Ursula Hargens is a Minneapolis-based ceramic artist and educator. She holds an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and an MA in Art Education from Columbia University, and studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
A longtime educator, she has taught at institutions across Minnesota, co-founded the MN NICE Program in ceramics, and currently teaches at Mounds Park Academy in St. Paul.
Hargens is a three-time McKnight Artist Fellow and a recipient of grants from the Center for Craft, the Jerome Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She was named 2020 Ceramic Artist of the Year by the Ceramics Arts Network and Ceramics Monthly.