Jerry Monteith

Jerry Monteith was born in 1951 in Sylva, North Carolina. He received a B.F.A. in sculpture from University of North Carolina and an M.F.A. in sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Monteith collects the wood he uses in his work locally, and wants to create works that are interesting to look at. Jerry Monteith utilizes naturally occurring intricacies of the wood as the base of most of his works, but manipulates them to mirror other organic life forms. He is currently the head of graduate studies at the School of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where he has worked for nearly three decades.