My Process

Nicolle LaMere works with ceramics and elemental materials to create sculptural objects and transmedia installations. Ideas pertaining to existence take the form of the indivisible all-things via spheres, and the encompassing void via vessels. LaMere primarily works with molds and slip-dipped burnable materials. Light, material, and time are all central to her work. The restrictive color pallet of white, black, and red refers to presence, absence, and the bodily life force. This distillation offers clarity of voice while investigating the wonder that is existence.

“The journey from Southern Wisconsin to my new home in West Texas transitioned me from a landscape that envelops to one that exposes a person. In this place, red and golden flat plains are met on the distant horizon by an ever-expanding blue sky. I felt separated from the landscape; I was now a feature on rather than of the land. This separation created an expanse that encouraged a critical evaluation of my relationship and potential impact on the environment. I seek to make visible the interconnection that exists within all things by utilizing biological materials as the liaison of truth.”