COYPO is the moniker under which Neela Kler develops her handbuilt ceramics; a practice grounded in presence, transformation, and care.

What began as a light reminder to nurture the living things around us has grown into a deeper artistic inquiry into material memory, repair, and the quiet rituals of daily life.

UNDERSTOOD / BACKWARDS

Solo Show at TAS Vancouver, July 2025

Clay remembers. It holds time, tension, and traces of human touch.

In a world that feels increasingly fractured, Kler’s work offers a meditation on presence and the spiritual dimensions of making. Through handbuilt forms marked by fingerprints, repairs, and visible seams, she invites viewers to encounter imperfection not as failure, but as testament to endurance and a site of transformation.

“To remember is to hold something in existence, in the same way ceramics hold memory of their making. That idea took shape while creating these pieces, some broke under the weight of that memory, some have been restored.” Kler reflects.