Jeremy Lampe is currently working towards his MFA at Illinois State University. He received his BFA from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 2005. After receiving his BFA he taught ceramics at St. Louis Community College Wildwood and worked as the Educational Assistant in ceramics at STLCC Meramec as well as the Graduate Assistant at Centre College in Danville, KY. He also taught glass for Washington University at Third Degree Glass Factory where he is still currently an instructor. His exhibitions include SOFA Chicago, the Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington Craft Show, Philadelphia Museum Show, Transformations 6:Contemporary Works in Glass at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, and NEXT in Glass at the St.Louis G.A.S. conference. He has worked as a studio assistant for glass artists John Miller, Stephan Powell and Tony Cray and for ceramic artist Paul Dresang. Lampe’s work is dynamic and animated capturing the process of their making, while manipulating the materials in a way that shows its plasticity and fluidity.