Julia Galloway

Cream and Sugar Set 1 View A — Cream and Sugar Set, 2 x 3 x 4 ea
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Cream and Sugar Set 1 View B — Cream and Sugar Set 1
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Pitcher 1 View A — Pitcher 1, 9.75 x 6 x 5
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Pitcher 2 View A — Pitcher 2, 9 x 5 x 6
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Pitcher 3 View A — Pitcher 3, 10.75 x 6.25 x 5
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Pitcher 4 View A — Pitcher 4, 10 x 7 x 6
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Pitcher 5 View A — Pitcher 5, 10 x 7 x 6
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Pitcher 6 View A — Pitcher 6, 10 x 5.5 x 4.5
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Pitcher Set 1 View A — Pitcher Set 1, 13 x 10 x 5
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Pitcher Set 1 View B — Pitcher Set 1
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Pitcher Set 2 View A — Pitcher Set 2, 13 x 10 x 5
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Pitcher Set 2 View B — Pitcher Set 2
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Pitcher Set 3 View A — Pitcher Set 3, 13 x 10 x 5
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Pitcher Set 3View B — Pitcher Set 3
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Pitcher Set 4 View A — Pitcher Set 4, 13 x 10 x 5
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Pitcher Set 4 View B — Pitcher Set 4
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Pitcher Set 5 View A — Pitcher Set 5, 13 x 10 x 5
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Pitcher Set 5 View B — Pitcher Set 5
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Teapot 1 View A — Teapot 1, 4 x 4 x 8
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Teapot 2 View A — Teapot 2, 4 x 4 x 8
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Teapot 3 View A — Teapot 3, 4 x 4 x 8
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Teapot 4 View A — Teapot 4, 4 x 4 x 8
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Teapot 5 View A — Teapot 5, 9 x 8 x 6
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Teapot 6 View A — Teapot 6, 4 x 4 x 8
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Teapot 7 View A — Teapot 7 , 9 x 8 x 6
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Teapot 8 View A — Teapot 8, 9 x 8 x 6
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Teapot 9 View A — Teapot 9, 4 x 4 x 8
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Teapot 10 View A — Teapot 10, 6.75 x 7 x 5
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Artist Statement

I am interested in pottery that is joyous; objects that weave into our daily lives through use. Pottery decorates our living spaces with character and elegance. Teapots celebrate our drinking tea; a pitcher decorates a mantel when not in use; a mug with slight texture inside the handle allows our fingers to discover uniqueness. Pottery is a reflection of us. In making cream and sugar sets I am curious about their own inherent dialogue; the set itself is reminiscent of close conversations and their ritual celebratory use.

An exhibition and gallery location is a brief but very important place for pottery. It is through the act of “show” that the public first comes to see and understand the work. Specific displays of pottery can bridge the viewer with the content in work. Displaying square tumblers on library-type shelves supports the ideas of all kinds of nourishment. Exhibiting cups at eye level decorated with the skyline of Rochester gives the viewer the sense of being inside looking outside.

I make pottery out of porcelain clay. It is extremely sensitive and responsive to the human touch when it’s soft; when fired it becomes dense and strong. It is this responsive nature of clay that continues to interest me. It responds to your touch, then you respond to it. The same happens in the firing process with glaze materials and the atmosphere of the kiln. Clay is a supportive and demanding medium for the creative journey of making.

I am insistent about making things with my hands. A need for beautiful domestic objects and an instinctual drive to create things are tremendous dance partners for idea and desire. Utilitarian pottery supports and represents our intimate rituals of nourishment and celebration.

Biography

Julia Galloway is a utilitarian potter and professor. She is currently the Director of the School of Art and Professor at the University of Montana, Missoula. Julia was born and raised in Boston. She did her graduate studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, her BFA at New York State College of Art & Design at Alfred University and studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design as well as Massachusetts College of Art.

Julia has exhibited across the US, Canada, and Asia. Julia’s work is included in the collections of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC, Long Beach Art Museum, Long Beach CA, The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, and The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Julia has served on the board of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. Her work has been published in Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, Art and Perception and Clay Times. She also is in “The Ceramic Spectrum” by Robin Hopper, “The Art of Contemporary Pottery” by Kevin Hulch, “Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artist and Objects”, and The Ceramic Continuum, Archie Bray Foundation. In addition, she has developed service based websites: “Montana Clay” and “the field guide for ceramics artisans”.