Chance Taylor is a ceramicist and educator who grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. He graduated with a BFA (2018) from North Dakota State University and received his MFA (2023) from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Since graduating in 2023, Taylor has participated in dozens of juried and invitational exhibitions across the nation, completed two solo exhibitions with a third on the horizon, and shared his work and writing in publications such as Ceramics Monthly, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Ceramics Art and Perception. He has been named as one of Ceramics Monthly’s 2026 Emerging Artists and was awarded First Place in Ceramics at New Appalachia 2026. He has taught as a lecturer in Art History at Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, worked as Ceramics Studio Manager for Access Arts, Columbia, MO, and currently teaches Ceramics and 3-Dimensional design courses at Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN where he works as an Adjunct Professor and Ceramic Studio Technician.
Ceramics Studio Instructor