LIZ MAZUREK

She/Her

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Bio:

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Liz Mazurek is a ceramic artist that specializes in thrown and altered forms fired to cone 10 reduction. She received her B.F.A. in ceramics at Southwestern University, completing her first two-person exhibition in the spring of 2018. After college, she moved to Fort Collins, Colorado to complete a year-long postbaccalaureate program at Colorado State University and remained teaching at a local studio for three years. She exhibits her work in shows yearly throughout the US and internationally and is represented by galleries in Oregon, Tennessee, and New York and currently works from her home studio in Dallas, Texas.

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Statement:

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"Captivated by the way skin shrinks and swells, wrinkles and stretches, I create seemingly animate forms that emulate the body’s undulating, dynamic exterior. I am compelled to use our own tactile surfaces as a way to relate to clay, which similarly has memory and movement. By creating altered porcelain tableware, I find that most shapes are easily personified and related through posture, poise, hips, elbows, and most closely- use. A porous matte glaze blushes and weeps amongst subtle pale surfaces to mimic an intimate, tangibly comparable softness and vitality of skin. Supple, rounded curves give each vessel a lively essence, quietly illuminating similar bodily qualities."

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