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Michael T Moseley
Artist's Statement
(The image to the right is entitled "TV Shot" and is a ceramic and steel sculpture which can be found on our website: click here to view)
The nature of my work has always been rooted in glimpses of images and remembered experiences from growing up on a working ranch in Texas.
Traveling extensively in the southwestern United States, particularly the desert southwest and the Four Corners Region have all produced strong color and texture references that have made lasting impressions on me.
The repeated use of layering in my work is reflective of geological processes such as sedimentation and erosion that dates back to my memory of raw landscapes.
I work like an abstract painter, creating mixed media sculpture (ceramics, cast resin, steel, and acrylic lacquers) with heavily layered surfaces in which color and light are used to push and pull against an array of organic forms and textures.
The visual material I investigate allows the content to inform my technique. The sculptures are rarely consciously referential, but can be read as landscape, figure, objects from an archeological dig, as well as abstraction. Many times, the objects are fetish-like in their appearance and baroque in form.
Many of the compositions are actually photographic reproductions of surfaces that I have created. I transfer digital images onto ceramic tiles, sculpture and linen prints.
(See below for VIDEO on how Mike creates his compositions. Click here to read a more technical description written by Michael himself)
Artist's Bio
Michael T. Moseley is currently professor and coordinator of the spatial arts program at Youngstown State University (YSU) in Youngstown, Ohio. He is head of the YSU ceramics department, which is known as "one of the finest ceramic studios in America". He has been teaching at the college and graduate level at YSU for over 30 years after obtaining both his Bachelors and Masters of Fine Arts degrees at Texas Tech University.
His ceramic works have been shown in exhibitions, art institutes, and museums worldwide, including the 2001 World Ceramics Exposition in Korea and the 2007-2008 International Small Scale Ceramics Exhibition in Taiwan. Some of the places where you may have seen his work in the United States include the Butler Institute of American Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Canton Art Institute, the 60th. Scripps Ceramic National in California, the University of Texas, the Riverside Arts Center in Illinois, and the Dayton Art Institute, among others.
Video:
- Inspiration:
7 min - The Influence of Location: 4.5 min
- The Process of Making Contemporary Ceramics: 3.5 min
Other Works by Michael T Moseley
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This ceramic sculpture is not for sale on this website, but is shown as a sample of some of Michael's other recently created artwork.
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