Artist Information
BIOGRAPHY: Victoria is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Art Department at Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth. She and earned a Summa Cum Laude BFA and two separate MFA degrees (Ceramics and Printmaking) from the University of Miami. Her art is collected both nationally and internationally. In 2009 she was commissioned to paint Pop Art inspired murals at the Venue in London, England. She is currently represented by Florida Craftsmen Gallery in St. Petersburg, FL. Her work has appeared in 500 Dolls, Contemporary Ceramics, Contemporary Dolls and Ceramics Monthly.
STATEMENT: My work features human animal hybrids; primarily the combination of people and birds. Since I was a child I have had a fascination with winged creatures. I see them as messengers traveling at a spiritually higher realm. The hybrid creatures are meant to be metaphors of our soul or unconscious.
The use of symbols such as monocles, hats, and wings express the duality between who we really are and how we want people to see us.
I hand build my functional sculptural boxes using low fire paper clay. The surfaces are decorated with stamped words and a variety of finishes, including oxides, under glaze, and glaze.
