Ceramic Highlights: Untitled Art + Design Miami 2024
MoCA/NY highlights 15 galleries featuring ceramic art at Art Basel fairs—Untitled Art and Design Miami—unveiling the medium's limitless possibilities with contemporary sculptures and innovative designs.
By: Robin Bradley Hansel & Abbey Chase
December 16, 2024
Miami, Florida 12th Street and Ocean Drive
Miami, Florida 1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Art Week hosts over 20 international art fairs, more than 1200 galleries, and thousands of artists each December. This year, MoCA/NY spotlighted ceramic highlights at two fairs, which ran December 4-8th, 2024: Untitled Art Miami Beach and Design Miami.
Founded in 2012, Untitled Art Miami Beach is an annual leading contemporary art fair at 12th Street and Ocean Drive. In a custom-built, oceanfront, air-conditioned structure, visitors were treated to curated presentations, live events, and artist performances with 176 exhibitors. Led by an ongoing dedication to increasing diversity and representation across the contemporary art market, this year’s curatorial focus was East Meets West.
Design Miami was founded in 2005 by entrepreneur, real estate developer, and art and design collector Craig Robins, who transformed the previously abandoned Miami Design District into one of the world’s most important centers for innovative design, fashion, food, and art. Design Miami returned to its flagship Miami Beach location at Pride Park for its 20th edition. Situated at Convention Center Drive and 19th Street in an enormous tent alongside Art Basel, curatorial director Glenn Adamson’s chosen theme, Blue Sky, featured over 45 world-leading galleries and emphasized contemporary and historical design highlights.
Jane Yang-D'Haene | Mindy Solomon Installation at Miami Design 2024 - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Jane Yang-D'Haene & Jaiik Lee | Mindy Solomon Installation at Miami Design 2024 - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Jane Yang-D’Haene, Untitled III, Stoneware, Porcelain and Glaze, 12″ x 10″ x 10″ - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Jane Yang-D’Haene, Untitled III, Stoneware, Porcelain and Glaze, 12″ x 10″ x 10″ - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Jane Yang-D’Haene, Untitled IV, 2024, Stoneware, Porcelain, Glaze, 19″ x 18″ x 18″ - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Jane Yang-D’Haene, Untitled IV, 2024, Stoneware, Porcelain, Glaze, 19″ x 18″ x 18″ - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Jay Kvapil, #1594, 2021, Stoneware with multiple glaze firings, 17.5″ x 21″ x 21″ - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Jay Kvapil, #1342, 2018, Glazed ceramic, 15″ x 16″ - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Jaiik Lee, Transition Red, 2024, Copper, porcelain color and gold leaf, 15.4” x 15.4” x 17.3” (39.1 x 39.1 x 43.9 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Mindy Solomon Gallery
Whitney Oldenburg, A friend of Wilson, 2024, cards, rock, ceramics, clay, needlepoint, and wood, 20 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 5" - Photo Courtesy: Chart Gallery
Whitney Oldenburg, A friend of Wilson, 2024, cards, rock, ceramics, clay, needlepoint, and wood, 20 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 5" - Photo Courtesy: Chart Gallery
Whitney Oldenburg, A friend of Wilson, 2024, cards, rock, ceramics, clay, needlepoint, and wood, 20 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 5" - Photo Courtesy: Chart Gallery
Whitney Oldenburg, A friend of Wilson, 2024, cards, rock, ceramics, clay, needlepoint, and wood, 20 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 5" - Photo Courtesy: Chart Gallery
Roberto Lugo,Untitled (SNAP), from the Pigeon Crib: Remix. Vase, 2024, Glazed stoneware, 4.5" x 4.5" x 4.5" (11.43 cm H x 11.43 cm W x 11.43 cm) - Photo Courtesy: R & Company
Roberto Lugo,Untitled (Pitbull), from the Pigeon Crib: Remix. Rhyton, 2024, Glazed stoneware, 6.25" H x 12" W x 6" ( 15.88 x 30.48 x 15.24 cm) - Photo Courtesy: R & Company
Roberto Lugo,Over the Wave Off Havana, Vase, 2024, Glazed ceramic and luster, 29" x 15" x 12" (73.66 x 38.1 x 30.48 cm) - Photo Courtesy: R & Company
Raheleh Filsoofi, Bite, 2021-2024 Video performance with clay ceramic - Photo Courtesy: ZieherSmith Gallery
Raheleh Filsoofi, Bite: The Mark of Uncertainty (33°53'48.4"N 90°45'34.2"W, Winstonville, MS), 2024, Ceramic plate with mirror, 8 x 8 x 1 in (20.3 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm) - Photo Courtesy: ZieherSmith Gallery
Kodai Ujiie, White Glaze and Lacquer Large Jar, 2023, White Porcelain and Lacquer, 17 1/2" x 18 3/4" x 18 3/4" (44.5 x 47.5 x 47.5 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Ippodo Gallery
Kodai Ujiie, Oribe White Glaze Lacquer Large Jar, 2024, White Porcelain and Lacquer, 18 3/4" x 18 1/4" x 18 1/2" (47.5 x 46.5 x 47 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Ippodo Gallery
Yukiya Izumita, Sekisoh Vase, 2024, Ceramics, 15 3/8" x 17 3/8" x 7 7/8" (39.05 cm × 44.13 cm × 20.00 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Robin Bradley
Mitsukuni Misaki, Light Blue Color-Glazed Mud Vessel, 25 1/4" x 12 3/4" x 9 1/4" & Blue Color-Glazed Mud Vessel, 19 1/2 " x 16 3/4" x 6 3/4", 2024, Ceramic and Glaze - Photo Courtesy: Ippodo Gallery
Nobuo Nishida, Glazed Porcelain, 2024, Ceramic, 6 5/8" x 19 1/2" x 19 1/2" - Photo Courtesy: Shoko Aono and Ippodo Gallery
Ian Garrett, Wedjat & Nem, 2024, Burnished Terracotta with Engobes, 16.14 " x 17.72" x 17.72" (41 x 45 x 45 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Robin Bradley
Belinda Blignaut, Finding the Kraal, Learning from the Tortoise, Resident Boomslang, Learning an Earth Language, 2024, Wild clay and bones - Photo Courtesy: Robin Bradley
Christopher Russell,Statuesque Yellow #3, Ceramics, 37" x 15" x 15" (93.98 cm × 38.1 cm × 38.1 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Todd Merrill Studio
Christopher Russell,Statuesque Yellow Vessel, Ceramics, 16" x 10" x 9" (40.64 cm × 25.4 cm × 22.86 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Todd Merrill Studio
Molly Hatch, Attune, 2024, 107 earthenware plates with underglaze, glaze, and 22 K gold luster, 96” x 77” x 1.5” (243.84 x 195.58 x 3.81 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Todd Merrill Studio
Benjamin Poulanges, The Wall, 2024, Ceramic, 53.9" x 54.7" (139 x 137 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Gallerie Negropontes
Jean-Christophe Malaval, Atlantis, 2021, Ceramic vase, 8.2" x 9.4" (21 x 24 cm) - Photo Courtesy: Gallerie Negropontes
CONTRIBUTORS
ROBIN BRADLEY HANSEL
Robin Bradley Hansel, founder of Green Treehouse Media and Labyrinth Wellness, loves spotlighting creative artists through collaborative storytelling. A licensed physical therapist with a poet’s sensibility and gift for deep listening, she specializes in writing for her clients in a style firmly “rooted and grounded in a love of words.”
A native Miamian, Abbey Chase is a community activist involved in Miami's business and arts community. After playing a key role in founding The Beacon Council, she launched Chase Marketing Group, Inc., where she successfully manages events, projects, and programs. She serves as President of Partners for Art + Design, is a board member of the New World School of the Arts Foundation, a trustee of The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum, and a member of the International Women's Forum of Florida.
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