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CJ Carter is a life-size figurative ceramic sculptor who explores themes regarding gender and power. They discovered clay after obtaining a 3D Digital Graphics BFA in 2011 at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York state and earned their MFA in Studio Arts at the University of Oklahoma in 2025. They are currently the Resident Artist and Assistant Lecturer at the University of Akron and an Assistant Lecturer at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland. CJ's work has been shown across the US and internationally, including at the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark, Texas' San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Oklahoma. Amongst other awards, they have most notably received the annual 2023 Graduate Fellowship award from the National Council on the Education of Ceramics and the 2023 University of Oklahoma’s Robberson & Wethington Research Grant.