Nicolle LaMere is on a journey to know cosmos. LaMere works with ceramics and elemental materials to create sculptural objects and installations. Ideas pertaining to existence take the form of spheres and voids, via vessels. LaMere primarily works with molds and slip-dipped burnable materials. While in residence at HCCC, LaMere plans to spend her time expanding her current body of work, as well as exploring the utilization of translucent porcelain and lithophane techniques to create illuminated spaces expressing the divinity of environment.
LaMere spent her first 25 years in southern Wisconsin, on the fringe of suburbia and farmland. Having received a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2011), LaMere relocated to Lubbock, Texas, in 2014, to complete her MFA from Texas Tech University (2017). After graduation, she participated in the Land Art of the American West program, traveling over 6,000 miles and camping throughout Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. LaMere has completed multiple technical ceramic research grants, the most recent being the NCECA Graduate Student Fellowship (2015). LaMere is currently an art instructor at Art League Houston and maintains a studio at Box13 ArtSpace in Houston. To learn more about her work, visit www.nicollelamere.com.
Nicolle’s residency is generously underwritten by Sara and Bill Morgan.
