Tanner Maxey is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work examines memory, materiality, and the fragile boundary between presence and absence. His practice bridges ceramics, textiles, and sculptural installation, drawing from craft traditions passed down through his mother and grandmother. Tanner teaches foundations-level art and design courses while pursuing his MFA at Georgia Southern University, where he continues to develop research rooted in impermanence, domestic objects, and the phenomenology of loss. His work has been exhibited nationally and published in the Pierian Journal.