Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, January 2024

Biography

Austin Coudriet is a ceramic sculptor, designer, and educator currently based out of Helena Montana as a long term artist in residence at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. He was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska and earned his BFA with a emphasis in ceramics from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln in 2019. Coudriet is the recipient of the 2025 NCECA Emerging Artist Fellowship and the 2024 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist. When not working in the studio he travels teaching Ceramic Furniture Workshops in studios across the globe.

Coudriet has done a number of residencies, most recently he was a long term resident artist at the Clay Studio of Missoula in Missoula, Montana (2021 -2023). In 2021 he completed a two year residency at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York. There, he helped grow the community studio by: firing kilns, mixing glazes, working in the gallery, running workshops and lectures, and performing routine maintenance on studio equipment. During the start of the pandemic, Coudriet moved back to Nebraska for six months, where he was offered a fellowship position at the LUX Center for the Arts and renovated their gallery space.

in 2026 Coudriet and his partner, Sarah Anderson are opening a ceramic studio in Indianapolis, IN called, Dusty Pants Studio. Their studio is equal parts community studio, residency and art therapy center. for more information visit www.dustypantsstudio.com

Compressed Bio

Austin Coudriet earned his BFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2019 and is currently a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation Coudriet is a 2025 NCECA Emerging Artist and a 2024 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist award recipient. Coudriet creates large-scale sculptures and ceramic furniture, teaching his techniques in workshops nationally and internationally.