Lee Akins

My work seeks to combine figurative imagery with the format of the traditional clay vessel. My most recent work strives toward an elegant organic form, one that is obviously a hand-made object but has an internal natural order.
My pieces are coil-built out of terra cotta. Peeling paint and mossy rocks provide sources of inspiration for the color and textures of my work.

Lee Akins was born in Texas but spent most of his early years in Taiwan. After he received his BFA in Ceramics from The Dayton Art Institute in 1975, Lee moved to Taiwan to teach K-12 art. In 1979, he returned to Texas and taught ceramics in the Dallas County Community College and then at Collin College in Plano. Lee completed his MFA in 1986 at Southern Methodist University. In 2008 he retired early and moved to New Mexico to become a full time studio potter. He currently teaches at University of New Mexico, Taos and the Taos Ceramic Center.

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