Artist Profile

artistsregister.com/artists/CO199Piera Kllanxhja

Crystalline Glazed Porcelain and Monotypes
Having spent the first four years of her life in Aspen Colorado, when it was just another small mountain town, Western Colorado has continuously drawn her back to her roots. As a young girl she was enthralled with the adventures in beauty, exploring the Rocky Mountains on foot and on horseback. Piera has worked with clay since childhood: along with drawing, it is the clearest way for her to express the particular joy she finds in Southwest nature.

The line of the cave drawings and the ancient Annasazi pottery, evokes a chorus of melodic forms. Nature's dance, captured in Annasazi line, is expressed in Piera's pottery and painting.

Being blessed with the great mixture of city and country life for places of residence, one of them being Manhattan , the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum(to name a few), were places of fun and adventure for her. Piera also has spent time in France, Spain, England, Scotland, and Italy, has a B.A. in Fine Arts, an A.A. in Commercial Art, and was an Art Director in Denver.

She began perfecting her pottery designs in Sante Fe, New Mexico in the 1970's. She discovered crystalline glazing in Abiquiu, N.M. in 1991. Although the exploding atoms can be seen in the crystal glazes as modern, Piera sees them as most truly reflecting the magic of clay and heat that has always invested Southwest pottery with its strength and mystery.
Every day is mystery to discover for all, and Piera would be happy to explain her vision-that dances with lives possibilities.
More of her art is on the web sites below. She welcomes personal orders for pottery or prints.



Phone: (970) 241-7482
Cell: (970)234-0214

Website: artistsregister.com/artists/CO199
Website: newartcollectors.com
Email: piera839@bresnan.net