Joel Willson grew up in Pakistan and Germany, moved to Minnesota in 2008, and discovered clay during his freshman year of college. Since earning a BA in Studio Art in 2014, Willson has completed apprenticeships with S.C. Rolf (River Falls, WI) and Michael Kline (Bakersville, NC), and has taught classes and worked as a studio technician at the Dahl Arts Center (Rapid City, SD) and Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis, MN). His work has been exhibited nationally in such venues as Charlie Cummings Gallery (Gainesville, FL), Companion Gallery (Humboldt, TN), Saltstone Ceramics (Seattle, WA) and Baltimore Clayworks (Baltimore, MD).
Joel Willson
