Bio
Based in Berkeley, California, mid-career artist Christa Assad is best known for her interpretation of iron as a teapot. Assad explains the inspiration for her piece:
“The antique sad iron conjures up memories of childhood, of times spent with grandmothers and long forgotten domestic disciplines. The morphing of iron and teapot as domestic object icon helps to elicit a more powerful emotional response.”
A teacher, traveler and full time ceramicist with an MFA from Indiana University, Assad’s work is in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Ceramic Research Center at Arizona State University Museum, and The Penn State Fulbright Scholar Collection, among others. Assad is represented by Ferrin Gallery, Harvey Meadows Gallery, and Fourth & Clay. She teaches and exhibits internationally, creating useful, classic pieces that begin on the potter’s wheel, but move beyond the round.
