Jared Peterson

Jared began studying art and poetry formally at West Virginia University in 2012, graduating with a BFA in ceramics and a BA in English in 2017. After graduation, he received a Fulbright Teaching Grant (2018) to teach English and ceramics in rural Perak, Malaysia for one year. Continuing his ceramics career upon his return, he attended a one-year residency with Sonoma Ceramics in Sonoma, California (2019) which culminated in a solo exhibition, and a two-year long-term residency at Red Lodge Clay Center (2019-2021). Jared attended Arizona State University (2021-2024) for a Masters of Fine Arts.

His work has been published in Deb Schwartzkopf’s Creative Pottery and Ceramics Monthly. He was also named a Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist (2020) and awarded the NCECA Student Juried Show Second Place Award (2023). Most recently, he  received the 2025 Phoenix Artist to Work Grant for continued research and project development.

Primarily working in ceramics, his work explores intersections between labor, sports, and religion. He is especially interested in the power these institutions have in creating unique spaces of communion, brotherhood, and personal expression while also leveraging hope for their growth and expansion