Donna Rozman

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Donna’s career in art began in earnest in 1995, when the family built a home with studio space. At a majolica workshop held in conjunction with the Valley Folk Arts program at Colorado Rocky Mountain School in Carbondale, she discovered that the majolica glazing technique allowed her to combine two loves: drawing and clay. Newly committed to ceramics, she began work as a studio potter, selling her work at the Rijks Family Gallery in Crested Butte. She continued to study ceramics at workshops with well-known potters and each year attended the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts. The stimulation and interaction with other artists inspired her to further her education.

In 2003, Donna completed course work for a Masters of Fine Arts in ceramics at Kansas State University. As a graduate student, she experimented with and explored new ideas in form and technique on both functional and sculptural pieces. In the summer of 2001 she went to Faenze, Italy, with the Kansas State International Studies Program to study majolica ceramics for two weeks. To enhance her education further, she studied ceramics, weaving and Spanish in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, during the fall semester of 2001. Her studies abroad strongly impacted her ceramic work. She now incorporates more brilliant color and uses intricate patterns to enhance the surfaces on her wheel-thrown and altered forms. Influenced by multicultural spirituality, Donna investigates the tantalizing relationship between spirituality and sexuality. Her work includes niche-like sanctuaries that house abstract, sensual statuettes.

Key emotion represented in work:
"After my travels to Faenza, Italy and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, I have embraced a different way of working. There is a sensuality that exudes from these cultures rich in spirituality. "

Personal relationship with your work:
"Working in a more expressive manner is exciting to me. I am interested in the dynamics of opposites that coexist in the world - one depending on the other, pulling and pushing in an effort to find a balance."

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