Of Mice and Men
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2022-05
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Throughout my research, I have been researching how to express the ways in which environment, culture and society make an impact both internally and externally. Powerful cultural, political, and socio-economic forces shape identity and determine morals, values and ultimately the trajectory of one’s life. Inspired by the world around me and my experience in life both past and present, I use things witnessed both as a kid and as a young adult, where self-survival is everything, and the struggle I endured, as inspiration. My work is a means to express my understanding of how life is from the experience of the culture into which I was born and to bring awareness to the struggle to survive at the bottom. Experiences in my formative years generated a desire to make work that can be a voice for the people who do not have one, the people who are struggling to survive in this world and can relate with this story of living a life with little control over circumstances. Survival and success is a game but not everyone can play.
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Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
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MFA thesis, Ceramics, Ceramic sculpture, Glazes