Kenneth Price
Painting, Visual Artist
1935 – 2012
Who was Kenneth Price?
Kenneth Price was an American ceramic artist and printmaker. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, before receiving his BFA degree from the University of Southern California in 1956. He continued his studies at Chouinard Art Institute in 1957 and received an MFA degree from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1959. Kenneth Price studied ceramics with Peter Voulkos at Otis and was awarded a Tamarind Fellowship.
He is best known for his abstract shapes constructed from fired clay. Typically, they are not glazed, but intricately painted with multiple layers of bright acrylic paint and then sanded down to reveal the colors beneath. Ken Price lived and worked in Venice, California and Taos, New Mexico. He is represented by the Matthew Marks Gallery, New York and Xavier Hufkens, Brussels.
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- Born
- Feb 16, 1935
Los Angeles - Also known as
- Ken Price
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Southern California
( - 1956) - Chouinard Art Institute
Ceramic art
(1957 - ) - Otis College of Art and Design
Ceramic art - Master of Fine Arts, New York State College of Ceramics
( - 1959)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Southern California
- Lived in
- West Hollywood
(1935/02/16 - ) - Taos
( - 2012/02/24) - Venice
( - 2012/02/24)
- West Hollywood
- Died
- Feb 24, 2012
Arroyo Hondo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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