Jill Bonovitz Ceramics

Jill bonovitz american ceramics.

Jill bonovitz ceramics.

Jill bonovitz is a ceramic artist and a founder of the clay studio in philadelphia. Perched on a shelf in a hallway outside of the main exhibition spaces jill bonovitz s delicate porcelain vessels are oddly reminiscent of the clever drolleries found in the bas de pages of medieval prayer books. Jill and sheldon bonovitz in their home in philadelphia with in foreground from left two william edmondson sculptures horse with long tail and woman in background from left on wall. Sheldon bonovitz is better known for his legal artistry although he says he has an artistic side i have he says a very strong sense of what works and what doesn t work what works is art.

Jill bonovitz at john michael kohler arts center american ceramics 2004 58 ill. Volume 11 number 2 spring 1994 ill. In her first show at the helen drutt gallery in philadelphia jill bonovitz exhibited eleven large earthenware vessels. With its studios classrooms galleries shop and claymobile the studio is a welcoming space with a global reach.

Jill bonovitz is an artist who makes sculptures with wire vessels with clay and installations with both wire and clay. Jill bonovitz american ceramics february 1991. Jill bonovitz creates art in a variety of ways but is best known for her ceramics much of which is functional. Never an artist of ornament or elaboration bonovitz at one time incorporated lines of poetry and layered colors in works of simple form and.

Recent work helen drutt gallery philadelphia pa. The clay studio in philadelphia is one of the nation s oldest and most respected centers for ceramics bringing artists students and visitors around the art and craft of clay. 1999 jill bonovitz variations on the vessel curated by leah douglas philadelphia international airport philadelphia pa. Jill bonovitz is an artist working in philadelphia.

2010 jill bonovitz locks gallery philadelphia pa. In wire she creates the edges of what is not there and in clay she creates the essence of what is. Jill bonovitz is an artist working in philadelphia. 1998 jill bonovitz cavin morris gallery new york ny catalog with essay by judith tannenbaum 1994 jill bonovitz.