Future Series:
Peace Peach, 2016
Ceramic, and Glaze
108’’x 48’’x 48’’
Yellow Fellow, 2016
Ceramic, and Glaze
108’’x 48’’x 48’’
Team Green, 2016
Ceramic, and Glaze
108’’x 48’’x 48’’
“Future” is placed alongside the railroad tracks my ancestors helped build during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. This moment prompted me to reflect on the many women who were not allowed to join their families in the U.S. due to prejudice, the Anti-Chinese Leagues, and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which followed the railroad's completion. I also thought of the countless mothers and daughters who watched their sons leave for America in search of new opportunities.
“Future” was created using 10,000 tons of pressure on extruded American clay at the Mission Clay Art and Industry Residency in Arizona, with generous support from Bryan Vansell, and was curated by Shelly Willis and John Toki.
The exhibition features work by 11 ceramic artists from the Mission Clay Products Arts and Industry residency program.