Richard Bresnahan

American St. John's University Ceramics
American, b. 1953

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Bresnahan was born and raised in Casselton, North Dakota. He did an apprenticeship with the Nakazatos for three-and-a-half years in Japan. Upon his return to the United States in 1978, he accepted an invitation from Saint John's and became the school's first Artist-in-Residence and established The Saint John's Pottery.