27th ANNUAL NO DEAD ARTISTS
International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Artnew and recent works by 15 Contemporary Artists
August 30 – October 14, 2023
Pull Quote
Through lifelike forms and meticulous adornment, her work explores the metaphorical connection between bodies and vessels and explores interactions - real and speculative between animals, plants, objects and people.
Biography
I S Y S H E N N I G A R | | | @isyshennigar
[lives & works – North Carolina ::: b. 1995]
ISYS HENNIGAR is a North Carolina-based artist working in ceramics and small metals. Her work considers the complex ways in which humans engage with the natural world through stories. She received her MFA from the University of Georgia and BFA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Exhibitions of her work include Signature Contemporary Craft (Atlanta, GA), Sow & Tailor Gallery (Los Angeles, CA), The Hambidge Center (Rabun Gap,GA), and the North Carolina Museum of Art (Raleigh, NC).
Artist Statement
Through hand-built ceramic forms with layered surfaces and metal components, Isys Hennigar's work considers myth and narrative surrounding the natural world and dualities of the body. The stories embedded in her work center around themes of transformation, health and sickness, desire, and attempts to predict or control the unknowable. Through lifelike forms and meticulous adornment, the work explores the metaphorical connection between bodies and vessels and explores interactions - real and speculative between animals, plants, objects, and people.
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EDUCATION
2022 MFA Ceramics, University of Georgia
2017 BFA Studio Art with Art History Emphasis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
EXHIBITIONS
2023 (upcoming) Ceramics Invitational, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
2023 No Dead Artists, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2023 The Functional Canvas, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2023 Felix Art Fair with Sow & Tailor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Friends and Family, Sow & Tailor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Materials Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Dallas, TX
2023 Familiar Things Cast No Shadows (solo show), Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022 Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022 Downstream (MFA Thesis Exhibition), The Athenaeum, Athens, GA
2022 SouthWorks National Juried Exhibition, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, GA
2021 Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2021 Taking Care (two person show with Jane Ritchie), UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2020 45th Annual Juried Show, Lyndon House, Athens, GA
2020 Time Capsule, Glass Gallery, Athens GA
2019 Look Back at It, UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2018 Ceramics Invitational, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
2018 One Night Stand, Golden Belt Arts, Durham, NC
2018 Fresh, ArtSpace, Raleigh, NC
2018 Occluded Front, Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 Waves to Live By, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2017 Digiscapes, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2017 Site Unseen, senior thesis show, Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 Subject to Change, Allcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2017 Community Show, The Carrack Modern Art, Durham, NC
2016 Hereafter, SAMple Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2016 Park Pictures, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
GRANTS, AWARDS, PROJECTS
2023 Spring Resident Artist, Township10
2023 Artist Talk, North Carolina Clayworks
2023 Materials Hard & Soft, Best in Ceramics Award
2022 Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, Best in Ceramics Award
2022 Willson Center Graduate Research Award
2021 Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist
2020 Artist Talk, UGA Lamar Dodd School of Art
2020 Graduate Education Advancement Board Fellowship
2020 Vince Dooley Scholarship
2019 Dorothy H. McRae Ceramics Scholarship
2018 Distinguished Fellow, The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences
2018 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Workshop Scholarship
2017 The George Kachergis Studio Art Scholarship
2017 Alexander Julian Prize
2017 UNC Summer Research Fellowship in Studio Art
2016 The Jonathan E. Sharpe Scholarship
2016 Hanes Art Center Alumni Sculpture Garden Design Commission
2016 Penland School of Crafts Workshop Scholarship