Mike Jabbur

"Jar"

7x6x6

Soda-fired, wheel-thrown and assembled, stoneware, functional pottery, 2024

Artist Bio:

Mike Jabbur is a studio potter and educator living and working in Williamsburg, VA. Jabbur holds an M.F.A. (Ceramics, Ohio University), a B.A. (Graphic Design, Virginia Tech), and is currently Associate Professor of Art (Ceramics) in the Department of Art & Art History at William & Mary. His work highlights actions and events that enrich lives and encourage all-too-rare moments of reflection and celebration. He specializes in contemporary functional studio pottery, with education and experience in pottery, ceramic sculpture, and graphic design. In his studio practice, he produces soda-fired stoneware and oxidation-fired porcelain pottery. Areas of interest include kiln firing (gas, soda, and oxidation), clay and glaze chemistry, historical global ceramics, and contemporary American and Japanese ceramics. Jabbur was awarded the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2018-19 Professional Fellowship in recognition of his studio work. He has had several solo exhibitions at galleries, including Schaller Gallery (Baroda, MI), Eutectic Gallery (Portland, OR), Baltimore Clayworks (Baltimore, MD), Lillstreet Art Center (Chicago, IL), and Red Lodge Clay Center (Red Lodge, MT), and has participated in over 100 group exhibitions. He has taught workshops at colleges and ceramic centers around the country, including West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV), Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) Red Star Studios (Kansas City, MO), and Touchstone Center for Crafts (Farmington, PA). Articles and images of his work have been published in textbooks, art books, and periodicals, including The Art of Creating and Teaching Wheel-Thrown Ceramics (Cognella Academic Publishing), 500 Teapots vol. 2 (Lark Books), and Ceramics Monthly. The American Ceramic Society produced an instructional DVD entitled Precise Imprecision, in which Jabbur demonstrates his studio process. At William & Mary, Jabbur has served as Department Chair (2020-2023) and on college and departmental committees, while also helping to develop new curriculum in Studio Art. In the classroom, he emphasizes utilitarian ceramics processes, contemporary craft theory, strong craftsmanship, and historical context-with the aim of encouraging students' personal expression.

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