Artist Statement

Paul Kotula is best known for his ceramic tableware situated at the intersection of art, craft, and design. It is often combined into complex settings or tableaux that explore a range of intimate human experiences through the commonality of dining rituals and domestic life. Using various hand building processes he instills objects with multiple histories – from those in the fine and decorative arts to lived experiences.  In doing so he both celebrates and questions the complexities of our time while embracing the tenets of the Slow Movement which “advocates a cultural shift for slowing down life’s pace.”