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Colleen Dwyer Meloche is a Montreal/ Tiohtià:ke based artist who explores notions of balance and belonging with clay. Her art practice ranges from eclectic ceramics for the home to sculptural constructions with coloured paperclay. Her pottery collections entertain the simple visual language of stripes and dots.

Her art practice is narrated by the interplay of nature and culture as they relate to notions of balance and belonging. Her work engages the malleability of material to imitate and transform, and questions the concept of thin places to explore the threshold between the seen and the unseen.

She constructs sculptures with ribbon-like strips of paper clay to explore the evolving nature of becoming — how it can be achieved, disrupted and restored — and the precarious space of paradox and purpose. Elements of collage, colour and texture thread together themes of transition, tension and mystery.

In her functional work, Colleen uses hand-building techniques as well as throwing forms on the pottery wheel to create handmade ceramics for the everyday experience. By layering stencils of coloured underglazes and image transfers, she creates playful surface treatments. The design of these limited edition collections centers on serving pieces embellished with theme variations of lines and circles.

Colleen received her BFA with distinction from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She has participated in long-term ceramic internships in both Montreal and France. Colleen has also studied drawing in Italy and has exhibited her work in France, the United States and Canada.