Bio

I have been exploring clay for over 25 years, focusing on traditional hand-building methods of coiling and pinching. After graduating from Parsons School of Design, I took a few classes at Greenwich House Pottery in NYC where I discovered clay.  It felt so completely natural to me. Workshops at Anderson Ranch, Peters Valley, and the Taos Art School in New Mexico led me to the Native American approach of “listening to the clay”.  Clay cannot be forced; the form emerges from within, naturally, in my hands.

Travel and study in Japan have also influenced my work.  I have always been attracted to the organic approach of Japanese ceramics marked by its deep respect for the beauty, impermanence and wonder of nature.

The aesthetic sensibility of simplicity and honesty of form rooted in both cultures has shaped what I do.

“Nature/Nurture”, Onna House Group Show, 2023. Easthampton, NY and Palm Beach, Fl
Part of the permanent collection.

“Beyond Mud”, National Juried Exhibition by Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, 2023

“Mother Nature”, Islip Arts Council, Invitational Show, 2022. Long Island, NY

“Material Matters”, National Juried Exhibition sponsored by Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition

“Material Matters”, National Juried Exhibition Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition
Group Show, 2017,  received “Certificate of Merit”

 The White Room Gallery,  Bridgehampton, NY
“Look Deeper”, Group Show, 2017

Celadon Gallery,  Bridgehampton, NY
Juried group show “Better Together”, 2017

Ceramic Artist Friendship Association -
Tokyo and New York ceramic  artists competition Group show, 2016 and 2018

92nd Street Y,  New York, NY,
“Best in Show”, juried show,  2013, 2017

Newport Potters Guild,  Newport, Rhode Island 
Invitational Group Exhibition,  2009

Celadon Gallery,  Watermill, New York  
Invitational Exhibition,  2008