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Ian Meares (b.1977) works across the expanded fields of ceramics, sculpture, and curatorial practices. In 2017 he completed an MFA in Critical and Curatorial Studies with an Emphasis in Critical Theory from the University of California Irvine; and in 2009 he completed an MFA in Studio Practice with Concentrations in Ceramics and Sculpture from Pennsylvania State University.

His research interests as an artist, curator and reader reside in the variety of ways our plastic conceptions temper and permeate our politics, economics, and aesthetics — how these dynamics shape the myriad ways that materiality and modes of artistic expression in turn inform our agencies, and reflect our discourse. He exhibits and works internationally.

He has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University and Indiana University; and additionally as Artist in Residence, and Instructor at the University of Arkansas and held numerous other institutional appointments. He is currently an Artist in Residence at the Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research Center and an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas.