Raised in the woods of rural Alaska, Milo Berezin moved to Pittsburgh to study sculpture and printmaking at Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a BFA in Studio Art with Honors. The son of a production potter, he rediscovered the joy of clay while working as an arts administrator and teaching artist at community ceramics nonprofit, The Union Project. Today, he blends his interest in both 2D and 3D design on playfully illustrated ceramic forms inspired by wildlife.
Milo says of his work: “I've always been interested in both image and object, and I find joy in ceramics by blending the two — approaching the ceramic form as a canvas that can be drawn upon, brushed, incised, layered, and stamped. I love that images on pottery are fully experienced when they are explored closely and deeply, and I like to make pots that reveal their surfaces in new ways as each piece is held and used — inside and out, top and bottom — more intimately than a painting on the wall.”
Milo’s work has been exhibited nationally and has appeared in the pages of Ceramics Monthly.
Raised in the woods of rural Alaska, Milo Berezin moved to Pittsburgh to study sculpture and printmaking at Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned a BFA in Studio Art with Honors. The son of a production potter, he rediscovered the joy of clay while working as an arts administrator and teaching artist at community ceramics nonprofit, The Union Project. Today, he blends his interest in both 2D and 3D design on playfully illustrated ceramic forms inspired by wildlife.
Milo says of his work: “I've always been interested in both image and object, and I find joy in ceramics by blending the two — approaching the ceramic form as a canvas that can be drawn upon, brushed, incised, layered, and stamped. I love that images on pottery are fully experienced when they are explored closely and deeply, and I like to make pots that reveal their surfaces in new ways as each piece is held and used — inside and out, top and bottom — more intimately than a painting on the wall.”
Milo’s work has been exhibited nationally and has appeared in the pages of Ceramics Monthly.