Jingdezhen International Studio

Jingdezhen International Studio

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China


In this two-month overseas residency, Mabry worked with several internationally recognized artists in Jingdezhen. Utilizing the city's historical porcelain industry and local resources, she created a body of work reflective of her experience with the materials. This project was supported in large part with a grant from the Independence Foundation and the Taoxichuan Museum in China.

Article by L. Kent Wolgamott

Lincoln Journal Star

Article by L. Kent Wolgamott


"...a true technical achievement and a perfect illustration of Mabry’s work that brings abstraction to ceramics via a tenuous combination of precise, technically masterful construction and glazing, and relinquishing that control." 

Passages | Belger Crane Yard

Passages | Belger Crane Yard

Solo Exhibition
Kansas City, MO
 

"Mabry perfectly captures the kinetic mingling of pigments spilling down a drain. A deliberately patchy glaze adds texture to the pipe exterior, a dulled shell for the streaked symphony within."

- Liz Cook, The Pitch

Ceramics Monthly

Ceramics Monthly
 

"Her sensitivity to the gestural placement and movement of glaze creates graphically intense and engaging compositions that pull the viewer around the form." 

 

 

 

Running | Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Running | Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Solo Exhibition
Omaha, NE
 

"Similar to Betty Woodman, whose work brought the concerns of painting and sculpture to the living history of the vessel, Mabry's work exudes a respect for traditions of the medium offset by a will to experiment. Yet Mabry's urgency and feverish mark-making also aligns with artists such as Franz West or Isa Genzken."

– Hesse McGraw, Executive Director