If, 2021

Pink and black porcelain

9 x 11 x 6.5 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,250

Starting Bid: $875

Buy It Now: $1,875

IREN TETE (she/her) is a sculptor working primarily in clay. Originally from Sofia, Bulgaria, she is currently based in San Diego, CA where she is assistant professor of ceramics at San Diego State University. She holds a BFA in kinesiology and health sciences from the College of William and Mary and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Iren's studio practice centers ceramic materials, architecture, and language. Investigating poetic and theoretical systems of thought, seeing, and navigation, her sculptures collapse language of the industrial-infrastructural and human-organic. Iren has participated in residencies at the Hambidge Center, the Archie Bray Foundation, Zentrum fur Keramik, and will be in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in summer of 2024. Iren's solo exhibitions include those at the Sarasota Art Center, Galleri Urbane, Parallelogram Gallery, and Gallery 371. Recent group exhibitions include biennials in Italy and Latvia and shows at Kouri + Corrao, the Dallas Art Fair, and Untitled Art, Miami Beach. Iren is represented by Galleri Urbane (Dallas, TX).