Brock DeBoer’s artistic process as a ceramic sculptor incorporates porcelain, historical motifs, and refined surface treatments to re-contextualize everyday objects, items from his past, and elements of popular culture. Many of these objects carry deep nostalgia for his generation and beyond, touching on familiar facets of daily life. DeBoer’s meticulously crafted porcelain casts become archival in nature, altering their permanence while questioning the cultural and emotional value placed on ordinary items. Drawing influence from his Midwestern upbringing, the ever-changing and diverse landscape of Los Angeles, and the quiet rural expanse of Joshua Tree, DeBoer creates work that bridges personal history and contemporary culture. With extensive knowledge of ceramic materials and processes, DeBoer gives his sculptures new life as heirlooms of the 21st century. Through the use of classical cobalt motifs and true-to-life finishes, his casts become suspended somewhere between the past and the present—at once familiar and reimagined.Brock DeBoer, born in South Dakota in 1985, currently lives and works in Los Angeles and Joshua Tree, California. COMMISSIONS2022 Super Bowl LVI, Porcelain Wall Installation2021 “NBA 2K,” Custom Porcelain Basketballs2019 Custom Gold Porcelain Sneaker Trophy awarded to PJ Tucker, Los Angeles, CA2019 Limited Edition of 24 Porcelain Sneakers, Los Angeles, CA2018 “Moonshot VS.004,” Kintsugi Porcelain Basketball, Edition of 33, Los Angeles, CA2018 John Elliott Co. x LeBron James at NikeLab, Shanghai, China2018 Permanent Installation at Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts2017 The Players Tribune, New York, New York2017 “Megaphone,” Tech Week, Kansas City, Missouri2017 “Valentino,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania2014 “Bento Box Dinnerware,” Kauffman Performing Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri PUBLICATIONS2024 Forbes: “The Colony Hotel And Chairish Collaborate on a Shoppable Villa”2024 Galerie: “Palm Beach’s Colony Hotel Collaborates with Chairish on a Whimsical, One-of-a-Kind Suite”2023 Society: “Rêves de porcelain”2023 My Modern Met: “Artist Painstakingly Recreates Ordinary Objects in Beautiful Porcelain”2023 Colossal: “In Remarkably Realistic Sculptures, Brock DeBoer Preserves Quotidian Objects in Porcelain”2021 Create! Magazine: “Grittiness and Gold”2021 Fete Chinoise: “Brock DeBoer Interview”2019 JOIA: “For Brock DeBoer, everything can be a ceramic sculpture”2018 Mind: “All in the Details | An Interview with Brock DeBoer”2018 Esquire: “You Didn’t Know You Needed Baller Basketball Art — Until Now”2018 Art Zealous: “11 Ceramic Artists to Follow on Instagram”2018 Highsnobiety: “This Reconstructed Ceramic Basketball is Luxe AF”