Artist Bio and Statement

Maguelonne Ival (Mag) was born and raised in France, lived for a few years in England (Birmingham) and New Zealand (Dunedin) and moved to Corvallis, Oregon (USA) in 2004. She started ceramics there and never stopped, building a career in the arts alongside her job as a Foreign Language teacher and taking care of her two sons.

Through her art, she aims to create meaningful beauty through sculptural work but also enjoys creating more traditional ceramic vessels that she decorate in innovative ways, linking tradition and innovation.

Mag uses porcelain and colored clay to in her work. One technique she likes to use is the Japanese Nerikomi technique that allows her to create patterns directly in the clay but she loves to discover and test new techniques and apply them to both her sculptural and functional work.

Lately she has been experimenting with the mobius strip, a shape she uses to make functional vases and the starting block of many of her abstract wall sculptures.

You can find her ceramics at craft markets around Oregon (see this page for upcoming events), and various galleries in Oregon, including the “Green Heron Gallery” in Philomath, Oregon where her work is exhibited on a permanent basis . Check this page for past and current exhibitions.

Artist Bio and Statement

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