Heather Kouri's Projects

BFA Alumni

Major: Ceramics

Graduation Year: 2018

Artist Statement:

Reflecting a romanticized form of 1950’s iconic homeware, this work disrupts the lifestyle associated with that time to examine a desire for freedom and an exploration of individuality. By utilizing familiar forms and imagery, I create a sense of home and comfort which fosters a space that allows people to experience memory and personal nostalgic reflection. I invite people to interact with my work through its kinetic components; the dangling, dancing, glittering elements in my work recall an era of kitsch and the techni-color whimsy of post-war domesticity as it lives in the popular imagination.

Biography:

Heather began working with clay at the high school she attended in a small farm town in Iowa. After graduating from a community college in North Carolina with an associates degrees and professional crafts certificate, she transferred to a couple of school before finding her home at the Maine College of Art. It is here that she expanded her knowledge on the endless possibilities one can discover when working with clay in a post-disciplinary fashion.