My work focuses on the imagined personas of radicalized future ancestors. The hand crafted ceramics are fictional characters often resembling feminine personalities paused in space and time. I examine the essence of these future communities through the use of body language and attitudes to further explore themes of rage, empathy, and curiosity.
Individualizing these characters grants me the freedom to be curious about the influences they might have inherited from past societies, and I try to observe how the past often shapes future worlds. I’d like to imagine that these ancestors survived by refusing to participate in the patriarchal systems that came before them. They are no longer conditioned to believe that they have to live in someone else’s reality.
BIO
Kristy Moreno (b. 1991, Inglewood, CA) received her Associates in Arts from Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, CA and her BFA in ceramics from California State University, Chico in Chico, CA. Moreno’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including MUZEO Museum and Cultural Center in Anaheim, CA; Glassell Gallery in Baton Rouge, LA; Lucy Lacoste Gallery in Concord, MA; Volery Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and at OCHI, Thinkspace Projects, and Tlaloc Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured in publications including Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, Ceramics Now, Voyage LA, Las Vegas Weekly, Beautiful Bizarre, and Artfix Daily. Moreno is the recipient of various awards and residencies including the Taunt Fellowship, the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship, and the Jack Winsor Memorial Scholarship. Moreno recently completed a residency at Greenwich House Pottery in New York, NY and is currently an artist in residence at AMOCA in Pomona, California.
Individualizing these characters grants me the freedom to be curious about the influences they might have inherited from past societies, and I try to observe how the past often shapes future worlds. I’d like to imagine that these ancestors survived by refusing to participate in the patriarchal systems that came before them. They are no longer conditioned to believe that they have to live in someone else’s reality.
BIO
Kristy Moreno (b. 1991, Inglewood, CA) received her Associates in Arts from Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, CA and her BFA in ceramics from California State University, Chico in Chico, CA. Moreno’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including MUZEO Museum and Cultural Center in Anaheim, CA; Glassell Gallery in Baton Rouge, LA; Lucy Lacoste Gallery in Concord, MA; Volery Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; and at OCHI, Thinkspace Projects, and Tlaloc Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured in publications including Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, Ceramics Now, Voyage LA, Las Vegas Weekly, Beautiful Bizarre, and Artfix Daily. Moreno is the recipient of various awards and residencies including the Taunt Fellowship, the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship, and the Jack Winsor Memorial Scholarship. Moreno recently completed a residency at Greenwich House Pottery in New York, NY and is currently an artist in residence at AMOCA in Pomona, California.
Photo credit Kate Parvenski