Licia McDonald Ceramic Sculpture
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Artist Statement

Clay is a unique and distinctive material.  It is fluid and sensual and very responsive...until it's not.  Once it dries, it crumbles, and that is a very precarious way to create.  Clay teaches, and to be successful, you must listen.  My challenge; my excitement is to capture the beautiful sensuality that exists in its raw state, and retain those characteristics in it's hardened, fired final form.
My work is meant to be a celebration of life; inspired by the unique and wonderful forms found in the natural world.  The interpretation is not literal. My hope is that my forms portray the feeling, movement and sensuality of life.
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I am especially intrigued by the fine line that exists between beautiful and strange.  
I feel this line is represented well in nature

Background

Bachelor of Arts - Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Owner - Island Clayworks Pottery, Kauai, Hawaii 
Sculptural Art since 2011

Awards. Acknowledgements. Publications

Sept      2015     Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts - Purchase Award
​Aug       2015     Aloha Expressionism - Contemporary Hawaii Artists - publication - coffee table book
Dec       2013     Honolulu museum of Art  - Purchase Award
Oct        2012     Potters Council - 2013 Sculpture Calendar - cover
Aug       2012     Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts - Purchase Award
Aug       2012     Kauai Society of Artists - Art Kauai Award for Body of Work
July       2012     Article - International Women Artists'  Salon
Nov       2011     Potters Council  -  2012 Sculpture Calendar
July       2011     Kauai Society of Artists - Art Kauai - Artists Award
Nov       2010    Kauai Society of Artists - Portraits of Hawaii Award
Sept      2010    Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts - Purchase Award
Sept      2009    Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts - Purchase Award
Sept      2009    Kauai Society of Artists - Art Kauai - North Shore Pharmacy Award

Shows. Exhibitions

Feb                2019    Hi-Sam Gallery Exhibition, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Oct                 2018    Marriott Kaua'i Beach Resort - Installation of 12 sculptures  
April -July     2017    Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center - "Garden Reflections" Exhibition
March            2016    Hawaii Contemporary 2016, Invitational - Viewpoints Gallery, Maui
​Oct                 2015     Hawaii Craftsmen Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
Sept               2015     Hawaii Food & Wine Festival Art Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii
Sept               2015     Art Kauai Annual Juried Exhibition 
Sept               2014     Art Kauai Annual Juried Exhibition
Sept               2013     Art Kauai Annual Juried Exhibition
Oct                 2013     Hawaii Craftsmen Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec                2012     Bloom - Solo Show - The Lobby Gallery, San Francisco, California
Nov                2011     Hawaii's Modern Masters - Luxury Row, Waikiki, Hawaii
Sept               2011     Accession: Recent Acquisitions - Art in Public Places Collection -  Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
July                2011      Life Forms - solo show - Alley Kat Art Gallery, Kapaa, Hawaii

Hawaii State Foundation Purchase Awards . 2009 . 2010 . 2012 . 2015:

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