B I O
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T
Mia Riley is a mixed race Asian-Canadian ceramic artist. Her expanded practice also includes writing, curating and art facilitation. Having moved many times - her work is about diaspora, identity, culture and landscapes. She studied art at Alberta University of the Arts and Red Deer College. Since graduating she has completed residencies at Banff Centre and Medalta; interned at the Harvard Ceramics Program; and exhibited her work at the SASAMA International Ceramic Art Festival. Always dreaming, she loves to spend time teaching workshops, spending time with community and dreaming up the next project.
Our historical lineage with the clay runs deep and has the ability it to evoke thoughts on survival, ritual, time and culture. The wetness of a glaze, the traces of destruction in a shard or the intimate size of a cup illustrate this narrative.
Using the motif of duality as the foothold for my practice, I am interested in how visual contrasts can create both tension and harmony for the viewer. The backdrop for these ideas is a specific use of porcelain and stoneware that evokes the concept of duality through various sensory and emotional levels. My ceramic works are contemporary relics, vestiges of moments and ideas that inspire me.
SHOP CERAMICS
Find my functional ceramics at Project A in downtown Canmore.
This carefully curated shop is full of emerging Canadian makers and carries a selection of my refined wood-fired, celadon and crackle glazed pottery.
