Alexandra Kraft

Associate Professor
706-867-2832

Office: Choice St Arts Complex, Dahlonega
Website: http://alexkraftart.com
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Areas of Expertise: Ceramics, 3D Design

Overview

A dedicated educator and artist, Alex Kraft oversees the ceramics program at the University of North Georgia, Dahlonega. She received her BFA and BSed from Northern Arizona University and her MFA from the University of Montana. She exhibits her work nationally and internationally. Artist residencies include the Archie Bray Foundation; Clay Studio of Missoula; Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts; Red Lodge Clay Center; Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center; Jingdezhen Tioxichuan International Studio; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts; and Roswell Artist in Residency Program. Her experience writing and curating exhibitions include large scale multi-faceted projects.

Courses Taught

Ceramics I
Ceramics II
Ceramics III/IV
Ceramics – Materials and Methods
Ceramics – Systems and Surfaces
3D Design
Drawing I
2D Design
various multi-level community education ceramics courses
K-12 Art Education

Education

MFA, University of Montana, 2006
BS Ed, Visual Arts - Art Education / K12 Licensure, Northern Arizona University, 2002
BFA, Visual Arts - Ceramics, North Arizona University, 2001

Research/Special Interests

Ceramic art
Women in ceramic art
Workshops: mono-printing and surface design techniques for ceramics

Publications

2017 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure
2017 Ceramics Monthly, A Persistent Pattern of Memory: Katriona Drijber
2017 Xinhua News, Beijing China, Jingdezhen International Studio Artists
2016 Ceramics Monthly, Resplendent Paradigms: Christine Golden Chronicles the Human Condition
2015 Ceramics Ireland, Firmly Rooted in the Drift of Clouds: Sharbani Das Gupta
2015 Red Clay Rambler podcast interview, host Ben Carter
2014 Glaze: the Ultimate Collection of Ceramic Glazes, and How They Were Made, Brian Taylor and Kate Doody
2013 Ceramica, Lo Stato Dell’arte/Ceramics, The State of The Art, Italian Newsletter, Rolando Giovannini
2012 Ceramics Monthly, Gallery Reviews (image), October
2012 Ceramics Monthly, Exposure (image), February
2012 Sliptrailer, October
2012 ILoveRoses, online magazine
2011 DUO Chinese Ceramics Magazine (images)
2010 New Mexico Magazine, featuring Roswell Museum and Art Center
2006 Archie Bray International Event, Korean Ceramics Monthly, August

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:

2016 Emerging Artist Exhibition, Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
2013 Fertile Eloquencia, Jewel Gallery, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
2012 Ameen Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
2012 Goodkind Gallery, Glasgow, Montana
2012 Ingham Chapman Gallery, Gallup, New Mexico
2011 A Conversation in Contemporary Craft, East Central College, Union, Missouri
2010 The Gallery, Roswell, New Mexico
2010 Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2009 An Allegory of Enchantment, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
2009 JFH Studio, Union, MO
2009 Arterial Introspection, Casper College, Casper Wyoming
2006 phyllium ubermlodis, Gallery of Visual Arts, Missoula, Montana
2006 Catalyst, Missoula, Montana
2004 Art Annex Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
2001 Eyes on the Inside: Subcutaneous Revelations, Beasley Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona
2000 Figures in the Tower, Don Bendel Ceramics Gallery, Flagstaff, Arizona

Group Exhibitions:

2018 Nasty Women Artaxis exhibition, 3^rd Street Gallery, Carnegie, PA
2017 UNG Faculty, Bertelsmann Gallery, Athens Academy, Athens, GA
2017 Jingpiao Ceramic Art Exhibition, China
2017 Taoxichuan Ceramics Museum, Jingddezhen, China, permanent collection
2017 Jingdezhen International Studio, China, permanent collection
2017 Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, permanent collection
2017 Domestic Mysteries, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei
2017 Shaping a New South, Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA, curator: Garth Johnson, Ceramic Research Center
2016-2017 A Legacy of Makers and Mentors: University of North Georgia, Southern Highlands Crafts Guild, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC (organized)
2016 Embodiment, Berry College, Rome, Georgia
2016 Makers Curate, Curators Make, NCECA, UMKC Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2016 Arrowmont Past Resident Exhibition, NCECA, Kansas City, Missouri
2015 Transfers, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Oconee, Georgia
2015 Clay in GA: Ceramic Educators in the Red Clay State, Wesleyan University, Macon, Georgia
2015 UNG Faculty Exhibition, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2015 Small Works Exhibit, OCAF, Oconee, Georgia
2015 Coded Imagery, Neck of the Woods Gallery, Adams, Massachusetts
2015 Mosaic, UNG Faculty Exhibition, Dahlonega, Georgia
2014-2015 Bear on the Square Arts Auction, Dahlonega, Georgia
2014 67^th Annual Member’s Exhibition, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2014 Small Works Exhibit, OCAF, Oconee, Georgia
2014 ArtFields Juried Art Competition, Lake City, South Carolina
2014 Dragonfly Art Dimensions, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2014 Peachbelt Art Exhibition, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
2014 Heartbreaker Records and Vinyl, Dahlonega, Georgia
2013 66^th Annual Member’s Exhibition, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2013 mypedestal.com online rotating gallery space
2013 Art Appreciation, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia
2013 Flatlanders and Surface Dwellers, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2013 Sketch Invitational, Art 123, Gallup, New Mexico
2013 Naturalization, NCECA, Houston Texas
2012-13 Orton Cone Box Show, traveling exhibition, NCECA, Houston, Texas
2012 Celebration of Clay, Ghost Ranch Museum, Abiquiú, New Mexico
2012 Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2012 25^th Anniversary Gala Auction, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
2012 Soup’n Bowl, RAIR, Roswell, New Mexico
2012 At 20: A Creative Continuum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2012 10x10, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
2012 Ceramics from the Permanent Collection, Montana Museum of Art & Culture, Missoula, Montana
2011 The Low Down: Tales from the Margin, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Red Lodge Clay Center
2011 Resident Artist Show, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana
2011 June Gallery, Archie Bray 60^th Anniversary, Helena, Montana
2011 High Mesa Artists’ Tour, Capitan, New Mexico
2011 Ceramic Projects, Museum of Science and Industry, NCECA, Tampa, Florida
2011 Flora, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
2006 - 2018 Potsketch, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, Montana
2010 Tinnie Mercantile, Roswell, NM
2009-2015 Bright Rain Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2009-2015 Lone Leaf Gallery and Custom Framing, Washington, North Carolina
2007-2013 Pecos Valley Potters Guild Show and Sale, Roswell, NM
2009 Drawn and Created, Lil Street Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Craft-ed, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, Florida
2009 Miranda Howe Studio Sale, Capitan, New Mexico
2009 Past and Present Resident Show, The Clay Studio of Missoula, Montana
2008 Field to Plate, Peas Farm, Missoula, MT
2008 Arrowmont Artists in Residence Final Exhibition, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2008 Walk the Line, Dresden, Germany
2008 Kiln Plug Show, Amaco, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA
2008-2011 Orton Cone Box Show, traveling exhibition, NCECA, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Artist Residencies:

2017 Jingdezhen International Studio at Taoxichuan, Jingdezhen, China
2017 Pentaculum Invited Artist, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2016 Paul Northway AIA, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana
2015 Guldagergaard - International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, Denmark
2015 Red Lodge Clay Center, Inaugural Writing Forum, Red Lodge, Montana
2011 Red Lodge Clay Center, short term resident, Red Lodge, Montana
2010 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Kiln God Resident, Train Kiln Building, Newcastle, Maine
2008-2009 Roswell Artist in Residence Program, Roswell, New Mexico
2008 Clay Studio of Missoula, short term resident, Missoula, Montana
2007-2008 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2006 Archie Bray Foundation, summer resident, Helena, Montana

Workshops and Lectures presented:

2017 visiting artist workshop and lecture, Lander University, Greenwood, SC
2017 NCECA Panel Moderator: Domestic Mysteries, Portland, Oregon
2017 NCECA MAYCO Booth Demonstrator
2017 NCECA Strategic Planning Focus Group Invited Participant
2017 visiting artist workshop, New Albany Middle School and New Albany High School, Columbus, Ohio – permanent student work installed at Columbus Convention Center
2017 visiting artist workshop, Southern Arizona Clay Artists, Laughing Witch Pottery
2016 visiting artist lecture, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA
2016 GAEA Conference, workshop presenter, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
2016 visiting artist workshop and lecture, Southern Mississippi University, Hattiesburg, MS
2016 Mayco Presenter: Buckeye Ceramics and Gina DeSantis Studio, Columbus and Lakewood, Ohio
2016 visiting artist workshop and lectures, ABC ART and Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
2016 Invited Artist, 16th International Ceramic Symposium, Dahab and Cairo, Egypt (postponed)
2015 Scanceram Conference, Mono-printing Demo and 50 Women Curator Lecture, Tolne, Denmark
2015 On the Tenure Track, break-out session, invited participant, NCECA, 2015
2015 visiting artist workshop and lecture, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2014 Recorded Artist Interview, Tuesdays at Noon, Public Access Radio Show, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2013 visiting artist slide lecture, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
2013 Experimental Ceramic Mono-printing, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2012 New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists Association Workshop Presenter and Artist lecture: “Making It My Way”, Ghost Ranch, Abiqui, New Mexico
2012 visiting artist lecture, University of New Mexico – Gallup, New Mexico
2011 visiting artist lecture, East Central College, Union, Missouri
2010 Foundation Series Lecture, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
2010 visiting artist slide lecture, Art Department, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico
2009 Resident Artist Slide Lecture, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico