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Artist Statement
My practice as an artist comes from a place of profound connection and caring for the world around me. I have long been interested in issues of gender inequity, animal rights, environmental concerns, and issues of abuse, submission and control. It all seems to boil down to our capacity to compassionately connect with the world around us. In my current body of work, I am expounding on the theme that, "The meek shall inherit the earth." I create unfired clay creatures, which are built and displayed in dense groupings. The characters that I depict, my army of the meek, encounter situations in which they are incapable of resolving or changing conflict. My intent is to create a world that is clearly separate from our everyday, but mirrors our own experience enough to cause the viewer to question their role in the scenario. The forms are meant to be uncomfortable and other. As the artist, I function as a sort of twisted creator goddess, whose presence is incredibly important and always implied. The unfired nature of the clay forces the work into a state that is vulnerable, ephemeral, and deeply ingrained with the potential for change. My forms exist precariously between two outcomes, destruction or salvation. Failure is a given without the intervention of our collective potential for empathy.
Contact Kaitlyn Coppola
60 Buttonwood Rd
Voorhees, NJ 08043
tuc70141_temple.edu
Tel: 856-266-7245
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EDUCATION
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2012 Ceramics
Master of Fine Arts - Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Ceramics
Bachelor of Arts GPA: 3.6 - St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
Graduated Cum Laude
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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1/2011 - 5/2011
Temple University Phliadelphia, PA
Clay Technician
9/2010 - 12/2010
Temple University Philadelphia, PA
Glaze Room Manager
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PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2010-2011 Teaching Assistant, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant to Adjunt Assistant Professor, Eric Milller- Ceramic Mold Making
Assistant to Professor Beverly Fisher- 3D Foundations
2009-2010 Teaching Assistant, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant to Professor Jury Smith- Beginning Ceramics
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EXHIBITIONS
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2011 - Jumbalaya - Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 - College Clay Colletive - Genessee Pottery, Rochester, NY
2010- The Art of the Covenant- Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA
2010 - Senior Class Exhibition - St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
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AWARDS
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2012 - Temple University Graduate Project Completion Grant
2010-2011 - Temple University Graduate Assistantship
2009- St. Joseph's University's Summer Scholars Grant
