Ceramics Now
Jul 23 - Aug 28 2026
NEW YORK – The Jane Hartsook Gallery is pleased to present work by our 2025 artists in residence:
Lizzy Chemel, Amir Hariri, and Melissa Joseph. Greenwich House Pottery’s Artist Residency Program
fosters artistic growth by providing makers time, space, materials, and a creative community to
explore and generate new bodies of work in ceramics in vibrant New York City.
Lizzy Chemel is a New York City-based artist who makes sculptures in ceramic, found materials, wax,
bronze, and cement. She uses mold-making to combine unlike objects that draw from her curiosity
about undocumented ancestry. Adopted from Southern China and raised in California, Chemel’s
works are influenced by ancient Chinese artifacts, translations, and folklore, as well as memories
and iconography of her American upbringing. During her residency, Chemel continued developing a
series of plaster molds that drew inspiration from the intersection of traditional Chinese culture and
Hollywood kitsch.
Amir Hariri is a New York City-based artist and engineer who deconstructs the world around him to
create abstract artwork and interventions that respond to contemporary challenges such as the
pandemic and climate change. Inspired by individual and collective memories, and a childhood of
exploring abandoned buildings, Hariri uses the language of decomposition and decay to transform
the familiar and question our experiences and sense of history. Hariri used the residency as a space
for experimentation, combining ceramic, wood scaffolding, and cement to create a site-responsive
multimedia sculpture.
Melissa Joseph is a New York City-based interdisciplinary artist whose art practice in craft-based
media—especially ceramics and textiles—addresses themes of diaspora, family history, and the
politics of how we occupy spaces. Joseph is particularly interested in connecting people through
collective memory and shared experiences. During her residency, Joseph created ceramic inlay
paintings that are an interpretation of the visual languages she uses in felt and paper and created
felt/ceramic hybrid works.
