Kate Missett

Kate Missett, b. 1951, is a ceramic artist and teacher based in Brooklyn. She has an MFA from Pratt and has maintains an active studio practice.

As a ceramic artist she is inspired by the ancient forms of Egyptian canopic jars, Native American coil pots, African terra cotta sculpture and the surfaces of Renaissance majolica. Since growing up in Florida, her subject matter has always focused on environmental issues. Since living in Brooklyn that imagery has become increasingly concerned with social, ecological and political subjects. In seeking to find an appropriate articulation of each idea, her work utilizes a variety of firing techniques including raku, salt, wood firing and lustres as well as silkscreen and photo transfer to create narrative imagery.

Kate’s work has recently been exhibited at the Cornell Art Museum, Fl, Barnstone Gallery, Pa., Jane Hartsook Gallery, NYC, BRIC Brooklyn, Saratoga Art Center and The Clay Art Center Gallery, NY. She has participated in artist residencies at Watershed and Cranberry Island, Maine as well as teaching workshops at Penland School of Crafts, NC, Sugar Maples Craft Center and Peter’s Valley, NY

“My work has frequently responded to the challenges of our times; both political and environmental. I believe in the obligation of the artist to bear witness, to take note of what passes by us and to record our unique impressions and reactions in our creative process.”

Exhibitions

August 1 – August 28, 2024
Play

August 3 - August 30, 2023
Friends+Family,Too

March 23 – April 19, 2023
Over the Sofa

August 5 - September 1, 2021
Flowers, Boats, and Birds

August 8 - September 4, 2019
On the Surface: A Ceramics Show

February 8 - March 1, 2018
Big Love

December 7 - 21, 2017
Holiday Bazaar

June 29 - July 20, 2017
Summer in the City 

June 30 - July 21, 2016
Recent Work

August 13 - September 3, 2015
Representational Group Exhibition

July 31 - August 21, 2014
What You See Is What You Get