Amy's work challenges the assumptions of the everyday pot. The vessels are not intended to cater to ease and instantaneous gratifications. Rather, their precarity and ambiguity, generates an everlasting exploration through utilization and interaction.
Amy Sanders was born in Yueyang, Hunan, China and raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. She holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with a concentration in Ceramics from West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. In 2022, she completed a year as a post- baccalaureate student at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. From 2022-2024, she served as a long-term Artist in Residence at the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, FL. She served as an invited artist at the 2025 winter Pentaculum short term residency at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg. Recently, Amy attended a Resident Artist at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Shiga, Japan. Amy has shown in exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her article "Harmonious Pouring Vessels" was included in the September 2025 issue of Ceramics Monthly. Currently, she is attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a Master's of Fine Arts candidate.
