Ray Brown is an Instructor of Art and Ceramic Studio Technician in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Mississippi.
Biography
Ray Brown was born in Houston, Texas, and received his BFA in Art with Honors from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi under Matt Long. During the summers, he assisted ceramic artists Chris Gustin in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and Christopher Spitzmiller in New York City. He continued to receive an MFA in Studio Art with emphasis in Ceramics at West Virginia University, learning under Shoji Satake, Robert “Boomer” Moore, Jen Allen and Shalya Marsh. Over his time at WVU, he assisted Julia Galloway in Missoula, Montana, as well as help build a large tube wood kiln on the WVU campus. His work has been displayed nationally and internationally in numerous juried shows, including work displayed in Jingdezhen, China at the Mufei Gallery, where he attended a semester long residency at the Pottery Workshop.
Courses Taught
- ART 3400 Beginning Ceramics
- ART 3410 Pottery
- ART 3420 Handbuilding
Education
MFA Ceramics, West Virginia University (2022)
Recognitions
- Studio Potter Merit Award, NCECA’s National Juried Student Exhibition , 2019
- Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly, 2024