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Bio:

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Marita Manson is an emerging ceramic artist. Marita holds a BSc from the University of Victoria and studied ceramics at the UVic, the Kootenay School of the Arts, and the Reykjavik School of Visual Arts in Iceland. Marita’s work has been shown in galleries both locally and internationally, and in 2018 she was a finalist for the Salt Spring Island Ceramics Awards. In 2021 Marita was an Artist in Residence at Medalta where she focused on building large scale ceramic furniture items and sculpture. She is a founding member of the Victoria Mud League, an organization dedicated to showcasing and connecting local ceramic artists.  Marita currently lives on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen speaking people (Victoria, BC), where she has a small studio and works as a programmer, technician and educator at the Cedar Hill Art Centre.

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Statement:

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In a more-is-more world my work maximizes colour, pattern and texture to create pots that are expected to perform through the screen. In the absence of touch, the soft, seemingly artificial porcelain draws the viewer in, while providing an equally enjoyable tangible experience. After taking in an endless stream of online “inspo”, I take my ideas back to a familiar place. Starting simply, I work with a paper-clay collage technique, carefully building layers of interest to create compositions that evoke feelings of nostalgia while remaining decidedly current or even alluding to the future. Through use of illusions I imbue the work with surprises, questioning the nature of our dual physical and digital domestic lives. I don’t expect these pieces to remain relevant, or beautiful throughout time, but to serve as curious artifacts of the world today.