Jorie Berman Ceramics

New Artist at Plough Gallery!

I am intrigued by the function of memory; how some memories are vivid while others are fleeting, how memory affects individual, familial, and cultural identity. Much of the source material for my work comes from vivid, personal memories from childhood and adolescence of pilgrimages I took to India, being surrounded by folk art, and spending time with my maternal grandmother. Psychology, religion, and mythology inform my work as well, giving my experiences context in the bigger picture. Personal memories provide the framework from which I can ask broader questions about the relationships between the permanent and the ephemeral, reality and illusion, logic and intuition, the body and the mind, spirituality and insanity, image and form. "Working with clay grounds me. I love the way clay feels in my hands and I love the process of working with it."
Jorie Berman earned her BFA in ceramics from UGA and a graduate degree from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).