Cigarette Butts in Holy Water
Winter (2017)
BIO
BIO
Kenzie Schuppert is 30 years old and lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her dog, Layla. She works from a home studio and produces wares for local fairs, small independent stores, and her online shop. Her functional work uses repetitive gestures and smoothed surfaces to implicate invested time and meditative efforts.
"My goal from the beginning has been to be disciplined in my craft and to strive to create quality in work by gaining experience in a range of skill sets. Learning and expanding my abilities allows me to be more subtly engaging and constantly advancing. Moving forward my work has shifted into combining these skills within conceptual constructs; ideas in which I explore narratives and express them in various mediums, chosen by the innate qualities specific to that material. By cognitively sifting through narratives,
I explore the potential written word has of being translated into physical form and how that form might retrospectively influence the text. My work becomes vessels that drive perspective in stories. My current functional work allows me to train my hands on a daily basis, continuing to learn how to refine and build while giving myself ample time to develop more critical concepts. This granted ability to take my time with research and development has allowed me to create work that I hope people will find to be stimulating, original, and connective."
Education
2017-2018
University of Oregon
2015-2016
University of North Florida
Awards
2018
Florence Pobanz Scholarship, University of Oregon, OR
2018
David McCosh Memorial Scholarship in Fine Arts, University of Oregon, OR
Exhibitions
2018
Spring Storm, Fools Gold, Lawrence Hall, University of Oregon, OR
2018
Solo Show, Axiom, Washburn Gallery, University of Oregon, OR
2017
Group Exhibition, Phosphates or Phosphites, Washburn Gallery, University of Oregon, OR
2017
Group Exhibition, Rape of the Sabines, Washburn Gallery, University of Oregon, OR
2017
Wood Fire Exhibition, Lidded Jar, Lufrano Gallery, University of North Florida, FL
Community
2018
Captain of Shopcore Firing Team, University of Oregon, OR
2018
Vice President of inaugural Clay Club, University of Oregon, OR
2018
Firing Crew Member at Pleasant Hill Pottery, Pleasant Hill, OR
2017
Welding Assistant on 20’ tall project for the Jacksonville Zoo, University of North Florida, FL
2017
Lab Technician Assistant at University of North Florida, FL
2016
Empty Bowls Participant, University of North Florida, FL
2016
Member of Clay Committee, University of North Florida, FL
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