Mathew McConnell (he/him) holds an MFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a BFA from Valdosta State University. He has held numerous solo exhibitions including at Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami and the Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery in NYC. His works have been included in over 75 group exhibitions nationally and internationally. Mathew has lectured widely, and has been subject of feature-length articles in Ceramics Art and Perception, Ceramics Monthly, and New Ceramics. He has received an Emerging Artist Award from the National Council on Education in Ceramic Art, and has been an Artist in Residence at the Archie Bray Foundation, Greenwich House Pottery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and CRETA Rome, among others. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the University of Arkansas, where he oversees the ceramics area.