Jeff Oestreich

Plate

Shapiro family Donation

3"H 17.5"Diameter

Jeff Oestreich Artist Biography

Jeff Oestreich was first introduced to ceramics by Warren Mackenzie at the University of Minnesota. He earned his BA there and continued his education at the Bernard Leach Pottery in St. Ives, England. Oestreich's functional porcelain or stoneware pots are thrown and then altered or slab built. In the early 1980s Oestreich wood fired, then, he began soda firing. Driven to achieve a personal style, he overlaid the foundations of ceramic art he learned with Mackenzie and at Leach Pottery with a passion for Art Deco design and a ceaseless exploration of glaze and decoration techniques. His signature beaked pitcher is the refinement of a personal challenge to combine form and function elegantly.

A highly regarded studio potter, Oestreich has exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, his work can be found in the outstanding collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Incheon World Ceramic Center, the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art among others. Every year Oestreich and other artists open their studios for the annual pottery tour in the St. Croix Valley.

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