Tim Berg

Tim Berg is a Professor of Art in the Art Field Group at Pitzer College, where he has taught since 2008 and is currently on sabbatical for Fall 2025.

His educational background includes:

• MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
• BFA magna cum laude from the University of Colorado, Boulder

Berg's research centers on ceramics and sculpture, exploring humor, consumption, and temporality through material innovation. His work interrogates food culture, desire, and ephemerality using ceramic forms that merge technical precision with conceptual depth, challenging traditional boundaries between craft and fine art.

His publications reveal consistent engagement with studio practices and collaborative methodologies, demonstrating how ceramic processes intersect with contemporary discourse on materiality and cultural critique across two decades of scholarly output.

Key recognitions include:

• Third Culture Conversations grant (2014) from the Oregon Arts Commission and University of Oregon
• ARC Grant (2014) from the Center for Cultural Innovation for 'A Gilded Age'

Through courses like Humor in Contemporary Art and advanced ceramics studios, Berg mentors emerging artists while maintaining active grant-funded collaborations. His projects frequently bridge academic research with public exhibitions, expanding pedagogical frameworks through real-world artistic engagement.

Berg maintains a dynamic studio practice characterized by intensive collaboration, most notably with Rebekah Myers, producing joint exhibitions, lectures, and publications that explore parallel artistic trajectories and conceptual convergences.