BIO

DEE CLEMENTS IS A PROCESS-BASED ARTIST WITH INTEREST IN MATERIALS, CRAFT, AND ETHNOGRAPHY. SHE HOLDS AN MFA IN 3D DESIGN FROM CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART AND A BFA IN FIBER/MATERIALS STUDIES AND SCULPTURE FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO. HER WORK IS REPRESENTED BY NINA JOHNSON GALLERY IN MIAMI, FL.

SHORT ARTIST STATEMENT

“MY PRACTICE EXAMINES WOMEN’S ROLES IN SOCIETY AND THEIR UNSEEN LABOR THROUGH THE LENSES OF CRAFT AND ART, FEMINISM, ETHNOGRAPHY, AND PATRIARCHY. THE CURVY, OFTEN MATRONLY, SAGGY, LUMPY, BULBOUS FORMS OF MY CERAMIC / WOVEN VESSELS ARE METAPHORS FOR WHAT WOMEN HOLD AND HOW THEIR SOCIETAL ROLES RELEGATE THEM TO SPECIFIC CRAFTS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN DEEMED “WOMEN’S WORK.”

ALSO

DEE FOUNDED STUDIO HERRON, A DESIGN STUDIO THAT OPERATED FROM 2011-2023. FOCUSED ON WOVEN TEXTILES, FURNITURE, AND OBJECTS THAT COMBINED AN ARTISTIC PROCESS AND TRADITIONAL CRAFT METHODOLOGIES WITH THE UTILITARIAN AND THE AESTHETIC. STUDIO HERRON CREATED UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL PIECES FOR THE INTERIOR DESIGN TRADE, COMMERCIAL RETAIL, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COMMISSION, GALLERY EXHIBITION, AND ARCHITECTURAL INSTALLATION, AS WELL AS THE STUDIO HERRON TEXTILE LABEL.

*While studio Herron the design company is officially closed, the name is still legally active, and Dee often still uses it as a DBA in her professional practice.