BIO

Alex Paat is an artist from Columbus, Ohio. He received a BA in Studio Art from Cedarville University before completing a year-long assistantship to potter Justin Rothshank in Goshen, Indiana. Since then, Paat has developed and taught university courses, worked as a designer for Mayco Colors, and maintained active involvement at craft schools across the United States. Currently, he is an MFA Ceramics candidate at Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York, where he lives with his wife Shannon.

Paat serves as the 2024–2026 Student Director at Large on the board of NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts).