Tag: Kimberly Chapman

The Emily Davis Gallery Presents Easy Prey: Sculptures by Kimberly Chapman

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Chapman’s porcelain sculptures address the exploitation of women, including issues such as domestic violence, sexual assault, shaming, and the fight for reproductive freedom. Some of Chapman’s newest sculptures use the recent Supreme Court decisions as a call to action, seen here in Desperately Seeking an Amazonian Warrior. Through exhaustive research, the artist narrates past and present stories through the female […]

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Kimberly Chapman: Where Tragedy and Elegance Converge

Your head tilts with curiosity when you first gaze at the strange porcelain objects. At once familiar and foreign, they evoke a set of legs, or perhaps a swaddled infant. Damaged and deformed, their vulnerability is undeniable. Then the name, Pearly Whites, gives it away. These are teeth—sort of. Clearly modeled from human teeth, but at least fifty times as […]

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Shush: Kimberly Chapman Porcelain Sculptures

Imagine . . . Shushing women with iron face bridles. Separating refugee mothers and daughters under the evil cloak of molestation and rape. Dressing your child in protective gear in defense of a school shooter. Or, grasping for household tools to protect yourself and your offspring from an alcoholic husband’s rage. Such are the perils of womanhood. Kimberly Chapman’s exhibition […]

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Profiles in Courage: Kimberly Chapman, “hush”

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“hush” is a tender syllable, beginning as an exhalation and ending with an onomatopoeic sound, like lips closing for a kiss. Yet like so many sentimental things, the word can also cast a somber shadow, hinting that all breathing will finally stop. When ceramicist Kimberly Chapman uses it as the title of her current show at the McDonough Museum in […]

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Peril, time, memory: BAYArts’ annual juried show

Friday March 8, BAYArts hosted its opening reception for its annual juried exhibition. The exhibition was open to any artist, professional or amateur, 18 years or older. A total of 74 individuals participated. This year, Jenniffer Omaitz and Mark Inglis served as judges. Omaitz is a painter and educator based out of Kent. Inglis is the vice president of marketing […]

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