Scott Sullivan is a graduate of the College of Fine Arts, West Virginia University where he majored in Ceramics with a minor in Art History. He is a sculptor and a potter working primarily in the medium of terracotta and his works range from functional objects of beauty to sculptures with religious themes.

As a sculptor Scott's works focus primarily on spiritual themes. For some two decades he has explored the world of the spirit through his creation of terracotta sculptures of religious and biblical figures. His religious sculptures have been featured in several local and national religious art exhibits and his sculptures created on commission may be found in private collections in the United States and abroad. In October 2002, he organized and participated in a biblical sculpture exhibit at the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center. In October 2004 he traveled this biblical sculpture exhibit to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.

His ceramic creations emphasize a balance of form and function that calm the eye with elemental shapes and subtle variations of natural color. His study of pottery is influenced by Chinese pottery particularly Ming Dynasty porcelains and glazes, as well as early American and British pottery. His ceramic works are exhibited at "Pottery Plus," Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Scott has also instructed ceramic workshops for beginner and advanced students of pottery.

 

Scott is the President and Co-founder of an association of artists devoted to exploring the relationship of religion and art. The non-profit organization “ARS - Artists for a Renewed Society” (www.catholicartists.org) provides a network of professional, social and spiritual support for local member artists. As President of ARS, Scott has served as curator and organizer of numerous local art exhibits that focus on spiritual themes. In 2000 Scott participated in a worldwide gathering of artists at the Jubilee for Artists in Rome, Italy. Scott and his wife Jem had the opportunity to meet Pope John Paul II.

 

As a sculptor Scott strives to capture the similarities between religious experience and artistic creativity as he gives artistic expression to the truth and infinite beauty of God. As a sculptor he believes that art in general and religious art in particular is a call to transcendence. Art, notes Scott, bears the capacity of becoming a bridge to religious experience. Uniting faith and artistic skill he seeks to evoke the transcendent mystery of God and the mystery of creation in visual form. Scott sees his religious sculptures as “epiphanies” of the inner beauty of the human person, of nature, of God.

Scott was quoted in a USA Today article entitled "Pope John Paul II at 83: 'Ministry of Presence'
(printed USA Today, Monday, May 12, 2003 – Life Section D – Religion, page 4D)