NIKI FORD
Kneeling At The Mouth
12th May - 25th June, 2022
Experiencing Niki Ford's sculpture and drawing is an intoxicating journey. Ford's work is personal and honest. Revealing the figural in a liminal space. Their work is fortifying and transformative as we get to experience their faith in the process and the wonder that skill and honest self reflection can inspire.
Ford uses clay, earth, grit, sumi ink, glazes and even impressions of Joshua trees in the wet clay. Through the intuitive construction the work channels and brings to fruition a psychedelic brutalism. One feels these works could be found on Earth, under the seas, under a volcano, in the clouds, outer space or another dimension entirely.
“Texture is feeling” - Niki Ford
Artist bio: Niki Ford (b.1974) is a queer and non-binary artist that lives and works in Los Angeles and Landers, California. Ford earned their BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1997. They returned to drawing in 2019 and to clay in 2021 after two decades of working as a pedigreed cook and chef.
Recent exhibitions include: Mojave Flea Trading Post, Palm Springs, Terence Koh: diary (in Terence’s online “community store” and shared recipe pages), Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York (group), Objects for Spiritual Use, Annex at M+B, Los Angeles (group) and GUT FRIENDS, curated by Ry Rocklen with the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation, Ojai (group).
