David Kruk
David Kruk
David Kruk (b. 1992) is an interdisciplinary artist currently living in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was born in Mountain View, CA before moving to Aurora, CO at the age of five. He received his B.F.A. in Pottery at Colorado State University in Fort Collins (2017), and has completed a post-bacc and M.F.A. in Ceramics at Kent State University in Ohio (2022). David has participated in work-study and internship programs at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO and the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, MT. He has also been a ceramics teaching assistant at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, ME. David’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States, including Companion Gallery, Humboldt, TN; Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY; The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA; KINK Contemporary, Cleveland, OH; Summit Art Space, Akron, OH; Payto Gallery and Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH; Riffe Gallery, ROY G BIV, Dream Clinic Project Space, and the Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH. He has been an adjunct professor at Kent State University and the University of Akron, a gallery liaison and exhibition assistant for non-profit organization Curated Storefront, and a ceramics instructor at the Quirk Cultural Center in Cuyahoga Falls. David is currently an artist-in-residence in ceramics at the LUX Center for the Arts in Lincoln, NE.
My work is an ongoing expression of where I find myself--emotionally, spiritually, in place and time, and within culture. For me, creating work feels like an act of synthesis and problem-solving. I’m always wondering how the different aspects of my life can meet, balance, and inform one another, while also leaving room to get swept up in the play of discovering something new. I love engaging with unfamiliar tools and unique processes, while simultaneously honing a very specific skill or developing my craft, and folding these elements into my studio practice to shape how I express and clarify my ideas is challenging, invigorating, educational, and grounding.
