Marina Kuchinski
Associate Professor, Art

Tel.: (630) 942-2423
Fax.: (630) 942-3490
Room: AC 166a
e-mail: kuchinsk@cod.edu

Areas of Research Interest:
• Ceramics in mixed media
• Interdisciplinary practices between art and other areas
• Installation Conceptual approaches to ceramics


Recent Courses Taught:
• Art 2241, 2242 - Ceramics I, II (Handbuilding, throwing, slip casting, sculptual, functional, installation)
• Art 1101 - Drawing
• Art 1151 -2-D Design
• Art 1840 Special Topics - Nontraditional Approaches to Clay
• Art 1840 Special Topics - Landscape Drawing


Current Projects:
• Preparation for the exhibitions:
One person exhibition at McHenry County College, IL scheduled in summer 2007
Group exhibitions: Ceres Gallery NYC, May 23 - June 17


Selected Exhibitions:
Recent one and two person exhibitions:
"This and That", Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL, 2005
"Worlds Apart", Tuttle Gallery, in conjunction with the National Council on
Education for the Ceramic Arts conference, Baltimore, MD, 2005
"Contact Details", Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2003
"Distortions", Pearl Conard Gallery, The Ohio State University, Mansfield,
OH, 2002
"Untitled", Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY, 2001

Recent group exhibitions:

"Galex 40", Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL, 2006
"Art Under Fire", Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, IL, 2005
"New Art '05: Reason and Squalor", Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA, 2005
"Open Destiny: New Visual Directions 2005", Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA,
2005
"55th Annual Quad-State Exhibition", Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL, 2005
"47th Annual International Award Exhibition", San Diego Art Institute, San
Diego, CA, 2004
"Vitrified Clay National: Form & Content", Rockport Center for the Arts,
Rockport, TX, 2004
"Contemporary Ceramics Invitational", Bradley University, Peoria, IL, 2003
"Mute", Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD, 2003
"Pushing Clay", University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Gorham, ME, 2002
"Red Heat", The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 2002
"Origins in Clay National", University of Texas - San Antonio, TX, 2001
"Stretch National Invitational", Afro-American Cultural Center, Charlotte,
NC, 2001

Education:
M.F.A. Penn Sate University

B.F.A. Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel


Awards and Recognitions:
Sculpture Award, Galex 40, Galesburg Art Center, Galesburg, IL, 2006
Second Place Award, 55th Annual Quad-State Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL, 2005
Jurors Award, "Origins in Clay" exhibition, University of Texas, 2001
Travel and Study Grant, Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN, 1999
Jerome Grant, Installation Art Commission, Minneapolis, MN, 1999
McKnight Artist in Residence for Ceramic Artist Grant, Minneapolis, MN, 1998

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