Artist Statement
Landis Carey is a ceramic artist who experiences synesthesia. She feels color. Following a rare pancreatic cancer diagnosis and strenuous recovery in 2018, Landis’s ceramic practice shifted from functional production to experimental installation after experiencing color visions during meditation. The emotionally charged, infinite swaths of rich, undulating color and piercing white light she experiences underpin her work.
Experimenting with glaze quality, Landis recreates portions of her color visions on clay wall installations. She intricately layers glazes to achieve color and light variations. Lighter glazes pierce darker ones, reaching the vessel's surface, where ambient light further draws attention.
Landis handbuilds with slabs of various mid-range stoneware clay bodies and has built a library of over 400 glaze tests she draws from when planning her work. Her explorations have led her to investigate new ceramic forms and presentations.
Artist Bio
Landis Carey (b. 1980), lives in Boca Raton, Florida, and works in Delray Beach, Florida. Carey received a BA from Furman University (2003) (Studio Art), an MBA from Fordham University (2010), and is currently a Post baccalaureate in Ceramics at Florida Atlantic University.
Carey is a ceramic artist who handbuilds stoneware installations based on the healing color visions she experiences in meditation, which have been critical to her healing from an advanced, rare pancreatic cancer. Experimentations in color, form, and installation methodology are important elements of Carey’s practice.
Selected group exhibitions include Onna House, “Both Sides Now,” Palm Beach, Florida (2025), Onna House, “Blue is the Warmest Color,” Palm Beach, Florida (2024), and Arts Warehouse, “Summer Heat,” Delray Beach, Florida (2025). Carey received a four-year residency at Arts Warehouse in Delray Beach, Florida (2023), was inducted into the Arts Hall of Fame at her alma mater, Trinity Preparatory School in Winter Park, Florida (2025), and the City of Delray Beach, Florida, purchased her work as a gift to Mayor Masafumi Kinosaki of Sister City Miyazu, Japan (2024). Carey’s work is in private collections in Palm Beach, the Hamptons, and New York City.