Baker Artist Portfolios

Matthew Hyleck received a BFA from Xavier University in 1997. He is a studio potter whose outstanding utilitarian pottery has earned recognition by the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship award in Craft in 2018, 2011, 2007 and 2005. He has completed visiting artist-residencies at Tainan National University for the Arts, Taiwan R.O.C. in 2005, Ohio University's Woodfire Symposium in 2010 and Watershed Craft Center's summer 2012 AIA residency. He serves as the Executive Director for Baltimore Clayworks. His Shino ceramic works are informed directly by his love for natural objects coupled with a passion for utilitarian objects. Natural shapes, textures, patterns and symbols provide design elements for his artwork as he explores the hand-made object within a defined domestic landscape. He maintains an active home studio in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Baltimore City, Maryland.