About
Statement
My approach to making work is very experimental. I am interested in the materiality of clay and how it moves and reacts under pressure. Each piece is based on a structured and systematic way of building with an element of disorder, heat, ultimately reshaping the work. My open lattice-like forms retain parts of their original structures but morph or slump during the firing process, evoking forces of transformation and gravity.
Biography
Kait is a ceramic artist and professor based in Flagstaff, Arizona, and Ceramic Studio Coordinator at Northern Arizona University. She received her BFA degree from Utah State University in 2010 with an emphasis in both ceramics and graphic design. She completed her MFA degree, emphasis in ceramics, at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the spring of 2016.
Throughout her career she has maintained an active exhibition record showing work nationally and internationally in museums, galleries, and nontraditional venues. Most recently, her work was exhibited in Shifting Reverence, presented in conjunction with Claytopia, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in Minneapolis, MN. This past winter, her work was featured in the Houston Biennial TIMELESS CLAY: Future Artifacts in Houston, TX. Internationally, her work was included in the 2017 exhibition A City in Dialogue with the World “Jing Piao” at the Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum in Jingdezhen, China.