Biography
Shauna Merriman, b. Riverside, CA, is a sculptor, ceramicist, and installation artist who uses clay for its cultural and geologic properties. Following Fellowship Awards from the Ohio Arts Council and the Greater Columbus Arts Council, she lived as a studio artist in Germany as part of an artist initiative and project space, geh8 Kunstraum und Ateliers e.V. She has had residencies and exhibited in Germany, Appalachia, Mediterranean France, Ohio’s clay belt, China’s Silk Road, and the eroding Lake Michigan shoreline. Merriman has her studio practice in Albion, MI, where she teaches ceramics and sculpture at Albion College. From the Mojave Desert, she received a BFA in Ceramics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, an MFA from The Ohio State University, and a postgraduate Meisterschülerstudium from the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, Germany.