Ceramics becomes my three-dimensional canvas, an arena for color, pattern, and form to interact. Reacting against the rigid divide between art and design in my French training, I blur the line between sculpture and function. Traces of utility surface within sculptural forms, creating a quiet tension between use and expression.

I approach ceramic as a three-dimensional canvas where I can explore with colors and patterns. As a defiant reaction to the French artistic education that keeps art and design on two separate platforms, I particularly enjoy blurring the lines between sculpture and functionality and giving nodes to functional work into my recent sculptural work. Nadeige Choplet graduated from the Beaux-Arts school in Paris with a Masters in Painting and Sculpture and came to New York with a Fulbright scholarship to pursue a second Master in Art, this time focused on Ceramics at Lehman College. Nadeige's work has been featured in a variety of global publications and sold internationally. Nadeige has been sharing her passion for clay and teaching at universities since she graduated. In 2006, she opened a ceramic studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to a few artists and neighbors who expressed an interest in trying a medium they were not familiar with. Since then, the Choplet Gallery and Ceramic Studio has expanded to fulfill the needs and interests of the Tri-State community and has helped bring awareness to the creative world of ceramics and its local artists. The space has been a place for students to learn, artists to express, conversation to happen. In 2010, Williamsburg Ceramic Center opened up to professional potters, as a continuity to Choplet Studio. Nadeige has become a mainstay of the art community in the area by creating environments that foster personal and professional growth.