Erik Scollon

Ostentatious Disco Palace Fist, 2010

Porcelain with cobalt decoration and luster

12 x 3.5 x 2.75 in.

Courtesy of the artist and Romer Young Gallery

Retail Value: $1,000

Erik Scollon is an artist and writer whose work explores the tension between craft and art. In 2008 he was selected to participate in YBCA’s Bay Area Now 5, and his work has been seen in venues as diverse as art galleries, craft fairs, museum shows, design blogs and gay biker bars. He received an MFA in ceramics and an MA in Visual and Critical Studies, both from California College of the Arts. Along with Amanda Curreri, he is the co-editor and co-founder of an (ir)regular artist publication, Color&Color, which aims to tactically connect artists with new audiences and expanded dialogue through the serial print medium of small books.  Scollon lives and works in Oakland, California.