Bio

Owen Marc Laurion (1988) was born and raised in New Hampshire. An interdisciplinary artist, he completed a BA in both Anthropology and Philosophy at the University of Rochester while taking independent studies in Ceramics at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Owen earned his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and has exhibited sculpture, installation and pottery nationally. In 2018 he presented Seeking Ethical Craft, a co-lecture with Deighton Abrams at the National Council for Education in Ceramic Arts and in 2023 received an Artist Catalyst Grant from the Iowa Arts Council and NEA.

Currently, Owen lives and works in Portland, ME often collaborating with his partner, Jenelle Stafford an artist and filmmaker. He is the Ceramics Studio Technician and Adjunct Faculty at the Maine College of Art and Design.