Before she worked in multiple projects exploring movement, function, and interaction. In 2011 she traveled to Japan, which influenced her to really explore the boundaries of a ceramic object, questioning what can the experience of it be and in which discipline can it reside. In 2013 she participated in the Stratigraphic Manufactury at the New Museum in NYC, and the Film Room at the British Ceramics Biennial amongst other exhibitions internationally.
“These vessels’ ‘voices’ give sonic expression to sound and noise as sculptural form…They test the limits of the materials, their function. Daiga’s fusion of craft, sound and video is intriguingly pitched.” Alex Hetherington, Aesthetica Magazine blog
b. 1981, Indianapolis, USA
Lives and works outside of New York City
Education
MA Ceramics, Royal College of Art, London, England, UK, 2010- 2012
BA in Industrial Design, Minor in Psychology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, 1999- 2003
Study abroad, Industrial Design, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, Spring 2001
Residencies
2012-2013 Resident Artist at BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center
Selected Exhibitions
2017, 2015 SSNYC Studio Members Pop-Up Show, Long Island City, NY
2016 COMD faculty exhibit, Grace Gallery, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY
2014 15th Annual Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition, Nippon Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2014 Solo exhibition, These are ceramics, Choplet Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 The Film Room, British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent, England
2013 Adhocracy, Lime Wharf, London, England
2013 Adhocracy, New Museum, New York, NY
2013 Crawling Through Clay, Gallery 1205, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Estrangement, Cooper Gallery DJCAD, Dundee, Scotland
2012 Show RCA, Degree Show, London, England
2012 Paradise, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan, Italy
2011 Designers Guild, London, England
2012, 2011 Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London, England
2011, 2010 Work in Progress Exhibit, Royal College of Art, London, England
2010 12th Annual Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramics Competition, Nippon Gallery, Manhattan, NY
2010 Solo exhibition, The Way I See it, Choplet Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Summer Salon, MDH Fine Arts, Manhattan, NY
2003 Young Innovators, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Grants/Awards
2014 1st place at the 15th Annual Tokyo-New York Friendship Ceramic Competition, Nippon Gallery, Manhattan, NY
(received first place & a special prize to travel to Japan to work with an 11th generation Ohi potter in the summer 2015)
2011 Eduardo Paolozzi Travel Grant Recipient (traveled to Mashiko, Japan, post 2011 earthquake to help rebuild kilns)
2008 Featured artist at the Global Goods Partners Benefit, The Living Room, Manhattan, NY
2002 Purdue Undergraduate exhibit, West Lafayette, IN- Awarded 2nd place in Industrial Design
2002 Delta Faucet Chroming Award
Teaching Experience
2021 Ceramics director and instructor, Latvian Center Garezers, Three Rivers, MI
2015-20 Instructor, Sculpture Space NYC, New York, NY
2014-17 Adjunct Lecturer, Graphic Design Principles, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY
2009-10, 2012-17 Instructor, Choplet Ceramics Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2012-13 Instructor, BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center and Mugi Pottery Studio, New York, NY
Related Experience
2014 Studio consultant, Sculpture Space NYC, New York, NY
2013-14 Freelance window installation artist, Ralph Lauren, New York, NY
2013 Production team, slip cast Menurkeys (Menorah + Turkey), Asher Weintraub’s Kickstarter, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Created fun projects and ‘how tos’ for an online ceramic retailer, Big Ceramics Store, New York, NY
2013 Sculptor/pointer, Plaster Works Inc, New York, NY
2007-10 Studio Tech, Choplet Ceramics Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Lecturer / Talks / Presentations
2016 Award winner, presentation on trip to Kanazawa, Japan in 2015, 16th Annual Tokyo-NY Friendship Ceramic Competition, New York, NY
2012 Visiting Lecturer, Workshop about Modular design, Plymouth University, Plymouth, England
2012 Artist talk, BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Bibliography
Agita Salmina, “Larisa Daiga: Material Op. 1 video” Arterritory.com, October 10, 2014.
https://arterritory.com/lv/zinas/4075-larisa_daiga_material_op.1_video
New Museum, “As part of “Adhocracy,” on view through July 7” New Museum (blog), July 3, 2013.
https://newmuseum.tumblr.com/post/54515089231/as-part-of-adhocracy-on-view-through-july-7
Alex Hetherington, “Review of Estrangement: Fatma Bucak, Larisa Daiga, Evariste Maïga, Samuel Williams” Aesthetica
Magazine (blog), January 2013. https://www.aestheticamagazine.com/blog/review-of-estrangement-dundee/
Ray, “Flotspotting: 'Interactive Modular Set' by Ceramist Larisa Daiga” Core77, August 15, 2012.
https://www.core77.com/posts/23180/Flotspotting-Interactive-Modular-Set-by-Ceramist-Larisa-Daiga
Published Writing
"Emmanuel Cooper (1938 – 2012) A personal tribute" The Matter Ceramics & Glass 2012 June 2012.http://matter.rca.ac.uk/the-programme/a-tribute/
Curatorial Projects
2010 Will Throw For Beer, Choplet Gallery & surrounding bars, Brooklyn, NY