Artist: Maliya Travers-Crumb

Artist Statement: Functional pottery is an opportunity for a piece of fine art to form a personal relationship with someone. It is something that is loved and held, that wears with time and becomes a part of a person's daily life. I apply illustration and narrative techniques to my ceramics as a vehicle for forging this relationship. My hope is that my art tells the story of where magic intersects with everyday life. 

Bio: Maliya is a ceramic artist from Rochester NY who creates small batch pottery. She loves finding the intersection where the two-dimensional meets the three-dimensional and finding ways to make art that is uniquely her own.

Education:

2013-2015: Rochester Institute of Technology - BFA in Illustration

2008-2012: Oberlin College - BA in Fine Arts and English Literature

Spring 2011: Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art

 

Work Experience:

2020-Present- Artist in Residence Flower City Arts Center2016: MacKenzie Childs - Pottery Decorator2015-2016: Good Dirt Pottery Studio - Pottery Instructor / Studio Assistant2013-2015: RIT Reporter Magazine - Staff Illustrator2010-2012: Oberlin College Library Special Collections - Book Repair and Binding

 

Grants/Awards:

2020: Juror’s Choice Award The Cup the Mug2019: ACWC Rising Star Scholar2018:  Main Street Arts - Artist in Residence2018:  Clothesline Festival - Merit Award Winner2014: Adobe Achievement Awards Semifinalist

 

Exhibitions:

2020: Creature Comforts- Solo exhibition ACWC2019/20: Queer and Dear- Saltstone Ceramics2019: Sip- Companion Gallery2018: The Cup/The Mug - Main Street Arts2018: Material Mugs III: Underglaze - Companion Gallery2017/18: Good Things Come in Small Packages- Flower City Arts Center2013: Mini Print Competition - Center for Contemporary Printmaking2012: Senior Thesis Exhibition - Oberlin College2011: Alias - Centre d’Art Contemporain