Dasha Kalisz is a ceramic artist who creates both functional and sculptural work.  She begins by creating clay forms on the potter’s wheel.  The forms either stay utilitarian or are altered into biomorphic sculptures.  Clay vessels are a signifier for the human body in Kalisz’s work, which explores universal themes in humanity such as mortality and vulnerability through the juxtaposing of materials, objects and techniques.
    Kalisz earned her MFA from Maine College of Art.  She graduated from Burlington College with a BA focused on ceramics and art history. Kalisz traveled extensively throughout the United States, Oaxaca, Mexico and Europe where she investigated ceramic cultures. She participated in a residency at La Meridiana International School for Ceramics in Tuscany. Kalisz belongs to the Brandon Artists Guild where she showed in a solo exhibition.  Kalisz has also juried into group exhibitions at the Paper and Clay Show in Lagan, Utah, The Clay Studio National in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Emotional Value Auction in Topsham, Maine.  Kalisz works and lives in Vermont and is a public-school arts educator dedicated to cultivating creativity.