Remembrance 20.5x14x4

I am honored and delighted to say I am a current resident artist at MAD Museum NYC, that's Museum of Arts and Design on Columbus Circle. They have a wonderful program there, where selected artists in different mediums work in the studio and museum goers can visit and see an artist at work. I am there on Thursdays thru the end of Feb. 10:30 - 5 and two Thursday evenings 6:00 - 8:30 Dec. 23 and Feb. 10. The Museum is pay what you wish on Thursday evenings. I hope you will come by and see me!. This piece "Remembrance" and "Spiraling Vessel" below are two of the three pieces I have on view on the 6th floor in the glass cases in front of the Open Studio.

Spiraling Vessel

I built this piece sitting outside Greenwich House Pottery at their annual Opening in September. I was next to my friend and colleague Peter Gourfain, he building his figurative sculpture, me building what I now call Spiraling Vessel. Out in the sunshine on Jones St, not a care in the world. People passing by on the street, not usually the way I work.

Moon Memory 20.5x18x4

These next 2 pieces are brand new and am hoping you will come see them in person at my home sale for the holidays. It will be Dec. 11 and 12 from 12-5PM. Please call or write for information.
You can browse at sculptures and paintings, and I will also have lots of well priced functional pieces that make great gifts.

swan vase 23.5x12.5x5

Curvaceous 19x9x7

Curvaceous is a piece I made in 2007 but has just been published in a new Lark book called "500 Vases"
Its on page 25, check it out!! It was also in a juried National Show in 2008 called The Jersey Shore National at the MT Burton Gallery. This is the 2nd Lark Book my work is in. The first one is called "Handbuilt Tableware" by Kathy Triplett.

Teabowls SOLD

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These next 2 photos are pieces included in a show called "Salon 561" an eclectic selection of works of art from the faculty members of The Art School at Old Church ). It running from Sept. 24 - Nov. 8, 2010. Reception: Thurs, October 7, 6:00 - 8:00
call 201.767.7160 for directions or information.

I have been teaching at the Art School since 2008. My next course beginning this winter is called "Bigger and Better" and will focus on handbuilding large.

Sun Worshipper 22 x 16 x 4

Sun Worshipper is one of the first pieces of a new series of sculpture I started this spring. It will be in the Faculty Show in The Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery in Sept. The opening reception is on Sept. 11.
The show runs from Sept. 2 - 30

Tray with rice bowl 4 x 20 x 12 SOLD

These next three images were juried into a National Show called
Dining In III "An Artful Experience" It will run the month of August at the 18 Hands Gallery in Houston, Texas. The exhibition will feature hand-made ceramic items that might be found on a dinner table. There are two fixed categories: Place Setting and Decorative Tableware.

sushi tray 2 x 8 x 10

platter 17 x 9

Grantee Award Show at NoMAA Gallery

These are two pieces currently on view at NoMAA Gallery, 178 Bennett Ave. 3rd floor. The show includes work by visual artists in all media, whom received grants in 2010. The show runs from June 10 - Aug 27. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday 11 - 5PM or by appt. The grants were funded by JPMorgan Chase and UMEZ

and so forth and so on 40 x 60 x 2

Peaceful Fortress 10x17x10

After receiving the grant from the arts organization NoMAA, I began to explore a new creative direction. I started making sculptures with the notion of creating pieces with removable connecting parts that interact with the interior spaces. The compatibility of forms and spaces between and around them are challenging. It is a physical interpretation of much in life. While we all have our individuality, how we make our mark on others and the environment is of great importance. "Good Connections" the title of this series, also comments on the solitude of creating as a visual artist, and the difficulty but necessity, of getting your work out into the world.

Peaceful Fortress (inside view)

While these sculptures do reference the vessel, unlike many of my past works, the insides are an integral part of the experience. In many ways they compliment and contradict the outside. The work challenges the existence of a difference between the two and is meant to create a dialogue.

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Intersection 15x15x18

Some of these pieces are diptychs that occupy the same space but relate, and are necessary to one another, much the way we are stronger because of our personal relationships to people and the world. The way nature is more profound when you see the mountain against the sky for example. Its all about complimentary parts of the whole and the internal, external and negative spaces around objects that create even more synergy and beauty.

Cradled 11x22x14

I find the physical connections to be an interesting sculptural component creating a tension and necessity in an otherwise peaceful coexisting relationship much like what occurs in most human interaction.

Outside the Box 19x12x4

"Outside the Box" was in a 2010 national juried exhibition at the Focus Gallery in The University of Florida. It was juried by Linda Arbuckle and John Byrd. The exhibition was called "Currents, contemporary ceramics" and a catalog was produced with 31 works by 31 artists.

These next two images are functional pieces are currently on view at a show called "Made in Clay" at The Jane Hartsook Gallery in NYC. This gallery is housed in Greenwich House Pottery which is celebrating its 100 year anniversary this year. I have been on the faculty there for 8 years.

Bamboo Vase 21 inches high SOLD

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Mug SOLD

Autumn 24x62

Autumn is a wall piece that was completed in 2009. It was included in a 2 person show at Chelsea Eye gallery and was recently juried into Amaco's 2010 catalog to promote their underglaze products. I have been regularly making Ceramic Wall pieces since 2003 and particularly love this combination of sculpture and painting. My first wall piece was exhibited in a National Show in 2003 juried by Michael Sherrill at Baltimore Clayworks

Offering 6x19.5x8

Offering is a piece I completed in 2008, but was juried into a 2010 Potters Council Calendar. It is the month of October in their "Collection 1" calendar. After all these years I am a calendar girl!

Multi-Tasking 28x20

In addition to working in clay I have been doing a lot of works on paper over the last few years. This one is a combination of gouache, collage, colored pencils and pastel. It was included in a show this year called "Contemporary Women Artists of Washington Heights" at the NoMAA Gallery in NYC.

Please also visit my current work on a juried website of contemporary clay artists called
www.accessceramics.org

To see work completed before 2009, please visit my website http://www.sherylzacharia.com/
contact info: zacart@verizon.net 212-795-0063