Yve Holtzclaw- Neighborly

The exhibition Neighborly showcases work by Yve Holtzclaw, an artist-in-residence at the Clay Studio of Missoula since 2024. Drawing on early experiences of urban crawl in the metro-Atlanta area and flooding while living on the Chattahoochee river, Yve’s work focuses on the intersecting forces of wild and domestic through interdisciplinary installations of anthropomorphized climate, animals, and architecture. Interested in giving a face to forces and creatures who blend into our urbanized landscape, their work explores the inescapable enmeshment and interaction of the built and grown environment through portraits constructed from materials which span ceramic, fiber, metal, wood and paint.
Yve Holtzclaw (they/them) is a genderqueer artist and educator from Atlanta, Georgia. Since graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with their BFA in ceramics and art history in 2020, they have been awarded the Donis. A. Dondis travel grant and completed a residency in ceramics at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art. They have shown and organized exhibitions locally and nationally, including a solo exhibition at the Dittmer Gallery at Northwestern. They have presented at NCECA, the Indiana Clay Conference, and University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.