CHERIE LOCKETT

Originally from Michigan, Cherie had her initiation in the ceramic arts in kindergarten and held the fascination throughout her primary and secondary school years. Later in college she experimented with sculpture taking classes in welding and bronze casting. After earning her BA and MPH and working abroad she returned to being a weekend ceramic potter while working as a Healthcare Professional during the day.

A creative in several of the arts including music, playwriting, mine/mask work, and dance, Cherie continues to explore different themes across time and continents. Always a student of the arts, she attended a workshop at the Maine art school Haystack. Much of her ceramic pottery work pulls from the power of animals and people expressed in the cave paintings and artifacts of our human ancestors, as they laid bare their stories, histories, and the forgotten shadows of their genius. Hers is a passion fueled by the layers of what we see, hear, smell, and feel combined with a deep desire to engage in the artistic exchange.

Cherie has exhibited in several local shows in Evanston and Chicago. A work of hers is published in the Lark Ceramic Book Collection: 500 Raku Bold Explorations of a Dynamic Ceramics Technique. She is a member of the Midwest Clay Guild. Cherie lives in Evanston, IL.