About
Jeff Kuratnick is an artist based in Scranton Pennsylvania. His current studio practice examines the psychological aftershocks of accessing a government-sanctioned hidden past for adult adoptees that are part of the closed domestic adoption industry in the United States. An article about Kuratnick’s studio practice “Hiraeth Never Fades: Reclaiming My Identity through the Studio” was published in the March 2020 issue of Studio Potter, an academic journal centered in studio practice for the ceramic artist.
Kuratnick has extensively exhibited his work across the country, and internationally in venues such as the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (GA), Baltimore Clayworks (MD), San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (TX), Usak Museum of Archaeology (Turkey), National Center for Contemporary Arts (Belarus), and Kyoto International Community House (Japan). His work has been supported by grants, fellowships, and residencies from The F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship, The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, The Clay Studio of Missoula, and The Burren College of Art (Ireland). His work is included in the permanent collections of Brigham Young University Idaho, and the National Center for Contemporary Arts Belarus. Kuratnick earned a BA from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 2009, and an MFA from Georgia State University in 2020. His work is currently represented by Artaxis.
In addition to his studio practice, Kuratnick has been actively involved in the field as a faculty member and arts administrator for the past decade. He has served in roles such as Education Director and Ceramics Area Head at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (MT), Researcher with The Marks Project: The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics 1945 - Present (CT), Consultant with the Ora Lehrman Charitable Trust (CA), Program Manager at ArtWorks Gallery & Studio (PA), Fine Arts Faculty at Misericordia University (PA), and Fine Arts Faculty at Scranton Preparatory School (PA).
Select curatorial projects include Montana Clay: The Past Present and Future of Ceramics Under the Big Sky (2015) featuring 75 current artists and past masters, and Go West (2017) an exhibition tracing the origins of the ceramics field in the state of Montana through select artists and the objects they left behind.
Jeff Kuratnick is an artist based in Scranton Pennsylvania. His current studio practice examines the psychological aftershocks of accessing a government-sanctioned hidden past for adult adoptees that are part of the closed domestic adoption industry in the United States. An article about Kuratnick’s studio practice “Hiraeth Never Fades: Reclaiming My Identity through the Studio” was published in the March 2020 issue of Studio Potter, an academic journal centered in studio practice for the ceramic artist.
Kuratnick has extensively exhibited his work across the country, and internationally in venues such as the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (GA), Baltimore Clayworks (MD), San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (TX), Usak Museum of Archaeology (Turkey), National Center for Contemporary Arts (Belarus), and Kyoto International Community House (Japan). His work has been supported by grants, fellowships, and residencies from The F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship, The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, The Clay Studio of Missoula, and The Burren College of Art (Ireland). His work is included in the permanent collections of Brigham Young University Idaho, and the National Center for Contemporary Arts Belarus. Kuratnick earned a BA from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania in 2009, and an MFA from Georgia State University in 2020. His work is currently represented by Artaxis.
In addition to his studio practice, Kuratnick has been actively involved in the field as a faculty member and arts administrator for the past decade. He has served in roles such as Education Director and Ceramics Area Head at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art (MT), Researcher with The Marks Project: The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics 1945 - Present (CT), Consultant with the Ora Lehrman Charitable Trust (CA), Program Manager at ArtWorks Gallery & Studio (PA), Fine Arts Faculty at Misericordia University (PA), and Fine Arts Faculty at Scranton Preparatory School (PA).
Select curatorial projects include Montana Clay: The Past Present and Future of Ceramics Under the Big Sky (2015) featuring 75 current artists and past masters, and Go West (2017) an exhibition tracing the origins of the ceramics field in the state of Montana through select artists and the objects they left behind.