For Mark Kolinski, clay exerts both fascination and challenge. He is captured by clay’s accessibility, sensuousness, and its technical and conceptual possibilities. As a ceramicist, Mark works with a particular sensitivity to the visual interplay between surface, decoration, and three-dimensional form. The figurative and decorative elements that find their way into his work are the result of 28 years of world travel, including living and teaching in Kuwait, Malaysia, Japan, China, Singapore, and Austria. These elements, inspired by a wide range of influences, are co-opted, distilled, and applied to ambiguous narratives and landscapes.
