Fallon Navarro reimagines cultural and personal narratives through tactile surfaces and color, creating ceramic sculptures that challenge perceptions and invite new ways of being in the world. Her work encourages contemplation of the nuanced interplay between time, identity, and memory, expressed through an exploration of layered forms and intricate textures.
Originally from Arizona and now based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Navarro holds a BFA in Ceramics from Arizona State University and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She has participated in numerous residencies, including at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (Newcastle, ME), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), and New Bedford Research and Robotics (New Bedford, MA).
Through ceramic vessels and sculptures, I investigate the shifting nature of belonging. Drawing from domestic objects and everyday experiences, my practice examines how memory and place shape identity. I integrate hand-building with 3D printing to construct hybrid forms that suggest familiarity yet resist complete recognition.
Using color, repetition, and layered surfaces, these forms invite sensory engagement while maintaining a sense of distance. This tension reveals the boundaries between what we hold and what slips away, transforming the forms into more than vessels. They pose questions about what we contain, what we lose, and what we continually remake.