Jeff Forster is the department head of ceramics at the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. His work has won awards in several exhibitions including a Juror’s Choice Award in the exhibition Ceramic Object/Conceptual Material and the Luis Jimenez Award for first place in Sculpture on Campus on view at Southern Illinois University. Additionally, Jeff was awarded the Helen Drutt Studio Fellowship in conjunction with his residency at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Jeff has completed residencies at Atelierhaus Hilmsen in Germany, Lone Star College-North Harris in Texas, the Armory Arts Center in Florida, and most recently at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark.

In addition to overseeing the Glassell ceramics studio and maintaining an active studio practice, Jeff has been a member of several boards and committees including the Artist-in-Residence Committee at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, the Fresh Arts Artist Advisory Committee in Houston, the ClayHouston board (serving as president), and the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts board for two years as the on-site liaison for the 2013 Houston conference. Jeff received a BA in art from Saint John’s University in 1998 and an MFA from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, in 2007.