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Ani Kasten

Biography to Display: 

1976 Born Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

 
EDUCATION
 
2000 BA English Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES
 
2001 Apprenticeship, Rupert Spira, Church Farm Pottery, Shropshire, England
2002 Apprenticeship, Santa Kumar Prajapati, Thimi Ceramics, Thimi, Nepal
2007 Artist in Residence, Red Dirt Studio, Mount Rainier, Maryland
 
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
 
2005-2007 Studio Artist, Oakland, California
2009–Studio Artist, Mount Rainier, Maryland
2012-Established Artbar, a store front studio
2016-Moved her home and studio to Shafer, Minnesota
 
BIOGRAPHY
 
Ani Kasten is known for wheel-thrown and hand-built stoneware,porcelain or a combination of both,sculptural vessel forms and functional pottery. Her piece soften incorporate, rocks and natural earth materials. Surface decoration is minimal. Surface techniques include incised line work in conjunction with pigments,slips and glazes. Most forms appear white with earth-toned or grey highlights recessed in roughly carved lines. Kasten says of her work,“I have been developing a studio practice that incorporates traditional craftsmanship principles I gained from the apprenticeships with experiences and ideas acquired during my subsequent world travels.”[1]
 
[1].http://www.anikasten.com/269117/statement/(09/12/2018 3:17p.m. ET)
 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display: 

Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

Ruth Chandler Williamsin Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 
"A Fresh Start.” Metropolitan Home,, January 2009.
Copeland, Tina."  An Artist's Enclave." Home and Desegn, May/June 2009.
Kasten, Ani. “Thimi, Nepal: Village Ceramic Traditions in Flux..”Ceramics Monthly, May 2012.
________. "New Territories". Ceramic Review May/June 2008
Marquis, Andres. "Ani Kasten: Offerings at the Clay Studio.” Ceramics Monthly. September 2012.
Merino, Anthony. "Ani Kasten's Ceramics and the Aesthetics of Decay." New Ceramics, May/June 2016.
Shimkhada, Deepak. “Nepal: Nostalgia and Modernity. Marg Publications, 2011.
Snyder, Arlene."Ani Kasten:Fault Lines at Lacoste Gallery, review.” Ceramics:Art and Perception, Fall 2011. 
"The Craftsmen’s Eye..” Architectural Digest, November 2005.
“The Maximalist and the Minimalist.” Home Fort Lauderdale, September 2009.
 

 

WEBSITE(S):

https://www.anikasten.com/

 

Typical Marks
2011
Glacier Bowl
Date: 2011
Materials: Porcelain, Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered
Surface Technique: Carved, Glaze
Scripps College Collection, 2016.9.5
Photo: TMP
Scripps College Collection, 2016.9.5
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Incised Double Bowl
Date: 2006
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze, Incised
Scripps College Collection, 2016.9.4
Photo: TMP
Scripps College Collection, 2016.9.4
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified March 13, 2024. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/kasten