About me
PJ Anderson is Jamaican Canadian/Red River Métis Artist from Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. She has shown internationally, as Resident Artist at the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa, China as a finalist in the International Ceramic Magazine Editors Associations (ICMEA) emerging artist competition, the United States and across Canada. She is a recent MFA Graduate from the University of Manitoba and a former NCECA Director at Large. She is currently serving as NCECA’s Director of Programming 2024-2027 and is part of the co-organizational team of The Color Network.
She has been featured in ‘Ceramics Monthly’ and ‘Studio Magazine’ and has appeared in several books and articles including ‘Craft is Political’ by Heidi McKenzie the textbook ‘Experience Clay’ by Maureen MacKay and ‘The Complete Guide to Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors’ by Ben Carter.
Her work has been an ongoing exploration referencing everyday weaponizations and the systems that reinforce them. Her pieces question if most weaponizations are less about implements or devices to be used with the intent to inflict harm as they are expressions of power dynamics between those with and those without. Her vessels deconstruct the manipulation of the threat narrative, highlighting the control of visceral fear that is used to turn symbols into weapons.
