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Ron Geibel
Associate Professor of Art
Expertise
Ceramics
Ron Geibel’s artwork and research explore the complex intersections of intimacy, pleasure, and authority, focusing on the opaque relationship between public and private desires that shape queer identity. Drawing on queer theory and materiality, he creates highly crafted, intimately scaled objects that challenge perceptions of self.
Geibel earned his BFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and his MFA from the University of Montana. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, with his work featured in Create Magazine, ArtMaze Magazine, Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics: Art and Perception, and Artist Magazine (Taiwan City, Taiwan).
In 2019, Geibel received a Lighton International Artists Exchange Grant, supporting a three-month residency at the European Ceramic Workcentre in The Netherlands. There, his research focused on the role of place in shaping queer lived experiences. Other residencies include the Clay Art Center (Port Chester, NY), the Chautauqua Institution (Chautauqua, NY), and the Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN).
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Biography
Ron Geibel’s artwork and research explore the complex intersections of intimacy, pleasure, and authority, focusing on the opaque relationship between public and private desires that shape queer identity. Drawing on queer theory and materiality, he creates highly crafted, intimately scaled objects that challenge perceptions of self.
Geibel earned his BFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and his MFA from the University of Montana. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, with his work featured in Create Magazine, ArtMaze Magazine, Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics: Art and Perception, and Artist Magazine (Taiwan City, Taiwan).
In 2019, Geibel received a Lighton International Artists Exchange Grant, supporting a three-month residency at the European Ceramic Workcentre in The Netherlands. There, his research focused on the role of place in shaping queer lived experiences. Other residencies include the Clay Art Center (Port Chester, NY), the Chautauqua Institution (Chautauqua, NY), and the Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN).
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