Education
2014 MFA Sculpture Academy of Art University
2003 MFA Ceramic Sculpture Rochester Institute of Technology
2001 Post-Baccalaureate Sculpture Brandeis University
2000 BFA Ceramics The University of Montana
Awards
2011 Santa Clara Biennial, Honorable Mention - Sculpture
2009 Prairie Lakes Fine Arts Exhibition, 2nd Place - Sculpture
2003 Minnesota Fine Arts Exhibition, 3rd Place - Ceramic Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2018 “Christopher Kanyusik: Equilibro/Contrapesto (Balance/Counterbalance), Compas del Convento, Pinea- Linea de Costa, Rota, Cadiz, Spain
2015 "Chris Kanyusik: 25lbs.", Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 “Chris Kanyusik: Sculptures”, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, CA
2010 “Christopher Kanyusik”, Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin, Germany
2004 “Chris Kanyusik: Sculptures”, Bethany College, Mankato, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 “Suspend”, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO
“Aniversario de Cinco Anos”, Galleria de Cubos Blancos, Cadiz, Spain
“Statewide Annual”, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
2017 “Relative Visions”, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
“Statewide Annual”, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
2016 “La Nino”, SMAART Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 "Friends With Karma: Peer Juried Exhibition", ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
"Portrait/Self-Portrait", Studio One Arts Center, Oakland, CA
2014 “FIN”, Paolo Mejia Fine Art, Oakland, CA
“California Clay Competition”, The Artery, Davis, CA
“The Figure”, Gary Francis Fine Arts, Alameda, CA
“Urban Grit”, Gary Francis Fine Arts, Alameda, CA
2013 “Small Works Show”, Gary Francis Fine Arts, Alameda, CA
“Annual Sculpture Exhibition”, Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA
“Body Language: Figures in Clay”, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
2012 “Protection, Transcendence and Closure”, Float Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Heroes and Villains”, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA
“Influence”, CK Gallery, Oakland, CA
2011 “Las Cadre: 12 Artists”, Black Bean Ceramic Arts Center, San Jose, CA
“Ceramics Annual of America”, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
“Visions in Clay”, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
“Feats of Clay”, Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA
“The Art of Craft”, City of Santa Clara Biennial Sculpture Exhibition, Santa Clara, CA
“Salon 300”, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN
2010 “Figuration”, Windsor Whip Works Gallery, Windsor, NY
“3rd Biennial Contemporary Juried Exhibition”, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2009 “Tattoon”, Eclectix Gallery, El Cerrito, CA
“Lineage”, Red Door Gallery, Oakland, CA
Bibliography
Nick Major, "Local Artists Come to Skyline to Showcase Their Work,"
The Skyline View, February 14, 2013.
Nirmala Nataraj, "'Protection, Transcendence, and Closure' at Float,"
San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 2012, Section F, p.14.
Ilena Finocchi, "Exhibition Review, Ceramics Annual of America: 2011," Ceramics Monthly, January 2012, pp.48-51.
Susannah Israel, "Las cadre at Black Bean Ceramic Art Center,"
ARTSHIFT San Jose, November 8, 2011.
Michael Singman-Aste, "Chris Kanyusik's Savage Planet," www.postdiluvianphoto.com, December 8, 2009.
Professional Experience
2018 Resident Artist, Pinea - Linea de Costa, Rota, Spain
2010 Resident Artist, Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin, Germany
2009 Visiting Artist, Artseed, San Francisco, CA
2004 Visiting Artist, Bethany College, Mankato, MN