Studio: Ceramics

Mohammad Tabesh (he/him) is a mixed-media artist residing and working in Toronto. His practice is focused on the human condition, the art of resistance, art and social change. Through writing, printmaking, multimedia and sculpture, Tabesh strives to convey these stories in a profoundly human and universal language, avoiding the cliché of shock and horrors of […]

Mel Wright’s work often explores relationships. Relationships with others, with herself and with the environment. She is studying themes of significant personal change, grief, loss and the joy found within it all. Wright is currently working on a new sculptural body of work and functional work for daily use. She resides in Toronto, Ontario.  Mel […]

Sami Tsang is a Canadian-born Chinese woman artist who uses a vocabulary of images to express her anxieties, hopes, fears and things about her life and future. Growing up as the youngest child of a conservative Hong Kong family, her voice was not welcomed. In Sami’s work, she simultaneously gives herself an outlet through the […]

april martin is a process based sculptor from Manitoulin Island, Ontario. She creates ceramics, textiles, sculptures and poetry that investigate the materiality, magic, and energy of weather and landscape. She holds a BA from McGill University (2009) and a BFA from Concordia in Montreal (2014). In 2016 she completed her MFA in Sculpture at The […]

Zoë Pinnell is a maker of decorated functional and sculptural forms. She briefly attended NSCAD University and then received a BA of Craft and Design from Sheridan College (2020). Influenced by historical patterns, Victorian symbolism, tchotchke objects, and floral motifs, Zoë also observes the life and death of the garden and its inhabitants providing inspiration […]

Shannon Weston is a graduate of Sheridan College’s Crafts and Design program majoring in Ceramics. She creates stylized figurative ceramic sculptures that are adorned with tactile designs inspired by African scarification. Shannon is fascinated by body art and modification. Her work is based on ideas of self-discovery through cultural practice. Throughout her work, Shannon focuses […]

Danica Drago is an interdisciplinary artist and arts facilitator based in Toronto. They graduated from the Material Art and Design: Jewellery & Metalsmithing program at OCAD University yet spent most of their time in the Ceramics department. Through the creation of functional, sculptural, and wearable forms in ceramic, metal, and various material outcomes, Danica’s practice as a tool and […]

Erin Berry’s work uses ceramics to explore human pathology through examination and experimentation, both of which produce unpredictable or unplanned outcomes. She is particularly interested in the undesirable or altogether unwanted as a locus of intrigue and imagination. Erin is currently using digital, manual and material processes in ceramics to examine and expand on the […]