Doug Jeck Workshop Download

When: December 18th 2021

Description: Seattle artist Doug Jeck works in a variety of media – ceramics, painting, performance art, mixed media – but he is probably best known for his figurative work, what he refers to as “human objects.” The figures are painstakingly hand built from the ground up, meticulously crafted and finished with paints and other materials. They draw from the tradition of heroic sculpture but these individuals are not heroic in the usual sense. Instead they represent the anti-hero, the everyman, who has been buffeted by life, damaged and yet somehow still survives. The inner damage is reflected in the damage done to the figure itself by the artist: body parts are missing or hacked off and put back in a different places, and the carriage of the body itself reflects defeat and insecurity. In addition to his studio work, Jeck is on the faculty of the University of Washington where he is an Associate Professor in the Ceramics Arts Department.