Artist: Lily Lund
Lily Lund, MINNESOTA
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Artist Statement
I have this inherent fascination with touch, I was always the one to walk down the aisles in a store and have that need to just touch absolutely everything. This was because I needed to know what the texture felt like, the colors and the textures appearance was all so overly stimulating for me that my curiosity overpowered my mind. As an artist, I strive to create over stimulated textural surfaces for my users to explore. By utilizing delicate slab built forms to provoke one's thoughts, through the experience of the use of a functional object. While also always thinking about one's 5 senses and how can I activate all of them within my work. By making use of the dimensional canvas, it allows for me to create an invitation, inviting my users to run their hands over my surfaces. For most, the idea of touching a painting is unacceptable but touching the outside of a mug is. As users we’ve created boundaries within our minds that stop us from being curious and allowing for us to explore. I want you, as my user to allow yourself to become curious once again with an object. To find something each time and be transmitted to a moment of over stimulation. Through this body of work I hope to understand one's impulses when it comes to an object and sensory stimulation. While breaking a barrier of what functionality is to a user and how do we overcome one's present boundaries.
Education
2019
Bachelor of Fine Art, Ceramics. Cum Laude. University of Wisconsin Stout, WI
Selected Exhibitions
2019
USU Caine College of the Arts, Paper & Clay Juried Exhibition, L ogan UT
University Of Wisconsin Stout, Gallery 209, (Moment)um: Undergraduate Thesis, Menomonie WI
Northern Clay Center , July Featured Artist Show, New to the Scene , Minneapolis MN
Red Lodge Clay Center, Juried Clay National V , Red Lodge MT
Kent State University, Small Works Juried Exhibition , Kent OH
2020
Savannah Clay Community, SIP a Ceramic Cup Show, Savannah GA Saltstone Ceramics , Mug Madness
2020, Seattle WA
Companion Gallery , Last Call V, Humboldt, TN
Clay Akar , 14th Annual Yunomi Invitational, Iowa City IA
Clay Akar , Thanksgiving Table: The Butter Dish Invitational, Iowa City IA (Parcel Lost but not Forgotten)
2021
Clay Akar , 15th Annual Yunomi Invitational, Iowa City IA
Companion Gallery ,Color Theory Invitational, Humboldt, TN
Residencies/Workshops
2019
Awarded Short Term Residency, Red Lodge Clay Center , Red Lodge MT
Awards and Scholarships
2019
Ric Coxs Fellowship, Adamah Art Studio, Bethel Horizons, Dodgeville WI
2020
Jurors Choice Award, Last Call V, Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN
2021
Ceramics Monthly, 2021 Emerging Artist, Ceramics Arts Network, Westerville, OH
Press/Bibliography
2019
University Wisconsin Stout Alumni Press, Graduates of Stout, Written By: Jerry Poling , Menomonie WI
UW-Stout News, “ Studio Art-Ceramic Majors find joy”, Written By: Jerry Poling, Menomonie WI
2020
Ceramics Monthly March Issue, Upfront Section: SIP a Ceramic Cup Show , Westerville, OH
2021
Ceramics Monthly May Issue, 2021 Emerging Artist, Ceramics Arts Network, Westerville, OH
Teaching Experience
2016-2018
Kids Art Club Teacher, University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie WI
Kiln Training Instructor, University of Wisconsin Stout , Menomonie WI
Teacher Assistant, Professors: Geoffrey Wheeler (Ceramics 1), Kate Maury (Ceramics 1), Menomonie WI
2019
Advanced Ceramics Student Instructor, Professor; Kate Maury, Menomonie WI Teacher Assistant,
Teacher Assistant, Kelly O’brien (Sculpture 1 and Intro to 3D Design), Menomonie WI
Professional Experience
2018
American Craft Council St.Paul, School to Market, St.Paul, MN
Volunteer, Linda Christenson, St. Croix Pottery Tour, Shafer, MN Empty Bowls Drive Organization, Menomonie WI
Guild Vice President, University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie WI NCECA Cup Exhibition and Sale Volunteer, Pittsburgh PA
2019
Ceramics Arts Network NCECA Booth Volunteer, Minneapolis MN
NCECA Cup Exhibition and Sale Volunteer, Minneapolis MN
Guild President, University of Wisconsin Stout, Menomonie WI
American Craft Council St.Paul, School to Market, St.Paul,MN
Assistant, Linda Christenson, Adamah Art Studios, Dodgeville WI