Kenneth Price Artist

Kenneth Price (February 16, 1935 – February 24, 2012) was an American ceramic artist and printmaker. 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. Ken Price lived and worked in Venice, California and Taos, New Mexico. He is represented by the Matthew Marks Gallery, New York and Xavier Hufkens, Brussels.

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Alias (AKA)	Price Ken
Birth date	February 16, 1935
Birth place	Los Angeles
Nationality	United States
Date of death	February 24, 2012
Place of death	Arroyo Hondo New Mexico

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Field of work	Ceramic art Painting
training at	New York State College of Ceramics The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles University of Southern California Chouinard Art Institute Otis College of Art and Design