About
Ezri Horne’s practice spans ceramics, woodworking, printmaking, and browsing the aisles of home improvement stores. Horne inserts moments of tenderness and humor into otherwise stoic and commonplace forms using unexpected materials and tedious craft processes.
Horne, originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, graduated from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2022 with a BA in Anthropology and a BFA in Studio Art. Their work has recently been included in exhibitions at Piano Craft Gallery, Gallery 263, and Commonwealth Clayworks. They currently live and work in the Boston area.
Artist Statement
My childhood was spent sorting through piles of scrap home-remodel material and my father's eccentric junk collection in my backyard. Likely because of this, I am attracted to working with textures, resources, and supplies typically found at construction sites. Trained as a ceramicist, I am also drawn to substances pulled directly from the earth.
Much of my sculpture relies on haptic experience. These moments of interaction can activate memory or create new associations between objects, function, and the body. I am fascinated by the poetics of both processed and raw material derived from their globally implicated histories and their personal biographies.
