Michelle Erickson Ceramic Art Creamware Agate Skull earthenware and London clay

Michelle Erickson has a BFA from the College of William and Mary and is an independent ceramic artist and scholar. Internationally recognized for her mastery of colonial era ceramic techniques her pieces reinvent ceramic history to create 21st century social political and environmental narratives. Her ceramic art is represented in major museums including the Museum of Art and Design NY, the Seattle Art Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Ms. Erickson’s rediscovery of historical ceramics techniques is widely published and her contemporary art is profiled in numerous national and international publications. She has lectured widely at institutions that include The Potteries Museums Stoke on Trent, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has designed and produced ceramics for major motion pictures such as The Patriot, and HBO’s series John Adams. In 2012 Michelle was artist in residence as a World Class Maker at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London where she collaborated with Nike’s 2012 Olympic Track and Field Innovation and created three exciting short videos produced by the V&A and the Chipstone Foundation. Recent solo exhibitions Recasting Colonialism Baltimore Museum of Art, 2023. Wild Porcelain Legion of Honor Fine Arts Museums Of San Francisco, 2023. Michelle Erickson was the recipient of the NCECA 2020 Regional Award for Excellence