我的作品探索了从雕像到船只再到抽象雕塑的方向。 我凭直觉进行创作,将自然与人文精神交织在一起。 创造潜能取决于思想和激发的动机,对未知和未经检验的冲动。 这驱使我追求所使用材料的表达潜能,以及与之绑定的文化和历史表现形式。 两者本质上都是塑料,就像过去和将来的粘土一样,可以重新看到。
Ryan Mitchell 是一位居住在景德镇的美国独立艺术家,在那里他建立了工作室实践,并以“煤球” 为笔名。 以朴实而富有表现力的粘土雕塑作品而闻名。 早在大学时煤球已成为蒙塔纳当代陶瓷艺术 环境的活跃分子,他拥有蒙塔纳米苏拉大学的艺术硕士学位。 煤球的雕塑追求所用材料的表现潜力, 将不同的文化和历史表现形式联系起来。 米切尔的作品探索了自然与人文主义的交叉点,这些交叉点 直观地编织了图像、雕塑、器皿和抽象概念。
Ryan Mitchell 是国际陶艺学会 IAC 会员,曾担任陶溪川景德镇国际工作室创始艺术总监,景德镇陶 瓷大学学术国际学术策展人; 自 2007 年以来,煤球一直是一位活跃而杰出的国际艺术家,他为东西 方艺术对话和交流建立和搭建平台。
Born 1978. Ryan Mitchell is an independent American artist based in Jingdezhen where he established a studio practice and moniker penned ‘Coal Ball’. Known for earthy expressive sculptural works in clay; Mitchell emerged as an active part of the contemporary ceramic arts environ amid the mountains of Montana, where he holds an MFA from the University of Montana Missoula. Mitchell’s sculpture pur-sues the expressive potential of the materials used, linking different cultural and historical representations. Mitchell's work explores the intersections of nature and humanism that intuitively weave image, sculpture, vessel and abstraction.
As a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, the founding artistic director of Taoxichuan Jingdezhen International Studio, as well as an academic International curator for Jingdezhen Ceramic University; Mitchell has been an active and prominent international artist establishing and making platforms for bridging east-west dialogues and interchanges in the arts since 2007.