EDUCATION
2011BFA Studio Art, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
2011BS Biology, St Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
2017MFA Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
RESIDENCIES
2011-2012Resident Artist, 323 Clay Studio, Independence, Missouri
2012-2013Resident Artist, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York
2013-2014Resident Artist, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, Colorado
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
2007-2011Ceramics Assistant to Steven Hill, Center Street Clay, Sandwich, Illinois
2007-2011Ceramics Instructor, Terra Incognito Studios, Oak Park, Illinois
Mike Strumbras is known for wheel-thrown porcelain pottery and vessels high-fired in a soda atmosphere.
Signature forms include ceremonial pieces and functional wares. Surface techniques include low relief curvilinear patterning in the leather-hard stage. Gold luster is applied sparingly to many of his wares followed by a glaze firing in an electric kiln.
Strumbras draws inspiration from 18th & 19th-century European slip-cast wares.
Bibliography
Lawton, Jim. 500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2013.
Website: http://mikestumbras.com/home.html
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