Upcoming:

Kalya O'Donoghue

Out Of Water
November 20th - December 18th 

Kalya is a ceramicist based in Brooklyn, NY. She creates functional ceramics that emulate the movement of the surf and the textures of the tidepools. She holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design's industrial design program with a concentration in Nature-Culture-Sustainability, 2013. After graduating, Kalya designed for local manufacturers such as Roll & Hill and boutique interior design studios. Her practice with ceramic objects remains connected to the world of functional design, but not for the sake of utility alone. The function becomes a gateway to surrendering to the intrigue of tactile interaction.

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Show Statement:

I make work that emulates the beauty of the ocean, eating away at and simultaneously growing on industrial infrastructure. I formulate glaze chemistry, creating textural bimorphic glazes, and apply them to classical forms. These glazes crack, crawl, and bubble while in the kiln. I am accurate in how I design the chemistry and apply each glaze. But I will never have full control. Once the glaze is in the kiln, the chemical reactions under heat have a nature of their own. The forms that I coat with these glazes are familiar and functional. They are meant to be touched and examined up close. They allow you to act on the allure and be pulled further into their world of intrigue. The resulting pieces are like elaborate artifacts washed ashore from a shipwreck.