Upcoming State of Ceramics

About the Artist

Sam Mack is an artist and educator living and working in Baltimore, MD. Their work explores themes of identity, place, and craft. They received their MFA in studio art in 2019 from the School of Art at the University of Arkansas. They have been an artist in residence at Ox Bow School of Art and Artist Residency and at SUNY-New Paltz and have exhibited at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, the JEAE International Arts Center in Jingdezhen, China, the Aichi Ceramics Museum in Seto City, Japan, the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA, YNG SP, and the Vernon Filley Art Museum in Pratt, KS. Last year they were awarded the 2024 Janet and Walter Sondheim Art Prize and currently teach Ceramics at the Maryland Institute and College of Art.