JB Jarvi-Beamer (He/Him)
Contemporary Ceramic Artist
JB is in his last year of an Undergraduate degree at Earlham College, concentrating in Ceramics and Metalsmithing. He began his journey as an artist when he fell in love with pottery at 15. He started an apprenticeship with the potter John Thomas in Dunn County, Wisconsin, and has been hooked ever since. He continued his love for pottery at Queen City Clay in Cincinnati and is now working towards a degree at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, where he has enjoyed bringing many mediums together.
Education
2018 - 2022
Earlham College
Richmond IN
Dec, 2021
2 week Apprenticeship with Adrienne Eliades
Vancouver, WA
2017
Year Internship at Queen City Clay
Cincinnati, OH
2015
Year Apprenticeship with John Thomas
Dunn County, WI
Installations
2020
2020-Present
Letter of Collective Bereavement
One Month Instillation in the Earlham College Art Building
Hugging Urns
Installation at the Earlham College Back Campus
Group Exhibitions
Sept, 2021
Staff Mini Gallery Exhibition
Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington PA
2019-2022
Micro/Macro: Midwest Metal Exhibition
Waldron Center, Bloomington, IN (Traveling)
2015
Menomonie High School Duo Art Fundraiser
Raw Deal, Menomonie WI