Baker Artist Portfolios

Brady Fanning is a ceramic artist born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and is currently the Lormina Salter fellow at Baltimore Clayworks in Baltimore, MD. He received his Master of Fine Arts Degree at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design at Indiana University Bloomington in 2025 and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in ceramics from Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2021. With teaching experience in ceramics and 3D design, Brady combines technical expertise, pushing the boundaries of ceramics as an art practice through the creation of intricate ceramic sculptures. His work has been included in recent juried exhibitions from the Currents and Charges exhibition at the Carl Solway Gallery during the 2023 NCECA in Cincinnati, Ohio and The State of Clay in Indiana at the Indianapolis Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN. Brady received a Best in Show award at the 2024 national juried show, Hot & Sweaty Summer National at Backspace Gallery, Bloomington, IN and Best In Show with the “Chapter Career Award” of $2000 from The NSAL Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition at FAR Center for Contemporary Art , Bloomington IN. He also has received “Ceramic Artist of the Year” award from the ACA exhibition at ADC Fine Arts Gallery in Cincinnati, OH in November of 2025.