Marina Kuchinski
Arts/Industry: Pottery, 2014
Born in Latvia, Kuchinski grew up in Israel and earned a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. She went on to earn an MFA from Penn State University and has been teaching ceramics and drawing at the College of DuPage in Illinois since 2000.
Kuchinski has exhibited extensively nationally and internationally including at the Palmer Museum of Art; San Diego Art Institute; The State Museum of Pennsylvania; the Plains Art Museum; Chester Springs Studio; Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis; Northern Clay Center; Koehnline Museum of Art; European Cultural and Technological Centre, Slovenia; and Aharon Cahanah Gallery, Israel.
Kuchinski has received numerous grants and awards including a Jerome Foundation Fellowship and a McKnight Residency Grant, juried and curated exhibitions, and was a guest artist at a number of colleges and universities. She has been an artist-in-residence at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Chester Springs Studio, and the Northern Clay Center.
