About

Warwick Willow is a multi media artist and educator based out of Boston, Massachusetts. They earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2023 and are currently attending The Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s Teacher Preparation Program. Their work has been exhibited in shows such as Queering Archives and Another Kind of Time in Kansas City, Missouri as well as El Camino de Material in San Miguel de Allende, México.While Warwick's interest in the arts is wide-ranging, their work is primarily based in clay, influenced by their art filled childhood and fond memories of painting with homemade watercolors, sculpting with salt dough, and exploring their mother’s vast art collection in their family home in New Mexico. They create works that represent the human experience; examining clothing, home decor, trinkets, and dishware as it relates to individual expression and family heritage. As an educator, Warwick encourages their students to explore and push boundaries, while treating creativity as a foundational life skill to continue developing through all walks of life.

Still Life, still living

^{Mixed Media Installation, Spring 2023}

Still Life, Still Living was created after musing about the traces of history found in a family home. Through every forgotten cup of tea, pile of books, or favorite piece of jewelry, lays a moment connected to both past and future. For this investigation, Warwick focused on the concept of a family dinner table, a time lapse of the space represented in a single moment, beyond the dinnertime setup. The layers of objects include handcrafted silver rings, pottery, and light fixtures juxtaposed with industrially created objects that Warwick has an intellectual, emotional, or historical connection to.

Collectively

^{Ceramic Installation, Spring 2023}

Collectively explores common vessel shapes and forming methods as a series of sculptural dwellings, and conversely, the form of a dwelling as a vessel. This installation seeks to evoke the idea of a community, a series of living spaces, without being a literal representation of one. Warwick uses their typical pottery clay and glaze in addition to reclaimed waste glazes, industrially made ceramic bricks, and miniature ceramic bricks, referencing both handmade and industrial elements found within community structures.