Vanessa Chatwood Kerby

Ceramics thrown on the Goshen Ocean

Goshen Ocean Ceramics
Goshen, MA 01032

413 230-1231
email: Goshenoceanceramics@gmail.com
www.goshenocean.com

Vanessa Chatwood Kerby (b. 1987) is a ceramic artist, painter, musician and educator. She holds an M.A. and BFA in Art Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been a practicing art educator since 2010. Vanessa was awarded a Northampton Cultural Council Grant (2012) for a series of portrait paintings entitled A Brief Enlightenment depicting local artists and creators.

Vanessa is the owner of Goshen Ocean Ceramics, an independent business specializing in functional ceramic art and commissioned collections.

Artist statement:
I create organic illustrations inspired by medieval iconography, bucolic sensibilities and moments depicting folklore and human pleasures. Using hand built and wheel thrown techniques I create work that is reminiscent of pastoral place settings reinvented for a new era.

Am interested in constructing a sense of nostalgia and familiarity, a lasting search for the magic and mystery we no longer hold close, yet remember.

Paradise City Northampton, May, 2025
Paradise City Northampton, October, 2024 Booth: 206

See the work in these galleries:
The Joinery Gallery • Shelburne Falls, VT

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