christopher kanyusik
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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

2019 Pushing Paper, Best of Show

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

2019 “Here and Gone”, Street Art Installation, Exarcheia, Athens, Greece

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

2019 “Pushing Paper”, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

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

             Andrew Hislop, “Unique Wood Kiln Comes to Helper”, The Sun Advocate, August 14, 2018


            artaxis.org, https://artaxis.org/christopher-kanyusik/, 2016


            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

 2019  Resident Artist, FaveLab, Athens, Greece

 2018  Resident Artist, Pinea-Linea de Costa, Rota, Spain

 2016  Casanova Pottery Studio, Camaguey, Cuba

 2010   Resident Artist, Zentrum fur Keramik, Berlin, Germany

 2009   Visiting Artist, Artseed, San Francisco, CA

 2004   Visiting Artist, Bethany College, Mankato, MN




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  • portfolio
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  • artist statement
    • ceramic sculpture
    • mixed media sculpture
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