About the Artist

King, Kathy (b. 1968, Alexandria, VA, lives in Atlanta). She is currently an independent studio artist in the Atlanta, GA area and she and her assistant Kairo (40 lb. terrier-mix) run the Kathy King Art studio. Formerly an Associate Professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, her undergraduate work included the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA and she received her B.A. in Studio Art with a major in Ceramics from Connecticut College, New London, CT in 1990. She received her M.F.A. from University of Florida in Gainesville, FL in 1998. She has given workshops and lectures at over fifty colleges, schools and art centers throughout the USA.

Her narrative vessels, tiled furniture and printmaking, either presented individually, or combined in installation, present narratives from a feminist point of view. Her ultimate objective is to translate her own experience, specifically as a contemporary woman, in relation to social culture dealing with such issues as sexual orientation, reproduction and issues of the body and gender. Her imagery, reminiscent of an underground comic book style, uses satirical humor, irony and sarcasm to map her journey from pubescence to menopause.

Her exhibition record includes solo shows at Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA, McMaster Gallery - University of South Carolina, Columbus, SC, University of West Georgia, Carrolton, GA and Spacelab in Cleveland, OH. Group exhibitions include SOFA, Chicago, IL (Ferrin Gallery and Santa Fe Clay Gallery), World Ceramic Exposition, Yoju, Korea, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD and Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA. She was featured as both an Emerging Artist in 1999 and a Demonstrator in 2002 at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conferences.

Her work has been featured in Controversial Ceramics by Judith Schwartz, Sex Pots by Paul Mathieu, The Art of Contemporary American Pottery by Kevin A. Hulch, Teapots Transformed by Leslie Ferrin, Handbuilt Tableware by Kathy Triplett and The Glaze Handbook by Mark Burleson. Her work can also be found in numerous periodicals including Ceramics: Art and Perception, Studio Potter, Clay Times, Art Papers and Ceramics Monthly.