Chance Taylor is a ceramicist and educator who grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. He graduated with a BFA (2018) in ceramics from North Dakota State University and received his MFA (2023) from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He recently completed a one-year residency at Access Arts in Columbia, Mo and is currently Ceramics Technician & Visiting Artist at ETSU, Johnson City, TN. Taylor’s work draws upon his fascination with an object’s purpose to facilitate culture and fulfill our psychological, aesthetic, and practical needs through everyday use and ritual. His most recent work is influenced by the formal logic of plants and flowers and is intended to celebrate and elevate the every-day.

 

Taylor has displayed his work across the nation and in publications such as Ceramic Monthly. He has participated in dozens of juried and invitational exhibitions. Most recently, he was included in the 2024 Strictly Functional Pottery National, The Southern Mississippi Ceramics National, the Yellow Springs Ceramics National, and completed his solo show Florescence at the Columbia College Hardwick Gallery, Columbia Mo.