Kevin's Studio is in the basement of his home.

It is not uncommom for artists to create beatiful forms and creative pieces in basement studios around the world.

Kevin is opening his studio and putting his work on display (and sale) for the first time this year for the tour.

Guest Potter: Dan Kuhn

Kevin Turner:

Bio:

Kevin Turner, professor of Ceramics at IUP and an internationally recognized artist, has exhibited his work across the U.S., as well as in Japan, South Korea, Italy, and Hungary.

A graduate ofUniversity of Mississippi and Southern Illinois University, Kevin has taught in a number of locations before comming to IUP.

Kevin Turner

Artist Statement:

As a polygenic convergence of various interests and inspirations, my work integrates characteristics of the landscape, as well as, the xenomorphic images and shapes created upon it, or, the fingerprint so to speak, that is left behind.

As my current work, "Solenopsis Series", makes reference to the fire ant mounds commonly found intermingled among cultivated fields in the Southeastern United States, I am also interested in the interactions and responses between the landscape and its inhabitants.

These pieces have associations that utilize the vessel as part of sculptural form referring to topographical shapes and patterns from the earthen landscape.