Henry Erdman — Semblance

April 11 — May 9

Semblance, Henry Erdman’s debut solo exhibition, examines the tension between refinement and rupture through ceramic vessels that draw on functional forms to explore the construction of identity and the surfaces that both protect and conceal it. Each piece is carefully built and laboriously burnished to a smooth, perfected finish, then deliberately disrupted through intricate carving. These interventions fracture the surface, revealing the clay body beneath. Moving between polish and exposure, the works hold utility and subjectivity in balance, inviting consideration of what remains when constructed surfaces are broken and the object is left unmediated by embellishment.

Henry Erdman (b. 1992, Minnetrista, MN)is an artist whose work engages themes of identity, functionality and the body. Working primarily in clay, he employs familiar vessel forms as a site for personal exploration, examining the tension between utility and subjectivity. Erdman began working in ceramics at the age of fourteen and has returned to the medium throughout his life, drawn to its tactile immediacy and capacity for expression. In addition to his studio practice, he works as a freelance graphic designer and creative director. Erdman lives and works in Los Angeles.