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Yvette Kinyon
Sculptor+Fine Artist
Portland, Oregon
ykinyon@gmail.com
Experience
September 2022-Present
Studio Assistant, Crash Sculpture - Professional Artist Crystal Schneck
Preparing pre cut glass by washing and sanding. Bonding and laying glass for the final sculpture. Cutting glass using a tile saw and traditional hand methods. To be completed in December 2022.
On Call
September 2021-2022
Special Events Coordinator, Pacific Northwest College of Art - Student Council
Coordinated events with a team at PNCA for the student body. Including the annual holiday sale. Duties included making graphics, decorations, as well as coordinating info sessions, catering, and volunteers. I worked out a new and efficient payment system.
July 2005-Present
Potter, Wheel Throwing
10,000 hours plus wheel throwing and hand building utilitarian and decorative works of ceramic.
Small Business
October 2018-Present
Nebraska House Press - Botanical Preservation
Cards, framed pressed flowers and foliage. Flowers preserved include ferns, roses, buttercups, ivy, pine and fuchsia.
October 2021-Present
Lint Mouse - Wool Felting and Soft Sculpture
Felted pets and other forms of fiber soft sculpture.
October 2021-Present
Nicnaven - Ceramics and Pottery
Hand built and wheel throw utilitarian and decorative ceramics as well as porcelain casted ceramics from vintage and handmade molds.
Exhibits
June 2024-Present
Electric Coral, Dichotomy and Duality, Electric Storm Gallery - Group Exhibit PNCA, Billings, Montana
Exhibiting a large ceramic statue resembling coral in brightly colored handmade glaze.
March 2024-April 2024
Element (Action), Earth, Commons Gallery - Group Exhibit PNCA, Portland Oregon
Element (action) is a visual depiction of the path through the seasons we embark on annually. Chosen based on the season that felt best represented by their work, each artist was tasked with composing works specific to the season assigned. Beginning with water at the southernmost part of the gallery, just as the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere begins with winter in January, we step into a wave of work that speaks through this element, narrated by print and sculpture. Carried along the path we are taken to the next element, air which is linked to the freshness and renewal of spring, representing breezy and light qualities. Here we are moved to look up at sculptures and prints transformed by air. As we drift through this portion we fall into fire. Here we are witness to passion, energy, and the transformative nature of this element through mixed media sculpture and painting. To close out this journey we ground ourselves within the solidity and stability of the earth's elements through ceramic sculpture, finding ourselves coming back to our origin, ready to begin again.
May 2023-June 2023
Venice Beach Teriyaki, Lightbox Photographic - Group Exhibit, Astoria Oregon
Venice Beach Teriyaki is a laser print taken on 35 mm film. I took it in 2005 during a transitional period in my life. Artist Statement My mom, her mom, her mother before her, my father’s mother and her mother all had cameras. In times when women had limited options for hobbies these cameras were their way of capturing their lives from their eyes, telling their stories without words. I too became interested in photography and have collected hundreds of rolls of film, many of them undeveloped ranging from 2005 to today. The photos in this exhibit are from three rolls I shot on the camera my paternal grandmother cherished for over 25 years. When I take images I feel like I’m honoring all the mothers in my family. They all had their favorite subject matter and mine is making images that remind me of them.
March 2023-April 2023
A Gift From My Mother, Hairrari PDX - Group Exhibit, Portland Oregon
Three ceramic stoneware shells are nestled on a small pile of sand. “A Gift From My Mother” represents transitions from Mother, Maiden, to Crone each taking different amount of time to assemble. Artist statement: In various dreams I’ve had of my late mother she gives me gifts. In one she hands me a large seashell in a unique shape. I reach out to her extended hand to try and touch her but the shell is left. I created these three works inspired by those dreams they were crafted over three different time periods. 2 hours, 1 hour, and 20 minutes. They represent mother, maiden, and crone. The crone took the most time to form, the mother the second, and the maiden last. They are all morphs of one another.
October 2022-Present
Sitting With Grief, The Portland Grief House - Solo Exhibit, Portland Oregon
Sitting With Grief is a sculptural exhibit that explores public grieving and grief ceremonies. 8 glass teardrops represent the people we haven’t gotten to mourn. They rest on repurposed pillow cases full of sand. These pillow cases belonged to someone just like the people we have lost. This is a permanent installation at The Portland Grief house.
July 9th-17th 2022
Home, Playground Gallery - Collective Exhibit, Portland Oregon
“Home is a place to put flowers” . A selection of ceramic vases, 2022.
October 27
Clay to Table, Oregon Potters Association - Collective Exhibit, Portland Oregon
Artist “Clay to Table” annual event 2022.
Education
Fall 2020 - Present
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland Oregon - In Progress
Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art focusing on sculptural practices minor in creative writing. PNCA summa cum laude Fall 2021-2023, events coordinator for student council, and sculpture club president.
Spring 2018 - Summer 2020
Portland Community College, Portland Oregon- Associates Degree in Social Sciences
Honors list Spring 2020, Dean's list summer 2020, Women’s and Gender Studies Focus Award for completing a twelve unit program studying the past and present achievements and experiences of women from an interdisciplinary and global perspective on March 5th, 2020.
Grants and Scholarships
Pell Grant 2018-2025, PNCA Oregon Neighbor Community grant, Federal SEOG, HEERF Grant, Oregon State Opportunity grant 2018-2025, Manuel Izquierdo Sculptural Scholarship 2022, 2023, Ben Selling Scholarship recipient Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, Fall 2024 and Spring 2024.
Organizations
Oregon Potters Association, Muse Model Management
News and Publications
October 2019 KGW Model feature for Portland Fashion Week.
March 2019 KGW news interview for the Portland Bazaar.
August 2022 Shoutout Atlanta Artist Interview.
https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-yvette-kinyon-artist-model/
Contributions
Heartwood Haven’s Hearts and hooves auction 2021-2022. Flash sale of watercolor paintings for national bailout fund May 2020. Rieke Art Auction 2019.
Vending
May 19th, 2024
Flipside Vegan Market -Nebraska House Press
Created a custom flier
Located at Hail Snail
Sold pressed flowers
May 18th, 2024
Portland Tastemakers Market -Nebraska House Press
Created a custom flier
Located at midtown beer market
December 7-10th, 2022
Holiday Art Student Sale, PNCA - Nicnaven Ceramics
Coordinated the sale with help of student life.
Sold over 25 ceramic pieces.
Designed and decorated the Lemelson innovation studio.
Stayed within a given budget.
Volunteered a shift and coordinated all shifts for other volunteers.
December 10th, 2022
Montavilla Holiday Market, Threshold Brewing - Nebraska House Press
Vending pressed flowers.
Vending felted animals “Lint Mouse”.
July 16th, 2022
Shoppe SuperMarket, Our Store Portland - Nebraska House Press
Vending pressed flowers.
Vending felted animals “Lint Mouse”.
July 23-24th 2022
Pop Up! Honey Latte Cafe - Nebraska House Press
Vending outside ceramics and pressed flowers.
Launched “Lint Mouse felting”.
Created my own social media graphic.
April 22-23, 2022
Portland Night Market, Portland - Nebraska House Press
Large market vending pressed flowers.
Created my own social media graphic.
February 4th 2022
Local Love Urban Fair, Barrio Bar, Portland - Nebraska House Press
Vending
Several art donations to Paw Team Pdx animal shelter.
December 18 2021
Cold Moon Market Rnarie Shop, Portland - Nebraska House Press
Vending
Soft launch of ceramics.
November 27 2021, December 5th, 19th 2021-2022
Hillsdale Famer’s Market, SW Portland - Nebraska House Press
HolidayFarmers market in my neighborhood.
May 1st 2021, July 27th 2021
Pop up! Citrine Bloom, Portland - Nebraska House Press
Vending pop up and consignment.
Made several social media graphics.
December 18, 2020
PDX Moon Market, Easton Broad Portland - Nebraska House Press
Christmas vending event selling pressed flowers.
March 7-8th 2020
Portland Spring Bazaar, Expo Center Portland - Nebraska House Press
Vending event selling pressed flowers at the expo center alongside the antique market.
December 8th 2019
MZ DiD Studio Sale, MZ DiD Studio North Portland - Nebraska House Press
Vending event selling pressed flowers and shell catchalls.
October 6-9 2019
Portland Fashion Week, The Old Church - Model
Participated in the only carbon neutral fashion week all five nights
Featured on KGW interview.
November 2016
Rieke Art Fair - Workshop Leader
Volunteered to host a college and paper art workshop for 5th graders.
Skills
mold making: silicone, plaster
laser cutting
3D printing
tile saw
General carpentry
metal casting
letterpress
bookbinding
wheel thrown ceramics
handbuilt ceramics
needle felting
hand sewing and machine sewing
glaze mixing and creating
glass casting/lost wax
glass cutting
glass sanding
kiln formed glass
fused glass
stained glass
wood carving
project documentation
kiln loading
kiln unloading
kiln programming
story boarding
comic scripting
editing written works
mock up character designs
References
Due to the sensitive nature of contact information references are available upon request or post interview. Professional resume outside of art can be requested via email.