Kim Dickey Ceramics Artist

Denver boulder based artist kim dickey s words are leaves is currently on view at the mca denver denver october 7 2016 january 22 2017.

Kim dickey ceramics artist.

2019 kim dickey studio. Kim dickey is a ceramic artist she is also professor of ceramics at the university of colorado in boulder colorado she obtained her bfa from the rhode island school of design in providence rhode island followed by an mfa in ceramics from the new york state college of ceramics at alfred university dickey s work explores how people construct environments and she ponders how people create. Mca café sprouts a ceramics installation 5280 magazine july paglia michael best of denver 2008. From 1991 1994 she served as director of greenwich house pottery in new york where she curated over twenty exhibitions of contemporary ceramics.

Ceramic artist kim dickey denver woman magazine october november meyers cheryl still garden. I hope to have that voice be heard and felt more than heard felt by a viewer dickey said. 303 303 art 303 magazine artist retrospective ceramic art denver artists denver sculpture kim dickey. The survey of dickey s work includes ceramics as well as diverse media including textiles and photography.

A slight pale preteen growing up in suburban new york city she was assigned in art class to create a ceramic greek amphora. Inspired by the rococo aesthetic tradition of bocage the artist covers her sculptures both small and large scale with ceramic leaves and other flora. Kim dickey s moment came in the sixth grade. Currently a professor at the university of colorado boulder kim dickey received her bfa from the rhode island school of design and her mfa from the new york state college of ceramics at alfred university.

Artist and professor at the university of colorado boulder kim dickey received her bfa from the rhode island school of design and her mfa from alfred university. As small but astonishingly skilled hands turned the lump of clay into a two handled vase something remarkable happened. From 1991 to 1994 she served as director of greenwich house pottery in new york where she curated over twenty exhibitions of contemporary ceramics in the jane hartsook gallery. Kim dickey uses a sketchbook for drawing and thinking through ideas for new pieces.

The museum states that her focus is on patterns and decorations but she has expanded to include landscape designs and gardens.