Sheri Leigh
Sheri Leigh is known for hand-built trompe l'oeil ceramic sculpture. Food, animals, and factory made objects are replicated in clay to form Leigh's compositions. Objects are often stripped of their original purpose ...
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- Biography
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Sheri Leigh is known for hand-built trompe l'oeil ceramic sculpture. Food, animals, and factory made objects are replicated in clay to form Leigh's compositions. Objects are often stripped of their original purpose and re-contextualized. She studied with Betty Woodman and Anne Currier at the University of Colorado andwith Paul Soldner and David Furman at Claremont Graduate University."""
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1986-1988
Instructor, Denver Free University, Denver, Colorado
Other
- Public Collections
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Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
- Bibliography
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“Kentucky Fired Gun Control.”Clay Times, Spring-Summer 2016.
Britt, Morgan. "Sheri Leigh.” Ceramics Monthly 50, no. 4 (April 2002): 53-58. ceramics-monthly-apr02-cei0402d.pdf (ceramicartsnetwork.org)Turner, Anderson. Ceramic Sculpture: Inspiring Techniques. Westerville, OH: American Ceramics Society, 2009. - CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Sheri Leigh, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/sheri-leigh
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