Kathryn Agnes Baczeski
kathryn.baczeski@gmail.com
www.kathrynagnesbaczeski.com
https://www.instagram.com/stilllifewithfruitgallery/
Education
2013 - 2016 MFA Ceramics
Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University - Bloomington IN
Graduate Assistantship
2009 BFA Sculpture with a ceramics concentration
University of Connecticut – Storrs CT
Professional Experience
2022 - present Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
Tenure track instructor of record to intermediate and advanced studio art majors and minor
2019 - 2022 Visiting Assistant Professor of 3D Studio Art, Stetson University, DeLand FL
Instructor of record to intermediate and advanced studio art majors and minors.
2019 - 2022 Co-Director, Founder & Curator, Fresh As Fruit Gallery / Still Life With Fruit, DeLand FL
Maintenance of space, assistant in installation/deinstallation of art, co-coordinator for exhibition calendar.
2019 Adjunct Professor of Installation, Cornell College, Mount Vernon IA
Instructor of record to intermediate and advanced studio art majors and minors.
2018 - 2019 Adjunct Faculty, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Instructor of record for intro to Ceramics I.
2018 - 2019 Lead Studio Technician, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids IA
Technical and organizational assistance for art building and studios of faculty and students.
2018 Director Interim, Iowa Ceramics Center & Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids IA
Organizing of daily functions at the center and leading resident artists/ Master of Ceremonies for Iowa Clay Conference.
2016-2018 Art Studio Technician, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids IA
Technical and organizational assistance for classrooms and studios of faculty and students.
2016-2018 Visiting Artist Coordinator & Gallery Committee, Iowa Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
Organizing visiting artists and facilitating their time at the Center.
2017 Adjunct Faculty, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Intro to Ceramics I, Advanced Ceramics II, III & IV
2016-2017 Visiting Artist, Young Writers Workshop, Story Center, Archer City TX
Teaching high school students storytelling through digital, audio, image, and live performance.
2016 Gallery Assistant, Indiana University Center for Art & Design, Columbus IN
Assisting the curator in unpacking, processing, installing, and preparation of exhibitions.
2015-2016 Associate Instructor Ceramic Department- Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Instructing undergraduate students in the introductory level of ceramics.
Curatorial Projects/ Exhibitions Juried
2023 Electric Sheep?, Pendleton Art Center, NCECA Cincinnati, OH
2021 - 2022 Still Life With Fruit Gallery, exhibition space, DeLand, FL
2019 - 2021 Fresh As Fruit Gallery, exhibition space, DeLand, FL
Just Visiting, Iowa Ceramic Center & Glass Studio, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 UIMA + Flyover Wearable Art Competition, Juror of exhibition, Iowa City, IA
2017 Better Than Nothing, Flex Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
DEDGIE, Flex Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Selfish Lovers and Savage Romantics, Flex Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Grants/ Awards/ Collections
2022-2024 Viola Brown Endowed Professor of Visual + Dramatic Arts
2020-2021 Nina B Hollis Research Impact Award
2019-2020 Professional Development Grant, Stetson University, DeLand FL
2018 Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA
Kirkwood Community College Collection, Cedar Rapids IA
2017-2019 Kirkwood Community College Professional Development Grant, Cedar Rapids IA
2016 OVPIA International Enhancement Grant, Bloomington IN
2015 Friends of Art Direct Support Award in Studio Art Holiday Awards, Bloomington IN
Grant-in-Aid Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington IN
2014 Caldwell Fellowship Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Holiday Awards, Bloomington IN
2013 Full Tuition Waiver, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Residencies
2023 Peters Valley School of Craft, Sandyston, NJ
2022 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Technical Assistant to the artist Session 3, Deer Isle ME
2018 The Winterset Art Center, Winterset IA
2016-2018 The Iowa Ceramic Center & Glass Studio: Artist in Residence, Cedar Rapids IA
2016 International Ceramic Research Center - Guldagergaard: Artist-in-Residence NCECA Award Skælskør, Denmark
Two Person Exhibitions & Solo Exhibitions
2023 Everchange: Pre & Post Perspectives, Smoll Gallery Kansas City, MO (forthcoming)
2023 Meat Show, The Front, New Orleans, LA (forthcoming)
2022 Subtropical Wrecks, UNCW, CAB Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2019 Senganamo, Gilded Pear, Cedar Rapids, IA
2018 What Once Was, Iowa Ceramics Center & Glass Studio Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 Returning, Live Performance Flex Gallery, Cherry Building, Cedar Rapids, IA
Material Function, Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Sus, Iowa Ceramics Center & Glass Studio Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2016 “Welcome” Keramik Festival, Skælskør DK
2014 Passage Ritual, McCalla School Basement, Bloomington IN
Passage Ritual, Hopkins Hall Summer Series, Columbus OH
Selected Group Exhibitions/ Screenings / Performances
2024 Interrelationship: Peers, Mentors & Friends, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT (forthcoming)
2023 I Contain Multitudes, Weston Art Gallery, NCECA Cincinnati, OH
Electric Sheep?, Pendleton Art Center, NCECA Cincinnati, OH
2022 Outside, In, SLU Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, LA
2021 Sensual Clay, Moisturizer Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2019 Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design Online Alumni Exhibition, Bloomington, IN
Ceramic Centric, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO
Diverse Clay, Q.arma Building, NCECA Claytopia Minneapolis, MN
Form and Abstraction: A Universal Language, NCECA Claytopia Minneapolis, MN
2018 Unanimous DISCOURSE, Upper Iowa University, Fayette IA
Faculty Art Show, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
2017 Terra Nova: Ten Years, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA
2016 ICC&GS Former Resident Artist Exhibition, Iowa Clay Conference, Cedar Rapids IA
Outlining the Horse, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines IA
Throwing, CSPS Digital Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2015 IU Cinema Student Showcase, Bloomington IN
Faintly Projecting, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington IN
ADAIU, The Hub Gallery, Bloomington IN
In Your Skin, Fuller Gallery, Bloomington IN
A Changing Vegetation, Fuller Gallery, Bloomington IN
1221 Kaolin Shadow Boxing, Fuller Gallery, Bloomington IN
Non Graduating MFA Show, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington IN
The Art of Yokai, Amaco, Indianapolis, IN
2014 Four Hands are Better Than Two, ECU Metals Symposium, Greenville NC
Iris Film Festival, Indiana University Cinema, Bloomington IN
Connections, Fuller Projects Gallery, Bloomington IN
Metal & Mud, Bloomington Clay Studio, Bloomington IN
Identity Crisis, Fuller Projects Gallery, Bloomington IN
Non Graduating MFA Show, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington IN
Pervasive Placelessness (The Hotel Show), Columbus OH
Hopkins Hall Summer Series, Columbus OH
2013 General Relativity, Ohio Art League, Columbus OH
Anonymous, Fuller Projects Gallery, Bloomington IN
2012 ISE Gallery Emerging Artists, Lower Manhattan NY : Juried by Nancy Lim of MOMA Small Works Show,
Small Works Show, Mikhail Zakin Gallery and the Art School Demarest, NJ
Spring Show, POST University Waterbury, CT
Publications/ Radio / Television
2023 NCECA Journal 2023 - Ceramics in the Expanded Field p.128-131
The SeaHawk ‘Subtropical Wrecks' - https://theseahawk.org/34318/culture/kathryn-baczeski-challenges-the-meaning-of-art-in-subtropical-wrecks/
2018 Unspoken Requests with Jarrod and Mike, interview, Bloomington, IN, August 3 -
2016 Ceramic Patterns, https://www.facebook.com/tdubisMerino/photos_stream
Woven Tale Press - http://www.thewoventalepress.net/2016/09/25/spotlight-kathryn-baczeski/
Woven Tale Press - http://wtpcentral.thewoventalepress.net/2016/10/21/kathryn-baczeski/
TV Sydsjælland, interview, Skælskør, Denmark, July 19 - https://www.facebook.com/tvsydsjaelland/videos/1041789649210075/