Amy Smith
Kirksville, MO
Biography
Amy Smith earned her BFA from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio and her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has been a resident artist at The Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences, Red Lodge Clay Center, North Dakota State University, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her work has been featured by CFile.daily, The Clay Studio, Craft in America Center, and has been published in Clay Times and Ceramics Monthly. Currently Smith teaches Ceramics at Truman State University.
Artist Statement
I throw porcelain forms that celebrate movement inspired by natural forces, like the wind and waves, and more intimate allusions, like running, dance and the figure. My soft work is intended to be calming and sensual and celebrate the beauty, power and allure of women.
