BIO

Annabelle “Able” Broyles is a multi-disciplinary artist from Atlanta, GA. They began their undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina Asheville and earned their BFA in Ceramics at the University of Georgia - Lamar Dodd School of Art in 2016. Able has most recently lived in New Orleans where they apprenticed to be an auto mechanic while completing their Post Baccalaureate studies at Tulane University. Able will be an Artist in Resident at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY starting September 2021.

Contact

email: annabelle.broyles@gmail.com

instagram: @able.clay

Artist Statement

My work is an excavation of memory, the mind, and where we hold core events in our bodies. I am interested in the subconscious and where identity and the concept of “I” come into play. A separation of identity and outward presentation is something I often explore and process through my art. 

Through the action of making, I access deeper parts of myself; my hands become interpreters for concepts and feelings I do not yet have the language for. As I work on an object, I record what messages come up for me and what I see echoing in my surroundings. These messages are logged in fingerprints in the soft clay or hair and fiber samples harvested from daily life. I work with clay because of the story it can tell through the evidence of process. Like clay, the subjects of my work begin underground, shapeless and soft— becoming more defined and structured as they are unearthed. Though my work is often rooted in the personal, it holds universal truths that speak to the human experience of identity, consciousness, and community.

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EDUCATION

2020 Post Baccalaureate Studies, Ceramics

Tulane University

New Orleans, Louisiana

2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts Magna Cum Laude, Ceramics

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

EXHIBITIONS

2019                               Solo Exhibition, Fluidform

Lucky Art Fair

                                       New Orleans, Louisiana

 2019                              Group Exhibition, I.D.E.A. Gallery

                                       Sandy Springs, Georgia

 2017                              Group Exhibition, Summer Swan (curated by Marianne Lambert)

                                       Swan Coach House Gallery

                                       Atlanta, Georgia

 2016                              Solo Exhibition, Belly Aches

                                       Lamar Dodd Galleries

                                       University of Georgia

                                       Athens, Georgia

 2015                              Group Exhibition, La Mostra

                                       Palazzo Vagnotti

                                       University of Georgia

Cortona, Province of Arezzo, Italy