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Ariana Stein

Award(s): 2026 Speyer Fellow
Residency Years: 2026

Biography

Ariana Stein (She/They) is a Hungarian-American ceramic artist formerly based in North Carolina. They apprentices in Seagrove, NC, and learned traditional methods of woodfiring and vessel-making under Kate Waltman. Ari enjoys the physical challenge of large pots paired with elaborate folkloric decoration. In 2025, Ariana received the First Annual Creative Research Fellowship through NCECA to attend a residency in Hungary. She was most recently a six-month resident at Sonoma Community Center, and completed her first solo exhibition there. Ariana has exhibited and taught workshops across the US and internationally.