Allison Luce graduated with dual BFA degrees in Painting and Art History from Ohio University. In 2001, she received her MFA from Hunter College, City University of New York, and continued to live in the New York City metro area pursuing a career in art until 2006. She currently lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina where she is a studio artist at Clayworks Studio and Gallery and an adjunct ceramics instructor.
Luce has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions and her work is included in private collections. During the summer of 2009, she was a Resident Artist at the International Ceramic Research Center in Skaelskor, Denmark. In the summer of 2010 she will be a Resident Artist at the Zentrum fur Keramik in Berlin, Germany.
Fired Clay with oxides, shoe polish 17" x 14" x 4" 2009Allison Luce explores the ephemeral nature of existence and the mystery of eternity through her ceramic sculptures and monoprints. This piece is from a body of work entitled "The Serpent Tree," and explores...
Conceptually, this work is based upon the notion of the human body being a shelter for the soul. I work primarily in ceramics, somehow hoping to connect my artwork made in a post-modern context to the rich and ancient history of clay. Drawing inspiration from nature...
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