Myung Ahn, Amara Abdal Figueroa, Margeaux Lim
Artist Talks
October 19, 5:30pm
Join us at Starworks on Thursday, October 19th, 5:30pm for Artist Talks from Starworks Ceramics Residents Myung Ahn, Amara Abdal Figueroa, and Margeaux Lim. Each artist will present slides and discuss some of their processes and influences involved in making their work. Stick around after the talks to meet the artists and ask questions.
Artist Talks are free and open to the public of all ages.
Artist Talks will be followed by Open Mic in the Cafe, starting at 7pm.
Starworks is a family friendly and dog friendly environment. Enjoy refreshments from the Starworks Cafe & Taproom before, during and after the event. The Cafe is open until 9pm and has a large selection of hot and cold beverages, locally crafted wines, beer, pastries, locally prepared sandwiches, desserts and other snacks.
Myung Ahn
Myung Ahn’s recent work explores the liminal space of strength and fragility, success and failure, physicality, and spirituality in human experience. In his studio practice, Myung incorporates various fibers, wood planks, and pvc pipes as structural assists in the claybody and construction processes. The fibers offer flexibility and the wood/pipes allows him to incorporate negative space into otherwise solid structures. Through experimental firings, the pieces sometimes collapse and shatter which provides an opportunity to rearrange the work, re-fire, or resume the broken parts to give them new life. Myung embraces accidents and unexpected outcomes as they allow him to explore his own understanding of success and failure.
Amara Abdal Figueroa
Amara has been recognised and supported by Center for Craft, Materials-Based Research Grant (Nashville, North Carolina; 2019), National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Fund for the Arts (Austin, Texas; 2019), Beazley Design Award (London, United Kingdom; 2019), Taller Vivo for Emerging Artists by the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico; 2021), Art Matters Grantee (New York City, NY; 2019 & 2022), Betty Parsons Fellow (New York City, NY; 2022) and Anonymous Was a Woman (New York City, NY; 2022-23). Amara has been a resident artist at Campos de Gutiérrez in Medellín, Colombia (2012, 2013, 2016); Beta Local in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico (2018 - 2019); and at Espacio Comal in Oaxaca, México (2022).
Margeaux Lim
Margeaux Lim is an artist with an environmental agenda and aims to sever the barrier and disconnect between human and environment due to our anthropocentric culture. By working with found objects, natural iconography, and symbiotic cycles she creates immersive and ephemeral installations that activate the senses.
Lim graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) focusing in installation and ceramics. She has participated in many residencies and awards including The Steel Yard ceramic artist resident 2022, Society of Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) Award 2022, Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture award 2021/2022, Emerging Artists Exhibition, Summer- fair 2021 and the DAAP National Conference on the Beginning Design Students (NCBDS) 2019
https://www.margeauxlim.com/