Contemporary ceramic sculpture
Joey
Downey.
Figurative ceramics, found objects, and familiar forms that hold intimacy, uncertainty, and the complexities of lived experience.
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01 / Artist statement
“My work is both
wound and witness.”
Using ceramics and mixed media, I reframe personal narratives through domestic objects, ritual symbols, and familiar forms.
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02 / About
Behind the work
Joey Downey is a ceramic artist and MFA candidate at Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro. His work examines relationships, memory, and the quiet tensions carried by everyday objects.
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From the studio
04 / Exhibitions
Currently & upcoming
NOV 2026Bates Gallery · Edinboro, PA
Undercurrents — Candidacy Exhibition
November 16–20 · Closing reception November 19, 6–8 PM
OCT 2026Mudflat Pottery School · Somerville, MA
In the Garden
October 2 – November 1 · Juried by Felissa King