IREN TETE

BIOGRAPHY

Irén Tété (she/her) is assistant professor of Ceramics and ceramic sculptor originally from Sofia, Bulgaria. She holds a an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prior to joining SDSU, Iren taught at the University of Florida and Alberta University of the Arts. 

Iren's studio practice centers ceramic materials, architecture, and language. Investigating poetic and theoretical systems of thought, seeing, and navigation, her sculptures collapse language of the industrial-infrastructural and human-organic. Iren has participated in residencies at the Hambidge Center, the Archie Bray Foundation, Zentrum fur Keramik, and will be in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in summer of 2024. Iren's solo exhibitions include those at the Sarasota Art Center, Galleri Urbane, Parallelogram Gallery, and Gallery 371.  Recent group exhibitions include biennials in Italy and Latvia and shows at Kouri + Corrao, the Dallas Art Fair, and Untitled Art, Miami Beach.