Red Lodge Clay Center- Short Term Resident 2024 (Upcoming)
Gabs Conway is a sculptural ceramic artist based in Missoula, Montana. In May of 2021, she earned her BFA, with a concentration in ceramics at the University of Wisconsin – Stout. As of August 2021, She has been a permanent artist and educator for Wildfire Ceramic Studio. Additionally, she is the Outreach Educator for The Clay Studio of Missoula since fall of 2022. Her educational experiences inform her personal work in many ways as she pushes the boundaries of clay; exploring relationships and community, and intrigued by familiarity in the unusual.
My work stems from the curiosity of existence. I’ve grown ever fond of the human experience as it relates to the mundane. I explore the vulnerability of humanity down to its very core; meeting new people, helping a sibling, protecting a friend. I am interested in these moments of life that let you reconnect with living. It is in these moments of my own existence I reflect upon; while looking apathetically at the “reality” that we have built.
I attune my forms to relate to our physicality; prone to injury and growing more susceptible to disease. I am creating forms for the reflection of human experience; asking the viewer to consider their appreciation of life, and to humble the adornment of our physicality. I question the audience what it means to exist together in an ever changing world.