Elyse Pignolet - Viewing Room
Her Smile Hid Things,
2019
Ceramic vase with glazes and gold luster
17 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 inches
$6,000
Hydra at Mar-a-Lago, 2019
Sumi watercolor paper
Made at Ballinglen Arts Center, Co. Mayo, Ireland
25 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches
$2,200
You’ll Be Begging For It, 2019
Ceramic platter with glazes
16 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 x 2 inches
$2,000
You’re A Mess, 2019
Ceramic platter with glazes
12 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 x 2 inches
$1,200
You’re getting Hysterical, 2019
Ceramic plate with glazes
9 1⁄2” diameter
$1,000
You’re Crazy Crazy, 2019
Ceramic plate with glazes
9 1⁄2” diameter
$1,000
You’re Too Bossy, 2019
Ceramic plate with glazes
9” diameter
$1,000
Talk to Me When You’ve Calmed Down, 2019
Ceramic plate with glazes
9 1⁄2” diameter
$1,000
You’re Too Emotional, 2019
Ceramic plater with glazes
9 1⁄2” diameter
$1,000
Shhh, 2019
Ceramic plate with glazes
8 1⁄2” diameter
$950
You’re Too Pretty To Be Single, 2019
Ceramic plate with glazes
8 1⁄2” diameter
$950
You’re Too Pretty To Be Mad, 2019
Ceramic platter with glazes
6 1⁄2” x 4” x 1 1⁄2”
$800
Untitled (Rim), 2010
Painted ceramic.
16 x 16 x 8 inches
$3,000
Dick Dish with Predatory Snails, 2018
Ceramic bowl with glazes
12 x 12 x 4 inches
$1,200
Installation views from her last exhibition
PRESS
"The work is incisive and full of rightful despair, while making of whimsy a wonderfully barbed weapon."
by Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times ~ read review
"Pignolet deploys words and phrases that point to a pointed feminist critique flush with both social anger and wry humor."
by Shana Nys Dambrot, Art & Cake ~ read review
"a commentary and a battle cry, and truly embodies what it is to be a woman throughout time and, unfortunately, well into 2019."
~ Leanna Robinson, Artillery Magazine ~ read review
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Oakland, CA, Elyse Pignolet is an American with Filipino heritage, living and working in Los Angeles. Pignolet received a BFA in Ceramics from Cal State Long Beach in 2007. Recent solo and group exhibitions include Elyse Pignolet: You Should Smile More, Koplin Del Rio, Seattle, WA (2019); Art & Activism: An Exhibition About Change, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI (2019); Didn’t you know what you were carrying on your back? Track 16 at Rosalux, Berlin, Germany (2019); Relevant, Craig Krull, Los Angeles, CA (2018-2019); Woman, Prographica/KDR Gallery, Seattle, WA (2018); American Procession, Track 16, Los Angeles, CA (2018). She has completed several public art projects including three large murals at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco and the Gaffey Street Public Swimming Pool in the Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro. Her works have been featured in several contemporary arts publications including the LA Weekly, Juxtapoz Magazine, Huffington Post, KQED, and the Los Angeles Times. Pignolet was awarded a fellowship to the Ballinglen Arts Center, Ireland in 2019.
