Selena Lin Blewett | Potter & Artist specializing in hand-crafted vessels, tile, and fine art.
About the Artist
As a multidisciplinary creative, Selena leans into the intrinsic knowledge lent from her family who’ve dwelled in the unceded territory of the Sylix, Secwepemc, and Nlaka’pamux peoples for the past four generations. She spent her days sailing, fly fishing, and basking in the region's distinctive seasons. In practice, Selena layers inspiration derived from the Okanagan’s biome with her family’s history through colour and pattern to create a deeply rooted visual expression.
Selena studied Fine Arts at Okanagan College, and completed the Design and Formation program at Langara College. Her passion for printmaking took her from Malaspina Printmakers in Vancouver to studying at private studios in Mexico.
She honed her skills in ceramics by studying at the Kootenay School of the Arts Ceramics program in Nelson, British Columbia. She currently practices from her studio in Kelowna, B.C.
Artist statement:
“Realising functional works of art to be handled and experienced is the intention behind my living art practice. Embracing the functionality of the 2D and 3D forms of vessels and tile, I work to achieve in clay what I explore on paper and canvas by artfully merging marks and motifs. Harnessing inlay, transfers, sgraffito and explorative glazing techniques to mimic the traditional expression of etching plates, screen printing and paint, I manifest moments of joy, layers of time and bursts of spontaneous energy.”
In the Studio
