radically free-form, organic, and liberated from function. … Read more

Chris Dagradi is an American artist who lives and works in the Netherlands. He works as a painter, sculptor, and ceramist artist. Chris is best known for powerful lines, colors, layering, depth, and diverse decoration techniques such as underglaze, on-glaze, transfers, and photo transfers. Chris Dagradi was born in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. August 21, … Read more

Rupert Deese was an American ceramic artist. Rupert Deese is known for the innovative design and decoration of high-fired ceramics. Rupert J. Deese was born in Upland, California in 1952. He received his M.F.A. and B.A. degrees from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He was best known for creating functional decorative pottery with … Read more

Dora De Larios was an American ceramist and sculptor working in Los Angeles. Dora De Larios was known for her work’s clean lines, distinctive glazes, bright public murals, whimsical sculptures, as well as for her line of tableware created under her family-run company, Irving Place Studio. De Larios was best known for her distinctive mythological … Read more

Rose Cabat was an American studio ceramicist who was a part of the mid-century modern movement. She was best known for her innovative glazes on small porcelain pots called ‘feelies’ which were often in the shape of onions and figs, and bowls. Rose Cabat was born in New York City in 1927 and died in … Read more

(1900–2006), born in San Francisco, California, was the assumed or studio name of Claire Everett Stewart (Claire Stewart), a potter and ceramic sculptor. Sorcha Boru’s ceramic artwork includes small figurines, vases, planters, and salt and pepper shakers, mostly done in the art déco style. Sorcha is most known for an “Alice in Wonderland” ceramic chess … Read more

Is an American sculptor. Bengston is a well-known artist and sculptor who incorporates mandala geometric shapes and figures into his artwork. Billy Al Bengston is best known for his work that incorporates the radical Californian “Kustom Kar” and motorcycle culture. Billy was born 1934 in Dodge City, Kansas, and divides his time between Venice, California, … Read more

Is a ceramic artist from the United States. He is most frequently classified as a studio potter. Some would classify him as a sculptor and painter as well. Bean’s ceramic creations are asymmetrical, non-functional, and flowing in appearance, as is his style. Bean’s influences are Japanese pottery, Native American, and English pottery. In addition to … Read more