Christie Wright
Ceramic Cell Phone—Geisha, 2004. Porcelain, luster, and wire, 41 ⁄4 × 3 × 2 inches.
Medusa Lamp, 2006. Porcelain, luster, and wire, 4 feet × 8 inches × 6 inches.
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Wheeling, West Virginia, 1974
Resides: Brooklyn, New York
Education: Design Academy Eindhoven, the Netherlands (M.F.A., 2003);
Fulbright Scholar (2001–2002); Cranbrook Academy of Art (M.F.A., 2000);
Western Kentucky University (B.F.A., 1997)
Website: www.elastichome.com
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
“Fragiles: Porcelain, Glass, and Ceramics,” Design Miami, Florida. Traveled.
“Handled with Care: Contemporary Ceramic Works,” Designersblock, London. Catalogue.
“The New Customizing Paradigm,” Galerie Intermezzo, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
“The 63rd Scripps College Ceramic Annual,” Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Claremont, California.
Catalogue.
2005
“HARD POP EXPO: iPod Killed the Videostar,” Mama Gallery, Rotterdam.
2003
“Graduate Exhibition,” Design Academy, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
“Armour,” Fort Asperen, Acquoy, the Netherlands.
2000
“Graduate Degree Show,” Cranbrook Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
“Then & Now,” Forum Gallery Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
1999
“Body Parts,” Pewabic Pottery Gallery, Detroit.
“Clarity of Seduction,”Network Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan.
“Installation Eight,” Fire Exit Installation Space, Columbus, Ohio.
“Velocity,” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Selected Bibliography
2008
Hepburn, Tony. “Parafunctionality,” Ceramics Monthly (February).
York, Susan. “Thinking Through Design,” Ceramics Monthly (February).
2003
Hathaway, Cynthia, ed. A Meeting in the Supermarket. Amsterdam: KesselsKramer.