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Cara Moczygemba
Education: Selected
Exhibitions: Annual Gallery Artist Exhibition, d.o.c.s. Gallery, New Orleans LA Two Person Exhibition, d.o.c.s. Louisiana Fellowship Invitational Exhibition, Baton Rouge Gallery, continuing on to Alexandia, Shreveport, and Lake Charles. Baton Rouge LA River Arts Inaugural Invitational, River Arts Center, Alexandria LA 1998 Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, curated by Doug McCash. Prairie Fire, Invitational Ceramic Exhibition, Pittsburg State University Gallery, Pittsburg KS Annual Gallery Artist Exhibition, d.o.c.s. 1997 Two Person Exhibition, d.o.c.s. Annual Gallery Artist Exhibition, d.o.c.s. 1996 Two Person Exhibition, d.o.c.s. No Dead Artists, sponsored by Tribe Magazine, Positive Space Gallery, New Orleans 1995 Thin End of the Wedge: Thirty-Four Degrees Inaugural Exhibition, Media City Gallery, Burbank CA *Smelling the Saint, MFA exhibition, Gallery B, California State University Long Beach 1994 *memory or fascination, Peters and Bach, Long Beach CA California State University Long Beach Invitational, L.B. Arts, Long Beach Bibliography:
Susan Peterson Working with Clay. Overlook Press, 1998. The Ceramic Design Book. Intro by Val Cushing. Lark Books, 1998. Chris Waddington. "Looking Back at 1997: The State of the Arts in New Orleans, Galleries..." New Orleans Times-Picayune, January 2, 1998 *Chris Waddington. "New Orleans Artists on Display" New Orleans Times-Picayune, August 15, 1997. *D. Eric Bookhardt. "Fetishes, Feathers and Mojos" Gambit Weekly, August 11, 1997 *D. Eric Bookhart. "Echoes of a Dancing Universe" Gambit Weekly, July 8, 1997 Chris Waddington. "Best of Galleries 1996" New Orleans Times-Picayune, December 27, 1996 *Chris Waddington. "Busts
Express Sculptors Talent Best" New Orleans Times-Picayune, November
15, 1996.
Awards: Merit Award, Feats of Clay, 1999 Artist Fellowship, Louisiana Division of the Arts, 1997 Artist Mini-Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts, 1997 Lectures
/ Demonstrations: 1995 Tulane University, Newcomb School of Art, New Orleans LA 1994 Golden West Community College, Orange County, CA Professional Experience: 1998- Resident Artist, Workshop Coordinator Nottingham Center for the Arts, San Marcos CA 1997 - 1998 Private Ceramics Instuctor 1995 - 1997 Ceramics Instructor Earth & Fire Pottery/Gallery, New Orleans LA 1996 Substitute Ceramics Instructor Xavier University, New Orleans LA 1993 - 1995 Graduate Teaching Associate California State University Long Beach 1993 Assistant to Visiting Artist, Brook LeVan 1992 Teaching Assistant California State University Long Beach Excerpts from Reviews: "Moczygemba's busts radiate the psychological intensity possessed by great actors: coiled tight with unexpressed potentiality, holding the viewers gaze because they never yield their intentions too easily ... Moczygemba strikes a nice balance between stolidity and excess." Waddington "Cara Moczygemba uses an unusual collage method in her works. She uses ceramic molds, some commercially available, some made by hand, and casts slip in the mold. She then tears, twists, and glazes the pieces, sometimes up to five times, building up a history in the work. In some of her more recent works, she uses paperclay (clay with paper pulp added) which allows her to manipulate the clay even further. Moczygemba's work deals with myth and mystery, inviting the viewer to interpret it on a personal level. Her work is aligned with that of Joseph Cornell (see upstairs exhibition) in that she explores the persistence of mystery, despite the technological advances of our day. Some of her works even include box-like niches which contain intimately scaled objects or bits of text. Addressing her use of doll parts and cheap toys, the artist says, 'I feel I reclaim these kitsch objects and craft materials to expose the myth and beauty behind contemporary technological, materialistic, middle-class culture.'" Laura Richens, Assistant Curator at the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans
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