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 Artist’s 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

16^th Annual Sculpture Exhibition 06/10

Western Colorado Center for the Arts Grand Junction, CO

3^rd 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

26^th 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

“The Sacred and Profane” 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 - 45^th 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

2^nd Place: 05/09 05/07, 05/08, 05/09

Minnesota State Fine Arts Exhibition St. Paul, MN

3^rd Place: 08 /05 08/05, 08/06, 08/07

Bethany Lutheran College Mankato, MN

Chris Kanyusik: Sculpture 08/04