Louis Reilly

American

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Reilly earned a BFA in 2009 at the University of Missouri–Columbia in ceramics and sculpture, and an MFA at Utah State University in 2013. After a short time in central Pennsylvania, he settled with his family in Kansas City, where he is director of the KC Clay Guild (a nonprofit ceramic arts center in Kansas City, Missouri). He commutes to Atchison to teach in the art department at Benedictine College. Reilly has a home studio and fires his work in a downdraft soda kiln. He maintains a steady studio practice, regularly teaches workshops at KCCG, and exhibits his work internationally.