Ariana Kier is a ceramicist and soil catalogist from San Diego, California. She runs wild clay workshops for artists in the region focused on foraged materials.

Her personal work investigates novel ways to approach the medium and explores how a relationship between indigenous land stewards and modern material engineers may cultivate sustainable innovations for the field. One which is having larger and more detrimental impacts on our natural world.

She teaches frequently at non-profit community spaces in San Diego, works out of her studio in the mountains and is currently commencing research with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography on the effects of high temperatures on marine sediments. As well as exploring their potential for artistic applications post-research.

Lecture for Cal Poly University, Los Angeles. 2023