Artist Statement:
I see ceramics as a test tube where processes, mediums, forms, and intentions collide. I enjoy seeing how dissimilar forces can interact: motion and rigidity, ancient earthiness and modern industry, or functionality and novelty. Approaching ceramics in this way allows for a place of possibility, where there's always an opportunity for something unexpected and new.
My work is informed by a collection of unexpected influences: graphic design, modern furniture, industrial design, and natural phenomena. These unrelated elements are the backbone of my creative approach as I explore and recreate moments from other disciplines within my ceramic work, formulating an experience that is both multi-discipline and multi-dimensional.
Through playing with scale, line work, and a blend of fluidity and structure, I create pieces that make one pause, look, question, and have a sensory experience that roots them in the moment.
Curriculum Vitae:
Education:
2024 BFA, Studio Art, Emphasis in Ceramics;
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Residencies:
2023 Advanced Student Project Network resident at Red Lodge Clay Center, Red
Lodge, MT
Awards:
2023 3rd place winner of the USU Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Exhibition,
Tippets Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2021 Tess Swindell Memorial Scholarship, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Exhibitions:
2024 Highlights Exhibition, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries, Logan, UT
The Leftover Exhibition, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries, Logan, UT
Unleaded, BFA Capstone Exhibition, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries, Logan, UT
USU Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Exhibition, Tippetts and Eccles
Galleries, Logan, UT
Here, There, Everywhere, Gallery East, Price, UT
2023 ASPN Group Exhibition, Red Lodge Exhibition, Red Lodge Clay Center
Gallery, Red Lodge, Mt
USU Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Exhibition, Tippetts and Eccles
Galleries, Logan, UT
2021 USU Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Exhibition, Tippetts and Eccles
Galleries, Logan, UT
2022 USU Annual Undergraduate and Graduate Exhibition, Tippetts and Eccles
Galleries, Logan, UT
Commissions:
2022-2024 Private Commissions, Assorted Plateware, Rylu’s Bistro, St. George, UT
Supplemental Education (conferences and workshops attended):
2024 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Richmond, VA
Brooks Oliver workshop, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Jen Allen workshop, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2023 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Cincinnati, OH
Shoji Satake Workshop, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2022 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Sacramento, CA
Chris Pickett workshop, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2021 Lorna Meaden workshop, Utah State, University, Logan, UT