VISITING ARTISTS
MARCH &
APRIL 2025
Hanako O’Leary is a craft based sculptor and installation artist. She looks to Japanese folk traditions of the Setonaikai Islands as a basis for her artwork. Through hand made objects, installations, and storytelling, Hanako explores this relationship with her matriarchal lineage and the complexities of feminine love, sexuality, and power.
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Her major artistic accomplishments include solo shows in galleries such as Method, Edmonds Community College, King Street Station, and most recently Frye art Museum and Gallery 4Culture. Major awards include the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture City Artist Grant, Bernie Funk Fellowship, Robert B. McMillen Grant, Neddy Award Finalist and Artist Trust Fellowship to name a few.
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APRIL & MAY
2025
Chanda Zea is an artist, mentor and maker with a deep love of building community through clay. The ceramic works she creates are a component of her holistic approach to life. “Every action we take, every material we use, has an impact on our individual lives as well as the planetary whole. I continue to explore and expand what that means to my artistic practice. How do concept and process collide to create beauty and sustainability?”
Chanda resides in the damp lush forests of the Pacific Northwest on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish peoples and is the Instructional Technician in Ceramics at the University of Washington, mentoring students, repairing equipment and contributing to the 3d4m community. She has chaired the NCECA Green Task Force since 2022, working with the larger ceramics community to share information and best practices for greater environmental sustainability in the ceramic arts.
Chanda’s studio practice ranges from large installations to intimate functional objects. Her work is a continuous balance between “less is more” and the quiet joy found in the repetitive process of squishing clay between her fingers. She seeks to use ceramic materials that would otherwise
be deposited in a landfill and is continually looking for ways to merge her interests in reducing waste, wildly tangled gardens, nourishing food and handmade tools for living.
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PAST VISITING ARTISTS
JANUARY &
FEBRUARY
2025
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JIA JIA is an interdisplinary artist based in Seattle. Through the exploration of different medias, her work demonstrates how individuals continuously redefine their identity and value in a world shaped by globalization and migration under the pressure of societal norms. Jia Jia received an MFA in 3D4M from the University of Washington (2021) and a BFA in Ceramics and Product Design from China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (2016). Her work has been exhibited at venues including SOIL, Root Division, 4C Gallery, Field Projects Gallery, Woman Made Gallery, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and Henry Art Gallery. Her work has been featured in publications such as ArtConnect, ArtMaze Magazine, and The Seattle Times. She also has been artist in residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Chautauqua Institution, and Kimmel Harding Nelson Center. She is also a member of SOIL Gallery in Seattle.
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DECEMBER
2024
ANIKA MAJOR is a Texas-born ceramic artist living in Seattle, Washington. Anika graduated from the University of North Texas, and received her BFA in ceramics and painting. She moved to Seattle in 2018, and has been teaching clay classes in the greater Seattle area for the last 5 years. Anika maintains a full-time studio practice creating wheel thrown and handbuilt functional pottery out of her studio in Georgetown. She combines her love of clay and figure painting in her colorful painted pots. The shapes of her pots imitate the lumpiness of the human body, and her surfaces come alive with expressive and flamboyant heroines. Anika’s narratives of romance and queer domestic comforts are informed by her affinity for the pageantry of the rodeo, and the symbolism of the glamorous and feminine cowgirl.
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OCTOBER &
NOVEMBER
2024
LUKAS EASTON received a Masters of Fine Arts in ceramics at the NYSCC at Alfred University, in the spring of 2021. After completing his MFA, he became a long-term resident at Red Lodge Clay Center and is slated to teach at Rochester Institute of Technology this spring.
Easton’s practice addresses the noise of contemporary information, exploring themes often overlooked by popular culture. By employing concepts of glitch and abjection, he creates moments of clarity and reflection. Using representations of time—such as decay and growth—his work invites contemplation of our complex world. Through various mediums, including ceramics and video, Easton critiques human behavior while fostering personal responsibility and compassion, encouraging viewers to connect their experiences with his narrative-driven forms.
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AUGUST &
SEPTEMBER
2024
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LING CHUN (秦玲) is a multimedia artist from Hong Kong. Her work represents the coexistence of multicultural identities within a single society. She earned her her MFA in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design in 2016. Chun has participated in numerous residencies and has been recognized for her work internationally. She is currently based in Seattle. ​
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Chun’s practice focuses on creating artifacts which speak about history with a contemporary sensibility. In her execution and conceptualization of creative projects, Chun brings together her knowledge of Chinese culture and her contemporary artistic vision. Chun aspires to create public artifacts to bring relevance to historical storytelling in her future artistic pursuits.
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JUNE & JULY
2024
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JEFF CAMPANA is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Kennesaw State University outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to his arrival at Kennesaw, he was a long-term Artist-in-Residence at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. Additionally, he has been a short term artist at Studio 740 and Red Lodge Clay Center.
He has taught at Bennington College, the University of Louisville, and Indiana University Southeast. He holds an MFA from Indiana University Bloomington, and a BFA from University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. His work appears in numerous publications and he exhibits across the United States.
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DAY BRIÈRRE is a Haitian-American ceramicist and illustrator based in Brooklyn NY. Her illustrations draw inspiration from Afro-indigenous myths.
Her sculptural work focuses on building vessels that dissect narratives of folklore, homeland, and traditional Haitian spiritual systems. She earned a bachelor's degree in Art at Florida International University.
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