Jan Hoy creates abstract sculptural forms of striking simplicity and austere elegance, finding the perfect balance between positive and negative space. Her unadorned shapes are, in the artist’s words, “a three-dimensional answer to a question.” The concept and construction are arrived at through a prolonged contemplation of space and structure. 

“Several of my forms have taken 2-3 years of mulling, envisioning, and sketching to find the answer. My favorite forms are a single shape that has nothing extra, no adornment, no secondary forms, no distracting color or surface pattern. My work embodies form in movement.”

The silvery skies and greens and browns of the Pacific Northwest landscape have influenced Hoy’s aesthetic sensibility. Her chosen material is clay with an iron-oxide finish; however, she also works in steel and bronze.