Gwendolyn yoppolo biography
Gwendolyn yoppolo uses words, ceramic objects, and food to stretch boundaries and transform perception.!
Gwendolyn yoppolo
Bio
Gwendolyn Yoppolo transforms our perception of food and relationships by creating ceramic objects to be used in multisensory food events.
Her kitchen- and table-wares tap into the physical experiences of hunger and satiation to allude to larger issues of human desire and relationship. Her visionary designs challenge us to rethink the ways we nourish ourselves and others within contemporary food culture.
Gwendolyn yoppolo (b.
She earned an MFA in Ceramics from Penn State University, an MA in Education from Columbia University, and a BA in Sociology from Haverford College. A passionate educator, writer, and researcher as well as a maker, Gwendolyn Yoppolo is currently serving as Associate Professor of Ceramics at Kutztown University.
Her writing can be found in Studio Potter, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Passion and Pedagogy.
Artist Statement
To be held in the hands or touched to the lips, these are intimate objects. The forms I make engage the threshold of subjecti