My botanical installations reflect on relationships between humans and the natural world. Flowers and plants have a defined lifespan — they grow, bloom, fade, and decompose. Ceramics are durable — they can last millennia. I am interested in the contrast between the transience of nature and the relative stability of fired ceramics, in beauty that can be both ephemeral and enduring.
Daisies, 2016
Porcelain flowers, stoneware vases, stains, daisies
Daisies (Detail), 2016
Porcelain flowers, stoneware vases, stains, daisies
Juliane Shibata, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Carleton College, B.A., Bowling Green State University, M.F.A
Juliane Shibata was selected as a 2016 Emerging Artist by Ceramics Monthly and has been an artist in residence at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee and The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China. This past year, she participated in exhibitions at George Fox University in Oregon, KOBO Gallery in Seattle, Gallery 360 and Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, as well as the Minnesota State Arts Board in St. Paul. Juliane co-curated Michi — Distinctive Paths, Shared Affinity: An Exhibition of Japanese American Ceramic Artists, which traveled across the U.S in 2016. She received a 2014 Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board and her work belongs to the permanent collection of Northern Arizona University’s Art Museum and the Brown-Forman Collection.