Jacob Foran

Artist

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So grateful — Reflecting on a blessed year and it’s spot on that beautiful @blackmagic623 stands with Akio’s ceramic boy in the center of my #bestnine2017 .

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'A Space For Everyone' at Cinema Gallery

"A Space For Everyone" is a show of ceramic sculpture that recently happened at the Cinema Gallery in Urbana, IL and has since traveled to Millikin University. Along with the work, we put together a 22 page book with a brief text that discusses my work in relationship to our present

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One of the larger works from Beneath an Eyelid Lies a Moon in public space at City Hall in Shoreline . . . . #publicart #ceramicsculpture #jacobforan (at Shoreline, Washington)

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'Boy Who Dreams of Rocket Ship' in current show at Cinema Gallery . Artist talk & closing reception Saturday, Oct 7th 3-5pm. Gallery Hours W-Sat. 10a-5p. Contact: [email protected] . . . . #ceramic #keramik #ceramicsculpture #art #contemporaryceramics #glaze #child #figure #artist #artworks #artistsoninstagram #artexhibition #artgallery

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Opening weekend of a show of new work at Cinema Gallery . Image: Lavender Girl. Ceramic , glaze. 14 x 8 x 6 inches. 2017. Contact : [email protected] 217-367-3711 . . . #contemporaryceramics #jacobforan #sculpture #ceramicsculpture #artgallery #ceramicsmonthly #emergingartist

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Happy to announce a show of new work at Cinema Gallery. It is especially exciting to send this particular body of work back to the place where i grew up. Opens this Weds, Aug 30th. Contact : [email protected] 217-367-3711 . . . #contemporaryceramics #jacobforan #sculpture #ceramicsculpture #artgallery #ceramics

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Thank you @ceramics_monthly for shout out in this month's publication in Exposure . @abmeyerwood . . . . #jacobforan #contemporaryceramics #ceramicsmonthly #emergingartist #ceramics #figurativeclay #diver #ceramicsculpture #abmeyerwood #SeattleArt

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Last day to see my show at @abmeyerwood . Stop in 11-6 pm today ! . . . For inquiries contact : [email protected] . . #contemporaryceramics #ceramicsculpture #abstractart #abstractsculpture #contemporaryart #jacobforan #seattle #artgallery (at Abmeyer + Wood)

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HEAD OF CHILD IN FISH DREAM,2016 Ceramic, glaze 10 x 10 x 10 inches Available now at Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art. @abmeyerwood. . Final days of 'In Between Dreams'. Gallery Open 10am - 6 pm . . . #jacobforan #fineart #ceramicsculpture #gallery #ceramic #ceramicart #art #artgallery #sculpture #abmeyerwood #contemporaryceramics #ceramicsculpture #figurativeart #glaze #fish #dream (at Abmeyer + Wood)

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Figures Under Water, 2016 #process . Final week of 'In Between Dreams' @abmeyerwood

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A head in the making. . HEAD OF BOY IN ROSE GARDEN,2016 Ceramic 10 x 10 x 8 inches . On view now at @abmeyerwood . . #ceramic #sculpture #contemporaryceramics #figurativeart #wip #ceramicsculpture

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Process shots of 2 figures during their making. . On view now @abmeyerwood . . GIRL WHO LOVES BOY. BOY WHO LOVES GIRL. 2016 Ceramic . . #ceramic #sculpture #contemporaryceramics #figurativeart #wip

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Space Figure, 2016 Ceramic, glaze 28.5 x 11 x 11 inches Available now @abmeyerwood . . . . #jacobforan #fineart #ceramicsculpture #gallery #ceramic #ceramicart #art #artgallery #sculpture #abmeyerwood #contemporaryceramics #artcollector (at Abmeyer + Wood)

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Child With Death Mask, 2016 Ceramic, glaze 20.5 x 10 x 9 inches On view now at Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art. . . . . #jacobforan #fineart #ceramicsculpture #gallery #ceramic #ceramicart #art #artgallery #sculpture #abmeyerwood (at Abmeyer + Wood)

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In Between Dreams at Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art

See Full story: Written by Michael Upchurch, Seattle Times, Feb 7th, 2017 ‘Jacob Foran: In Between Dreams’ Seattle ceramic artist Jacob Foran’s dandy exhibit at Abmeyer & Wood Fine Art explores color in ceramics in two sharply contrasting ways. About half the pieces are heads of smiling youngsters with closed eyes who serve as pale clay “canvases” for fancifully dripping pastel-hued glazes. In the other half, black shiny glazes are so reflective that they half-obscure the detail. In “Head of Boy with Rockets,” for instance, the glossy uniformity of the dark glaze makes the child’s mind and the rocket-pad perched on his head merge into a single dreaming entity. Something similar happens in three ornate pieces titled “In Space Together Forever.” Whether the focus is on two newlyweds or a pair of spacemen, the formula is the same. The figures, with rockets and/or flowery bowers rising behind them, stand on planetlike orbs cradled in dishes tarnished mirror-black. We’re talking space-travel fantasies as formal-dining centerpieces. Skulls, scuba divers and roses turn up in Foran’s other work. The next stage in his artistic evolution is hinted at in “Head 2,” with its four increasingly small heads sprouting from one another. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays through Feb. 28. Abmeyer & Wood Fine Art, 1210 Second Ave., Seattle (206-628-9501 or abmeyerwood.com). T.S Flock, Vanguard Seattle Visual Art Source