Artist Bio

Kit Grindeland (they/he) is a self-taught ceramicist who is slowly shaping a life out of clay after a decade in the theatre industry. Kit has been working with clay since 2021 and is currently in residency at the Steel Yard in Providence Rhode Island. Their work, which utilizes alternative firing methods, explores the connections between natural elements and magical realism. Grindeland’s functional wheel-generated forms and handbuilt architectural sculptures, stretch and tether the natural to the fantastical and explore the interrelation between the sweet and the bizarre. Accompanying his studio practice, Grindeland has been teaching ceramics since 2023 and has worked with studios at Amherst College, Anyhow Studios, The Steel Yard, The Gordon School, and a self-procured studio in Western Massachusetts. Kit's work has recently been locally exhibited at the WaterFire Arts Center, The Providence Public Library, East Manning Projects, and the Warwick Center of Fine Arts. They have also shown work at City Lights Gallery in CT and The Clay Studio in PA.

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