THE ARTIST

Etty Anderson is a multi disciplinary queer artist whose main focus is ceramic arts. Etty’s knowledge base stems from their diverse learned skills and experiences. This varied background eventually led Etty to hone their craft as a functional and conceptual ceramicist. Etty has developed a distinct and evolving art practice inspired by architectural aesthetics, subversion and queerness. Etty’s sculptures evoke the relationship between pop culture, nostalgia and class and how queerness offers a particular perspective on these threads. Single pieces gather as a whole together, weaving threads of queer histories and tactile sculpture into a tapestry of beauty and power that lies in the act of resistance and the celebration of queer identities.

Etty has shown works in both North America and Europe, most recently at The Hole Gallery in NYC and Paris for the Craft Biennale in 2023. In 2025, Etty completed a year-long Artist in Residence at Medalta, was a finalist for the Winifred Shantz Award, the Prix Francois Houdé and the Salt Spring National Art Prize. In 2024, Etty curated “Queering Dirt”, a queer residency at Watershed in Maine. They have been the recipient of Canada Council for the Arts grants, MMAQ and SODEC funding. Etty is a non binary trans, white Canadian settler. They live and work in Tiohtià:ke Quebec.

Etty also runs a roving supper club {VSS} , and is a published author of Vegan Secret Supper: Bold and Elegant Menus from a Rogue Kitchen. Etty has opened, curated and directed an artist run space in Vancouver, as well as being active as an illustrator, photographer and musician.  

YYY

YYY is the brand behind the artist’s functional practice.  Ever changing, YYY’s current work plays with coloured porcelain, pieces wheel thrown and hand built with nerikomi pattern. Each piece is unique and varies from the next. YYY focuses on clean organic forms with a strong focus on color.