GRACE POTTER, ceramics
My work is an examination of the delicate balance held within an ecosystem and the many parts necessary to the whole. I am captivated by the vast complexity, diversity and essential interconnection within natural systems. Motivated by this sense of wonder, I carefully inspect details in my environment, such as a cicada wing or mushroom mycelia, and meticulously slip-trail, coil build and carve their forms in clay. In this way, I work to physically manifest complex visual and textural experiences through the use of pattern and multiples. The resulting works become an aggregate of delicate actions requiring an acute awareness of each piece’s fragility, every vital connection, and its importance as part of something greater.
ABOUT GRACE
Grace Potter is an artist from Knoxville, Tennessee. She received her BFA in Art Practices with minors in Art History and Anthropology from the University of Colorado Boulder. She has completed two years of Post-Baccalaureate study in ceramics, one year at the University of Colorado Boulder and one at Louisiana State University.
Potter has exhibited work at Ann Connelly Fine Art in Baton Rouge, LA, and at the CU Art Museum in Boulder, CO. While completing her Post-Baccalaureate at CU Boulder, she was a Teacher’s Assistant in Ceramics: Hand-building for professor Scott Chamberlain. Potter also worked as a studio assistant for artist Kim Dickey in the spring and summer of 2019. She is currently an Artist in Residence at the Mendocino Art Center in Mendocino, California.