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Dryden Wells, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, first completed a BFA in Ceramics and a BSED (K-12) at Missouri State University in Springfield, MO. In the Fall of 2005, Wells moved to Lubbock, Texas, to pursue an MFA degree in Ceramics at Texas Tech University, which he completed Spring of 2008. Wells, having previously been a resident artist at the Pottery Workshop: An Experimental Sculpture Factory in Jingdezhen, China, during the summers of 2006 and 2007, has recently been hired as the Design Studio Manager of The Pottery Workshop to assist in the maintenance and development of the Design Studio as well as to continue the development of his own work.
Over the past few years, Wells has continued to exhibit his work both nationally and internationally. Recent select exhibitions include: Feats of Clay XX (2007); Combined Talents: Florida International Exhibition (2007); Ceramic Sculpture National Juried Exhibition (2007); Clay on the Wall: 2007 Clay National; and 2010 China-China: Shanghai World Modern Ceramics Art Show, Series 1, Porcelain in Contemporary Discourse (2008). Along with having images of work selected for publications such as, 500 Tiles; 500 Platters, Plates & Chargers (Lark Books, 2008) and the February 2008 issue of Ceramics Monthly, Wells has had work purchased into public and private art collections including, six pieces by the Shanghai Museum of Arts & Crafts and one piece by the Las Cruces Museum of Art, New Mexico.
About the Artist