Jason Hess

Jason Hess is a Professor of Art and head of the Ceramics Program at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. He has a BFA from Beloit College and an MFA from Utah State University. As a ceramic artist and avid wood fire practitioner, his research has focused on the alchemy of this process for the past 17 years. His artwork has been featured in over 125 exhibitions worldwide and he has participated in artist residencies at The Archie Bray Foundation and Red Lodge Clay Center, in Montana, and The Pottery Workshop, in Jingdezhen China. Jason has an MFA from Utah State University.

His artwork is featured in the collection of the United Postal Service, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, the Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University as well as a number of private collections. Jason has participated in artist residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation, Red Lodge Clay Center, and the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China