Art gallery director. Educator. Artist. Wife and mother. No stranger to time management and the pressures put upon her, Rochester, New York-based ceramics artist Joanna Poag examines the very concept of time in her sculptures and ceramic decorative objects. And having studied math and chaos theory, she also explores the systems and patterns found in nature and creates collages that draw on the traditions of quiltmaking — themes of cutting, linear storytelling and resequencing can be found across her body of work.
Poag earned her bachelor's degree at Roberts Wesleyan College and her MFA from the School of American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology. Since 2016, Poag has worked at Roberts Wesleyan as an assistant professor teaching an array of foundation and specialty ceramics courses.
She refers to her practice as “disciplined wandering” in which she remains focused on a project yet allows room for new ideas. It is a way of avoiding both stagnation and pigeonholing herself into one avenue of creation. This is best seen in her works that took shape before the birth of her first daughter, Fiona, which are nearly skeletal in form, orderly and emphasize negative space. By contrast, her latest work is broadly more organic and centers thematically on time.
Poag has exhibited across the United States and globally — she has shown her work at the Tainan National University of the Arts in Taiwan, and The Holy Art in London featured her ceramic panels in the 2022 group exhibition “Catharsis.” Poag’s work was featured in the 2015 Upstate New York Ceramics Invitational and she was named an NCECA Emerging Artist the following year.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of Joanna Poag decorative objects, serveware and wall decorations.
Joanna Poag Untitled lll Ceramic Sculpture, Encompassed Series, 2016
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s Untitled lll Ceramic Sculpture is part of the Encompassed Series. It’s hand sculptured white stoneware fired to Cone 6 and hung by ...
Ceramic
Joanna Poag Custom Untitled III Ceramic Sculpture, Encompassed Series, 2017
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s Untitled lll Sculpture is part of the Encompassed Series. It’s hand sculptured white stoneware fired to Cone 6 and hung by fishing ...
Metal
Joanna Poag Untitled II Ceramic Sculpture, Equilibrium Series, 2015
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s Untitled II Sculpture is part of the Equilibrium Series. It’s hand built clay, terra sigillata, fired to cone 5 and hung by fishing...
Ceramic
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Lattice Structure w/ Quatrefoil) Wall Panel Sculptures
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s Binding Time (Lattice structure with Quatrefoils) Wall Panel Sculptures are part of a series. They...
Ceramic, Stoneware
$2,000 / item
Joanna Poag Flourish Ceramic Wall Sculptures, 2015
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s Flourish Ceramic Wall Sculptures are hand built, fired to cone six and glazed white to give them a lightness and more attention to ...
Ceramic
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Black Grid with Stars) Ceramic Sculpture, 2020
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Black Grid with Stars) table top sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 with glaze...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time (White Grid with Flowers) Ceramic Sculpture, 2020
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (White Grid with Flowers) table top sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 with sat...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Flourish II Wall Ceramic Sculptures, 2015
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Flourish II Sculptures are hand built and glazed white to give them a lightness and more attention to shadow. Flourish II looks at ...
Ceramic
Joanna Poag Encompassed No. 7 Ceramic Sculpture, 2013
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Encompassed No. 7 tabletop sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay fired to cone 6 with clear glaze. Encompassed is a b...
Clay, Ceramic
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Grid with Leaves) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Grid with Leaves) table top sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 and surfaced wi...
Stoneware, Ceramic
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Black Grid with Spheres) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Black Grid with Spheres) tabletop sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, glaze fired to cone 6 with cob...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time(Black Grid w/ Flowers and Pods) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's pair of Binding Time (Black Grid with Flowers and Pods) tabletop sculpture is part of a series. They are hand built clay, glaze fir...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Black Grid with Coils) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Black Grid with Coils) tabletop sculpture is part of a series. Its hand built clay, glaze fired to cone 6 with cobalt...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Grid with Pods and Leaves) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Grid with Pods and Leaves) tabletop sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 and sur...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Grid w/ Quatrefoils & Flowers) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Grid with Quatrefoils & Flowers) tabletop sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 a...
Stoneware, Ceramic
Joanna Poag Custom Ceramic Untitled II Sculpture, Equilibrium Series, 2016
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Untitled II Sculpture is part of the Equilibrium Series. It's hand built and sculptured, fired to cone 5 and hung by fishing wire. ...
Ceramic, Clay
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Black Grid with Quills) Ceramic Sculpture, 2021
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Black Grid with Quills) table top sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 with glaz...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Black Grid with leaves) Ceramic Sculpture, 2021
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Black Grid with leaves) table top sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 with gla...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Dreams Become You) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Dreams Become You) table top sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 with engobes a...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Ceramic Binding Time (Small Grid with Leaves) Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Small Grid with Leaves) tabletop sculpture is part of a series. Its hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 and surface...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Grid with Leaves and Spheres) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Grid with Leaves and Spheres) table top sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 wit...
Ceramic, Stoneware
US Astronaut NASA Sculpture in Resin 2016
Located in Paris, FR
US Astronaut NASA Sculpture in Resin Made in 2016.
Resin
$2,400 / item
H 34 in W 55 in D 1 in
55" x 34" Ceramic & Fiber Wall Sculpture #758, Stoneware w/ White Cotton Fringe
By Karen Gayle Tinney
Located in Proctorsville, VT
Wall Sculpture #758 by Karen Gayle Tinney Four panel wall sculpture. Hand formed ceramic pieces in unglazed white stoneware with white cotton fringe in two thicknesses. Hanging wire...
Ceramic, Cotton
Handbuilt Ceramic Sculpture, Pod Composite 'Black Coal' in Matte Black
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
Hand Built Ceramic Sculpture, "Black Coal". A composite of hollow, elongated, pointed oval or elliptical shapes, individually hand-formed clay parts, attached together and fused during the firing. This is a dark stoneware with a black underglaze revealing all the scrapes and marks of the clay underneath. The individual parts are all different, together they create a landscape inspired by the huge bare boulders of the Anza Borrego...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Brutalist Brass Wall Sculpture
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this Brutalist brass wall sculpture.
Brass
Ceramic Bird Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Ceramic bird, it appears to be made of metal. The color is rusty brown with some black variations on top. The beak is orange with crackled finish and bla...
Clay
Ceramic Wall Decoration for Anonymous artist
Located in Sagaponack, NY
Ceramic wall decoration comprised of various sized ceramic shapes strung together with thin black wire each with a matte finish orange to black glaze. The three largest and irregular...
Ceramic
Ceramic Link Chain Wall Sculpture
By Asmaa Aman-Tran
Located in Attleboro, MA
Chains echo different emotions in us, some see them as a symbol of imprisonment, and vulnerability and some see as an emotion of inter connectivity and strong bond between the people. The truth is ,chains as we see them in the moment will either resonate the first or the latter symbolism depending on the emotions we feel at the moment. This eye-catching wall hanging adds a nomadic and mystical feel to any room. Created through a hand-intensive process of linking hand built stoneware rings of different sizes, this wall hanging is a dynamic decoration for an eclectic bedroom...
Ceramic, Stoneware, Linen
Black Ceramic Sculpture "Woman" 1950
Located in Milano, IT
Black ceramic sculpture "woman" mid-20th century.
Ceramic
Tanya Aguiñiga Monumental Wall Sculpture, 2017
By Tanya Aguiniga
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A monumental wall hanging sculpture by Tanya Aguiñiga. This piece of art was commissioned by a private collector in 2017 in Los Angeles, California. The materials are cotton, felt, a...
Terracotta, Cotton, Felt
Ceramic Link Chain Wall Sculpture
By Asmaa Aman-Tran
Located in Attleboro, MA
Chains echo different emotions in us, some see them as a symbol of imprisonment, and vulnerability and some see as an emotion of inter connectivity and strong bond between the people. The truth is ,chains as we see them in the moment will either resonate the first or the latter symbolism depending on the emotions we feel at the moment. This eye-catching wall hanging adds a nomadic and mystical feel to any room. Created through a hand-intensive process of linking hand built stoneware rings of different sizes, this wall hanging is a dynamic decoration for an eclectic bedroom...
Ceramic, Stoneware, Linen
Contemporary Ceramic Bosco Sculpture
By Paola Paronetto
Located in Porcia, IT
The Cartocci Paper Clay collection is comprised of unique paper clay ceramic sculptures, each piece with its own distinct personality. They are entirely handmade, which can result in...
Ceramic
Looking for Equilibrium Sculpture by MCB Ceramics
Located in Geneve, CH
Looking for Equilibrium Sculpture by MCB Ceramics Unique piece. Dimensions: D 20 x H 75 cm. Materials: Ceramic. Numerated and signed by the artist. All ...
Ceramic
Joanna Poag Ceramic Untitled l Sculpture, 2020
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s custom sized Untitled I sculpture is part of the Equilibrium series. Its hand sculptured clay, terra sigillata, fired to cone six a...
Ceramic
Sold
H 12 in W 15 in D 10 in
Joanna Poag Ceramic Binding Time 'Black Grid with Leaves' Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's "Binding Time (Black Grid with Leaves)" tabletop sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, glaze fired to cone 6 with co...
Stoneware, Ceramic
Joanna Poag Ceramic Untitled l Sculpture, 2015
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag’s custom sized Untitled I sculpture is part of the Equilibrium series. Its hand sculptured clay, terra sigillata, fired to cone six a...
Ceramic
Joanna Poag Ceramic Encompassed No. 16 Sculpture, 2013
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's "Encompassed No. 16" table top sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay and glaze fired to cone 6. Encompassed is a body...
Ceramic, Clay