Robert (Boomer) Moore

American

Untitled, Vase
circa 1999

Stoneware
17 x 10.25 x 8.75 in.
Gift of the artist
1999.29

Robert “Boomer” Moore has created a body of work that highlights his playfulness, craftsmanship, animation, and personality. He has always been process oriented, with an interest in diverse materials and fabricating methods. He is well known for bulbous sandblasted pieces like Untitled Vase, which looks like a festive teapot with attitude. Repeatedly drawn to objects such as old and rusted toys, he has remarked that “sandblasting has allowed me to subtract fired layers of glaze to achieve much the same surface quality.”

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.

Billie Sessions, PhD.

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This object has the following keywords:

• blue-green

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

• Ceramic Case 4: MFA Graduates and Associates of USU Ceramics , 8/17/2012 - 5/5/2014
• Unearthed , 8/23/2022 - 5/14/2023

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