Josh Goering

Bio

Josh Goering was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated from the University of Kansas receiving a BFA in Ceramics and BA in Environmental studies in 2021. The work he makes focuses on functional pottery and the use of local material. He is influenced by historical ceramics from Joseon dynasty Korean pots to medieval European jugs and tankards. Josh’s ideas surrounding art making carry much from his environmental disposition, his love of process, and an inquisitive nature surrounding material. Over the last year Josh was a ceramics studio intern at STARworks in North Carolina, a local clay making facility with an Artist in Residence program. In his time there he was surrounded by artists from across the globe, generational potters from the seagrove area and centuries of ceramics history. Josh is now back at the University of Kansas doing a Post-Baccalaureate year resuming a research project into Kansas ceramics materials that was started the semester of his graduation.