Scott Bennett received a Masters of Fine Art in Ceramics at Ohio State University in 1989. He stayed in Columbus, Ohio after school, and was a prototype designer for Bath & Body Works and White Barn Candle Company for 7 years. He won the Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship in 1998. He also exhibited his ceramic sculpture at galleries, museums, and art centers around the country.

In 2004 Scott moved to Birmingham, Alabama where he opened Red Dot Gallery (reddotgallery.com) with painter, Dori DeCamillis. He continues to exhibit his work nationally, and won the Alabama State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship in 2011. In 2012 he became the director of the Alabama Craft Council and was the director of the Alabama Clay Conference for 3 years. He is also a current member of Ceramic Monthly Magazine's advisory board and continues to teach ceramics classes at Red Dot Gallery.