Max Trumpower is an artist from Charlotte, North Carolina. Trumpower currently lives and works in Indianapolis, Indiana. Trumpower graduated with a BFA Studio Art degree in May 2022 with a concentration in painting, with a secondary concentration in ceramics from Appalachian State University. They attended Indiana University Southeast for their post-baccalaureate in ceramics for the 2023-2024 academic year. Max will be a MFA Ceramics Candidate at Indiana University Bloomington in the Fall of 2025.
Trumpower was a short term resident at the Red Lodge Clay Center in the winter of 2024. Max was the Studio Intern for Arrowmont School of Crafts for summer 2024, and was Melissa Weiss’ studio apprentice during the fall of 2024 prior to Hurricane Helene. Trumpower received the Appalachian Visions Scholarship through Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where they were fully funded to attend Arrowmont’s Pentaculum Residency. They also were a summer resident artist at Pocosin School of Fine Craft in the summer of 2023. Trumpower in the past has received the Jody and Peter Petschauer scholarship, where they were fully funded to attend a summer workshop at the Penland School of Crafts.
Please contact Max directly for commissions or to inquire about purchasing their work.
