Meaghan Gates

I create abstracted biological sculptures that embody the natural world and the way I empathize with it. Each piece is created out of many individual hand-built and wheel thrown elements that are assembled to evoke emotion through their gesture and references my interest in the repetition, and variation, found in the growth patterns of biological organisms. I use movement and surface details that reference existing organisms to create sculptures that read as though they are responding to an unseen world around them. Their gestures are intended to take shape as though they are responding to a multitude of scenarios. My forms are fictitious biological organisms that I utilize to express various scenarios of change, and what they might lead to.

-- Meaghan Gates

Meaghan was born and raised in Northern California where she received her BFA at California State University, Chico. She earned her MFA at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth as a Distinguished Art Fellow in the field of ceramics. She has worked as both an assistant and resident artist at centers in Denmark, Japan, China, Indonesia, and in the United States. In addition to her work at various art centers and residencies, Meaghan also spent time studying with production potters in Seto, Japan as part of a Windgate Fellowship. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across the United States and internationally. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in Ceramics at Utah Tech University in St. George, Utah.