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selfform ~ ma exhibition ~ ana mendieta gallery
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On view April 27 through May 1 with a reception/performance on May 1 at 6-8pm
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More pics and thoughts to come as the space evolves over the week, but for now enjoy these with little context!
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#contemporaryceramics #performanceart #queerart #bodiesareweird #newmaterialism taken in University of Iowa, Visual Arts Building by @maddamms

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6 months ago

✨️👽Brain too liquid for a caption👽✨️
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#contemporaryceramics #ceramics #cone6 #selfcannibalism #bodiesareweird #blobingaround #whereami #queerness by @maddamms

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a year ago

2026 CIRCA Exchange Residency in 20 images!!
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Not enough to capture how amazing these past two weeks have been @uarkceramics. So much gratitude for the time, spaces, opportunities, and conversations everyone welcomed me with during my time in Fayetteville.
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Special shout out to @melodiemehndi for letting me live in your apartment during my stay + @thephgallery for the chance to show in your gorgeous space + @madisonspenceart for taking some of these pics
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I re-remembered that I do in fact like making art and that it can even be fun, especially among good company! Not dissing my Iowa crew 💛🖤💛 third year has just had me in a funk all semester, but this exchange has started to pull me out of it. Sad to return to real life and it's responsibilities, but excited to get back in the studio with fresh eyes!
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#contemporaryceramics
#artistresidency #CIRCA by @maddamms

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13 days ago

Introducing Maggie Adams as our 2026 CIRCA Exchange Resident! Adams is joining us as a third-year MFA candidate from the University of Iowa, with a primary emphasis in ceramics and secondary in sculpture & intermedia.

An excerpt from their artist statement: "Flesh and viscera are interchangeable with crocheted thread, clothing, clay, and hair. Through this porous materiality, the contours of what we consider part of ourselves begin to soften and expand. This is queer embodiment as I experience it, rooted in an openness to exploring productive discomfort that leads to a deeper compassion for the self, if confronted. You do not have to be queer to benefit from this inner work."

Their two-week CIRCA project kicked off with an interactive performance to generate slip and material for creating an object that will archive the intangible shared experience. During down time while waiting on drying and firings, Adams has also been playing with deconstructing an old shirt and transmuting it into a fleshy wall-hanging.

Upcoming dates to further engage with Maggie and their practice:
Artist Talk @ SDCR clay studio = Tuesday, Sept 29 @ 5pm
Pop-up Exhibition @ pH Gallery = Friday, Oct 2 @ 5-7pm

If you see Maggie in the studio this week, don't hesitate to be nosey and say hello! by @maddamms

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18 days ago

I don't know exactly what it is about curating that gives me a different and much more compelling kind of rush than showing my own work does - but geeeeez what a rush. I know most of the artists I end up working with as a curator are pretty used to putting their work in shows, but I am still so humbled and grateful every time an artist trusts me with their work - trusts me to handle it with care and install it in a way that does it justice and place it in conversation with other pieces and in a narrative context that inevitably transforms the piece a bit. thank you to Maggie, Sal, Jamie, Dan and Troll for trusting me with their work, thank you to Yve for approaching me with the initial concept and wanting to work on it together, thank you to the clay studio for continuing to give me a platform to work as a curator even though that super wasn't part of my original job description, and thank you to everyone who came out to spend time with the work and add your nipples to the wall. I love getting to curate in this space that I also hang out in for 8 hours a day, meaning that I get to watch most interactions that happen between the audience and the work - it's so rewarding to watch when a specific combination of art really strikes a chord with folks. sad to kiss "at odds" goodbye, excited to keep developing the next show (I've actually got so much on the docket over the next year - stay tuned, y'all) taken in The Clay Studio of Missoula by @maddamms

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19 days ago

"selfform—the larger body of work these pieces belong to—is queer craft.
A self-guided program of internal inquiry and curiosity.
A potentially new-to-you state of becoming that begs for an embodied reconsideration of who and what you are.
This work absorbs, dissolves, and re-orders matter. Flesh and viscera become interchangeable with clay, clothing, plastic, and thread. Through this porous materiality, the boundaries between self and other begin to soften and expand. This is queer embodiment as I experience it, rooted in an openness to exploring productive discomfort that leads to a deeper compassion for the self if worked through. You do not have to be queer to benefit from this inner work.
The slowness and intentionality inherent to craft engenders a different temporality for us to discover these places of discomfort—to give them care, attention, and permission to exist when learning a new state of queer becoming together." - Maggie Adams

Featured pieces:
"Bespoke Wet Wipe Dispenser (no excuses)"
"Self-Cannibal No. 1 & 2"
"Nipple Grafting"

Don't miss out on "At Odds" - up at The Clay Studio of Missoula until September 26th. Gallery hours are 12-5 M-F and 12-3 Saturdays - come add your nipple grafts to the wall ✨ taken in The Clay Studio of Missoula by @maddamms

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If you're in or around Missoula, MT go check out At Odds @the_clay_studio_of_missoula !!! Show is up September 4-26, with a reception on the 4th at 5-8pm.
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So pleased to share some of my more experimental recent work with a wider audience (and to do so alongside some of my clay-crushes that I've followed since I first touched ceramics nearly a decade ago).
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#contemporaryceramics #ceramics #queerart #performanceart #bodiesareweird taken in The Clay Studio of Missoula by @maddamms

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2 months ago

Lick and Stick, 2026
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"Pluck a single hair from your body. Lick a vertical surface in the room or on your body and stick your hair to it. Wait and watch until the saliva dries or the hair falls."
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Thank you for matching my freak, VAB 💈👅💦
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#performancescore #contemporaryart #bodiesareweird by @maddamms

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5 months ago

nceca photodump
✨️art, food, friends (new + old), and weirdness✨️
really felt the overwhelm this year, but an equal amount of gratitude taken in Detroit, Michigan by @maddamms

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7 months ago

Beyond honored to have my piece 'Paired Pleasure?' included in the National Juried Student Exhibition @nceca this year, among so many other talented emerging voices in the field. What a beautiful space at the College for Creative Studies for the thoughtful and poignant curation of Eva Kwong and Garry Garrido Schneider to coalesce.
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Thank you to everyone who attended, asked questions, and engaged with the work this week! Plus, an extra special shout out to my community of friends and mentors @uiowaceramics for all the love and support that has allowed this body of work to flourish 💛
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#nceca #detroit #contemporaryceramics #queerart #bodiesareweird taken in Detroit, Michigan by @maddamms

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7 months ago

10.24.2025 《Skin Hunger Activation No.1》
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This piece was created in response to Meiko Shiomi's Shadow Piece (1963) score as a part of a brilliant group show curated by @pants.gif and @earthd.curated, currently on view @northernclaycenter. So honored to show this artifact alongside the other talented artists who were asked to create their own interpretations and engage with the Fluxus movement through clay.
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There's a virtual tour available and we'll be having a virtual chat open to the public 1/28 6pm (that's tomorrow!!). Join us if you can. Link is on NCC's website or DM me for it!! ✨️
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#contemporaryceramic #ceramics #fluxus #performanceart #blobbingaround taken in Northern Clay Center by @maddamms

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9 months ago

Cream of the crop on diaplay for my MA 2nd Year Review last weekend! Here's what I've been getting up to in the studio for the past year and a half, all in one place--was cool to see it in tandem with all my fellow 2nd year's installations in the VAB.
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Feels good to check this milestone off my to-do list because I've been living the consequences of saying yes to too many things for the past few months, but it's a good problem to have. Finally seeing the light at the end of the deadline tunnel, for now!
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#uiowaceramics #contemporaryceramics #installationart #bodiesareweird #lace taken in University of Iowa, Visual Arts Building by @maddamms

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10 months ago