Doug Jeck

Doug Jeck received a BFA from the Appalachian Center for Arts and Crafts in 1986 and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1989). He was an important master of the figurative genre in ceramics today. His life-like sculptures are an amalgamation of clay, hair, concrete, fur, and wood that explored his perception of various early historical periods and figures

Jeck had numerous one-person exhibitions at galleries in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta. His work is in the collections of the International Museum of Ceramic Art in Alfred, New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, the Mint Museum of Craft and Design in Charlotte, North Carolina and Seattle Art Museum. His work also has been reviewed in numerous journals. He received several fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and awards from LaNapoule Foundation and the Virginia A. Groot Foundation. He taught ceramics at the University of Washington from 1996 until his death in 2022.

For additional information and images visit the artist's website: https://www.dougjeck.com/

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