Artist: Kelly Lynn Daniels
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Kelly Lynn Daniels, a native of California, received a Master of Fine Arts in ceramics at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2016. She is currently a Foundation Resident at Belger Crane Yard Studios in Kansas City, MO. In 2011, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from California State University Chico. She has exhibited her work in numerous shows and has work in many private collections. In 2015 she was the summer artist in residence at Arch Contemporary Ceramics in Tiverton, RI. Kelly has received a number of scholarships, fellowships and assistantships for her studies which have included those at Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. When Kelly isn’t working in clay she can be found playing with her cats, strolling along the beach, hiking through the woods, or knee deep in her vegetable and flower garden.
EDUCATION
2016 MFA Ceramics, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
2011 BFA Ceramics, California State University, Chico, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017 Belger Crane Yard Studios, Instructor, Wheel Throwing, Surface Design
2016 Belger Crane Yard Studios, Instructor, Wheel Throwing, Surface Design
2015 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Instructor, Ceramics I: Handbuilding New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks, Instructor, Youth Ceramics Classes
2014 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Instructor, Ceramics II: Wheel Throwing
2013 Teaching Intern, California State University, Chico, CA, Intermediate Ceramics: Surface
2012 Teaching Intern, California State University, Chico, CA, Intermediate Ceramics: Wheel
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2015 Arch Contemporary Ceramics, Tiverton Rhode Island, Linger, Culminating Resident Artist Exhibition
2011 B-SO Gallery, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA. Thinking Through Round, Culminating Exhibition for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.
3rd Floor Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA. “Transition”. Juried exhibition. Jurors comprised of Associated Students committee of students, faculty, and staff.
GROUP EXHBIBITIONS
2016
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD. Winterfest 2016 Invitational
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit MI. Ceramic Tile 2016, Juror, Bobby Silverman
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Biennial Members Exhibition, Juror, James
Lawton
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA, 9th Biennial "The State of Clay,"
Juror Wayne Higby
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD. Menagerie, Juror, Jenny Mendes
2015
LH Horton Jr Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA. Visions in Clay, Juror, Lisa Reinertson
Whitaker Gallery, Hood College, Frederick, MD. In The Kitchen, Juror, Kristin Muller
2014 Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA, 8th Biennial "The State of Clay," Juror Linda Arbuckle
2013 Kent State University, School of Art, Downtown Gallery, 12th Annual National Juried Cup Show, Juror, Kirk Mangus
Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, Functional/Dysfunctional National Juried Ceramics Competition, Jurors, Kathy King and Steven Young Lee
Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton,Virginia, Drink This! The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show, Juror, Linda Arbuckle
2012
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, Studio Assistants Group Show
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, Spring Concentration Culminating Exhibition
The Clay Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, Cups of Fire
2011
Bemidji Community Art Center and Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN. It's
Only Clay 2011, Juror:Guillermo Cuellar.
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA. Jurors: Cameron Crawford, Prof. of Art at California State University, Chico and Susan Whitmore, Prof. of Art at California State University, Chico.
Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA. 8th Ink/Clay, Curator: Catherine Sullivan.
2010
Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA. Clay Sculpture.
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA, Juried exhibition. Jurors: Cameron Crawford, Prof. of Art at California State University, Chico and Susan Whitmore, Prof. of Art at California State University, Chico.
Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA. 7th Ink/Clay, Curator: Catherine Sullivan.
2009
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA, Juried
exhibition. Jurors: Cameron Crawford, Prof. of Art at California State University, Chico and Susan Whitmore, Prof. of Art at California State University, Chico.
Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA. “6th Ink/Clay” Curator: Catherine Sullivan.
2008
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA, Juried
exhibition. Jurors: Cameron Crawford, Susan Whitmore.
Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA. “6th Ink/Clay” Curator: Catherine Sullivan.
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure, June/July/August, 2016.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2016 Belger Crane Yard/Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO, Foundation Artist in Residence
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, Summer Artist Residency
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Form and Surface with Jason Green, Studio Assistant
2015 Arch Contemporary Ceramics, Tiverton, Rhode Island, Artist in Residence
2014 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, Lots O' Layers with Meredith Host,
Studio Assistant
2013 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Surface Navigation with
Jenny Mendes, Studio Assistant
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, Soda, Salt & Wood: Function, Form & Surface with Richard Burkett and Joe Molinaro, Studio Assistant
2012 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. Looking Over Your Shoulder with Kathy King,
Studio Assistant, eight week concentration.
CSU Summer Arts, Photography Through Three Centuries with artists Dan Estabrook, Holly Roberts, Dan Burkholder, and Brian Taylor, California State University, Monterey
CSU Summer Arts, Clay as a Medium for Sculpture with artists Mika Negishi-Laidlaw, Gerit Grimm, Shane Keena, Rebecca Hutchinson, California State University, Monterey
2011 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC. Terra Cotta Throwdown with Ronan Peterson.
Work study scholarship.
Fourth and Clay, Printmaking for Clay with Forrest Lesch-Middleton, Berkeley, CA.
2010 CSU Summer Arts, Clay as a Medium for Sculpture with artists Heather Mae Erickson,
Tip Toland, Jason Briggs, Holly Hanessian, and Patsy Cox. Fresno, CA.