Lauren Gallaspy

Jenelle Grosser Living Artist Presentation

• Received her BFA in ceramics at University of Georgia.

• Received her MFA from Alfred University in New York.

• She has a rigorous studio practice in: – sculptural and functional ceramics – painting and drawing

• She is the Co-director and owner of Trace Gallery in Athens, Georgia with her husband Andy Nasisse.

• She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art in Ceramics at The University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

• This year she was recognized by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts as an Emerging Artist in the field of ceramics.

“The things that I love and the things that I fear refuse to balance out. They scrap like cats, cloak and conceal like kudzu, terrify and delight,

like a large, shaky lake or a dog swimming hard towards a floating ball.”