Mr. Veronica Lopez has received his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from Syracuse University in ceramics. His artworks center on the various ways material can assist in kind utility, metaphoric objects of symbols of consideration and compassion. Ceramic objects and series that have been made so far are: Halo Cups, Molds of Daily sympathy sculptures, Ceramic Bread, Trust Gimbals, and material lessons. His process is one of exploration and analysis of material, community, and education. He currently resides in Cleveland, OH and is the Studio Manager of Craft + Design for Cleveland Institute of Art.

“I make series that are based on the interactions of Maker, Emotion, Community, Research, Viewer and Chance. I construct processes which produce objects of utility, of metaphorical construction, and didactic interaction. Some of the objects include cups which change color in the morning light, Clay which grows like bread to make a metaphor for compassion, sculptures based on surveys on stranger’s kindness, and clay tablets that grow words based on faith and knowledge. Human interaction has always been a wonderful mystery that I’ve yet to understand, the work I make explores different scales of investigating how material can mimic a phrase made by a sincere emotion or vision another person or persons around me has had. I then show my love, gratitude, curiosity, cleverness, and sincerity to those who view my works. Ultimately my work is about others and the mystery of material, geometry, emotion, and metaphors of kindness and light.”