The Santa Clara Pueblo artist, known for her work with clay, debuts a new body of work inspired by the idea of taking the “road less traveled.”
, is an acclaimed ceramics artist herself, as are many of Simpson’s aunts, uncles, and grandparents. “My mom would give me a little chunk of clay just to get me to go away,” Simpson laughs. “I remember squishing it into a little square and then eating it. I’ve been playing with clay my whole life.”
The artist soon began creating her own artworks with clay. She learned how to mold forms or fire kilns by watching her family members and quickly learned that the Pueblo approach to pottery is one of a kind. “We started experimenting with glazing when nobody was doing that,” Simpson says. “We don’t play by the rules. We’re always looking for new ways to express ourselves.
Every work in the new exhibition reflects this spirit. Simpson makes an intentional attempt at differentiating her work from her family’s long lineage of artists. She does so by allowing herself to explore her most wild or experimental concepts through clay.
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