About Me
Jason Schiedel is from Waterloo, Ontario, and currently lives and works on the shores of Lake Huron in the rural town of Port Elgin. He studied Fine Art, earning an undergraduate degree in Sculpture/Installation from the Ontario College of Art, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He worked in a wide array of media before centring his practice in clay, where he discovered a material rich for exploring the subjects of intimacy, desire, and connection. His approach to ceramics is largely self-taught, enhanced by workshops in mould making and design with Angelo di Petta and Peter Pincus. In 2021 he completed a FUSION Creative Directions mentorship that culminated in the exhibition Cultivate at the Gardiner Museum Shop in Toronto.