Markus Urbanik

American, b. 1975

Urbanik was raised in Wyoming, about three hours northeast of Logan, Utah. He attended Northwest Community College in Powell, Wyoming, prior to receiving his BFA in 2001 from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. He completed his MFA with John Neely in 2004. For two years Urbanik was facilities director at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, Maine, and then ceramics instructor at Central Wyoming College in Riverton. In 2010, he was facilities and programming coordinator for Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, Montana. Throughout his varied employment he taught many ceramics classes and conducted workshops in kiln construction.