Pat Kazi

b. 1947, Cincinnati, Ohio

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Liriodendron Foundation, Bel Air, MD
Museum of Fine Arts, Wilmington, DE

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2006       Through the Looking Glass: Curiouser and Curiouser Teapots, Craft Alliance,
            St. Louis, MO
2005       The Teapot: From Function to Sculpture, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
        National Teapot Show VI, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmor, NC
2004,06   Steeped in Tradition, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
2003-07   Hot Tea!, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003       Fantasy Figures, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
        31st Annual Toys Designed by Artists, Purchase Award, Arkansas Arts Center,
            Little Rock, AR
        Artists Play Dolls, OXOCO Gallery, Baltimore, MD
        Far off the Runway, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002       30th Annual Toys Designed by Artists, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2000       Fantasy Figures, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
1999       Tea 'N' Trompe, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
        Teapot Exhibition, Pinch/Ferrin, Northhampton, MA

ABOUT THE ARTIST

   Pat Kazi's creation of a fantasy world began as a child growing up on the far end of an island in Maine. Nature and a turn-of-the-century atmosphere surrounded her. Inspired by fairy tales, Kazi began to draw.

   Her artistic talents evolved over the years, including formal art education at the Massachusetts College of Arts, Marymount College and Hunter College. Her work gradually progressed from painting to three-dimensional stoneware, and there it remains strong. About twenty years ago, her son started playing "Dungeons and Dragons", which had a tremendous influence on Kazi's work.

   Kazi's sculptures take the form of animals, warriors, sorcerers and other figures of the fantasy world. Her basic materials used for the works are crafted from stoneware or porcelain clay. The work is adorned with antique beads, wings, furs, glass, game pieces, shells and other unusual items that she has collected from antique jewelry and clothing. Her figurative sculptures are usually based on figures renowned in history, serious or whimsical. Others are based of ancestors from 19th century Maine.

Kazi lives on an old dairy farm in northern Maryland. The converted barn serves as a study and exhibition space. The barn, house and yard are a fantasy environment filled with old and new mystical creatures of every kind.

   Over the years, Kazi has participated in numerous regional and national juried shows and currently exhibits her work in hundreds of galleries and shops across the United States.