U N E A R T H E D : Hillary Kane Relics of Memory
Photography by Hillary Kane and George Bouret
Hillary Kane U N E A R T H E D: Relics of Memory August 27 - September 24, 2022 Lucy Lacoste Gallery 25 Main Street, Concord MA 01742 lucylacoste.com | 978 369 0278
Many moons and adventures later, the tidal pull of the world led her ultimately to settle in Bali, Indonesia where she now continues to focus her creativity in both clay and paint, enjoying the dynamic of two very different mediums and their possible confluence. Wood fire ceramics has dominated her practice and led her to numerous residencies and conferences globally, as well as to pioneer several wood-firing kilns in Bali. In 2010 she co-founded Gaya Ceramic Arts Center (Ubud, Bali) and has since been directing its growth: developing an international workshop program and artist residency, hosting as well as instructing, and ever continuing with the making process. Included in that creativity has been the life changing journey of raising twin daughters. At very present, she lives a bi hemispheric lifestyle, splitting time between the lush and heady tropical backdrop of her island life and the cyclical seasons of her New England upbringing embracing the duality of home in two disparate worlds; searching with her artwork for a fluency between them.
For Hillary Kane, place is of essence. Over the years, the map coordinates of home has shifted across countries and continents and delivered a richness in languages and cultures, inspiration and challenges that permeate her creative practice. Originally having studied painting and printmaking (in the States and in France), it was her work with local farmers in a remote village in west Cameroon that triggered her gut pull to the medium of clay. An immersion at Penland School of Crafts solidified this interest and subsequent experiences from New England to New Mexico initiated and strengthened her passion for wood-firing in particular.
U N E A R T H E D :
Relics of Memory
These are excavations a digging free of thoughts and reflections, fears and prayers and wonder transmuted by fire into rock like totems. They are worry-stones befit for a palm, magnified in scale to lend the proper weight to their remembered significance. They are simple forms, curved or torn or pierced, bowl-like studies in heft and balance, ambiguous references to shapes vaguely corporeal. They are a human archaeology.
the weight of water, 2022
Soda-fired stoneware with black clay slip; Double-walled vessel, 23h x 20w x 16d in
Rite of passage, 2022 Soda-fired stoneware with manganese dioxide; Double-walled vessel, 14h x 11w x 10d in
inner bloom, 2022 Soda-fired stoneware with manganese dioxide; Double-walled vessel, 15h x 17w x 13d in
Sentinel, black, 2022 Soda-fired black stoneware; faceted slab forms, 20h x 8w x 8d in
slumberer, 2022 Soda-fired stoneware with manganese dioxide; Double-walled vessel, 23h x 14w x 10d in
Womb form I, Anagama-fired2022stoneware; double-walled vessel 25h x 20w x 26d in
Womb form II, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware; double-walled vessel 14h x 13w x 13d in
Dua Luna, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware; hollow vessel 16h x 14w x 10d in
Lunar Cusp, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware; double-walled vessel 17h x 17w x 17d in
Ischial Translation, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware; double-walled vessel 25h x 18w x 9d in
Ischium, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware; double-walled vessel 22h x 17w x 11d in
Curraugh, pierced, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware; hollow vessel 33h x 9w x 9.50d in
Ossein shard, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware; hollow vessel 28h x 8w x 11d in
Sentinel, color, 2022 Soda-fired stoneware; faceted slab forms, 23h x 8w x 8d in
mini sentinel collection, 2022 Soda-fired stoneware 7.50h x 1.50w x 1d in
Vase Block, 7.50hAnagama-fired2022stonewarex6.50wx6din
Teabowl I,
3.75hAnagama-fired2022stonewarex4.50win
Teabowl II, 4hAnagama-fired2022stonewarex4.25win
Teabowl III, 2022 Anagama-fired4.75hstonewarex4.50win
single-stem vase blocks, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware 5h x 4.50w x 2d in
Sake for three, 2022 Anagama-fired stoneware 5.50h x 4w x 4d in (bottle), 2h x 2.5w x 2d in (cups)
“Fire something…” (group exhibition), Artifact Gallery, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA, 2011 “Relics of a Dreaming” (solo exhibition), Gaya Fusion Art Space, Bali, INDONESIA, 2010
Exhibiting Artist, Cooroy “Syrinx Anagama” 2017 Gulgong Ceramic Conference, Gulgong, AUSTRALIA, 2016 (window front exhibition in Thai Restaurant)
Gaya Ceramic Art Space Gallery (solo exhibition and continuing exhibition) 2017 present Gaya Ceramic Showroom (continuing exhibition of works) 2012 present
B.A. Studio Art and Art History, Colby College, Waterville, ME 1997
“UNEARTHED: Relics of Memory” (solo) Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, MA, 2022
Dickinson College à Toulouse, FRANCE 1996
HILLARYE.KANE
École des Beaux Arts, Toulouse, FRANCE 1996
School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2004
Ubud, Bali INDONESIA | Concord, MA USA
“Tea Reflection” (invitational group show) the Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, 2021 “Atmosphere…” (group exhibition) Umbrella Art Center Gallery, Concord, MA USA, 2020
EDUCATIONandTRAINING
Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, IRELAND 1997
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2002
“Uncommon Ground” (invitational group show) Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY, 2022
John Hardy Jewelry, Seminyak, Bali, INDONESIA, 2019 present
EXHIBITIONS
Indivie Gallery, Seminyak, Bali, INDONESIA, 2010 present Métis Gallery, Seminyak, Bali, INDONESIA, 2009 13
Retrospective, Dickinson College in Toulouse, FRANCE 1996
Loka Café-Gallery, (solo exhibition), Taos, NM, 2008
Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Spa, (featured artist), Ojo Caliente, NM, 2008
Contemporary Clay Fair, NM Potters and Clay Artists, Santa Fe, NM, 2007-8
Taos Fall Arts Festival, Taos, NM 2006/7
Open Galleries, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, IRELAND 1997
“Sanctum Shifting” (solo exhibition), Gaya Fusion Art Space, Bali, INDONESIA, 2009
J. Bradford Pottery, (two-woman show), Arroyo Seco, NM 2007
Master-Apprentice
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Directing development of international workshops, artist in residence program, and community education. Hosting as well as leading 2-week workshops. Instructing professional courses in throwing, hand-building, firing technique.
Creamery Gallery Potter’s Market, Canton Clayworks, Canton, CT 2004
Centre Ceramique de la Borne, “La Borne S’Enflamme,” FRANCE 2007
Asian Arts Festival, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM 2006
Lacoste Gallery, (Emerging Artist Group Show), Concord, MA 2006
Visiting Artist Lecture and Solo Exhibition, Miss Porter's School, Farmington, CT 2006
Kanayama Resident Artist Exhibition, Kanayama Pottery, Aomori, JAPAN, 2009
Faculty Artist Solo Show, Gallery at Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, CT 1998
Senior Scholar Thesis Exhibit, Colby College Art Museum, Waterville ME 1997
CO-FOUNDER/CREATIVE DIRECTOR, Gaya Ceramic Arts Center, Bali, INDONESIA 2009-present
“The State of Clay” (juried exhibition), De Cordova Museum, Lexington, MA 2007
J. Bradford Pottery, Arroyo Seco, NM 2005-8 Parks II Gallery, Taos, NM 2007
