Ekİn Balcıoğlu

The Potter (Three Flies on the Wall) , 2025 Em Kettner (Detail). Glazed porcelain tile embedded in oil-sealed cherry . 9 x 15 x 1 in. Expanding on craft traditions, the sgraffito vases and porcelain tile vignettes in The Mortal Coil present stories of transformation, invisible labor, and empowerment. The exhibition begins with a new series by Em Kettner, an artist and writer based in Richmond, CA, whose work explores what it feels like to be a body continuously under study. Hung sequentially, Kettner’s intimate, single-tile mosaics tell the...