Kirsti Smith

Kirsti Smith is a ceramic artist from Peterborough, Ontario. She studied at Sheridan College in the Craft and Design program and later transferred to NSCAD, where she received her BFA, majoring in Ceramics. Smith has been an artist in residence with Craft Nova Scotia and The Waterloo Clay and Glass Gallery, and has had solo shows at Atelier Lumilda Gallery, The Drake Hotel, and The Dust Evans Gallery. She also took part in the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, where she won the Ceramic Excellence Award in 2022. All of these experiences have helped build her portfolio and confidence as an emerging ceramic artist.


Artist Statement

From early on, Kirsti has always used her creativity as an expression of her own reality. She begins with inspirations from her own family's ties to religion, sisterhood, and emotions such as grief and innocence to produce physical moments. She creates tactile art that can be touched, as well as emotionally connected to, forming an intimate experience for the viewer. Her most recent body of work is focused on themes of rebirth and new beginnings. Blurring the line between fine art and functional ceramics, Kirsti brings familiar emotions into tangible experiences.


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