About

Judd Schiffman’s artistic practice traverses mythological symbolism, personal introspection, and spiritual exploration. His ceramic pieces are here to tell a story, and his latest solo exhibition presented at Emerson Dorsch, Mothman in the Bardo, does exactly that—it features a new body of work in which Schiffman’s protagonist navigates through personal rites of passage.

Mothman first appeared to Schiffman at a cryptozoology museum in Maine as a life-sized mannequin. From that moment, he became a surrogate archetype for the artist, serving as a lens through which to understand what …