Don’t Stare at Me

Product Description

2.5″ x 1.5″ x 1.5″, Ceramic, Glaze

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Life And Love from February 7th to March 4th, 2015

Previous Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Minuscule from May 3rd to June 6th, 2014

Artist Statement:

My work reflects the weird and the creepy. I am fascinated with the dark side.

In my current body of work, “Odd Things,” I’m using the ceramic medium to create my bizarre creatures. My animals have extra body parts such as multiple arms, legs, teeth and ears. Clay allows me to create what’s in my head. These animals with their small deformities help me ex-press my sensitive side. A troubled childhood and constant “life” anxieties are all expressed in “Odd Things.”

Beautiful and disturbing are terms I hear when people talk about my work and I love that these two terms are not often used together.
Life: beautiful and disturbing.

Resume:

Solo Exhibitions:

2017
Special Collection Show, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Flock, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California

2016
Cover My Eyes, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California
Cope, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2015
Balancing Act, Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, Seattle, Washington
Fighting Spirit, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California

2014
Odd Things: Overcoming, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, California
Odd Things: Daydreaming, Antler Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2013
Odd Thing, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California

Selected Exhibitions:

2017
Platinum Blend 3, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California

2016
Platinum Blend 2, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California
LA Art Fair, Antler Gallery, Los Angels, California
Vitality And Verve: In The Third Dimension, Long Beach Museum Of Art, Long Beach, California
Mini Tale, Flower Pepper Galley, Pasadena, California

2015
Sculpture Objects Functional Art + Design (SOFA Chicago) , Chicago, Illinois
PLAY, My Plastic Heart, New York City, New York
Imaginary Menagerie, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Go Figure, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Life and Love, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, California

2014
Sculpture Objects Functional Art + Design (SOFA Chicago) , Chicago, Illinois
The 2014 NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition (NSJE), Milwaukee, Wyoming
The Fourth World, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tenebrous, Clutter Gallery, Beacon, New York
Minuscule, Flower Pepper Galley, Pasadena, California

2013
Wanderlust, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, California
America’s ClayFest, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California

Published Artwork:

2015
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Issue 10

2014
Hi – Fructose Magazine, vol.31
Bl!sss Magazine, Vol 88

2013
Sculpture Review, The Art in Leaning, Winter 12 Vol LXI No, 4
Sculpture Review, The Art in Leaning, Winter 12 Vol LXI No, 4

Work Shop and Residency :

2016
Museum Of Glass Residency, Museum Of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
One Day Workshop, Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio
One Day Workshop, Mayco/Buckeye Ceramic Supply, Hilliard, Ohio

Awards:

2014
Ceramics: Art and Perception/Technical Merit award, NCECA NSJE 2014, Milwaukee, Wyoming The Aftosa Award, CCC (California Clay Competition), The Artery, Davis, California

2013
The Clay People Award, CCC (California Clay Competition), The Artery, Davis, California

Artist Website:
http://www.erikasanada.com/

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