Born 1988 in Chicago. Lives and works in Detroit.
EDUCATION
2015 MFA Ceramics | Indiana University
2012 Post-Bacc. Ceramics | Indiana University
2011 BFA Ceramics & Painting | University of Central Missouri (cum laude)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Mas y Mas, Spotlight Gallery, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2023
Between Here & There, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2019
This is Devotion, Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015
In Parts, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
The Body Reflected, Thesis Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Bloomington, IN
2011
Indulgence, Pinkie Couture, Overland Park, KS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
(Forthcoming) Featured Artist Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2024
2024 Pottery Invitational: 7 Decades of Women Potters, Krikorian Gallery, Worcester Center for the Arts, Worcester, MA - Curated by Maya Machin
UCM Juried Alumni Exhibition, UCM Gallery of Art & Design, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Fuego, Forma Y Cultura, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence Kansas - Curated by Blanca Herrada
Flash Your Lights, An Online Exhibition featuring the 15th Artist Cohort, Kresge Arts in Detroit
2023
Connected Diaspora: Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media, Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Juried National VII, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT– Juror: Steven Young Lee
Michigan Mud Presenters Exhibition, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
Michigan Mud Presenters Exhibition, Alluvion Arts, Traverse City, MI
42nd Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI – Juror: Cris Worley
Hatchback 17, Hatch Art Center, Hamtramck, MI – Juror: Nancy Mitchnick
Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI – Juror: Rashaun Rucker
2022
Art for the Holidays, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Say Something: Tactile Voices in Clay, Schacht Gallery, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY – Juror: Kevin Snipes
2021
Art for the Holidays, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Atlanta SE Craft Week, American Craft Coucil
Art Mile Detroit, Ceramics School, Detroit, MI
House Warming: A Planter Show!, Kansas City Urban Potters, Kansas City, MO
2020
Holidays at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery, Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MO
KCAC Studio Showcase, Kansas City Artist Coalition Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Déformer, Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL
Connected Diaspora: U.S. Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media, Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Guest Artist, Bredin-Lee Gallery, Kansas City, MO
23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX – Juror: Jo Lauria
2019
Shifting Ground, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
Connected Diaspora: U.S. Central American Visuality in the Age of Social Media, Fredric Jameson Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Be. Long., Dutoit Gallery, Dayton OH – Jurors: Mychaelyn Michalec, David Linneweh & Erika Hess
Shifting Ground, Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City, MO
Art Blender: Collaborative Pots, Kansas City Urban Potters, Kansas City, MO
Flesh for Fantasy: The Figure Reimagined, The Workshop MPLS, 53rd NCECA, Minneapolis, MN
2018
River to River, Sinclair Galleries, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA – Jurors: Clary Illian & Mitchell Spain
New Works: An Invitational of Artwork by Park University Faculty, Campanella Gallery, Park University, Parkville, MO
2017
Sculpture Salon, Cerbera Gallery, Kansas City, MO
YET, UNKNOWN, curated by Lynnette Miranda, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Progressional Currents, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO
2016
UCM Faculty Exhibition, University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art & Design, Warrensburg, MO
Death, Art & Anatomy Exhibition, University of Winchester, Hampshire, UK
323Clay Studio Show, Bredin-Lee Gallery, 50th NCECA, Kansas City, MO
Generations, Filipino Cultural Center, 50th NCECA, Overland Park, KS
NCECA Pop-up Show, Cerbera Gallery, 50th NCECA, Kansas City, MO
Keeping Up With | UCM Ceramic Alumni, University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art & Design, Warrensburg, MO
2015
12th Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
LÉNYEG | ESSENCE - Residence Artist Exhibition, Kápolna Galéria, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemét, HU
NSAL: Emerging Artists, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
35 Concurs Internacional de Ceràmica CICA 2015, Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, Castelló, ES
2014
2014 College Invitational, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
Group Exhibition, Sub Rosa Gallery, Bloomington, IN
34 Concurs Internacional de Ceràmica CICA 2014, Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora, Castelló, ES
The Knoble, Invitational, Greiner Art Gallery, Hanover College, Hanover, IN
Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN – Juror: Sarah Green
Contemporary Ceramics International Biannual Clay & Context, Swope Art Museum-Halcyon Art Gallery, Terre Haute, IN– Juror: Ray Chen
MFA Group Show, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Bodies, North Seattle Community College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA – Juror: Elizabeth Brown
NSAL Emerging Artists, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
PUBLICATIONS
2023
Pottery Making Illustrated, Pattern Play, September/October 2023. Pages 3 & 36. Work Pictured.
American Craft, The Scene: Craft in Detroit, Summer 2023. Page 72. Article with Works Pictured.
2021
Studio Talk: Process and Perspectives in Clay, Between Sculpting and Drawing, May 2021. Pages 57-62. Article with Works Pictured.
2020
Ceramics Monthly, Emerging Artist 2020, May 2020. Page 40. Article with Works Pictured.
2018
La Horchata Zine, La Primavera, Print. Works Pictured.
2017
YET, UNKOWN, Exhibition Catalogue. June 2017. Print. Pages 12 & 13.
2014
500 Figures in Clay: Volume II. Lark Crafts. 2014. Print. Page 138.
2013
Canvas Creative Arts Magazine, Volume 16, Issue 2. Fall 2013
Carol Epp, “Emerging Artist: Kim Luther,” Musing about Mud (blog). April 14, 2013. http:// musingaboutmud.blogspot.com/2013/04/emerging-artist-kim-luther.html
AWARDS
2024
2024 NALAC Fund for the Arts Grant, National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures, San Antonio, TX
2023
2022-2023 Season Grand Prize, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI.
Juror’s Choice Award, Juried National VII, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT. - Juror: Steven Young Lee
2023 Gilda Snowden Emerging Artist Award - Visual Arts, Kresge Arts in Detroit
2022
Juror’s Choice Award | Say Something: Tactile Voices in Clay, Schacht Gallery, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY – Juror: Kevin Snipes
2021
Emerging Artist Cohort, American Craft Council
2020
Emerging Artist, Ceramics Monthly
Finalist, Charlotte Street Visual Arts Award
2017
Nominee: Provost Award Teaching & Excellence Award, Park University, Parkville, MO
2015
Thesis Prize, Friends of Art | Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Klein Merit Award, National Society of Arts & Letters, Bloomington, IN
Pygmalion’s Art Supplies Award, Bloomington, IN
2013
Editor’s Choice Award, Canvas Creative Arts Magazine, Bloomington, IN
Grant-in-Aid of Masters of Fine Arts Projects, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2012
Graduate McNair Scholars Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2011
Dr. Judith Temple Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
RESIDENCIES
2017
Feed Your Soul: an Art Educator Program, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2016-2017
Charlotte Street Foundation’s Studio Residency Program, Kansas City, MO
2016
The International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary
2015-2016
323Clay Studio, Independence, MO
2015
The International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary, Special Artists Group with George Timok
WORKSHOPS | LECTURES
2025
(Forthcoming) Visiting Artist Demonstration and Lecture, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2024
Gallery Expo Artist Talk, Northern Clay Center, NCECA Conference, Richmond, VA
2023
Demonstrating Artist, Hand-building & surface decoration workshop, Michigan Mud Conference, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, MI
2020
Demonstrating Artist & Lecturer, Hand-building & surface decoration workshop, Stetson University, Deland, FL
Guest Lecturer, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
Visiting Artist & Lecturer, Hand-building and surface decoration workshop, studio visits & artist talk, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Demonstrating Artist, Surface Design with Sgraffito & Mishima, Kansas City Clay Guild, Kansas City, MO.
2018
Workshop Instructor, Figure-101, Hands-on Workshop, Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MO.
2017
Workshop Instructor, Figure-101, Hands-on Workshop, Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MO.
2016
Delegate, The Body Reflected, Artist Lecture: Death, Art and Anatomy Conference, University of Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2014
Visiting Artist Lecture, Hanover College, Hanover, IN
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024-2025
Continuing Education Instructor, Ceramics, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2019
Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics, Park University, Parkville, MO.
2018
MakeMobile Instructor, Alphapointe Youth Services, Kansas City, MO
Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics, Park University, Parkville, MO.
2017
Adjunct Instructor, Ceramics, Park University, Parkville, MO.
Instructor Assistant, Hollow Build the Self-Referential Bust with Misty Gamble, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2016
Adjunct Instructor, 2-D Design, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO.
2014-2015
Associate Instructor, Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington IN.
2013-2014
Associate Instructor, Drawing I, Indiana University, Bloomington IN. (2 semesters & 6-week summer course)
2012
Teaching Assistant to Christyl Boger, Indiana University, Ceramics, Bloomington, IN
2008-2011
Studio Assistant to Joyce Jablonski, Ceramics, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
MEMBERSHIP
National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Michigan Ceramic Art Association
American Craft Council
ArtAxis
Detroit Artist Market
Kansas City Artist Coalition
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Museum of International Ceramics, Kecskemét, Hungary
Gallery Affiliations
Louis / Buhl & Co., Detroit, MI
Northern Clay Center Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City, MO