Matthew Drennan Wicks has been nationally and internationally recognized for his ceramic and non-ceramic based sculpture. His work discusses a process-based exploration of traditional craft in a contemporary context that highlights specific domestic materials, the collapsing of historical stereotypes and the intrinsic properties of craft materials such as clay, fibers and glass.
His work has been showcased throughout the United States as well as Europe and Russia and has been included in collections in Massachusetts, Montana, Florida and Denmark. Wicks has shown at the International Fibers Biennial, Edition and Artist Book Fair: NYC and at Design Week Miami. He has been a resident artist at Guldagergaard: International Ceramics Research Center in Denmark, the Yucca Valley Material Lab in Joshua Tree, CA and is a Fellow of the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences.
Wicks holds a B.F.A. from The University of Montana, a post-baccalaureate degree in Craft from Oregon College of Art and Craft and holds an M.F.A. from the University of South Florida. Originally from New Orleans, LA; he currently lives and works in Tampa, FL.
