Dallas Wooten was born in Louisville, KY, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from Indiana University Southeast, right across the river. After graduating, he attended Ohio University’s graduate program, completing the program in 2020. Following his time at OU, Wooten was a long-term Artist-in-Residence at Hope Center for Arts and Technology, Inc., where he taught classes at HopeCAT as well as Youngstown State University. Wooten was awarded as a 2022 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist and was featured in the ArtStream Nomadic Gallery Expo at the 2023 NCECA conference. In 2020, he founded Wooten Clayworks and, more recently, opened its physical location in Hackettstown, New Jersey. Wooten currently teaches and curates high quality ceramic exhibitions and workshops at Wooten Clayworks, where he is working to build a community to share his joy for pottery.