Emily Kleaver received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and Minor in Art History from Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University in May 2021. Her work has been exhibited at various locations from the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA to the Gallery of Art at Temple University Rome in Rome, Italy. From 2019-2021, Kleaver was a Studio Technician Intern at University City Arts League and Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia, PA and in 2020, she served as the Studio Assistant to Paolo Porelli and interned at CRETA Rome in Rome, Italy. She also acted as the president of the Tyler Ceramics Collective at Tyler from 2019-2021 and worked as a Studio Assistant for Roberto Lugo in 2021. Currently she is based in Philadelphia, PA.

  My work centers around my personal exploration of the unconscious and ephemeral. Drawing from imagery and ideas stemming from religious texts, mythology, fables, familial legends, and my own dreams, I fight to tie down my understanding of interpersonal and global systems. I am working to solidify my own understanding of myself and the space I take up in the world around me through object making.

       As a primarily ceramic artist, I find comfort in giving non-physical ideas and characters a permanent place in this physical realm. From portraiture to free-standing objects, the narrative that threads my works together is one of grasping at a fleeting feeling, idea, or story. I utilize a concept-driven practice with distinct imagery, soft contrasts, and a variety of earthy colors and textures to attempt to explain my own universe.