Juliane Shibata ’01

Juliane explores ideas of ephemerality, beauty, and temporality in her botanical installations that juxtapose real flowers with ceramic materials. Her work has been included in the 2019 “Blanc de Chine” International Ceramic Art Award exhibition in Beijing, China and she was the recipient of the Tile Heritage Prix Primo award at the 23rd Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition. Juliane was awarded a 2021 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Ceramic Artists and Artist Initiative grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board in 2014, 2018, and 2020. In 2016, she was a co-curator of Michi – Distinctive Paths, Shared Affinity: An Exhibition of Japanese American Ceramic Artists, which traveled across the U.S. Her work belongs to the permanent collection of Northern Arizona University’s Art Museum and the Brown-Forman Collection.