Kelsey Bowen Workshop Download

When: January 8th 2022

Description: In this workshop Kelsey will demonstrate some of the various processes involved in making her figurative sculptures. She'll begin on the workbench where she’ll move through the process of building a figure straight from the clay bag and end with a demonstration on coloring the surface with underglazes.

Kelsey Bowen grew up in the rural California foothills, spending summers making up stories and picking thistles from her socks. Her figurative sculptures serve as vessels for her self-reflection and storytelling in clay; inspired by memories from her youth and interactions with her peers as an adult. While often dark in concept, her pieces build an unsettling and surreal landscape where the viewer is both comforted and disturbed; encouraging closer inspection through friendly colors and playful characters before delivering an unsettling detail. She received her BFA in Ceramics from the California College of the Arts, going on to continue creating work as a Long-term artist in residence at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana. Kelsey is currently working as a professional artist and part-time educator in Western Montana