Hilary Helfant | Ceramic Sculptures

Opening June 24th | 5-7PM

Hilary Helfant, based on the East End of Long Island, is a ceramic artist, and geometric abstractionist. She explores patterns and layers in natural forms. Her pieces don’t replicate nature but develop organically on their own. Using a sphere shape as a starting point, she makes sculpture that one doesn’t just look at, but looks into.

She recognizes the similarities between her work and objects from the sea, but that isn’t entirely her goal when creating it. The reaction she hopes for people to get out of her work is for them to stop and appreciate the work just the way they would look at and appreciate nature. When she titles her work she often has political ideas that go along with them; global warming and ocean acidification. 

Hilary Helfant’s work represents her bottom line optimism. A ceramic sculpture, sturdy in nature; a symbol of strength and the resilience people need today, caring about one another and the future of our planet.