Carly Mandel

Adjunct Instructor

Carly Mandel is a New York-based artist whose sculptures in ceramic, glass, metal, and wood trace throughlines between commercial objects, craft objects, and the body. Mandel’s work has been supported by the Kennedy Center, UrbanGlass, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, NYFA’s Barbara and Carl Zydney Grant, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts’ Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. She has participated in exhibitions with CANADA, Klaus von Nichtssagend, PPOW, Someday Gallery, Fragment, Swivel Gallery, Parent Company, the Krannert Art Museum, Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois Chicago, Tufts University Art Galleries and John Michael Kohler Galleries. Her work has been featured in BOMB and Art in America.
 

Bath Pillow, 2025, Appalachian cherry wood, steel, 30 × 15 × 2.75 in.

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