14 Facts About Ron Nagle

Ron Nagle was born on February 21,1939 and is an American sculptor, musician and songwriter.

Ron Nagle is known for small-scale, refined sculptures of great detail and compelling color.

Ron Nagle practiced ceramics in high school and developed an interest in jewelry-making which he pursued into his college years.

Ron Nagle enrolled as an English major at San Francisco State College, but later switched to the school's BFA, and graduated with a focus in ceramics in 1961.

Between 1961 and 1978, Ron Nagle taught ceramics at San Francisco Art Institute, California College of Arts and Crafts, as well as at the University of California Berkeley, where he apprenticed to Peter Voulkos, a core member of the Abstract Expressionist Ceramics.

In 1978, Ron Nagle began a professorship at Mills College, where he taught ceramics for over 30 years.

Ron Nagle owned a 1948 Ford Coupe to which he applied 40 coats of British racing green, sanding between each layer to achieve depth of color.

Ron Nagle's work is associated with the California Clay Movement, and Nagle is often included in exhibitions concerning Abstract Expressionism.

Ron Nagle looks further, mining uncanny sources such as cartoons, graffiti, food arrangement and fashion for inspiration.

Apart from his sculpture, Ron Nagle is a musician and songwriter.

Ron Nagle has completed several solo albums, including Bad Rice that was released by Warner Bros.

In 1975 Ron Nagle met singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Mathews and formed a songwriting and production company.

Ron Nagle worked on the sound effects for The Exorcist.

Thirty of Ron Nagle's ceramics were included in the exhibition "The Encyclopedic Palace," curated by Massimiliano Gioni for the 55th Venice Biennale.