Stepanka Summer is a porcelain artist who blends art, design, and personal imageries from her childhood, inviting the viewer to take a deeper look at familiar encounters as she transforms them into her own whimsical creations. Summer’s wonderment of the world is depicted in all of her work. Originally from a medieval village in South Bohemia in the Czech Republic, she moved to New York City in 1995. In addition to her artwork, which can be found in galleries in the US and private collections internationally, Stepanka Summer is a ceramic teacher at the Columbia University Teachers College.