Ann Van Hoey: Clay, Color, and Form

Lucy Lacoste Gallery, Concord, Massachusetts
January 17–February 14, 2026

Ann Van Hoey is a Belgian ceramicist whose first career, commercial engineering, shaped her distinctive cutting and folding of clay into precise, mathematical vessels. This new body of work is inspired by Van Hoey’s recent exhibition at Landcommanderij Alden Biesen, a UNESCO World Heritage Site castle made entirely of red brick. Her collection preserves the “purity and raw presence of red clay” on the piece’s insides, contrasting with their vibrant shells. This dichotomy reflects an ongoing dialogue between “restraint and expression, history and contemporaneity.”