Shattered by Shoji Satake

RESIDENCY: JUNE 24–JULY 17, 2024
EXHIBIT: JULY 18—AUGUST 18, 2024

“If you’ve ever seen anybody tackle a potter’s wheel, even for the first time, it can be a transformative experience because of the tactile nature of the material. It can be a very forgivable material, but it can be the cruelest material.” - Shoji Satake for The DA Online

The next Juliet Art Museum artist-in-residence is ceramicist Shoji Satake, an Associate Professor in the School of Art & Design at WVU and Coordinator of the School’s Ceramics in China program. He has served in an endowed position at WVU for 17 years running their prestigious ceramics program. In addition to teaching, he maintains an active studio practice with locations in West Virginia and Jingdezhen, China. Satake has a long history with the Juliet, having exhibited here three times since 2014. After the exhibition opens in July, he will lead a gallery talk and a ceramics workshop.

This residency and exhibition are supported by The Elliott Family Foundation, Daywood Foundation, Herscher Foundation, Inc., Charles & Mary Glotfelty Foundation, Bernard H. & Blanche E. Jacobson Foundation, WV Division of Arts, Culture, and History, National Endowment for the Arts, and Fund for the Arts.