I am a ceramic artist, photographer, and educator based in Philadelphia, originally from Madison, Wisconsin. My work is rooted in observation—absorbing, reflecting, and reinterpreting the world around me. While my primary focus has been ceramic vessels and sculpture, my practice expanded during the pandemic when I lost access to my studio and turned to photography.

My practice moves between clay, image-making, and installation, often guided by a desire to process personal and collective experiences. I am interested in how material can hold memory, trauma, and resilience—how form, surface, and space can communicate ideas about identity, place, and transformation. Through self-reflection and social observation, I explore the ruptures and complexities within our current political and cultural landscapes.

Most recently, my exhibition SHLTR took up the failures and fractures of our existing systems to reimagine shelter not only as a physical space but as a shared, transformative act. The show allowed me to expand into installation and experiment with new materials like metal and wood, pushing my practice into new territory. Across mediums, I aim to create work that invites critical reflection, empathy, and a deeper understanding of how we hold—and are held by—the world around us.

    Isaac Scott is a Philadelphia-based ceramic artist, photographer, and educator, originally from Madison, WI. Scott works mainly with ceramics and photography, mediums which best allow him to interpret and elaborate upon current political and cultural events. Scott’s photographs of the 2020 Uprising in Philadelphia were featured in the June 22, 2020 issue of The New Yorker. He is represented by Lucy Lacoste Gallery in Concord, MA, where Mouros, his solo exhibition, took place in 2023. Scott’s ceramic work has been exhibited around the country. Recent shows include the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY (2024), the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts’ (NCECA) convention in Richmond, VA (2024), Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, PA (2023), and Watershed Center for Ceramic Art’s Barken Gallery in Edgecomb, ME (2022). In 2024, NCECA awarded Scott their prestigious Emerging Artist Fellowship.

Scott received a BA in Philosophy from The University of Wisconsin (Madison) in 2014 and an MFA in Ceramic Art from Tyler School of Art and Architecture in 2021.