Shalene valenzuela biography of christopher

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an interview with Shalene Valenzuela. Her slip cast sculptures feature underglaze paintings of women in domestic situations. In our interview we talk about the influence of mid-century advertising and film, creating humorous visual narratives that question women’s perception of themselves in our society, and balancing her studio life with her role as an arts administrator. Shalene is based in Missoula, MT, where she has an active studio practice and is the director of the Clay Studio of Missoula. For more information visit or

This episode of Tales of a Red Clay Rambler is sponsored by Cousins in Clay, a group pottery show nestled in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This year’s show is happening over Labor Day Weekend, and features the original cousins, Michael Kline, Bruce Gholson, and Samantha Henneke along with special guests Courtney Martin, Kyle Carpenter, Dan Finnegan, and Becca Jane Koehler. For directions and more information, head to and follow @cousinsinclay on Instagram.

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Today’s event is the Indiana Potters Conference. Happening for the first time Oct

Brian D'Ambrosio is a writer/editor living in Missoula.

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Shalene Valenzuela’s ceramic and porcelain art provides much to ponder.

For starters, within her pieces lurks a mild – and at times not so lenient – criticism of
consumption modes, consumerism, societal expectations, etiquette, and delineated
gender roles.

In addition to these themes, her sculptures prod fun at our society’s pervasive
construction of nostalgia as yet another form of relentless consumption.

“A lot of the imagery I’ve pulled from dated sources,” says Valenzuela. “It comes
from the era my mother and grandparents grew up in, from old photos, magazines
and yearbooks, and the advertising of the social, political events of their days. It all
seems so innocent, but that is so far from the truth.”

Through the hand-painting or screen-pressing of symbols, faces, and imagery on
thin, fragile objects, Valenzuela exposes contradictions in advertising, culture, and
society. Beneath the shiny veneer we see that the world is a perpetual caricature
of itself; every moment discloses the contradiction of what we pretend to be. She
understands that the world is a charming incon

Shalene Valenzuela - Ceramics Objects

Beneath the shiny veneer of these relics hides a complex and sometimes contradicting truth of what things seem to appear as upon first glance.

–Shalene Valenzuela

It is clear that much of Valenzuela's visual inspiration comes from 50s American housewife culture. Her imagery seems as if it jumped straight out of advertisements, film stills, cookbooks, and family photos one might find in a typical 50s household. Beneath these idyllic, rosy scenes, however, is a more complicated truth. When we realize there is more than meets the eye, Valenzuela challenges us to question the beliefs, practices, and norms of a time not so long ago.

Valenzuela's porcelain sculptures of household objects depict scenes of women fulfilling their "wifely duties". This achieves a literal objectification; the interweaving of object and subject suggests that the woman and her tools are one and the same. The women are painted, not sculpted; they are less complex, less interesting, less dimensional than the three-dimensional objects on which they are depicted. Of course, these sentiments don't reflect the opinions of Valenzuela. Biting her tongue, she holds a mirror u

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Shalene Valenzuela - Executive Director
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Shalene arrived at the Clay Studio of Missoula in as an artist-in-residence. She served on the board of directors from , and was hired as the Executive Director in She came to The Clay Studio of Missoula with an extensive amount of experience as an educator, administrator, and artist.

Shalene received a BA in Art Practice at the University of California at Berkeley and an MFA in Ceramics from California College of Arts and Crafts. For several years in Oakland, she ran a gallery in a cooperative studio space, while working as an administrative assistant for The Consortium for the Arts/Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley (). Her teaching experience includes various classes taught at at Flathead Valley Community College, University of Montana, Oregon College of Art and Craft, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula Art Museum, Richmond Art Center, ASUC Studios at UC Berkeley, and California College of Art Extended Education. Shalene has been a guest artist and speaker at a number of art centers

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