Curatorial Statement
Exhibition Posted Online: Monday, September 6, 2027 at 10 am MT
Reception with the artists Friday, September 24, 2027, 5-7pm
Sam Chung is a Korean American ceramic artist living in Arizona. He creates pottery that reframes historical ceramics from a cross-cultural perspective.
Sam earned his MFA in Ceramics from Arizona State University and a BA from St. Olaf College in Minnesota. He currently serves as Professor of Ceramics at Arizona State University. In 2021–22, he was awarded a U.S. Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research in South Korea.
Sam has exhibited his work nationally and internationally at Duane Reed Gallery, Harvey Preston Gallery, Ann Linnemann Gallery (Denmark), Soluna Living (Korea), Northern Clay Center, Clay, AKAR and Greenwich House Pottery. Sam’s work is in several permanent collections including the Everson Museum of Art (NY), Crocker Art Museum (CA), Icheon World Ceramic Center (Korea), Guldagergaard (Denmark), and the Weisman Art Museum (MN).
Marc Digeros, originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, now resides in Los Angeles, California where he works for the architect, Frank Gehry, as model shop manager. He received his MFA from the University of Washington and his BFA from the University of Minnesota. He spent two years in Helena, MT as a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation and received the first ever Taunt Fellowship during his residency. He has taught at schools in the Los Angeles area including CSU (California State University) Northridge, CSU Long Beach, as well as the University of Southern California.