CHRISTOPHER
KANYUSIK
2934 Ford St. #39 ckanyusik@earthlink.net
Oakland, CA 94601 www.chriskanyusik.com
(510) 566-9844
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EDUCATION:
Rochester Institute of Technology - School of American Crafts Rochester,
NY
Master
of Fine Arts - Ceramic Sculpture 05/03
Brandeis University Waltham,
MA
Post-Baccalaureate
Degree - Sculpture 05/01
The University of Montana Missoula,
MT
Bachelor
of Fine Arts - Ceramics 05/00
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Studio
One Art Center Oakland,
CA
Instructor – Ceramics 09/11
- present
The Art Space Fremont,
CA
Instructor - Drawing and Sculpture 06/10 – 06/11
City
College of San Francisco San
Francisco, CA
Instructor - Continuing Education Ceramic Hand Building 02/08 - present
Nicolet Area Technical College Rhinelander,
WI
Instructor - Art Appreciation 09/07 - present
Walnut
Creek Civic Arts Walnut
Creek, CA
Instructor - The Human Figure in Clay 01/08
- present
Instructor – Ceramic Sculpture 01/06
- present
Instructor - Make Your Mark Youth Program -
Ceramics 03/06/09
- 04/17/09
Instructor
– The Human Head in Clay 06/06, 08/08
Instructor - Youth Sculpture
01/06 - 01/07
Art-Gecko Creative Studio
Pleasant
Hill, CA
Instructor – Ceramic
Hand-building 05/06 – 08/06
Minnesota State University Mankato,
MN
Adjunct Instructor - Three Dimensional
Design 01/04
- 05/04
Rochester Institute of Technology –
School of American Crafts
Rochester, NY
Substitute Instructor – Foundations Department 09/01 – 05/03
Visiting Lecturer – Creative Sources
Course 2/02
Instructor
– Introduction to Ceramic Hand-building 11/01 – 02/02; 09/02
– 11/02 Instructor –
Sculpting the Human Figure in Clay 06/02
Brandeis
University - Fine Arts Department Waltham,
MA
Teaching Assistant -
Introduction to Sculpture 09/00 - 5/01
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin Berlin,
Germany
Resident Artist 01/10
- 03/10
ArtSeed Art-A-Thon San
Francisco, CA
Demonstrating/Teaching
Artist 04/18/09
The
Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland,
OH
Technical Assistant – Ceramics 08/04 – 05/05
Bethany Lutheran College Mankato,
MN
Visiting/Workshop
Artist 11/04
Rochester Institute of Technology – School of American Craft Rochester,
NY
Woodshop Manager - Foundations Department (managed inventory/assisted instruction) 09/01
- 05/03
Inventory Manager - Ceramics Department (managed
inventory, mixed batch glazes) 02/01 - 05/02
ACTIVITIES/MEMBERSHIPS:
City Art
Gallery and Collective
The Tilsner
ArtistÕs Cooperative
National Council on Education for the
Ceramic Arts (NCECA)
Las
Cadre Artist
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art (CCACA)
Network
of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NoBAWC)
Jingletown Arts and Business Community (JABC)
2934 Ford St. #39 CHRISTOPHER KANYUSIK ckanyusik@earthlink.net
Oakland, CA 94610
www.chriskanyusik.com
(510) 566-9844
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EXHIBITION RECORD:
Black Bean Ceramic Arts Center San
Jose, CA
Las Cadre – 12 Artists 10/11
Ceramics Annual
of America San
Francisco, CA
10/11
Roscoe Ceramic
Gallery Oakland,
CA
Chris Kanyusik: Sculptures 10/11
LH Horton Jr.
Gallery Stockton,
CA
Visions in Clay 09/11
Lincoln Arts Lincoln,
CA
Feats of Clay 05/11
Windsor Whip
Works Windsor,
NY
09/10
Pacific
Grove Art Center Pacific
Grove, CA
07/10
Ruth
Bancroft Garden Walnut
Creek, CA
16th Annual Sculpture Exhibition 06/10
Western Colorado Center for the Arts Grand
Junction, CO
3rd Biennial Contemporary Juried Exhibition 05/10
Artist X-Change Gallery San
Francisco, CA
Characters Welcome 04/10
Lafayette
Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden Lafayette,
CA
Spring 2010 Exhibition 03/10 - 01/11
Los Gatos Art Association Los Gatos, CA
26th
Annual Statewide Open Juried Show 03/10
Zentrum
fur Keramik, Berlin Berlin,
Germany
Chris Kanyusik: Sculptures 02/10
City
Art Gallery and Collective San
Francisco, CA
Member Exhibition 08/09, 09/09, 11/09, 05/10
City Art Gallery and Collective San
Francisco, CA
ÒThe Sacred and ProfaneÓ 10/09
Hopkins
Center for the Arts Hopkins,
MN
Salon 300 08/09,
08/11
City of Santa Clara Biennial Sculpture
Exhibition Santa
Clara, CA
The Art of Crafts 08/09,
08/10, 08/11
Eclectix Gallery El
Cerrito, CA
Tattoon 08/09
Thoreau
Gallery San
Francisco, CA
Artseed Art-A-Thon Exhibition 05/09
On
Deck IV Benefit Art Auction Missoula,
MT
05/09
Red
Door Gallery and Collective Oakland,
CA
Lineage 02/09
Bedford Gallery Walnut
Creek, CA
Civic Arts Education - 45th Anniversary Exhibition 10/08
Friends of Civic Arts Education Benefit Art
Auction Walnut
Creek, CA
09/08,
09/09
Prairie
Lakes Fine Arts Exhibition Mankato,
MN
2nd
Place: 05/09 05/07, 05/08, 05/09
Minnesota State Fine Arts Exhibition St.
Paul, MN
3rd
Place: 08 /05 08/05, 08/06, 08/07
Bethany Lutheran College Mankato,
MN
Chris
Kanyusik: Sculpture 08/04