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      • David Dragonfly
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      • Stephen Glueckert
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Crista ann ames

Missoula, Montana
www.cristaannames.net
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Crista in her studio at the Clay Center of Missoula, where she is finishing up a two-year residency. She is holding her piece, "Llamaste"

About Crista Ann Ames

Crista Ann Ames is a sculptor working primarily in ceramics and textiles.
Through the layering of mythology, iconography and personal narrative, Crista explores how our own animal nature relates to the ways we establish and sustain personal relationships.  Raised on a small hobby farm in Washington State, Crista often draws on her own experiences to explore pastoral life, animal husbandry, women’s craft and fertility.
 
Crista attended Washington State University where she obtained her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics with a minor in Art History. After receiving her BFA, Crista attended Utah State University for Post Baccalaureate studies in Ceramics. 
She is currently pursuing her MFA at the University of Montana.


Artist Statement


I am a sculptor who works primarily in ceramics and textiles. I find that the integration of both permanent and impermanent materials conveys my interest in approaches to memory, loss and transformation.  Just as the act of remembering transforms an experience into something different, time degrades some elements and leaves others to endure.

Through the layering of mythology, iconography and personal narrative, my work explores how our own animal nature relates to the ways we establish and sustain personal relationships.  I draw on my own experiences to explore pastoral life, animal husbandry, women’s craft and fertility.

In bridging the gap between myth and experience, I utilize my artistic practice to create altogether new stories that tell contemporary tales of trauma, joy and womanhood.

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