Robert (Boomer) Moore

American

Moore was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He attended Minnesota State Community and Technical College for two years, and received his BA in 1995 from Montana State University, Bozeman. He earned his MFA from Utah State University in 1999, and was studio coordinator/instructor for nine years at Ohio University in Athens. Since 2008, he has been an associate professor of art at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Moore is a fellow of the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana; Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine; and Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana. He has presented numerous workshops at schools and institutions across the nation. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is featured in numerous publications.