Paul Linhares
Ohio

Cone 4 earthenware, white slip & high alkali glazes
Functional
9.5"w x 4"l x 7"h

About the Artist
Paul Linhares is a central Ohio ceramic artist and potter. He received his BFA from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and his MFA from West Virginia University. His exhibition record includes the 2019 Havana Biennial in Matanzas, a solo show at the Canton Museum of Art in 2014, plus invitationals at Cedar Creek Gallery’s National Teapot Show VII, VIII, and IX; the Chautauqua Institution Ceramics Invitational Retrospective Exhibit; and juried shows including the 9th, 12th, 16th,18th, and 26th Strictly Functional Pottery Nationals, Utilitarian Ceramics National, and numerous other exhibitions. Paul’s work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated magazines, in addition to 500 Cups, 500 Plates and Platters, and 500 Teapots II by Lark Books.

Artist Statement
My work investigates objects in a historical visual culture of pattern and beauty with the aim of projecting ideas into the future. Layering imagery from historical sources like Song Dynasty ceramics, illuminated manuscripts, Japanese woodcuts, and Andalusian lusterware with symbols of clouds, hands, skyscrapers, water waves, and forward-looking strips of text imparts a blended cultural reference to the surface decoration. I try to create a space where conversations about beauty, stewardship, precarity, technology, human culture, and our shared future can happen in the personal and public moments where functional pottery performs.

*Teapots that are purchased will remain on display in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition, through September 14, 2026.
After the show closes, teapots will be carefully packed and shipped by September 28, or they may be picked up at the gallery.

National Teapot Show XIII

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