University of Mobile Art Exhibit Features ‘Functional Works in Porcelain’

The University of Mobile (UMobile) art department will host Branan Mercer, a specialist in ceramic art, in an exhibit titled “Functional Works in Porcelain.” The exhibit runs through Feb. 28 in Martin Hall Gallery on the UMobile campus.

The exhibit will feature the Fairhope artist’s current body of work, which is a study of form and function. Mercer focuses on lines, surfaces and volume. The subtle surfaces are absent of glaze, leaving only a porcelain body that has been sanded five times to a satin white surface, a trademark of Mercer’s current style. 

Mercer graduated from Auburn University in 2008 with a bachelor of fine arts in ceramics. After college, he traveled to St. Petersburg, Fla., to work as a resident at The Craftsman House Gallery. He is the studio manager at The Kiln Studio and Gallery in Fairhope where he crafts his own work and teaches.

For more information about visual arts at UMobile, call 251-442-2283.