Eric Boos
Eric Boos
"Almost Edible Ceramics " is a series of semi-functional ceramic sculptures exploring the intersections of food, eating, sensuality, sexuality, and organic growth.
They are studio built one of a kind porcelain pieces by long time designer/artist Eric Boos, using both traditional and innovative techniques. The pieces are precisely sculpted with glass-smooth surfaces, clean and formal lines, carefully balanced volumes, and edges “so sharp you can almost shave with them.” The pieces are given multiple layers of ceramic glazes and multiple firings to develop the vibrant colors.
“I realized one day, looking at a cluster of the sculptures on a work table, that it made my mouth water to look at them, that my colors were so juicy I wanted to eat my own work. I think that’s great fun.”
Education
MFA/Ceramics California State University, Long Beach 1981
BA/Ceramics University of California, Santa Cruz 1972
Individual Studio Experience
Laughing Baby Brand Studio, Prescott, Arizona ` 1988-
Laughing Baby Brand Studio, Long Beach, California 1985-88
Colombier Pottery, Saint-Martin, French West Indies 1977-78
Clay Sun Pottery, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 1975-77
Ganesh Pottery, San Luis Obispo, California 1972-75
Teaching Experience
Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona Current
Sculpture Class
Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona Current
Ceramics Classes
California State University, Long Beach 1980-88
Ceramics Classes
Palos Verdes Community Arts Association 1986
Ceramics, Art Classes
Current Galleries
Bonner David Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 2011-
Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2011-
Grants
Project Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts 2009
Workshops
Colored Clay Workshop, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona 2009
Plaster Mold Making Workshop, Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona 2008
Plaster Mold Making Workshop, Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona 2007
Recent Exhibitions
“Arizona Commission on the Arts Awards
Prescott Project Grant Recipients,”
Yavapai College, Arizona 2010
“Fireworks,” Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona 2009
“Faculty Art Show,” Yavapai College, Prescott, Arizona 2009
“Ceramics Biennial,” Northern Arizona University, 2009
Flagstaff, Arizona
“From the Ground Up,” Las Cruces Museum of Art, 2009
Las Cruces, New Mexico
“A Show of Heads,” Limner Gallery, Hudson, New York 2009