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Biography
Since 2008 Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker have been collaborating together under the name Future Retrieval, mining archives and museums to digitally collect and make objects that re-examine the history of decorative arts. They have been artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE, The International Studio in Jingdezhen China, Dresdner Porzellan in Freital Germany, and Smithsonian Artist Research Fellows at the National Museum of Natural History and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. Guy and Katie were recently Resident Artists and Grantholders at Iaspis in Stockholm Sweden, and Research Fellows at the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati OH. Their work is held in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, 21C Museum/Hotel in Durham NC and the Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center in Tempe AZ. They both received their BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from The Ohio State University.
Artist Statement
The pieces created utilize three-dimensional scanning and digital manufacturing of found forms that are molded and constructed in porcelain, mimicking the history of decorative arts and design. Our process addresses the conceptualization, discovery, and acquisition of form, to make content-loaded sculptures that reference design and are held together by craft. We incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to our work, striving to make influential historic objects relevant to today.
Since 2008 Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker have been collaborating together under the name Future Retrieval, mining archives and museums to digitally collect and make objects that re-examine the history of decorative arts. They have been artists in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE, The International Studio in Jingdezhen China, Dresdner Porzellan in Freital Germany, and Smithsonian Artist Research Fellows at the National Museum of Natural History and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. Guy and Katie were recently Resident Artists and Grantholders at Iaspis in Stockholm Sweden, and Research Fellows at the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati OH. Their work is held in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, 21C Museum/Hotel in Durham NC and the Arizona State University Ceramics Research Center in Tempe AZ. They both received their BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and MFA from The Ohio State University.
Artist Statement
The pieces created utilize three-dimensional scanning and digital manufacturing of found forms that are molded and constructed in porcelain, mimicking the history of decorative arts and design. Our process addresses the conceptualization, discovery, and acquisition of form, to make content-loaded sculptures that reference design and are held together by craft. We incorporate an interdisciplinary approach to our work, striving to make influential historic objects relevant to today.