1878 Gallery
August 26 - October 8, 2017
Opening Reception Saturday, August 26, 2017
6:00 – 9:00 PM
Artist talk at 6:30 PM
Angel Oloshove
The Ocean Never Closes
Angel Oloshove presents a new series of ceramic totems that reflect on the land, environment, and its constant state of flux for the exhibition The Ocean Never Closes. Oloshove’s work experiments with painterly glazes to express feelings of transcendental experiences through form and color. She describes her stacked stupa as connecting earth, water, fire, wind, and the void. Oloshove’s works are beacons, reveling in the beauty of the day and standing strong to weather the greatest storm. In her work, clay is brought to a new light, as stone, vibrating with the history of the land.
Angel Oloshove (b. 1981, Temperance, MI) studied painting at California College of the Arts and went on to worked in graphic design and toy development in Tokyo, Japan. In 2009, she turned her focus to develop her studio practice in ceramic sculpture. She balances a fine art practice of sculptural ceramics as well has her own line of functional design pottery that is stocked in design boutiques throughout the United States. Her exhibition Floating Worlds was selected as a Critic’s Pick for the April 2015 issue of ArtForum. In 2015, she was named one of “Ten Modern Ceramists Shaping the Future” by AnOther Magazine. In 2015, Oloshove’s ceramic designs and artworks were included in the survey exhibition Texas Design Now at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. She has exhibited at Gallery Hanahou (New York), Front St. Gallery (Oakland, CA), and several arts institutions across Japan. Oloshove was a finalist for the 2015 Houston Artadia Award, and will begin a residency at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in the fall of 2017.