Professional Experience

• June 2009 - Current ~ Akira Satake Ceramics - Studio Director

• January 2011 - June 2012 ~ Hank Goodman Stoneware - Apprentice Engineer

• March 2009 - August 2010 ~ Black Mountain Studios - Studio Assistant

Bio

Matt Wegleitner’s creative expression started at a young age and continued to develop in various mediums throughout his life.   Upon graduating from High School in 2001, he had taken nearly every art class available, some of them repeatedly; including drawing, painting, ceramics, and photography.  Matt moved to the Western North Carolina area in early 2009, where he began making functional wheel-thrown vessels and was shortly after introduced to the woodfiring process.  After a few years of experimenting in functional ceramics he felt his creative expression called for something else…something more personal and expressive.

Matt developed a self-taught hand-building technique during the winter months of late 2013.  His current body of work consists of eight different series of sculpture, which all feature their own inspirations and design aesthetics; Balance, Companion, Crater, Moab, Momentum, Riptide, Support, and Tower.

Notably, Matt has his work in several private collections, is a core member of the International Woodfire Conference (WoodfireNC 2017 & 2022), and was also an invitee to the 2015 & 2016 Annual Potters Market Invitational at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC.

For information on upcoming and past events, please see the Events page.