Collection: Doug Casebeer

Carbondale, CO

Doug Casebeer is a lecturer, kiln builder, and ceramic artist from Carbondale, Colorado who has exhibited worldwide. With a BFA from Wichita State University and an MFA in ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Casebeer is now a full time resident artist at the University of Oklahoma. He previously served as the artistic director for ceramics and sculpture at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado, where he has been making work for the past 34 years. Casebeer has served as pottery consultant to the United Nations and the German government and was elected to the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2009. Through his ceramic work, Casebeer investigates the correlations between storage, shelter, and nourishment while expressing beauty, balance, and grace. His forms are influenced by rural archetypes of western landscapes and all of his many globe-spanning experiences.