Kristen Cliffel

Kristen Cliffel is a ceramic sculptor living and working in Cleveland, Ohio. Her studio practice is centered around themes of domesticity and emotional relationships. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1990 with a BFA in ceramics. Kristen’s work is included in many public and private collections across the country.

Kristen has completed residencies at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Arts/Industry at Kohler Co., Wisconsin. Kristen has given workshops at the Penland School of Crafts as well as Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. She has been awarded a Creative Workforce Fellowship from the Cuyahoga Partnership for Arts and Culture, has received several Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships, and has been a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Nominee. In 2016, Cliffel was awarded the Cleveland Arts Prize for midcareer artist in the visual arts.

Kristen teaches sculpture and ceramics for school-aged children in the northeastern Ohio area as well as giving workshops at universities and colleges across the country. Cliffel continues to work in her studio in Cleveland, Ohio, and shows widely across the country.