Education
BA in Studio Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 2007-2011
Post Baccalaureate in Ceramics, Utah State University Logan, Utah 2012-2014
MFA in Ceramics, University of Kansas, 2020-2023
Exhibitions
2023, Juried Group Show, Degrees of Commitment: Climate, Ecosystems and Society, Sandra J. Blain Galleries, Arrowmont School of Craft, Gaitlinburg, TN
2023, Three Person Show, Place/making, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
2023, Invitational Group Exhibition, Ferality in Nameless Realms, Curiouser & Curiouser, Kansas City, KS
2023, Juried Group Exhibition, Safekeeping: SDA Member Exhibition, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
2023, Solo Thesis Exhibition, Afield, Edgar Heap of Birds and Family Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2022, Online Exhibition, Sculpture, InArt Gallery
2022, Online Exhibition, Here, There and Nowhere, University of Montana and Montana State University, Juror’s Choice Award.
2022, Solo Exhibition, Troubled Land, Curiouser & Curiouser North Gallery, Kansas City, KS
2022, Temporary Outdoor Sculpture, A Seat at the Table, Shawnee Mission Park, Shawnee, KS
2022, Invited Online Exhibition, Sitting in a Circle, Haricombe Gallery, Watson Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2022 Invited Group Exhibition, Edible Ink Print Exchange, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2021, Temporary Public Art Commission, Backyard Bash: Understories, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
2021, Juried Group Exhibiton, Bound, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM (Jurors: Chip Thomas and Thea Gahr) Oct 8- Nov 13, 2021
2021, Group Exhibition, At the Threshold, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO
2021, Online Juried Exhibition, Restoring & Redefining the Body, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
2021, Juried Group Exhibition, Paper & Clay, Tippetts and Eccles Galleries, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2020, Juried Group Exhibition, Paperworks IV, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri (Juror: Sukanya Mani)
2020, Group Exhibition, 2020 Clay Club Member Show, ICRC Gallery, KU Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research Center, Lawrence, Kansas
2020, Temporary Public Art Commission, Backyard Bash: Conference of the Birds, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
2019, Solo Exhibition, Immerse, Vault Gallery, John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2019, Group Exhibition, Book and Paper Arts, Downtown Gallery, Kokomo, IN (Juried by Anita Garza),
2019, Group Exhibition, State of Clay in Indiana, Visual Arts Building Gallery, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN (Juried by Ted Neal,)
2019, Solo Exhibition, Iteration, Pop-up Gallery, I Fell Building, Bloomington, IN
2019, Group Exhibition, Pushing Paper, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN (Juried by Kyle Herrington)
2017, Group Exhibition, Starbrick Clay National Salt and Pepper Shaker Show, Starbrick Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio (Juried by Deborah Schwartzkopf)
2015, Group Exhibition, Starbrick Clay National Cup Show, Starbrick Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio (Juried by David Hiltner)
Achievements and Awards
2023, Best in Show, Our Positions, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2023, Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Service, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2022, Art and Natural Resources Residency, Johnson County Parks and Recreation Department, Shawnee, KS
2022, Thomas A. Klaverkamp Memorial Award, Department of Visual Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2022, Windgate University Fellow, University of Kansas and Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
2022, Anderson Ranch University Partnership Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2022, School of the Arts Travel Grant, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2022, Graduate Development Scholarship Fund, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS2021, Estes Supplies Award, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2021, Clay Club Annual Award, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Resident Artist, Sycamore Ridge Ceramics, Bloomington, IN 2019
Curatorial Project, Remembering and Forgetting, co-curated with Linda Tien and Ryan Farley, Grunwald Gallery of Art at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2019
Award, Full Workstudy Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, NC 2018
Purchase Award, Starbrick Clay National Salt and Pepper Shaker Show, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Nelsonville, Ohio 2017
Award, Best 3D Artist, Urban Art Festival, Salt Lake City, UT 2016
Publications
Spencer, Laura, “This artist is turning invasive species at Johnson County parks into inspiration for her craft”, KCUR Arts and Life, September 23rd, 2022, https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2022-09-23/this-artist-is-turning-invasive-species-at-johnson-county-parks-into-inspiration-for-her-craft
Markham, David, “Inside JCPRD: Kirsten Taylor is JCPRD’s first artist in residence,” Shawnee Mission Post, https://shawneemissionpost.com/2022/10/19/inside-jcprd-kirsten-taylor-is-jcprds-first-artist-in-residence-184634/
Recorded Talks
Learning from place, Friday Ecology Seminar Series, Kansas Biological Survey, Higuchi Hall, University of Kansas, April 14th, 2023; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-hrF6usqk