Tom Bartel grew up on the Erie shores of Cleveland, Ohio and is known for his disturbing yet humorous fragmented figures that take cues from a "shotgun blast" of influences ranging from antiquity to popular culture. He received his B.F.A. from Kent State University and his MFA from Indiana University-Bloomington.

Tom has lectured, conducted workshops and exhibited extensively throughout the United States as well as in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and the Czech Republic. His work is included in numerous public and private collections and he has received Individual Artist Fellowships from the Pennsylvania arts council and the Kentucky Arts Council.

He has numerous publications to his credit, including American Craft, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Ceramics Art and Perception as well as many other periodicals and books.

Bartel is currently an Assistant Professor at Ohio University in Athens, Oh.

• Tom Bartel CV
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