︎ Jolie Ngo ︎
︎ Jolie Ngo ︎
Born: 1996, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island!
︎Current MFA student at The NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University
︎jolienope ︎linktr.ee/Joliengo
I fell in love with Jo’s work instantly, like a tiny meteor to the brain! Her work puts you in a mindset that could only be understood if you listen to “I Kissed a Girl from Outerspace” by Arthur Russell, and watch the music video to "Idhi Oka Nandanavanam" from the movie Adavi Donga.
Her re-examination of the vessel emenates power through accumulation; taking you somewhere elegant, futuristic, and kind. Misted with pigmented sass, she’s been gifted this cosmic power of robo-pottery-g-code sorcery.
In less than ONE YEAR this claybae has managed to graduate from the Rhode Island College of Design with a BFA in ceramics, start her first year of grad school at Alfred University, get invited to Miami Design week, and SO MUCH MORE! All I can say is
YOU GOT THIS JO! GO GO GO!
Iconic Works:
Installed at the Rhode Island Desert
RISD BFA Ceramics Thesis
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“I take objects that are historically viewed as minimal and humble and lovingly dress them in vibrant patterns or hazy gradients with hand-crafted actionsthat mimic digital effects. I use the vessel as a conduit between tradition andpersonal experience, a symbol that evokes the long history of craft, while actingas a stand-in for a body. Utilizing the vessel, I alter their surfaces with layers of ornamentation as a strategy to investigate ideas about memory and self-identity.The different surface manipulation and alteration of each form signifies mystruggle of reconciling with my past self. Every time I revisit these memories, they become slightly altered blending together unreliably. This abstraction finds it’s way formally into my work as recognizable wares become warped & flattened.”
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Printed using the Potterbot, at Rhode Isla nd School of Design
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︎Current MFA student at The NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred University
︎jolienope ︎linktr.ee/Joliengo
I fell in love with Jo’s work instantly, like a tiny meteor to the brain! Her work puts you in a mindset that could only be understood if you listen to “I Kissed a Girl from Outerspace” by Arthur Russell, and watch the music video to "Idhi Oka Nandanavanam" from the movie Adavi Donga.
Her re-examination of the vessel emenates power through accumulation; taking you somewhere elegant, futuristic, and kind. Misted with pigmented sass, she’s been gifted this cosmic power of robo-pottery-g-code sorcery.
In less than ONE YEAR this claybae has managed to graduate from the Rhode Island College of Design with a BFA in ceramics, start her first year of grad school at Alfred University, get invited to Miami Design week, and SO MUCH MORE! All I can say is
YOU GOT THIS JO! GO GO GO!
Iconic Works:
2019 - 2020 💯 slipcasted vases, glaze, mixed media
Installed at the Rhode Island Desert
RISD BFA Ceramics Thesis
“I take objects that are historically viewed as minimal and humble and lovingly dress them in vibrant patterns or hazy gradients with hand-crafted actionsthat mimic digital effects. I use the vessel as a conduit between tradition andpersonal experience, a symbol that evokes the long history of craft, while actingas a stand-in for a body. Utilizing the vessel, I alter their surfaces with layers of ornamentation as a strategy to investigate ideas about memory and self-identity.The different surface manipulation and alteration of each form signifies mystruggle of reconciling with my past self. Every time I revisit these memories, they become slightly altered blending together unreliably. This abstraction finds it’s way formally into my work as recognizable wares become warped & flattened.”
3d Printed Ceramic objects & vases
Printed using the Potterbot, at Rhode Isla nd School of Design
