I am a craft-based sculptor and printmaker based in Oakland, California. My work explores ecological themes and our relationship with our wildlands and their inhabitants. I’m interested in mediating on the aesthetic and subjective experiences of wildlife & wildlands through sculpture that plays with absurd or unusual use of materials and scale. What can the embodied experience of making tell us about our wildlands that science cannot?
My work is deeply rooted in Craft; it is important to me that the work of my hands is visible in every piece. Perfection is not something I aim for. Your tactile experience with the object I make is much more important to me. My work is meant to be touched.
My work is deeply rooted in Craft; it is important to me that the work of my hands is visible in every piece. Perfection is not something I aim for. Your tactile experience with the object I make is much more important to me. My work is meant to be touched.
jasonsstern@gmail.com
Instagram: jason_pottery
CV
EDUCATION2024 - MFA in Fine Arts, California College of the Arts (Graduation date: 5-11-24), San Francisco, CA
Hamaguchi Graduate Scholar, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Fine Arts Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2022- Continued Education Laney College, CA
2017 - Apprentice, Ohme Graphics, Steamboat Springs, CO
2016 - B.A, Fine Arts, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
2016 - B.A, Business Economics, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
TEACHING
2024 - Visiting Faculty Artist (for AS411 - Senior Studio Seminar), Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CA
2024 - Teaching Assistant (3D fundamentals: FYCST-1080-4: 3D Studio) California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Teaching Assistant (Introduction to Textiles TEXTL-1000-1: Cloth + String) California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2024 - Ceramics Undergraduate Mentor, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2024-2026 - Ceramics Teaching Artist,
The Potters Studio, Berkeley CA
2024, 2020 - 2022 - Woodblock Printmaking Teaching Artist, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2018 - 2026 - Ceramics Teaching Artist, SMAart Gallery & Studio 2018, San Francisco, CA
2024 - Ceramics Teaching Artist, Masterclass series, San Francisco, CA
2022 - Ceramics Teaching Artist, The Crucible, Oakland, CA
EXHIBITIONS
2024 - Día de Los Muertos
2024: Bearing Witness, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2024 - CCA Exhibitions: 2024 MFA and Curatorial Practice Thesis Exhibitions, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
2024 - Between friends, PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
2024 - San Pablo, Gallery 5827, Oakland, CA
2024 - Installation Work, NAVE exhibition space, San Francisco, CA
2024 - Maiden • Mother • Crone, Galleryorama, San Francisco, CA
2024 - Marin Arts Fair, San Rafael, CA 2024 - Spring Annual, Berkeley Potters Studio, Berkeley, CA
2024 - Halloween, Lightbox Collective, Oakland, CA
2024 - Lightbox Annual Winter Exhibition, Lightbox Collective, Oakland, CA
2023 - CCA Student Highlight, The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICASF), San Francisco, CA
2023 - Midnight Sun, RAYKO, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Where are we from, where are we going?, PLAySPACE, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Spring Annual, Berkeley Potters Studio, Berkeley, CA
2023 - Rebirth, Wave Collective Space, San Francisco, CA
2023 - Installation, Field of Flowers, Santa Rosa, CA
2023 - Installation, Field of Flowers, Berkeley, CA
2022 - Lightbox Annual Winter Exhibition, Lightbox Collective, Oakland, CA
2022 - Annual Hamaguchi Scholarship Print Show, San Francisco, CA
2022 - Beginning, WAVE collective, San Francisco, CA
2022 - Holiday Show, Berkeley Potters Studio, Berkeley, CA
2022 - Spring Annual, Berkeley Potters Studio, Berkeley, CA
2022 - Installation, HSRanch, Antelope Valley, NV
Last Updated 24.10.31