Patti Warashina

American ceramicist internationally recognized for her technically refined, figurative sculptures that helped expand the boundaries of clay as a medium.

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Toshiko Takaezu

One of America’s foremost ceramic artists and a highly regarded teacher of ceramics. She was credited with being one of the key figures in the mid-century transformation of ceramics from craft to fine art.

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Doreen Blumhardt

Doreen Blumhardt was the one of the most important figures in New Zealand’s arts and crafts world in the second half of the twentieth century.

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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

In spite of the fact she spent nearly her entire adult life living and working outside her country of birth, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva is today considered one of Portugal’s most important female artists.

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Beatrice Wood

As a female artist in the male-centric Dadaist movement, Wood posed a conundrum, resisting the labels of “female muse” and “feminist artist.”

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Muriel Carrick Moody

Muriel Moody’s reputation rests primarily on her ceramic sculptures and some bronzes cast in the 1980s. Her work was original and distinctive, usually based on the human figure.

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