Mike Cerv received his Bachelors of Fine Arts with a focus in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2017 and his Masters of Fine Arts with a focus in Ceramics at Louisiana State University in 2021. Cerv has instructed at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York, the Kansas City Clay Guild, Belger Art Center, and online as a founding member of Mud Ties. Cerv currently works as a Teaching Resident Artist at the Interdisciplinary Ceramics Research Center at KU in Lawrence, Kansas.