Kelly Witmer

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Artist statement

I’m drawn to mediums that are difficult to predict, that refuse to stick to my plan and keep me surprised. Gravity has become a collaborator in my process. By slowly slumping sheets of glass into ceramic forms in the kiln, I create portals that can act as windows, mirrors, or both. The drooping, fragile curves that result feel like vulnerability made visible. The forms suggest bodies without settling into a single identity: part mask, creature or protective shell. I recognize something of my own queerness in this refusal to settle neatly into an assigned form, and in the possibility of occupying more than one state at once.

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