for ceramics class

1. PRESENTATION BY CASSIE MEEK
“Untitled (dance macabre)” – 2013

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– Born in Michigan in 1981, making her 32-33 years old.
– Currently lives in works in Brooklyn, New York.
– Work shown all around the United States as well as overseas
in Berlin, Germany.
– Studied and received her BFA from the College for Creative
Studies in Detroit, Michigan.
– Went on to get her MFA from Crankbrook Academy of the Arts
in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
– Represented by P·P·O·W, a contemporary art gallery in New
York, New York on west 22nd
street.

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– A handful solo exhibitions in New York in 2012 and this year.
– Twenty-one and counting selected group exhibitions, the
earliest in 2003, before even acquiring her BFA.
– Residencies at three New York locations, including at the
Museum of Arts and design.
– Nominated for many awards and grants.
– Beginning to receive more recognition, definitely an up-and-
coming artist who has worked to get where she is, and deserves
it.

4. “Untitled (spread)” 2013
– Jessica works primarily in
porcelain, also using liquid
clay. Hand building is her
main technique.

5. “Untitled (frill)” 2013
– Her artwork contains feminist
ideas as much of her inspiration.
The pieces combine typically girly,
ornate things such as golden
objects, pearls, ribbons, and lace,
but creates contradiction with sexual
and/or dark objects, such as chains,
spikes, and gags, or even teeth, as
seen in “Untitled (spread).”

6. “Untitled (Venus)” 2013

7. “Untitled (frosted bust)” 2012
– She continues these themes in the
color palette, especially with soft
pastel tints. All of these factors work
together to challenge the viewer
about their meaning and the
objectification and control of the
female body in today's society.

8. “Untitled” 2011 “Untitled” 2010

9. Stoller also uses a process called lace draping in her work. It is no longer a very common
technique, but involves coating lace with porcelain. In her artist statement, she explains: “I
utilize the historic process of lace draping to create detail in the work, in which lace and
varying fabrics are coated in slip (liquid clay). During the firing process, the material burns
away, transforming the delicate fabric patterns to porcelain.”
“Untitled”2012

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http://www.jessicamstoller.com/
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/01/15/jessica-stoller/?view=true
http://momaps1.org/studio-visit/artist/jessica-stoller
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/jessica-
stoller_n_4556719.html