Solo Exhibition, Robertson Gallery at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, Michigan. October 2023
On View October 6 - November 2, 2023 at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
I produced new larger works of sculptures that move, can be shifted and repositioned, rather than making stationary sculptures. These works have been made with domestic spaces in mind. I am interested in creating objects to both interrupt space and also be part of the environment, mobile and interactive.
Ceramics and Photography Exhibiting Now: March 15 - April 22, 2023
At Penland I was awarded the space and time to focus on some of my glaze tests and develop a seed for a new idea: clusters that shift and move, sculptures that can be interactive instead of static.
I was given the Award of Excellence and asked to come back next year!
Level up. Glaze formulation was not something taught in my art program at University. 20 years into my ceramic art career, I started taking online courses to learn how to create and manipulate glazes. I now teach glaze chemistry and make all of my own glazes.
Pandemic Year – home studio artist in residence. I took multiple virtual courses this last pandemic year, one of which was through Anderson Ranch with artists David Hilliard and Andrea Wallace – two great photographers both creating works centered around personal relationships. I ended up photographing myself, and my laundry. Not dirty laundry but the things I keep, shuffle around, then wash and repeat. The monotony of the mundane buried me this last year while being homebound. This new photography adventure helped pull me out.
Pacific Ocean cliff-side in Valparaíso, Chile – ceramic art center two week residency to create new methods for pierced and cluster clay works. The art center creator and director, Marilu Pelusa Rosenthal and studio hands, Paola Castillo and Juan Ruiz, fired work, built tools, and assisted with making molds for the new works.
Artist Moncho Angulo at La Pava Loca – I was invited to work with Moncho during my 6 month stay near the coast in Barranquilla, Colombia. Like most potters, Moncho is a fantastic cook.
Steidel Contemporary in Booth #B32 at SOFA Chicago at Festival Hall, Navy Pier,
600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 from November 1st - 4th, hope to see you there!
DETROIT, MICH. — The Michigan Ceramic Arts Association (MCAA) is pleased to present works by established and emerging ceramics artists at Michigan Ceramics 2017, from March 3 to April 1 at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) Valade Family Gallery in the A. Taubman Center for Design Education (485 West Milwaukee Avenue, in Midtown). A reception and awards presentation for exhibiting artists opens the show on Friday, March 3, from 5 to 8 p.m.
This biennial exhibition showcases the excellence and diversity of ceramic art from throughout Michigan and neighboring states. The Michigan Ceramics juried exhibition is one of few American exhibitions of its caliber operated entirely by artists.
Juried by art activist Richard Notkin (http://artaxis.org/richard-notkin/), the exhibition features $3000 in two awards categories, established (artists who have worked in clay for more than 10 years) and emerging (artists who have worked in clay for less than 10 years) ceramics artists. Juried established artists include Susan O’Connor, Alixandra Cunningham, Alec Smith, Ann Tubbs, Pamela Day, Mark Chatterley, James Adair, Tom Phardel, Benjamin Lambert, Craig Hinshaw, Julie Devers, Catherine Stasevich, John Albert Murphy, Brian Kakas, Larry Elliott, David Nelson, Marcia Polenberg, Greg Stahly, Firth MacMillan, Christine Laginess, Frank Fisher, Paul Kotula, Lynne Chytilo, Susanne Stephenson and Elizabeth Luri. Featured emerging artists are Sean Larson, Gina Pisto, E. Ingrid Tietz, Christopher Dean, Monica Wilson, Tom Szmrecsanyi, Sarah Olmsted, Steven Johnson, and Stephanie Galli.
Notkin will host a hands-on workshop in the CCS ceramics studio at the Kresge-Ford Building, 201 East Kirby, on Saturday, March 4. Space is limited and registration is required. Register at http://michclay.com/richard-notkin-workshop/.
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Manufactured Mementos: New Work By Darien Arikoski-Johnson and Monica Wilson
This Friday, July 11 from 6 - 8pm, we will host an opening reception for Manufactured Mementos.Our newest exhibition explores the methods in which memories are created, catalogued, and later retrieved. Inspired by the digital recording of moments in time, Darien Arikoski-Johnson's work questions the process in which we create and remember experiences. Monica Wilson utilizes manufactured materials on ceramic organic forms to stir up recollections of times past.
Johnson received an MFA at Arizona State University in 2009. He was an artist in resident at The Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China and at Guldagergaard: International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, Denmark. He was an NCECA emerging artist at the 2012 conference in Seattle, WA.
Wilson graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in ceramics and sculpture, and was an artist-in-residence at the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony (Woodstock, New York), Heights University (Adrian, Michigan), Kripal Kumbh Pottery (Jaipur, India), and Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah).
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AROUND THE CORNER - Upcoming Events & Happenings
Artist Talk
Monica Wilson Artist Talk, Thursday, August 14, 7pm
Workshops
Monica Wilson: Making Lightweight Molds for Ceramic Sculpture,Saturday, August 9, 11:00am - 4:00pm
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Ann Arbor Art Fair, The Original
Booth 123, E. Washington Street
Ann Arbor MI
July 17-20th
W-F: 10am-9pm, Sat: 10am-5pm
FirePower
4719 Woodward Ave
Detroit MI
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
1800 North Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor MI
