CATHERINE MOBERG
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CATHERINE MOBERG - Biography
Catherine Sebestyen Moberg is a self-taught
artist specializing in trompe l’oeil sculpture who lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee. Catherine was born in Chicago
in 1952, studied physical therapy at Southern Illinois University, and worked
for a number of years in acute care hospitals in both Chicago
and Grand Rapids,
MI.
Catherine is married and is the mother of three grown children. During the years that she was raising her family she spent time pursuing her interest in textiles and fabric art.
In 2007 Catherine began working as both a full-time studio assistant and an apprentice to the renowned ceramic artist, Sylvia Hyman. During the 6 years that she worked with Sylvia, Catherine developed a variety of skills in hand-building with clay. In mid-2013, she opened a studio in Nashville and began producing ceramic trompe l’oeil sculpture.
ARTIST STATEMENT
While working with the artist, Sylvia Hyman, I became intruqued with trompe l’oeil sculpture I became fascinated with the idea of telling stories through clay. I love the simplicity and beauty of everyday objects: boxes, bottles, books, letters, trinkets. To create them in clay and arrange them in a narrative fashion delights me. I love the attention to detail; shapes, textures and colors. It is both challenging and rewarding to see a piece come together and to know that I’ve succeeded in finding a story within the commonplace.
Catherine is married and is the mother of three grown children. During the years that she was raising her family she spent time pursuing her interest in textiles and fabric art.
In 2007 Catherine began working as both a full-time studio assistant and an apprentice to the renowned ceramic artist, Sylvia Hyman. During the 6 years that she worked with Sylvia, Catherine developed a variety of skills in hand-building with clay. In mid-2013, she opened a studio in Nashville and began producing ceramic trompe l’oeil sculpture.
ARTIST STATEMENT
While working with the artist, Sylvia Hyman, I became intruqued with trompe l’oeil sculpture I became fascinated with the idea of telling stories through clay. I love the simplicity and beauty of everyday objects: boxes, bottles, books, letters, trinkets. To create them in clay and arrange them in a narrative fashion delights me. I love the attention to detail; shapes, textures and colors. It is both challenging and rewarding to see a piece come together and to know that I’ve succeeded in finding a story within the commonplace.