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John Giesin

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    Large Serving Bowl

    Porcelain
    Art dimensions: 5" x 19.5" x 19.5"
    $260

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    Serving Bowl

    Porcelain
    Art dimensions: 5" x 13"
    $175

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    Serving Bowl 2

    Porcelain
    Art dimensions: 5.5" x 13"
    $175

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    Bowl 3

    Porcelain
    Art dimensions: 3.5" x 6.5"
    $55

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    Bowl 1

    Porcelain
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 5.25"
    $55

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    Bowl 2

    Porcelain
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 5.25"
    $55

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    White Mug (Pink)

    Porcelain
    Art dimensions: 4" x 4" x 5"
    $55

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    White Mug (Yellow)

    Porcelain
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4" x 4.5"
    $55

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    Mug 1

    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" x 4"
    $45


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    Mug 2

    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" x 4"
    $45


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    Mug 3

    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" x 4"
    $45


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    Mug 4

    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" x 4"
    $45


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    Small Plate 1

    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 6.5" x 6.5"
    $60

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    Mug 6

    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" x 4"
    $45


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    Mug 7

    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" x 4"
    $45

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    Mug 8

    Stoneware
    Art dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" x 4"
    $45

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    Dorsal 1

    Mounted digital print
    Art dimensions: 24" x 16"
    $145

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    Dorsal 2

    Mounted digital print
    Art dimensions: 24" x 16"
    $145

    Picture
    Ventral 1

    Mounted digital print
    Art dimensions: 24" x 16"
    $145

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    Ventral 2

    Mounted digital print
    Art dimensions: 24" x 16"
    $145

  • Statement
    "My work is inspired by my curiosity of cultural similarities found in a common origin story of human life beginning with clay. Throughout history, different cultures believed that the first man was created from clay. Separated by land and ocean, this common belief can be found from the first peoples of the Mediterranean, Polynesia, and the Americas, and many others. This common theme has always fascinated me; why do all of these cultures believe mankind originated from the same material.
     
    Clay shares many tactile similarities with the body. Being soft and malleable, resembling skin. Functional pottery allows me to explore this relationship of clay, flesh, and life, as a way of understanding the bond cultures perceived between clay and man. I respond to this connection by focusing on the flesh-like, visceral quality of clay, producing various alterations that suggest the body, such as folds of skin and protruding joints and bones. These vessels become an intimate object that can be held and touched. An object that, while referencing the body, communicates through the body. Through function and use, the work is able to participate in life while speaking of life, referencing the body through material, rather than representing the body through figure. Through my work, I address the question, “What is the body when the
    figure is removed?”
    Previous Exhibitions
    It Takes All Kinds
  • Profesional Experience

    2014 - 2015                                        
    Studio Technician
                                                               Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA

    Education

    2015 - Present                                   MFA Candidate / Concentration in Ceramics
                                                                  Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
    2011 - 2014                                        BFA  / Concentration in Ceramics
                                                                  Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
    2003 - 2011                                        Associates Degree in Business Management
                                                                  Community College of Allegheny County, West Mifflin, PA
    Exhibitions
    2017                                                   Man-Made-Man, Mid-Thesis Exhibition.
                                                                  Gallery 231, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
    2016                                                   Cup the Intimate Object XII, Juried by Charlie Cummings.
                                                                  Charlie Cummings Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
                                                               Entropy, Invitational.
                                                                  Gallery 231, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
    2014                                                   Grand Opening Show, Invitational.
                                                                  Secret Cubby Gallery, Findley Lake, NY
                                                               Mug Shots, Juried by Ted Adler.
                                                                  LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
    2013                                                   Drinking Vessel Invitational, Invitational.
                                                                  Stonewall Gallery, Cambridge Springs, PA
                                                               Chimera XI, Juried.
                                                                  Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
                                                               Cup the Intimate Object IX, Juried by Charlie Cummings.
                                                                  Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
    2012                                                   14th Annual Mug Exhibition, Juried by Clarion County Arts Council.  
                                                                  Michelle’s Café, Clarion, PA              
                                                               Ceramics Exhibition, Juried, Two-Person Exhibition.
                                                                  Bates Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
                                                               Red Heat Contemporary Works in Clay, Juried by Virginia Scotchie.
                                                                  Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
                                                               Edinboro Ceramics Exhibition, Invitational.
                                                                  East Hall Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
                                                               Wood Fire Exhibition, Group.
                                                                  Baron-Forness Library, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
    2011                                                   Edinboro University Clay Club Exhibition, Group.
                                                                  Bates Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA
                                                               CCAC Dean’s List Reception, Invitational.
                                                                  Community College of Allegheny County, West Mifflin, PA               
                                                               CCAC Spring Semester Student Exhibition, Juried by Faculty. 
                                                                  Community College of Allegheny County, West Mifflin, PA
    2007 - 2010                                        CCAC Fall and Spring Semesters Student Exhibitions, Juried by Faculty.
                                                                  Community College of Allegheny County, West Mifflin, PA
    Publications
    2014                                                   Chimera XI, Jan Northey, Chimera Journal
    Permanent Collections
    2011                                                   Community College of Allegheny County
                                                                  West Mifflin, PA
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