Kenneth Allen

Biography to Display:

1946 Born Chicago, Illinois

2000 Died

EDUCATION

—BFA East Tennessee University, Johnson City, Tennessee

—MFA East Tennessee University, Johnson City, Tennessee

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Studio Potter

—Walter’s State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee

Ken Allen is known for wheel-thrown or hand built stoneware vases, mugs, lamp stands, animal ewers, and lidded vessels. The forms are either functional domestic ware or at times sculptural and they are typically decorated with geometric patterns made with multiple glazes or stains.

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display:

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display:

Studio Potter 9, no.2 (1981).