Stuart Asprey

Website:

https://www.stuartasprey.com
https://www.instagram.com/stuartasprey

Biography: 

Stuart Asprey is a nationally recognized studio artist and educator.  He works for the University of Oklahoma where he is currently an Associate Professor of Ceramics and Undergraduate Coordinator in the School of Visual Arts. 

Over the past 10 years he has participated in over 100 art exhibitions including solo shows at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, Florida and the Belger Art Center in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Stuart received his BA from Humboldt State University and an MFA from the University of Oklahoma.  His work is currently carried at the LUX Art Center in Lincoln, Nebraska and the Hudgens Center for Art in Duluth, GA.  His work can also be seen at stuartasprey.com.  

Artist Statement: 

My artwork uses ornamentation and narrative as artistic allies in the creation of VOCOs (Vessel Oriented Ceramic Objects).  These objects are graphic clay canvases that question our past actions, events and people.  They can be irreverently witty, gut wrenchingly serious, or filled with parody.  They use history for arsenal: our folklore, politics, science, human geography, and most importantly, our popular culture.  

I prefer to surround myself with the weird, the funny and the uglier side of life.  

The work I make survives in a place where art can still tap into your inner youth.  I make the type of art that a child would create if they had the beliefs, opinions, skill sets and actually possessed the abilities (either mentally, physically or financially) to accomplish their objectives.