Jayne King
Jayne King (b. 1999) is the daughter of a family of artists. Her mother, a textile artist; her father, a darkroom photographer; and her grandpa, a painter, encouraged her creatively and nurtured her interests in material and narrative from the earliest of ages. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA 2022), King spent her time enrolled there focusing on ceramics, object collection, and book making, while simultaneously studying the craft histories that would come to inform her practice. Her hand-painted ceramic vessels examine the malleability of memory and function of personal myth by reconsidering heirloom porcelain objects. Their surfaces explore the desire to safeguard narrative, the history of ceramic objects as vessels for storage and preservation, and the ways tradition functions in families. The works exalt the unseeable things underfoot and consider the intersecting relationships between social invisibility, utilitarian craft history, and the geological mechanisms that both govern and record activity on earth. King’s work has been exhibited nationally, including shows at James Watrous Gallery, ARC Gallery, the Bridgeport Art Center, Oliva Gallery, Kinhouse Gallery, the Hyde Park Art Center, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, and Woman Made Gallery. King was a 2022 ArtAxis+Haystack Mountain School of Craft Fellowship recipient, a 2022 Chicago Artist Coalition SPARK Grant recipient, 2023 Luminarts Finalist, and one of 40 artists selected to demonstrate her artistic techniques in person for Homo Faber’s 2026 biennial exhibition in Venice, Italy, “An Island of Light”. She is currently a long-term artist in residence at The Digs Chicago and a featured artist in the Homo Faber guide for excellence in craftsmanship.
Information:
https://www.homofaber.com/en/artisans/jayne_king-ceramics-chicago_il
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Upcoming Programs by Jayne King
Memory Vessels: Storytelling on Porcelain
This workshop guides students through producing meaningfully designed and decorated porcelain wares for domestic use and display. By drawing inspiration from the history of ceramic objects, as well as our own personal stories, symbols, and mythologies, participants will create their own hand-painted functional and sculptural objects. We will be covering how to combine carving techniques, […]