Visions In Clay 2024
Nikki Renee Anderson (she/her/hers)
Bio:
Nikki Renee Anderson creates sculptures and installations that use her personal history to explore the feminine and the different roles of the self. Anderson has exhibited extensively including A-B Projects Gallery, Krasl Art Center, Chicago Cultural Center, Hyde Park Art Center, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, Arizona State University Museum Ceramics Research Center, The International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy and Grounds For Sculpture. Anderson's work has been reviewed in many publications such as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, Sculpture Magazine, Ceramics Art and Perception and Ceramics Monthly. She received an MFA from Stony Brook University and a BFA from Drake University. Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Art Department at Harper College, where she runs the Ceramics Program.
Artist Statement:
I have strong childhood memories of venturing into the garden by myself early in the morning. I would pretend that I was in a rainforest, and go about collecting leaves, rocks, and other natural objects that became my provisions and sustenance for when the rains came. As an adult, I understand that this kind of play is a way of working through early experiences and making sense of the world. We do this as adults, too, of course, and this psychological processing now occurs through my art practice. I have come to understand gardens—backyards, botanical gardens, vegetable gardens—as places for continual growth, renewal, and transformation.
Bubble Plant, 2022
Stoneware, underglaze and glaze (Cone 5)
24” x 12” x 12”
$2,500
Petal Plant, 2022
Stoneware, underglaze and glaze (Cone 5)
24” x 12” x 12”
$2,500
Exhibition Season:
Visions in Clay 2024