Brian Widmaier

Los Angeles, CA

Brian Widmaier received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005, followed by his MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 2010. There he spent multiple summers in Detroit working in an abandoned home where he stripped down the furnishings, built a kiln, and made ceramic plates which were used to serve food to the community. Through 2013 he was a visiting faculty member with the 3D4M (3-Dimensional Forum) Ceramics program at the University of Washington School of Art. He is currently living in Los Angeles with an artist residency at Mount Saint Mary’s University.