Jolie Ngo’s work explores the intersection of craft, technology and community. From her studio in Santa Barbara, Ngo expands the boundaries of ceramic and plastic art through her multifaceted and playfully subversive approach, stripping away seriousness to forge a new conceptual and experimental path. Ngo, who was born and raised in and outside of Philadelphia, holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFS from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Her faceted forms evoke the shape of traditional silk lanterns, while layered textures recall topographic views of rice paddles; with these works, she continues to shape a new narrative for contemporary plastic and ceramic works and design at large.