Artist Biography
Oben Abright grew up in San Anselmo, California. The son of artists, he spent his early
years drawing, painting and making clay sculpture in his parent’s studio. While still in
high school he enrolled in drawing and painting classes at the College of Marin, where
his father is head of the ceramics program. After graduation he traveled and studied
at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute of Art of Florence. In January 2000 he began study
at The California College of Arts in Oakland, CA where he studied drawing, painting,
ceramic sculpture and glass blowing. He received his BFA in Glass in May of 2004.
Oben Abright now lives and maintains a studio in Oakland, California
Born: San Francisco, CA, 1980
EDUCATION
2004 California College of Arts, BFA, San Francisco, CA