Bio
About the artist
Jeremy was born in Minneapolis, USA. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a BA in Art with a focus on ceramics and sculpture in 1999, he spent a year in Oregon working with "at- risk" youths in the Cascade mountains and then moved to Shanghai, China in 2000.
It is in Shanghai that he opened the Hands in Clay Studio in 2001. From 2001 to 2006, Jeremy made both functional and sculptural artworks and became recognized for his large-scale sculptural work. He took part in shows in his gallery space and other spaces around Shanghai and gained notable attention as the first Western artist to open a ceramic studio in China. His work is now a part of a permanent collection in the Duolun Contemporary Art Museum in Shanghai.
Jeremy has sold works to an international clientele from Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. At the end of 2005, Jeremy sold the Hands in Clay Studio and travelled England, Scandinavia, and Europe in 2006.
From 2007 to 2008, Jeremy moved back to the United States to pursue a Master of Education degree at the University of Minnesota. In 2008, he became qualified to teach Kindergarten through High School Visual Arts and holds a Teacher Registration Number in England. Upon completion of his teaching qualification, he moved abroad and taught Art in American and International Schools in Vietnam, Kuwait, and Bahrain before moving to England in 2013.
After teaching GCSE Art and A Level Photography in Worcestershire during the 2013/14 academic year, Jeremy and his late wife moved to Topsham in Devon, where he worked primarily with pen, ink, and acrylic on paper.
In 2019, he returned to international teaching and is currently living, teaching, and travelling abroad.
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