Collection: Marissa Childers
Oklahoma City, OK
Marissa Childers was born and raised in the small town of Florence, AL, where she earned her BFA from the University of North Alabama. Upon graduating, she worked as a ceramic intern at Anderson Ranch Art Center (Snowmass, CO) and soon after, received her MFA at the University of Oklahoma (Norman).
Childers has exhibited her work at numerous galleries across the United States and India. She received the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Graduate Student Fellowship in 2021, was chosen as one of Ceramics Monthly’s Emerging Artists of 2022, and was an NCECA Emerging Artist in 2023. Childers’s work explores moments of connection and intimacy while celebrating femininity and craft found within domestic spaces. She is often inspired by things society deems a craft or feminine such as, quilting, sewing, and decoration. These domestic activities heavily influence the work she creates and further inform her building process. The various textures and patterns she uses are intended to evoke a sense of joy and nostalgic comfort, while small hidden details draw viewers in for a closer look. Childers strives to make artwork that is elegant, yet inviting to the touch, so it may be easily woven into the lives of others.
