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KRISTINE POOLE

  
  
  
  

About Kristine Poole


Kristine Poole’s work explores themes centered on sociocultural experience, her sensitive sculptural approach to the figure allowing the inner emotional landscape to be revealed through the external forms of the body. Contrasting classically rendered figures with contemporary motifs and surface treatments, she frequently juxtaposes body language, posture and attitude with text, layering the strength of gesture with the power words have to convey, create, and define reality and experience.

Poole received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Northern Michigan University, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a concentration in ceramic sculpture.  She then apprenticed with master ceramist John Glick. Shortly after her move to Santa Fe, NM, in 1994, Kristine’s creative focus shifted to the performing arts.  During this time, she concentrated on teaching and developing choreography — opening her own dance studio as well as founding “Body Flight,” a professional dance company.

Building a Life-size Clay Figure

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Now she has come full circle, applying her refined knowledge of movement, line, anatomy, and human experience to her life-sized ceramic figurative work. Her sculptures have been shown across the country and have been juried into various international publications, including Lark Books’ “500 Figures in Clay,” “The 2013/2014 International ARC Salon Catalogue,” and “Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art,” for which she was also awarded the Silver Medal in the Dimensional Category.  She currently lives in Santa Fe, NM, with her husband Colin, a painter and sculptor with whom she frequently collaborates on sculptural series.


Selected Awards and Honors


Silver Award: Dimensional Division. Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art, 2014 

Finalist: Dimensional Division, Spectrum 21: The Best in Contemporary Fantasy Art, Flesk Publications
, 2014
Honorable Mention: Functional Art, Larson Gallery, Yakima WA,
 2013
Best of Show: We Who Are Clay, Fuller Arts Center, Los Alamos, NM, 2013
“40 under 40.” New Mexico Business Weekly, Albuquerque, NM, 2005
  
Selo-Shevel Gallery Award: Michigan Ceramics 93, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, 1993
Best of Show: Women in the Arts in the 90s, The Depot Gallery, Negaunee, MI, 1992

Education


Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI:  BFA

Santa Fe Clay, “Cold Finishes” with Gretchen Ewert, Santa Fe NM, Assistantship Grant

Santa Fe Clay, “The Figure as Artificial Artifact” with Thaddeus Erdahl, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Clay, “Figure Sculpting” with Lisa Reinertson, Santa Fe, NM, Assistantship Grant

Crysophis Glass, Apprenticeship with Steven Hourigan, Master Glass Blower, Tesuque, NM
Plum Tree Pottery, Apprenticeship with John Glick, Master Ceramist, Farmington Hills, MI

  • Installation
 
 
  • EPIC Installation 2015
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  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
  • EPIC Installation 2015
EPIC Installation 2015

Available Work


Kristine Poole, Duende
Duende
fired clay, 24.5 x 22 x 21.5CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Reflection Questions at a Crossroad
Reflection: Questions at a Crossroad
fired clay, 15.5 x 36 x 16CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Mythmaker
Mythmaker
fired clay, Life-sized, 33 x 21 x 31CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Q
Q
bronze, ed of 16, 5.5 x 7 x 3CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Qi
Qi
bronze, ed of 15, 9 x 10 x 3CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Qetesh
Qetesh
bronze, ed of 14, 10 x 9 x 3CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Quincunx
Quincunx
bronze, ed of 13, 11 x 11 x 3CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Quinque
Quinque
bronze, ed of 12, 16 x 12 x 3.5CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Quinque
Quintessence
bronze, ed of 11, 18.5 x 12.5 x 3CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Quinque
Quaquaversal
bronze, ed of 10, 21 x 14.5 x 3CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Inner Tête-à-Tête
Inner Tête-à-Tête
life-sized, fired clay, 26 x 39 x 34CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Eve Chooses Choice
Eve Chooses Choice
fired clay, 37 x 18 x 16CLICK FOR INQUIRY
Kristine Poole, Raconteuse
Raconteuse
life-sized, fired clay, 35 x 24 x 30CLICK FOR INQUIRY

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Kristine Poole, St. Palli Grrl
St. Palli Grrl
fired clay with acrylic, 30 x 16 x 16
Kristine Poole, In My Dreams I Can Fly
In My Dreams I Can Fly
fired clay, 38 x 17 x 21
Kristine Poole, Awakening
Awakening
fired clay, 25.25 x 17 x 18
Kristine Poole, Musique Muse of Music
Kristine Poole with Colin Poole, Musique Muse of Music
fired clay, .75 life-sized, 27 x 24 x 17
Kristine Poole, Commodity
Commodity
life-sized, 31 x 13 x 24, fired clay with acrylic
Kristine Poole, Wordcage
Wordcage
life-sized, 39 x 17 x 23, fired clay
Kristine Poole, They Said Abigael was a Witch
They Said Abigael was a Witch
life-sized, 38 x 30 x 22, fired clay
Kristine Poole, Telling Tales
Telling Tales
life-sized, 30 x 114 x 32, fired clay
Kristine Poole,  Scarification of the Feminine
Scarification of the Feminine
life-sized, 39 x 17 x 23, fired clay
Kristine Poole, Call of the Muse
Call of the Muse
23 x 20 x 20, fired clay