Deb Stewart, “Propagation and Endurance”, June 26 – August 1, 2026

Buffalo ceramicist Deborah Stewart creates sculptural works that explore the interconnections between nature, movement, and form. Her lifelong engagement with hiking, camping, and gardening informs a deep physical and sensory relationship to the natural world, while her background as a modern dancer shapes her understanding of movement, energy, and breath. These influences converge in her ceramic practice, where she approaches clay as both a responsive partner and an expressive medium. Deborah Stewart is a sculptor primarily working in clay. Her main interests are the experience of nature and movement, and their transformation into clay forms. As a sculptor who has in the past also been a studio potter, a biologist, a modern dancer and choreographer, she interweaves sensibilities from each of these areas into her work. She has a BFA in Ceramics and an MFA in Visual Art/ Sculpture. Her work has been exhibited locally and nationally and is in public and private collections.