Karima duchamp: mcknight residency- An exhibition by Karima duchamp
Golden rock dragon scale 2 (2024)
Photo Credits Northern Clay Center
Fiber porcelain, englobes
Starting on June 11, join us at the Alliance to view a solo exhibition by ceramic artist Karima Duchamp!
The exhibition will include artworks by Karima Duchamp, created during her time as a McKnight Resident Artist with Northern Clay Center. This cumulative exhibit will feature Duchamp’s ceramic artworks and paintings, inspired by architecture and her connection to her Algerian heritage.
This multimedia exhibit will be on view from June 11 to July 18, and will be open during our regular hours.
Admission is free. Please consider making a $10 donation to support more cultural programs like this one. Your support allows us to continue the presence of cultural programs which benefit our whole community.
Photo Credits: Northern Clay Center and Joe O’Leary (Veto Design)
about the artist
Karima Duchamp is a French artist of Algerian descent whose work is inspired by both intentional and inherent links to her heritage. Duchamp’s ceramic forms are inspired by architecture, featuring fractal shapes on the structures’ facades. She is also a painter and fuses the angular marks on her vessels with flowing, abstract forms of color.
Duchamp achieved her MFA with honors from the Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts (Besançon, France) and went on to study ceramics for an additional year at Maison de la Céramique (Mulhouse, France). Duchamp’s work has garnered much attention and, in 2024, was featured in distinguished exhibitions such as the International Competition of Contemporary Ceramics (Castellamonte, Italy), and the International Ceramics Biennial (Manises, Spain).
2025 is a banner year for Duchamp. Her work is featured in a solo exhibition, de terre, de couleurs et de lumière, at Le Lézard Art Center, curated by Catherine Koenig (Colmar, France). She will also enter her work into the Faenza Prize international competition at the International Museum of Ceramics (Italy). Later in the year, she will undertake a residency at the Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Center (Jingdezhen, China).