Bryce Brisco originally hails from rural northwestern Arkansas. After receiving a Bachelors of Fine Arts with Honors in Painting from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, he pursued the study of functional pottery in North Carolina and Louisiana. He attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he is a received a Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics. Most recently he is the Clay Artist-in-Residence at the Appalachian Center for Craft.