Insatiable, clay, oxidation fired cone 6, 2026, 4 inches high x 6.5 inches wide and 5 inches deep
Christian is a husband, a cat dad, an award-winning artist, and art teacher living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He earned a BFA in sculpture and a Master’s of Education from the University of Southern Mississippi. This is his 21st year as a high school art teacher, teaching Art 1, 2, 3, 4, Advanced Placement Studio Art, and ceramics. He is a reader for the College Board AP Studio Art Portfolio. He was the 2024/25 Teacher of the Year for the Harrison County School District in Mississippi. He was selected to show at ArtFields for 2023 and 2024. He has been awarded numerous grants for his work and was a fellowship awardee for 2024 from the Mississippi Arts Commission for his work in sculpture. In addition to being a high school art teacher, he maintains a robust studio practice that continuously pushes his boundaries of what clay can do in art. Workshops on clay sculpture, surface decoration techniques for pottery, glaze mixing, and how to use art in the classroom round out the rest of his days.
His current body of work is handbuilt functional sculpture decorated with commercial underglazes and oxidation fired in an electric kiln to cone 6. It is the exploration of the binary aspects of life, the duality of humanity and mankind's hubris, believing it is separate from its actions that continues to drive his work.
He has had a series of solo and group shows around the Southeast. Most notably Columbus Arts Council, Hinds Community College, Pearl River Community College, Jones County Junior College, Florida State College of Jacksonville, the Mary C. Cultural Center, and Ohr O'Keefe Museum of Art.
