Andrea Piller      

Ceramic Artist

Andrea Piller has maintained a ceramic studio since graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 1983.  Her work is primarily hand built sculptural vessels that are interpretations and responses to the natural world. She has shown her work both nationally and internationally and has been the recipient of numerous art awards and grants. She shares her enthusiasm and knowledge for art and clay through Toronto schools including numerous indoor and outdoor mural installations, teacher workshops, education conferences and art centres across Toronto, and more recently in the Quinte region.

 

"The urge to create with material takes me closer to my interest in both the simplicity and the wondrous complexity of nature. This process is a constant reminder of transformation and regeneration. I seek the connections between our bodies and fragments of the earth. Nature is the magnificent model, the immediate muse of my designs and imaginings. I try to redefine and celebrate in a gesture. 

 

There is release and expansion, providing impetus for further possibilities in clay.

 

Intensity, reverence and possibilities…."