Richard Burkett

Richard Burkett has created pottery for 35 years. His career began in 1970 with a summer job, throwing ashtrays on the potter’s wheel for the renowned ceramicist, Richard Peeler.

In 1973 Burkett established Wild Rose Pottery on a farm near Bainbridge. Within the next decade, Burkett returned to school, completing advanced degrees from Indiana University in ceramics and photography. He continued his career teaching first at the University of Wisconsin and then at his current position as Professor of Art at San Diego State University. Burkett continues to create a wide range of functional and mixed-media ceramics at the Third Pottery in San Diego. He works at the studio with another Indiana potter Nan Coffin.

Throughout his career, Burkett’s ceramic and photography artwork has been exhibited in solo and group shows all over the country and worldwide. He has been a guest lecturer at the world’s leading ceramic art conventions and workshops. Burkett has received a number of awards and grants for his research in art and creativity. He is a member of NCECA and the American Craft Council

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