Bio

Prinshu Gautam (he/him) graduated from Earlham College in May 2023 with a degree in Ceramics and Global Management. He is from Kathmandu, Nepal and identifies as a trans-masculine individual. His practice is currently based in Rhode Island where he is employed at Peter Pots Inc as a ceramics production assistant. He is also pursuing an artist residency at The Steel Yard in Providence, RI.

The conceptual basis of Prinshu’s most recent works are influenced by his experience of being a gender queer immigrant in the United States. He is a functional potter as well as a conceptual artist who creates body art through installations and performance pieces that utilize ceramic forms.

Artist Statement

As a transman, I find it valuable to create work that sits in contrast with the rigid and violent nature of binaries. Therefore, in my broader ceramics practice I aim to translate the joy of fluidity I experience from embracing my unfixed trans identity. I seek fulfillment in struggling with the fixed materiality of ceramics by creating ceramic objects that possess mechanisms to transform through connection with other objects. To translate my joy in such a struggle, I utilize the mechanisms of lid galleries, flanges, and chain/link structures. Tactile interaction from viewers towards the objects in display further contributes to the transformation I am interested in achieving.