Andrea Clark: Artist Spotlight

OPENING RECEPTION | FRIDAY OCTOBER 6, 2023 | 6-9 PM

Clark’s pieces emerge from continuous experimentation with ceramics, encompassing both sculpture and imagery. She approaches liquid clay as if it were paint, utilizing thin porcelain sheets to portray images composed of fired clay fragments resembling pointillist dots or brushing on clay pigments to depict landscapes and dreamscapes. These porcelain-based images exist in a state of flux, blurring the boundaries between two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms. Stoneware structures often provide support to the delicate porcelain during the firing process, framing the compositions. Recently dream-like imagery intertwines with elements inspired by the Southern landscape where she was raised and currently lives. Clark states “Above all, my artworks pay homage to the Southern landscape, with Virginia Creeper, Pine, and the orchestra of the Southern Sky serving as integral characters in my ever-evolving narrative of Southern identity.” 

Andrea Clark is an artist living in rural southeast Georgia.  Her work has been exhibited most recently at Latent Space in Chicago, Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta, and Eastside International in LA. She was the recipient of a 2022 Career Advancement Fellowship from the Center for Craft and has attended residencies at Township 10, Greenwich House Pottery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts, and the European Ceramic Work Center. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky School of Art and Visual Studies In 2013.