Education
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, MFA, 1998
Connecticut College, New London, CT, BA in Studio Art, 1990
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1988-1989
Professional Credentials
Kathy King Art, East Point, GA, Owner/Artist, 2007 to Present
Georgia State University, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, Associate Professor, Ceramics Department, 2000 to 2007
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Visiting Faculty in Ceramics Department, 1999 - 2000
Harvard Office for the Arts, Cambridge, MA, Faculty/Resident ArtistCeramics Department, 1999-2000
Connecticut College, New London, CT, Visiting Professor in Ceramics and Foundation Arts, Fall 1998
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Teaching Assistant, 1995- 1998
Publications - Authored
Simultaneous Demonstration Artist – Kathy King for The NCECA Journal Issue reviewed National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts 2002 Conference in Kansas City, MO. Volume XXII, pp. 105 – 107, 2002.
Want To Be a Ceramics Faculty Member!?! for Critical Ceramics On-Line Magazine – www.criticalceramics.org. ARTicles Section, February 2001.
Emerging Artist: Kathy King – We All Think We Have Our Own Little Secrets for The NCECA Journal 1999. Issue reviewed National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts 1999 Conference in Columbus, OH. Volume 20, pp. 150 – 151, 2000.
I Enjoy Being a Girl for The Studio Potter, Volume 27, No. 2, p. 38, June 1999.
Wood Firing in Jamaica for Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Volume 44, No. 1, pp. 31-25, January 1996.
Publications - Appearance in Books and Catalogs
100 Plates, Sterling/Lark Books, Asheville, NC, image, publication date pending, 2008.
Controversial Ceramics, author Judith Schwartz, A&C Black Publishing, London, image and discussion of work, publication date pending, 2008
The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience, editor Jean McLaughlin, Lark Books/Sterling Publishing, New York, NY, image, p. 104 2004
Sex Pots – Eroticism in Ceramics, author Paul Mathieu, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, image and discussion of work, p. 88-89, 2003
No Agenda But Their Own – A Decade of Work by Women Artists, Catalog, Essay by Jerry Cullum, Agnes Scott College Dalton Gallery, Atlanta, GA, image, 2002
Taking Measure: American Ceramic Art at the New Millennium, Catalog for World Exposition 2001 Korea NCECA Show, World Ceramic Livingware Gallery, Yoju, Korea, image, October 2001
16th Annual Benefit Auction and Exhibition, Catalog, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, images, August 2001
The Art of Contemporary American Pottery, author Kevin A. Hulch and Rob Barnard, Krause Publishing, Iola, WI, June 2001, image.
The Glaze Handbook, author Mark Burleson, Lark Books Publishing, Asheville, NC, March 2001, multiple images and technical commentary
Handbuilt Tableware, author Kathy Triplett, Lark Books Publishing, Asheville, NC, February 2001, image
Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object, author Leslie Ferrin, Guild Publishing, Madison, WI, November 2000, p. 95, discussion of work and image
Publications - Appearance in Magazines and Journals
Pottery Making Illustrated, Marion, OH, A Cut Above – Printing and Embossing with Clay with Linocuts, by Paul Andrew Wandless, Sept/Oct 2006, pgs. 19-22. Reference to my techniques discussed.
Field Guide for Ceramic Artisans, by Julia Galloway, Rochester Institute of Technology – School of American Crafts, College of Imaging Arts and Science, 2006, inclusion of authored article, “Who Wants to be a Ceramic Faculty Member?” originally published in 2000. Journal.
Clay Times, Body Language: The Figure in Clay, by Krista Gallegos, Volume 11, Number 2, March/April 2005, interview, review and image
Art Papers, Atlanta, GA, Reviews – Southeast, by Phil Oppenheim, July/August 2004, review and image
Kerameiki Techni: International Art Review, Athens, Greece, NCECA Emerging Artists 1996-2000: New Ceramic Art, by Glen R. Brown, Issue 45, December 2003, review and two images
Ceramic Art and Perception, Sydney, Australia, Pots Presented On Trays, Trivets and Saucers, by Leigh Taylor Mickelson, No. 48, 2002, review and image
The NCECA Journal, Erie, CO, Simultaneous Demonstrations: Nick Joerling, Sarah Jaeger, and Kathy King, by Jean and Tom Latka, Vol. 23, pp. 103 – 104, review and image, 2003
American Style, Teapots in the 21st Century, by Leslie Ferrin, Spring 2000, No. 20, review and image
Ceramics Monthly, Waterville, OH, Porcelain Exhibition in New York, October 2000, Volume 48, No. 8, image and review
Ceramics Art and Perception, Sydney, Australia, Spinning Tales – Contemporary Narrative Ceramics, by Mark Burleson, June 2000, No. 40, review and image
The NCECA Journal, Erie, CO, Emerging Artists, by Louise Lamar-Fuller, pp. 147, review and image
Reviews
Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA, House Works, by Felicia Feaster, September 28-October 4, 2006, review and image.
Extreme Craft Online Magazine, King of Pain, by Garth Johnson, September 15, 2006, Review and images from Signature Gallery Exhibition entitled Intimate Rituals of Daily Life.
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Here, Sacred, Sensual Make a Natural Pair – Review: Stories and Visions of Nature in Clay, by Jerry Cullum, February 6, 2005, review
Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA, Outside Looking In, by Felicia Feaster, April 21, 2004, review
Las Vegas Review, Las Vegas, NV, Talent Show, by Ken White, November 28, 2003, review
Bristol Herald Courier, Bristol, WV, Narratives in Clay – 3-D Exhibitors Offer Look at Two Distinctive Styles, by Jennifer Estep, March 9, 2003, review and images
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Clay – as a vessel of virtuosity, by Catherine Fox, April 27, 2003, review
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Vexing questions in a familiar form – Review: Kathy King New Work, by Pamela Blume Leonard, May 3, 2002, review and images
Erie Times-News, Erie, PA, Cradle to Grave: The Challenge of Becoming a Parent Deserves King’s Darkly Humorous Examination, by John Edwards, November 21, 2002, review and images
Artscope, Erie, PA, Nursery of My Indecision – September 12 - December 1, by Erie Museum of Art Publications, Volume 4, Number 4, review and image
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Agnes Scott show, feminism and other issues – Review: No Agenda but Their Own, by Catherine Fox, Sept. 20, 2002, review
Sonoma State Star, Sonoma, CA, Biological Mutiny Art Show Questions Current Science, by Jennifer Simons, March 19, 2002, review
Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC, Clay Invitational – National Exhibit at Blue Spiral 1 assembled in a viewer-friendly format, by David Hopes, April 1, 2001, review and two images
Mountain X-Press, Asheville, NC, Free-Wheeling: Ceramic Artists Reinvent the Teapot and Much More, by Lea Silverman, April 2001, review
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, GA, Review: International Alumni Exhibition, by Pamela Blume Leonard, November 10, 2000, image and review
The College Voice, New London, CT, A Personal Response – Kathy King, by Sally Hodgkin, October 1998, Volume XXII, No. 5, interview and image
Language of the Form: Fine Arts College Council Juried Student Arts Exhibition Catalog, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Dean of Fine Arts Award – Kathy King, by Alex Flannagan, March 1998, image and review
Departure: GNV, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Artist Spotlight – Kathy King, UF Honors Publication, 1997, 10th Edition, image, artist statement
Video
The Girls Project: An Educational Video Production for Adolescent Girls,
Video Project, Producer, Linda Bair, Bairtracks, Atlanta, GA. Video interview of work and studio with girls, aired on PBS stations nationally, May 2002
Solo Exhibitions
Roswell Art Center West Gallery, Roswell, GA, We Need to Talk, 2007
University of West Georgia, Carrolton, GA, We Have to Talk, 2007
McMaster Gallery, University of South Carolina, Columbus, SC, To Reproduce or Not to Reproduce, 2006
Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania, Nursery of My Indecision, 2002
Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, Kathy King: New Work, 2002
SPACELAB Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, Rec Room of My Discontent, 1999
Group Invitational Exhibitions
2008
Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA - American Masters
Society of Contemporary Craft (SCC), Pittsburgh, PA - Voices Invitational – NCECA
Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA - Tacitly Tactile – NCECA
Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA - Object(Ions) – NCECA
Three Rivers Arts Festival Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA - Greatest Show on Earth - NCECA
Artist Image Resource (AIR), Pittsburgh, PA - Print and Clay Show
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - La Mesa – NCECA
Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - 7 Deadly Sins
2007
Dowstudio, Deer Isle, ME - Annual Clay National Invitational
Arrowmont Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN - Arrowmont School of Crafts Summer Faculty Exhibition
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Tea
Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH - Contemporary Ceramics – A Dairy Barn Invitational
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - La Mesa – NCECA, Louisville, KY
2006
Sculptural Objects and Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL - Santa Fe Clay Gallery Artists
Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA - Intimate Rituals of Daily Life
Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO - Likeness/The Human Form in Clay
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC - Ethos: Craft and Social Conscience
Dowstudio Gallery, Deer Isle, ME - Invited Artists
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - La Mesa – NCECA – Portland, OR
Macon Cultural Center Gallery, Macon, GA - Georgia Potters Then and Now
Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Teapot Festival
Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA - Teapot-A-Go-Go
Roswell West Gallery, Roswell, GA - Ceramic Masters
2005
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - American Masters
Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, ME - Haystack Faculty Exhibition
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA - Pots: Objects of Virtue
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Box Show
Lucinda Gallery, Baltimore, MD - Body Language: the Figure in Clay
Montage Gallery, Baltimore, MD -Terra Sutra II
Santa Fe Clay Presents, Baltimore, MD - La Mesa
Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL - The Contemporary Cup
Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA - Stories and Visions of Nature in Clay
2004
Elevation Gallery, Atlanta, GA - Atomic Pop
Center for the Living Arts: space 301, Mobile, AL - Clay!
West Fine Arts Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX - Stories: Ceramic Narrative, Symbol and Text
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Natural Selection
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC - The Nature and Craft of the Penland Experience
2003
International Exposition of Sculptural Objects and Functional Arts (SOFA), Chicago, IL - NCECA Emerging Artists 1996-2000 New Ceramic Art
Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, Las Vegas, NV- Not Teapots
Rialto, Atlanta, GA - Paperworks
Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC - Women in Clay
The 1912 Gallery, Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA - Narratives in Clay: Kathy King and Mark Burleson
Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA - Subject-Me-Object: Autobiographical Ceramic Sculpture
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA - CLAY
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Summer Faculty
Hiestand Galleries Miami University, Miami, OH - Craftsummer Faculty Exhibition
2002
University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA, - Biological Mutiny
Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO - Conversation Pieces, Text in Contemporary Craft
Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC - Hot Ice III: Teapots and Pitchers
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD - Pots Presented
Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia - No Agenda but Their Own – A Decade of Work by Women Artists
Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC - Plates and Platters
Incubator Gallery, Kansas City, MO - Terra Sutra: Erotic Ceramics
2001
World Ceramic Exposition, Yoju, Korea - Taking Measure
IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art, Indiana University, Gary, IN - Strictly Dysfunctional
Calvin College Gallery, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI - Disclosures
Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC - National Clay Invitational
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - George Bowes, Kathy King, Wesley Anderegg
2000
Georgia State University School of Art and Design Gallery, Atlanta, GA - Invitational Ceramics Alumni Exhibition
Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Emerging Artists
Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA - SOFA Exposition – Mobilia Gallery
Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA - SOFA Exposition – Ferrin Gallery
Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - Bistro 1615 Invitational
Signature Shop and Gallery, Atlanta, GA - Cups, Cupboards and Cabinets
Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC - Politiclay
Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA - Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object
Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA - Celestial Seasonings Presents A Loose Interpretation V
Esmay Fine Art, Rochester, NY - Porcelain 2000
Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC - Summer Faculty Exhibit
PINCH Gallery, Northampton, MA - 21st Anniversary Teapot Invitational
1999
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA - Teapots Redefined II
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA - The Great Balancing Act
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC - Summer Faculty Exhibit
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY - Artists on Their Own
1998
Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Center, VT - Emerging Artists
Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR - Cup and Goblet Invitational
Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC - Spinning Tales – Narrative Ceramics Invitational
Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT - Faculty Exhibition
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL - Third Annual Faculty Invitational
University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL - MFA Thesis Exhibition
Professional Presentations
University of Ohio, Athens, OH, Interpolation – Bridging The Space Between”, panel participant, March, 2007, part of Pre-NCECA conference, Louisville, KY.
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Kansas City, MO, Demonstrating Artist, demonstrated techniques and presented lecture and slide show on work, March 2002
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Conference, Columbus, OH, Emerging Artist, presented lecture and slide show on work, March 1999
Lectures and Workshops
Visiting Artist, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, two day lecture and workshop, March 2008
Workshop Instructor, Mudfire Ceramic Studio, Decatur, GA, one day workshop, August 2007
Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN, one week workshop, July 2007
Visiting Lecturer, University of West Georgia, Carrolton, GA, Kathy King, slide lecture, January 2007
Visiting Lecturer, University of Nevada – Reno, Reno, NV, slide lecture, November, 2006
Visiting Instructor, University of Las Vegas, Reno, NV, one week workshop, November 2006
Workshop Instructor, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, one week workshop, August 2006
Workshop Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, two week workshop, June 2006
Workshop Instructor, The Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL, two day workshop, February 2006
Workshop Instructor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, two day workshop, March 2006
Workshop Instructor, Haystack Mountain School for Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, two week workshop, July 2005
Workshop Instructor, College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX, two dayworkshop, May 2005
Workshop Instructor, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, two day workshop, November 2004
Demonstrating Artist, Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS, two day demonstration, September 2004
Workshop Instructor, Civics Arts Education Center, San Francisco, CA, two day workshop, October 2004
Workshop Instructor, Mudfire Ceramic Center, Decatur, GA, two day workshop, September 2004
Workshop Instructor, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM, one week workshop, August 2003
Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN, one week workshop, July 2003
Workshop Instructor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, three day workshop, May 2003
Workshop Instructor, South County Art Association, Kingston, RI, instructor for two day workshop, March 2003
Visiting Lecturer, Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA, Art Talk Series - Narratives in Clay, March 2003
Workshop Instructor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, two day workshop, February 2003
Workshop Instructor, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, two day workshop, February 2003
Visiting Artist Lecture, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, October 2002
Workshop Instructor, Miami University, Oxford, OH, one week workshop, July 2002
Workshop Instructor, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, two day workshop, March 2001
Workshop Instructor, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, Asheville, NC, one week workshop, July 2000
Workshop Instructor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, two week workshop, June 2000
Visiting Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, presentation of work, November 1999
Workshop Instructor, Harvard/Radcliffe Ceramics, Boston, MA, two-day workshop, August 1999
Workshop Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, two week workshop August 1999
Artist-in-Residence, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, three month residency, spring 1999
Visiting Lecturer, University of Ohio – Akron, Akron, OH, presentation of work, April 1999
Artist-in-Residence, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, two week residency – Artist Invite Artists Series, July 1998