Confrontational Ceramics

Westchester Arts Council, NY, USA
October 3 to December 13, 2008

Curated by Judith Schwartz, PhD

NEW PROFILES:
Publication: Confrontational Ceramics, A&C Black and
Breaking the Mould: New Approaches to Ceramics
Videos: Edith Garcia: Master Class, University of Ulster. Ireland and Clay Rocks? Documentary by Camberwell College of Arts


Edith Garcia's work draws you into an alluring world of installation and sculpture. Her body of work has been exhibited throughout
North America, Mexico and Italy, in spaces such as the Northern Clay Center, Minnesota, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas,
Mexico City and is included in the permanent Sculpture Garden of the Archie Bray Foundation, Montana.

In 2007 she exhibited her work at the Barbican Centre, London with a solo show of her hybrid beasts in the 'Contemporary Monsters' series, using drawing, vinyl, ceramic in a large-scale installation. Her work was also featured at Ceramic Art London, the Affordable Art Fair, Bluecoat Display Centre, 'C - Change, Craft in Our Future' at Museum of Craft and Folk Art, USA and the Year07 Art Fair in association with Bucheon Gallery.

Her recent work has been published in Breaking the Mould: New Approaches to Ceramics, as well as featuring in Neu Keramik, Ceramic Review, Ceramic Monthly, Time Out London, and American Craft Magazine. In 2008 she will be a guest artist for Visual Arts Council in Scotland and her work will be featured in the exhibition and publication 'Confrontational Ceramics' in USA. In early 2009 she will be a Guest Curator at the Northern Clay Center, USA. A monograph celebrating her work will be published in 2008.

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