Calero Artist Statement

 Keiry Calero is a ceramic artist based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Being torn between the sense of belonging to Ecuadorian and North American culture, Calero finds ways to portray certain areas of her struggles in her ceramic work by exploring the themes of identity, belonging, and the influence of mass media by using both mediums of pottery and sculpture. 

Calero was led astray on multiple occasions throughout her journey in the world of academia. It was not until she stumbled upon the required course of Ceramics when she found her truest passion. This is where she was able to find an area where her passions of psychology, art, and architecture could collide.

Calero’s work combines both play and contemplation, with some material being interactive pieces, allowing the viewer to become a part of the piece. 

Calero also intends on exploring the theme of migration in her later work. Having come from immigrant parents from South America and being surrounded by immigrants from Europe, Africa and South America, this has put her in a perpetual position in which she questions her personal journey and how it is affected by the immigration of the family that precedes her and of the peers she’s surrounded by. 

By using a contrast of both bright and dull color schemes, along with the experimentation in both form and texture Calero strives for her art to invoke the feelings of belonging while questioning the status quo. She also persists in reminding the viewer to be playful and adaptable to the inevitable challenges one faces on a day to day basis.

Artist Statement