Courtney Leonard Ceramics

Leonard is a member of the shinnecock nation of long island new york a community with historic cultural ties to whales water and material sustainability recurring themes throughout her extensive body of internationally acclaimed work.

Courtney leonard ceramics.

Leonard is one of the strongest emerging voices in the field of ceramics today said johnson. Leonard shinnecock nation is an installation and multi media artist. Leonard is one of the strongest emerging voices in the field of ceramics today said johnson. Website by otherpeoplespixels courtney m.

This is one of her clay sperm whale teeth. Her art manages to be both poetic and political and also simultaneously personal and universal garth johnson curator of ceramics asu art museum phoenix az. Her pottery is meticulously crafted to contain historical and cultural references but also to make the viewer reflect on their own relationship with nature and sustainability. Her art manages to be both poetic and political and also simultaneously personal.

Leonard is a shinnecock artist born in 1980 and raised on her shinnecock nation homelands located on what is now referred to as long island. Leonard creates delicate ceramic sculptures grounded in the forms and histories of indigenous fishing technologies. Courtney m leonard art ceramicist and multimedia artist courtney m.