Red Lodge Clay Center – Short-Term Resident 2024
Ash Huang(she/her) is a ceramic artist from the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in sculpture (focused in ceramics) from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and a Masters of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada. Huang recently apprenticed under woodfire potter: Clayton Amemiya and his anagama kiln. She taught workshops at various community studios and schools on O’ahu and Hawai’i Island.
Rainbows are a natural phenomenon and an outcome of Hawai’i geographical landscape. Its full spectrum opens queer dialogue and is an ephemeral artifact from the future revealing itself in the right conditions. Water, the ocean, and the formation of rainbows are poetic elements that engage my past, present, and persistence to forge a fluid future through hand-built ceramics.