Scaffolded Vessels
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Blue", 2020, porcelain, 8.5 x 7.5 x 7.5" Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Blue", 2020, porcelain, 8.5 x 7.5 x 7.5"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/40264_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Scaffolded-Vessel-in-Blue_2020_IMG-3_72di.jpg?w=222&h=222&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Orange", 2020, porcelain, 7.5 x 7.5 x 6" Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Orange", 2020, porcelain, 7.5 x 7.5 x 6"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/40262_Johnson-Peter-Christian_IMG_4318_72di.jpg?w=222&h=222&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Grey", 2020 Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Grey", 2020, porcelain, 8.5 x 7.5. x 7.5"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/40266_Johnson-Peter-Christian_IMG_72di.jpg?w=222&h=222&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Yellow", 2020, porcelain, 8.5 x 7.5 x 7.5" Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Yellow", 2020, porcelain, 8.5 x 7.5 x 7.5"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/40263_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Scaffolded-Vessel-in-Yellow_2020_IMG_4341_72di.jpg?w=222&h=222&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Yellow", 2020, porcelain, 8.5 x 7.5 x 7.5" Peter Christian Johnson, "Scaffolded Vessel in Yellow", 2020, porcelain, 8.5 x 7.5 x 7.5"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/40263_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Scaffolded-Vessel-in-Yellow_IMG_4344_72di.jpg?w=222&h=222&crop=1&ssl=1)
Tilt
![Copy of 42345_Johnson, Peter Christian_Tilt_2018_P1080432 (1)_72dpi Peter Christian Johnson, "Tilt", 2018, porcelain, 22 x 23 x 13"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Copy-of-42345_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Tilt_2018_P1080432-1_72dpi.jpg?w=374&h=374&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Tilt", 2018, porcelain, 22 x 23 x 13" Peter Christian Johnson, "Tilt", 2018, porcelain, 22 x 23 x 13"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42345_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Tilt_2018_P1080428-Version-2_72dpi.jpg?w=374&h=374&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Copy of 42345_Johnson, Peter Christian_Tilt_2018_P1080419_72dpi Peter Christian Johnson, "Tilt", 2018, porcelain, 22 x 23 x 13"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Copy-of-42345_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Tilt_2018_P1080419_72dpi.jpg?w=374&h=374&crop=1&ssl=1)
Caldera
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Caldera", 2018, porcelain, 24 x 8 x 24" Peter Christian Johnson, "Caldera", 2018, porcelain, 24 x 8 x 24"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42359_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Caldera_2019_P1090004_72dpi.jpg?w=1130&h=1130&crop=1&ssl=1)
Blue Bridge
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Blue Bridge", 2018, porcelain, 6 x 17 x 6" Peter Christian Johnson, "Blue Bridge", 2018, porcelain, 6 x 17 x 6"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42346_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Blue-Bridge_2_72dpi.jpg?w=374&h=374&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Copy of 42346_Johnson, Peter Christian_Blue Bridge_1_72dpi Peter Christian Johnson, "Blue Bridge", 2018, porcelain, 6 x 17 x 6"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Copy-of-42346_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Blue-Bridge_1_72dpi.jpg?w=374&h=374&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Copy of 42346_Johnson, Peter Christian_Blue Bridge_2017_P1080218_72dpi Peter Christian Johnson, "Blue Bridge", 2018, porcelain, 6 x 17 x 6"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Copy-of-42346_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Blue-Bridge_2017_P1080218_72dpi.jpg?w=374&h=374&crop=1&ssl=1)
Red Grid
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Red Grid", 2018, porcelain, 5.5 x 9.5 x 9.5" Peter Christian Johnson, "Red Grid", 2018, porcelain, 5.5 x 9.5 x 9.5"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42347_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Red-Grid_IMG_4967_72dpi.jpg?w=1130&h=1130&crop=1&ssl=1)
Vessel with Orange Quills
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Orange Vessel with Quills", 2020, porcelain, 7.5 x 7.5 x 6" Peter Christian Johnson, "Orange Vessel with Quills", 2020, porcelain, 7.5 x 7.5 x 6"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/40265_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Vessel-with-Orange-Quills_2020_IMG-1_72di.jpg?w=563&h=563&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Orange Vessel with Quills", 2020, porcelain, 7.5 x 7.5 x 6" Peter Christian Johnson, "Orange Vessel with Quills", 2020, porcelain, 7.5 x 7.5 x 6"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/40265_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Vessel-with-Orange-Quills_IMG-2_72di.jpg?w=563&h=563&crop=1&ssl=1)
Vessel with Yellow Racing Stripes
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Vessel with Yellow Racing Stripes", 2018, porcelain, 8.5 x 5.5. x 5.5" Peter Christian Johnson, "Vessel with Yellow Racing Stripes", 2018, porcelain, 8.5 x 5.5. x 5.5"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42360_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Vessel-with-Yellow-Racing-Stripes_2021_IMG_4899_72dpi.jpg?w=563&h=563&crop=1&ssl=1)
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Vessel with Yellow Racing Stripes", 2018, porcelain, 8.5 x 5.5. x 5.5" Peter Christian Johnson, "Vessel with Yellow Racing Stripes", 2018, porcelain, 8.5 x 5.5. x 5.5"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Copy-of-42360_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Vessel-with-Yellow-Racing-Stripes_2021_IMG_4899_72dpi.jpg?w=563&h=563&crop=1&ssl=1)
Jilted
![Peter Christian Johnson, "Jilted", 2018, porcelain, 13 x 11.5 x 14.5" Peter Christian Johnson, "Jilted", 2018, porcelain, 13 x 11.5 x 14.5"](https://i0.wp.com/ferrincontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/42348_Johnson-Peter-Christian_Jilted_72dpi.jpg?w=1130&h=1130&crop=1&ssl=1)
American
lives and works in Kent, OH
Peter Christian Johnson is currently Associate Professor of Art at Kent State University after serving more than decade as the head of the ceramics department at Eastern Oregon University. He earned his MFA from Pennsylvania State University and a BS in Environmental Science at Wheaton College. He has received the Oregon Arts Commission’s Individual Artist Fellowship, the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Artist Excellence Award, and was a Matsutani Fellow at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. He was awarded first place in the 2018 Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics and was recently part of the 61st Fienza Prize in Italy. He has presented multiple times at the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale along with exhibitions in Canada, Australia, China, Italy, Korea, and throughout the United States. His work has been published in numerous publications including the recent French book titled Ceramique; 90 Artistes Contemporains by Pyramid Publishing and in the book Contemporary Ceramic Art, published by Thames and Hudson in 2020.
ON HIS WORK
My work explores transformation, focusing on both structure and material. It uses the kiln as a vehicle for deconstruction. The porcelain grid systems I create begin as digital renderings and are meticulously fabricated by hand. These structures become the architecture over which to stretch a fluid skin that is allowed to warp or collapse the structure under the strain of the firing. They expose the relationship between soft and hard, the fluidity of a membrane, and the moment of intersection between these contrasting elements. They strive to pair labored construction with unpredictability, and capture the entropy embodied in the process.
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