DOMESTIC DOTS

About the Exhibition

Domestic Dots addresses themes of domestic space, motherhood, femininity and family. While I participate traditional domestic roles, I also re-imagine them to create new possibilities and perceptions. I began placing these ceramic forms in domestic spaces to represent growth, expansion, and the things that quietly but robustly develop within the self alongside the bustle of the everyday.

About the Artist

Nikki Renee Anderson creates sculptures and installations that explore the feminine experience based on her personal history.

Anderson has exhibited extensively including recent solo exhibitions at Northeastern Illinois University, Dubhe Carreño Gallery and the Elmhurst Art Museum. Her work has also been exhibited at the International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy; The Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ; The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL; The Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI; Arizona State University Museum Ceramics Research Center, Tempe, AZ; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX; The Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, NY.

She has been an artist-in-residence at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME; Takt Residency Program, Berlin, Germany; the Icelandic Association of Visual Artists (SÍM), Reykjavík, Iceland; La Macina di San Cresci, Greve, Italy; A.I.R. Vallauris, France; and the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.

Anderson received an MFA from Stony Brook University and a BFA from Drake University. She currently teaches in the Art & Art History Department and the Design Department at Columbia College Chicago. Anderson lives and works in Chicago.