Education
2026 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2022 Associates of Studio Arts with Honors, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2022 Associates of Liberal Arts with Honors, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Honors and Awards
2025 Ceramics Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023-2026 KCAI Trustee’s Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023-2026 KCAI Merit Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2022 Best in Category Award- Ceramics, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2021 Best in Category Award- Ceramics, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2020 Best in Category Award- Ceramics, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Professional Experience
2025 Teaching Assistant, The Figure in Clay, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Coached students with beginning figure sculpting and gave consultation on their concepts and ideas for assignments.
2023 Craft Director, The Pines Summer Camp, Oak Glenn, CA
2022 Craft Director, The Pines Summer Camp, Oak Glenn, CA
Exhibitions
2025 Family Ties, Mineral Hall, Kansas City, MO
2025 Convos Around the Dinner Table, Vulpes Bastille Undergrad Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
2025 Scratching the Surface, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
2024 Vulpes Bastille Undergrad Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
2024 Vessel Exhibition, United Colors, Kansas City, MO
2023 Slicing Dicing Pinching Poking, Stern Ceramics Building, Kansas City Art Institute,
Kansas City, MO
2022 Student Art Exhibition, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2022 CCACA, California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA
2021 Student Art Exhibition, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2021 CCACA, California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA
2020 Student Art Exhibition, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2019 CCACA, California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Davis, CA
2019 Student Art Exhibition, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Collections
2023 KCAI Teaching Collection, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Skills
Solid sculpting and coil building, clay & glaze formulation, mold making, electric and gas kiln firing, pottery, woodworking, metalworking
References
Cary Esser cesser@kcai.edu
Casey Whittier cwhittier@kcai.edu
Chris Dufala mrdufalis@yahoo.com
email: sophia.krumbein@gmail.com