About Abbey Peters
Abbey Peters lives in Iowa City, USA and works with ceramics and collected materials. She received an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Iowa (2024) and a BFA from the University of Arkansas (2019). Peters has exhibited nationally in over thirty group exhibitions, received international grants for midwifery and apiary research in London, UK, and worked at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO and Lillstreet Arts Center in Chicago, IL. She has been an artist in residence at laRex l’Atelier in St. Raphael, France, the inaugural CIRCA Exchange in Boulder, CO, and Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT. Peters is currently the 3D Studio Technician at Grinnell College.
Referencing apothecaries and home spaces, she is interested in how information is passed down from one generation to the next, specifically related to how women offer and inherit care.