Bio
Shelby Pyrzyk is a multimedia artist who focuses mainly on ceramics. Shelby was born and raised in Maine and received her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts in Ceramics from Maine College of Art in May of 2020. She has worked with the tile designer Paul Spaulding at Timeless Tile & Designs, a handmade production ceramic tile company operating for more than 20 years, as well as volunteering and working with children at summer camps. Shelby works to exude playfulness through sculpted animal figures, as well as a variety of pastries and sweets. Her methods of making is an experimental strategy to help transpose and embody her lighthearted and colorful personality within every object.
A comment from the artist:
“My current work and focus is on sweets and having a cartoony element. I find making all of these objects that look similar to the actual thing, but with a twist, to be enjoyable. A good rule of thumb I stand true to is make what you love and I am making the things I am quite fond of using a medium I love!” - 2019