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Kenneth Price
1935–2012

Introduction

Kenneth Price (February 16, 1935 – February 24, 2012) was an American artist who predominantly created ceramic sculpture. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and Otis Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) 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. Price lived and worked in Venice, California, and Taos, New Mexico.

Wikidata identifier

Q6390606

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Introduction

Ceramicist work with glazed and painted clay. He often achieved his surface effects through the use of acrylic paint rather than fired glazes.

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, ceramicist, graphic artist, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500026883

Names

Kenneth Price, Ken Price

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