Born in Blairstown, New Jersey, Atlanta based ceramic artist Meredith Habermann received her MFA from San Diego State University, School of Art and Design in 2020. She received her BA in Environmental Design from Franklin and Marshall College in 2008. Meredith decided to pursue a career in ceramic arts while living in Japan in her early twenties. Through apprenticeships and internships in pottery production and ceramics arts, she developed a strong foundation in clay. While at SDSU, Meredith started to work with materials other than clay. She found sense of bold expression and authenticity in found objects.

Her interest in social psychology has lead her to explore the basic human desire to connect and how that need for connection drives us to conform to the culture we are in. She is particularly interested in awkwardness as a physical expression created by our inner monologue butting up against societal norms, and how that expression continually manifests in our daily lives. Currently, in conjunction with clay, her practice has expanded to include non-traditional ceramics materials, such as paint, hot glue, glitter, beads, lanyard and hair. In her work she uses coming-of-age stories to discuss and critique the social, cultural and gender molds we put ourselves into. In 2018, she was the recipient of the PSFA Dean Award for her piece, Old Ladies Club. And in 2019, she received the Dean Emeritus Award for a wall installation, Breathes.

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