Scott Dooley, born and raised in Kansas, graduated from Bethel College with majors in history, philosophy and German in 1993. Upon discovering clay as a senior, he proceeded to work for a production potter for one year and then moved to Arizona where he attended Arizona State University and pursued art. In 2000, he graduated with his master's of fine arts in ceramics from Kansas State University where he studied with Yoshiro Ikeda.

His artwork has been exhibited internationally in Spain, Switzerland, Australia, South Africa, and Taiwan as well as throughout the United States including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. He is represented in many private and permanent collections in the United States and in Japan, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, Taiwan, and South Africa. His artwork has been published in Ceramics Monthly, Claytimes,Pottery Making Illustrated, Revista Internacional Ceramic, Kerameiki Techni, The Chinese Potters Newsletter , Ceramics: Art and Perception and The National Ceramics Quarterly. His work has also been included in Clay and Glazes for the Potter, 500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design and Eva Zeisel On Design: The Magical Language of Things.Ceramics Monthly published an article on his work in the November 2002. Recently, the Ohio Arts Council awarded him a 2005 Individual Artist Fellowship. He is currently Assistant Professor of Art at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio.

Also, Scott had an article published in Pottery Making Illustrated in 1999.  The article describes how he created the pieces shown below.  The interested reader is referred

here.

Email:sdooley@wittenberg.edu

Artist Statement

Curriculum Vitae