JUDITH MISTOR
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Judith Mistor is originally from Detroit, Michigan, where she attended both the University of Detroit and Marygrove College. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts and Mathematics, and has had a successful career as a secondary school teacher in Miami, Florida. Ms. Mistor‘s exhibition credits include: Detroit Artist’s Market (Detroit, MI), Gallery 24 (Bal Harbour, FL), Bakehouse Art Complex (Miami, FL), Kavachnina Contemporary Gallery (Wynwood, FL), Sculpt Miami (Art Basel fair, Wynwood, FL),
statement
“Growing up in Detroit, stark industrial vistas have had a fundamental influence on my development as an artist, and as a result, I find that discarded urban artifacts are my visual vocabulary. I enjoy using meaningless detritus in order to compose meaningful commentary. My sculptural assemblages are conceptual works, created by combining found objects with molded ceramic vessels. And, although I am subverting the genre, the traditional, utilitarian use of clay is loosely preserved. I choose ordinary plastic containers as molds: disposable, consumable, cheap, mass-produced–essentially worthless. There is a transformative process at work when something that was once mass-produced and promptly discarded becomes unique, and thus transcended from its origins. I enjoy the contrasts that arise from this process: mass-produced/unique; disposable/permanent; worthless/sacred.”
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