Visual History:
Michele Quan
Michele Quan of MQuan Studio designs and sculpts handmade ceramic art & objects for the home and garden. The pieces become a canvas for her love of drawing, painting, text and color. Many of the objects and images are rooted in the visual symbols of Eastern iconography- their meaning and beauty of which she is continuously in awe. Her work is an ongoing attempt to articulate that wonder.
Originally from Vancouver Canada, Michele moved to New York City in 1984 to study graphic design & photography at Parsons School of Design. Twelve years prior to embarking on her current medium of clay, she co-founded the NYC jewelry company Me&Ro. Her work continues an ongoing pursuit to bring visual form to the thread that connects us with the experience of the world in which we live. Michele works out of her studio in Brooklyn and lives in NYC with her husband, daughter and dog, Sparrow.
Michele Quan In the Whisper Studio, photograph by David Rinella
An early look at Quan in Vancouver BC Canada
Quan, her Mother, and Lollipop
A young Quan modeling, photograph by Andre Carrara in Mali for Italian Marie Claire
Quan used to model in her early days in NYC
MQuan Ceramics
An early MQuan ceramic hangs beautifully from a tree.
This MQuan garland hangs majestically from a collectors home.
An MQuan garland that Michele is happy with the way in turned out.