The Story
Johanna Keefe is an artist working in Monterey, California, creating and sculpting objects and vessels that question and redefine tradition. Guided by the international history of trade and luxury goods to the USA, she fuses unique sculpting techniques and traditional materials to create new and contrasting images, textures, and forms.
Johanna makes everything meticulously by hand in her studio in Monterey, CA. Johanna’s work brings history to forefront using imagination, innovation, and a reverent sense of story telling. She is grateful for your support and welcomes feedback and custom orders.
Johanna lives and works in Monterey, California. Using ceramics and photography her art questions the origins, manufacture, and trade of luxury commodities.
Her work focuses on the structures of porcelain manufacture, agricultural trade, and power acquisition in the Americas from the 17th century to present day.
