Matthew S. Jones | Also Known As: Matt Jones
Justin Novak is a ceramic sculptor whose work references the historic figurine.
He has produced two series of work that rethinks the traditional form typically associated with the good life. The ?disfigurine? ...
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- Biography
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Justin Novak is a ceramic sculptor whose work references the historic figurine.
He has produced two series of work that rethinks the traditional form typically associated with the good life. The ?disfigurine? series presents subjects inflicting wounds on bodies either as cuts or bruises. The ?21c Bunny? project highlights the nature of violent behavior and the response to constantly feeling you are a predator. Novak hand builds porcelain as in the ?disfigurine? series and casts it as in the "21c Bunny" project. He uses various firing techniques including raku and electric kilns.
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Todd Piker, Cornwell Bridge Pottery, Cornwell Bridge, Connecticut
Mark Hewitt, Pittsboro, North Carolina
- Primary Work Experience
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1998—
Studio Potter, Jones Pottery, North Carolina
Other
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Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
rosenfieldcollection.com
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection, Asheville, North Carolina
- Bibliography
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Jones, Matt. Endurance: Potting in the Twenty-first Century. self-published.
Perry, Barbara Stone, ed. North Carolina Pottery: The Collection of the Mint Museums. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
Schultz, Katey. “Seriously Playful: The Pottery of Matt Jones”. Ceramics Monthly (November 2010).
- CV or Resume
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Jo Lauria contributed to this biography
- Website(s)
Citation: Jo Lauria contributed to this biography Matthew S. Jones, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/matthew-s-jones-0
Objects
Collections
rosenfieldcollection.com
Dallas, Texas
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rosenfieldcollection.com
Dallas, Texas
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Asheville, North Carolina
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Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Asheville, North Carolina -
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Asheville, North Carolina

