Tile

USA, 1900
Date acquired:
Materials:
Earthenware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Slab-Built
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Eddie Dominguez

Eddie Dominguez is known forwork based on the ordinary things of daily life infused with his point of view: references to his ethnicity, political and social commentary and gender issues. Functionality is not important although many of the objects he makes are in the form of functional objects. Often dinnerware sets are stacked or arranged to create flower gardens, aquariums or in cupboards. All of Dominguez's work is characterized by deeply saturated color.

Dominguez went to art school to be a painter and a sculptor. An independent study program in painting led him to Peters Valley Crafts Center. Impressed by the community nature of the clay world he gradually moved from painting to working with clay. In graduate school at Alfred he studied with Wayne Higby and Tony Hepburn.An early interest in holidays, especially Christmas, helped him see the ways things can be transformed and appear differently from day to day.

An interest in the figure has been present throughout his career. He has created a number of highly decorated, brightly glazed, wall-hung torsos. Religious imagery, especially the rosary, has shown up in his work.

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Last updated: April 22, 2026

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