REJSE received a BFA in Sculpture from Brigham Young University after which he earned a Masters of Art in Teaching from Tufts University and the School of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He has taught advanced high school ceramics and sculpture for over 15 years while also managing a part-time career as an artist. He has received fellowships to study woodcarving in Aotearoa, ceramics in Japan, and marine conservation in Florida which all inform his work. He is frequently a workshop presenter and lecturer at conferences including NCECA and INSEA.
Having grown up in rural Wyoming, the landscape played a major role in my development as an artist. Rivers, branches, and rock formations all influenced my drawings and carvings. Using line, shape, and space to create harmonious forms of movement my work symbolizes the necessary balance humans must constantly seek to achieve with the Earth. Pottery has also played an important role in my work, providing an object of balance and symmetry on which to carve contrasting themes of harmony and struggle.