Toupée 2024
stoneware, porcelain, rubber band, paint, glaze – 12" x 12" x 12"
Curtain Call 2024
stoneware – 19" x 15" x 1"
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Qwist Joseph
United States
Qwist Joseph is a visiting artist and instructor at the University of Arkansas. His work investigates the insidious qualities of masculinity. Through the lens of being a hairless person, he hopes to reframe what manhood can look like for himself and others. After years working alongside his dad at the family bronze foundry, Qwist received a BFA from Colorado State University and an MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has completed residencies at the Archie Bray Foundation, the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, the University of Denver and Scripps College. In 2019, Qwist received an emerging artist award from the National Council on Education in Ceramics Art. He has shown nationally and internationally, including Peters Projects in Santa Fe, The Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale in South Korea, and the Officine Saffi exhibition in Milan, Italy. He has taught at Chaffey College, the University of Redlands, the University of Denver, and Pitzer College.