CASEY ZABLOCKI

Casey Zablocki is a ceramic artist known for his brutal forms and craggy surfaces. His alchemical experimentations with proprietary mixtures of clay push boundaries of scale and material, forging sculptures, functional objects, and furniture that appear as though they were carved from a prehistoric landscape or rescued from architectural ruins. Based in Missoula, Montana, Zablocki’s mountainous surroundings are central to his practice. The colors of his work come from slips fashioned from locally sourced porcelain or ash from native woods, which Zablocki uses to fire his pieces in a cave-like wood-burning anagama kiln—one of America’s largest—for ten days straight. In each work, Zablocki seeks to capture the tension of the modern world we’ve created coexisting within the ancient one we’ve been given.

Born into a family of artists and makers, Zablocki received his BFA at Finlandia University in Hancock, Michigan and completed his post-baccalaureate studies at Montana State University. He has apprenticed with some of the world’s leading ceramic artists, including American anagama kiln expert Peter Callas and renowned South Korean sculptor Hun Chung Lee.

Process

CASEY ZABLOCKI AT HIS STUDIO IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, 2024 CASEY ZABLOCKI AT HIS STUDIO IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, 2024
CASEY ZABLOCKI UNLOADING THE KILN, 2024 CASEY ZABLOCKI UNLOADING THE KILN, 2024
WORKING IN ONE OF THE LARGEST WOODFIRED KILNS IN THE U.S., THE PROCESS TAKES UP 10 DAYS WORKING IN ONE OF THE LARGEST WOODFIRED KILNS IN THE U.S., THE PROCESS TAKES UP 10 DAYS
A FRESHLY FIRED KILN READY FOR UNLOADING, 2022 A FRESHLY FIRED KILN READY FOR UNLOADING, 2022
CASEY ZABLOCKI WORKING IN HIS STUDIO, 2017 CASEY ZABLOCKI WORKING IN HIS STUDIO, 2017
INSTALLATION VIEW OF “ACCESSORIES” AT THE CLAY STUDIO IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, 2015 INSTALLATION VIEW OF “ACCESSORIES” AT THE CLAY STUDIO IN MISSOULA, MONTANA, 2015

Works

Setebos

2022

Woodfired stoneware

25"H X 19"DIA

Skoll

2022

Woodfired stoneware

26"H X 18"DIA

Terhune

2022

Woodfired stoneware

22"H X 18"W X 8"D

Bestla

2022

Woodfired stoneware

16"H X 15"DIA

Callisto & Carpo

2022

Woodfired stoneware

6"H X 10"W X 6"D / EA

Capella

2022

Woodfired stoneware

11"H x 9"D x 17"W

Carme

2022

Woodfired stoneware

8"H X 6"DIA

Carmel

2021

Woodfired stoneware

14"H x 7"W x 7"D

Charon

2022

Woodfired stoneware

22"H X 16.5"DIA

Cressida, Center

2022

Woodfired stoneware

19"H X 21"D X 22.5"W

Cressida, Left

2022

Woodfired stoneware

19"H X 22.5"W X 20.5"D

Cressida, Right

2022

Woodfired stoneware

19"H X 22.5"W X 20.5"D

Exhibitions

CASEY ZABLOCKI

SEP 12, 2024 - NOV 14, 2024

GUILD GALLERY NEW YORK

CASEY ZABLOCKI

MODERN RELICS

SEPT 15, 2022 – NOV 26, 2022

GUILD GALLERY NEW YORK

ART AND PURPOSE

WORKS BY NINE ARTISTS

DEC 8TH, 2022 - JAN 28, 2023

GUILD GALLERY NEW YORK

EARTH AND ACCIDENT

CURATED BY LUKE SYSON

NOV 2, 2023 - JAN 20, 2024

GUILD GALLERY NEW YORK