Artist: Kenyon Hansen
Kenyon Hansen, MICHIGAN
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Kenyon Hansen is a studio potter and educator in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. His work has appeared in numerous publications and exhibitions around the country and abroad. Kenyon has done residencies at The Archie Bray Foundation, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and Center Street Clay. He has taught workshops at craft schools, universities, and art centers around the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands.
EDUCATION
2005 Finlandia University, BFA emphasis in ceramics
2003 Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent, England
2000 Northern Michigan University (photography)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Michigan Tech University 2022-Present, Ceramic’s Instructor
Cohort Art 2024-present, Studio Ceramic Mentor
Finlandia University 2014-2020 Ceramics Instructor & Visiting Artist
(Hand building, Wheel Throwing, Advanced Wheel Throwing, Technical Aspects of Ceramics, Studio Practices 1-3)
COMMUNITY TEACHING
Finnish American Folk School, 2022, 2023
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT 2012-13
WORKSHOPS / LECTURES (Selected)
2024 Sea and Learn Foundation, Saba Island Winward Side, Dutch Caribbean
Cohorts Art Mentors, Kenyon Hansen Studios, Dollar Bay, MI
2023 Sea and Learn Foundation, Saba Island Winward Side, Dutch Caribbean
2022 Alyson Palmer Studio, Kent, Connecticut
2021 Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts, Sugar Maples, NY
Alfred University, Alfred NY
2019 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, MA
Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
Functional Ceramics Workshop, Wooster, OH
Clay Space, Lisle, IL
2018 Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
University of Arkansas, Little Rock AR
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley CO
College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout MO
2017 Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
2016 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
Morean Center for Clay, St. Peterspurg FL
2015 University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK
University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
Bay De Noc Community College, Iron Mt. MI
Santa Barbra Community College, Santa Barbra, CA
2014 Collin College, Dallas, TX
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, MA
Ball State University, Muncie IN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2022 Duorum Mentium, Schaller Gallery, St Josheph, MI
2020 Recent Work, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2018 Current Work, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2016 Considered and Balanced, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph, MI
Current Work, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
2014 Intersect, Jane Hartsook Gallery New York, NY
New Works, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
GROUP EXHBITIONS (Selected)
2024 American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Wichita National Ceramics Invitational, Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, KS
Material Mugs, Companion Gallery, Humbolt, TN
Cuptopia, Artstream, Carbondale CO
2023 Objects of Desire, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Archie Bray Foundation Holiday Sale, Helena, MT
Cup Show, Companion Gallery, Humboldt TN
2022 Finnish American Folk School Exhibit, Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI
2021 Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Cup Show, Able Contemporary, Stoughton, WI
2020 The Devil is in the Details, Northwest Pottery, Seattle WA
2019 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Instructor Exhibit, Deer Isle, MA
Tangents, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Finlandia University Faculty Exhibit, Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock MI
Functional Ceramics Exhibition, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster OH
Atmospheric, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville AL
Berry Bowls, Signature Gallery, Atlanta GA
2018 A Southern Table, Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, Demorest, GA
Artstream Nomadic Gallery Tour, Pittsburg PA
Watershed Residency Exhibit, Sewickley PA
2017 2 nd Annual Ceramics Invitational, Radius Gallery, Missoula MT
It’s all about Atmosphere Invitational, Harvard Gallery 224, Allston, MA
Artstream Nomadic Gallery Tour, Portland, OR
Arrowmont Instructor Exhibit, Folk Art Center, Ashville NC.
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Finlandia University Faculty Exhibit, Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock, MI
2016 15 th Anniversary Tour Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Generations: A Legacy of Mentorship, Bredin-Lee Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Planes, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2015 Contemporary Ceramics, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, IO
Pursuit of Craft, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Let there be Light, Lill Street Art Center, Chicago IL
13 Makers. Four Forms., Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph MI
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, IA
Sodium, Schaller Gallery, St. Joseph MI.
RESIDENCIES
2014 Artist-Invite-Artist Two-week Residency, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
2011-12 Long-term Artist in Residence and Lincoln Fellow, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
2009-2010 Long-term Artist in Residence, Center Street Clay, Sandwich, IL
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Ceramics Monthly, Westerville, OH