Katherine Gaff

Born in Goshen, Indiana, Katherine Gaff has graduated from Purdue University Fort Wayne with a BFA in sculpture. After graduation she has gained experience in the realm of production pottery, selling her pottery, and creating a community ceramics studio. Katherine intends on continuing her education into a master’s program, with the goal of becoming a university professor.

While working her first year making production mugs, she also exhibited new work for her residency with Bread and Circus Gallery in Fort Wayne, IN. Katherine is now working as the Studio Manager at a new ceramics facility at The Community Learning Center in Kendallville, IN. Throughout this time, she has exhibited her work locally and regionally, as well as gained experience selling her pottery online and at local craft fairs. She also joined Doug Casebeer and Seth Green while building a gas kiln at Purdue Fort Wayne. All of these experiences have furthered her knowledge and preparation for applying to graduate programs in January of 2023.

Katherine is interested in the human condition. Her work focuses on the expression of emotional trauma through the examination of memories and portrayed in the form of figurative ceramic sculptures. She observes the aspects of her own female experience, contemplates familial tragedies, and grapples with mental illness. Each memory is portrayed in a gesture, wrapped in a smooth skin, and then broken apart to reveal the damage. This work has been shown locally and regionally in galleries such as the Garret Museum of Art, the Wunderkammer Gallery, and the Indianapolis Art Center during the Indiana Clay Conference.Nulla lectus ante, consequat et ex eget, feugiat tincidunt metus. Donec ac fringilla turpis. Mauris egestas at nibh nec finibus. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus sodales massa malesuada tellus fringilla, nec bibendum tellus blandit. Maecenas non leo laoreet, condimentum lorem nec, vulputate massa.