Kelsey Duncan teaches courses in Three-Dimentional Design, Handbuilding and Sculptural Ceramics, and Wheel Throwing.

Kelsey.Duncan@mtsu.edu

Office: Todd Hall, Room 113

www.KelseyDuncan.net 

Originally from Southeast Idaho, Kelsey Duncan received his Bachelors of Fine Art (B.F.A.) from the University of Montana and his Masters in Fine Art (M.F.A) from Ohio University.   He is a recent Long Term Fellowship Artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramics Arts, and a resident artist at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York. His further ceramic endeavors include a residency with the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary, Studio 740 in Helena, Montana, a summer resident at the Archie Bray Foundation and Resident Director at Pioneer School Zanesville.   Duncan’s work has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States and Eastern Europe. He has been an instructor of record at Ohio University and a long-term instructor at the Archie Bray Foundation, the 92Y and the Clay Art Center in New York. Most recently he was the recipient of the Rudy Autio Creative Initiative Grant and the Elaine Hoffman Rattet Grant for the Ceramic Arts. Duncan is currently represented by Abmeyer Wood Fine Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington.

Artist Statement

Utilizing the human object as my primary vehicle, I explore the resilient nature of the human experience and the complex politics of the human body. My recent work celebrates the amazing men and women that make up contemporary, small town burlesque culture. I’m drawn to the concept of performative empowerment as a means of taking control of one’s environment through the vessel of the body. I ultimately propose a more inclusive way of looking at bodies and the people they represent, some limited by a lens of perception colored by stereotypes and destructive tropes.

 

Eve – Underglaze, Glaze and Luster – 19 in. x 25 in. x 13.5 in.Charmaine – Stoneware, underglaze, glaze and luster – 20 in. x 29 in. x 14 in.Charmaine, detail – Stoneware, underglaze, glaze and luster – 20 in. x 29 in. x 14 in.Onyx – Stoneware, Slip, Underglaze, Glaze, Luster and Metal – 17 in. x 11 in. x 15 in.Convalesce – Stoneware, Slip, Underglaze and Glaze – 48 in. x 24 in. x 24 in.Sapphire – Stoneware and Glaze – 23 in. x 13 in. x 15 in.Pearl Gloves – Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze and Mother of Pearl Luster – 15 in. x 10 in. x 6 in.IF Town – Stoneware, Slip, Underglaze and Glaze – 35 in. x 42 in. x 27 in., (Coil Built form, Silk screen pattern transfer for hoodie and hand painted underglaze imagery.) Pearl Candor – Stoneware, Underglaze, Glaze, Luster, and Hand-painted Underglaze Tattoo – 23 in. x 14 in. x 22 in.IF Town Barrow – Hand built Stoneware, Slip, Underglaze, Underglaze image transfer, Wheel thrown wheel and Sandblasted Glaze – 52 in. x 30 in. x 26 in.IF Town Barrow, detail – Hand built Stoneware, Slip, Underglaze, Underglaze image transfer, Wheel thrown wheel and Sandblasted Glaze – 52 in. x 30 in. x 26 in.