Artist's Bio
Jeremy R. Brooks was born in Detroit, MI in 1979. He received his BFA from Grand Valley State University (2001) and his MFA from Alfred
University (2007). Jeremy has been awarded the title of Emerging Artist by The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts / NCECA
(2011), Ceramics Monthly (2008), and Ceramic Arts Daily (2008). He was selected as a USA Guest of Honor at the XXIst International Biennial
of Vallauris, France (2010), was a finalist for the LEAP Award through the Society for Contemporary Craft (2009), and has been a winner and
finalist for several NICHE Awards through The Buyer's Market of American Craft (2008, 2010, 2011). Jeremy has balanced his career between
working as a maker and teaching professionally. After earning his MFA, he was juried into the Resident Artist Program at The Clay Studio
(2007-2008) and worked there as an artist and educator. He has taught multiple classes at Pewabic Pottery (2011), and has held academic
appointments at Grand Valley State University (2002-2005), Michigan State University (2008-2009), and the University of Michigan (2011).
Jeremy currently resides in Hazel Park, MI (2009-Present) and continues to exhibit his work both nationally and internationally.

Artist's Statement
"The Tip-of-the-Tongue and Suspended Thought"

There is a space that exists upon the tip-of-the-tongue, a site of profound intrinsic curiosity. (Taste aside) it is concerned with imminence and inaccessibility, language and memory. Sometimes the first word out of our mouth is hardly a word at all, but rather this inarticulate sound that is more closely related to what we would identify as gesture. Suspended, held at the cusp of verbalization, there is something there and you feel it strongly. It is a haunting moment; it is a structure of feeling. The investigation of such a quality, one that is more properly sensuous than cognitive in its scope and depth of inquiry, is one at the core of my work and studio practice.

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