SHANE CHRISTENSEN
Shane Christensen has been a practicing potter since 1993. He attended Dixie State University and Southern Utah University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in ceramics and sculpture. He earned his Master of Fine Arts from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in ceramics. After graduate school, Christensen worked full time as a professor of art at Western Texas College in Snyder, Texas, from 1999 to 2004. He also taught at Snow Canyon High School from 2004 to 2012 while being an adjunct professor at Dixie State. Christensen is currently in a tenure track position at Dixie State as an assistant professor of art and is the chair of the Visual Arts Department. Even though this work is based in the American folk tradition, many of the pieces have an Asian influence as well. His pots consist of simple functional objects to large-scale vases and platters that use of imagery through decals and other techniques. Christensen's pottery has been exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally.
EXHIBITIONS
Sustain: Clay to Table
AUGUST 27, 2016 - OCTOBER 30, 2016