Alan Barrett (b. 1999) Is a potter and painter based in Atlanta, Georgia. Being drawn to clay because of its precarious nature as a material, he found he was just as captivated by the community surrounding the craft. While working closely with other artists to create utilitarian objects he began to consider the figure more than ever. Working in both pottery and portraiture he sees the two aspects of his practice, although aesthetically different, conceptually grounded in the investigation of interpersonal intimacy. Barrett’s current paintings investigate his relationship with queer history through documenting his own. A Georgia native, he graduated from the University of Georgia with his B.F.A. in Ceramics in May of 2022. After graduating he returned to the Atlanta area where he has taught art and showed work in numerous group shows.