Collie Hooven has been exploring the domestic feminine world through ceramics for over thirty years. The artist uses compositions that seem to be more like vignettes, delving deep into quotidian psychology. She uses porcelain to delicately, ironically recount themes surrounding feminism. Her artistic vocabulary draws on daily archetypes, which she then reinterprets in a highly personal, poetic way. For Hooven, ceramic clay represents a lump of subconscious, ready to be molded into characters that exhibit the victories, challenges, pleasures, and fears that women experience on a daily basis. New York’s MAD Museum is dedicating Hooven a solo exhibition during September, featuring 55 sculptures. She says of her sculptures, ““I liken my work to dream interpretation. It is both literal and symbolic, intended to invoke a feeling that lingers”.