Jonathan Mess Ceramics

He creates innovative abstract expressionist artwork from reclaimed ceramic materials.

Jonathan mess ceramics.

He creates innovative abstract expressionist artwork from reclaimed ceramic materials. Art critic daniel kany writes mess slabs usually act like the unruly child versions of paintings. Jonathan mess is a contemporary ceramic artist and educator in midcoast maine. Mess sculptures are unique in the history of ceramics with a nod to abstract expressionism a contemporary fascination with carbon footprints and the latest developments in the green revolution.

Mess makes exquisite documents reflective of the ethos of our time. Cynde ferrill jonathan mess. Jonathan mess is a contemporary artist exploring ceramic sculpture tiles surface and education in midcoast maine. Mary thomas ceramics shine and challenge at society for contemporary craft pittsburgh post gazette december 17 2014.

Jonathan mess jonathan mess creates experimental works using reclaimed ceramic materials. He is known for expressive experimental ceramic sculptures that reference geological forms and landscapes made from reclaimed and recycled ceramic materials. The freedom in his process unifies his various series which are energetic ambitious and environmentally focused. Their lines are wild and their surfaces are varied and thickly textured with glazes slips fissures and irascibly independent materials that refused to be melted.

Ceramics now catalogue greenwich house pottery new york ny 2015. Jonathan mess is a contemporary ceramic artist from midcoast maine who allows his art to be given by instinct and experimentation. An ohio native mess received a bachelor of fine arts at the university of montana missoula in 1998 and an master of fine arts in ceramics at the state university of new york at new paltz in 2008.