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Kimberly Riner
478-934-3442
Assistant Professor of Arts - Ceramics
Credentials: MFA
| Office Hours: | M/W Cochran 12:00pm-2pm T/TH Macon 9am-12pm Or by appointment |
| Locations: (Campus & Office) | |
| Website: | {https://kimberlyriner.wordpress.com/} |
| Biography: | Kimberly Riner, Assistant Professor of Ceramics 3D at Middle Georgia State University, received her Master of Fine Art from Georgia Southern University in Sculpture with an emphasis in ceramics. Riner creates ceramic sculptures and installations, using ancient media in a contemporary manner. Her artwork is rooted in art history, specifically inspired by the 17th century still life genre Vanitas. Riner’s research is focused on mortality, using the iconography of the Vanitas paintings and recontextualizing the symbols to create mixed media installations. Riner has been exhibited both nationally and internationally and is held in private collections. Exhibition venues include Stetson University, DeLand, Florida; Central College of Florida, Ocala, FL; Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida; Artfields, Lake City, SC; Lyon College, Batesville, AR; Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England, UK. |
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| Teaching and Research Interests: | Teaching & Professional Experience 2024-2026 Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Sculpture, 3D Media, Culture and the Arts Middle Georgia State University, Macon, GA 2020-2024 Advanced Ceramics, Drawing by Observation, 3D Design, Art Appreciation Adjunct Instructor Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Georgia Southern University, Savannah, GA 2023-2025 Art Appreciation, Art History Online Adjunct Instructor Studio and Digital Arts Department Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA 2018-2020 Lecturer: Foundations, Art Appreciation, Ceramics Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 2014-2019 Art Appreciation Adjunct Instructor Ogeechee Technical College, Statesboro, GA 2018 Advanced Metals Adjunct Instructor Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 2015 Three-Dimensional Design Adjunct Instructor Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 2013-2015 Lecturer: Art Appreciation Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 2013 Ceramics Adjunct Instructor Art Education Adjunct Instructor Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 2011-2013 Ceramics Instructor of Record Three-Dimensional Design Instructor of Record Two-Dimensional Design Instructor of Record Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA |
| Courses: | Sculpture 3D Design Thematic Inquiry Art Appreciation Ceramics |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | 2013 Master of Fine Arts: Three-Dimensional Art Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Three-Dimensional Art Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 1989-1991 Art Education Iowa State University, Ames, IA 1989 Associate of Arts North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, Iowa |
| CV: | https://docs.google.com/document/d/15WmnqfKqmOTi6XQ7GzfLLtJGQV59aypC/edit |
| Professional Experience: | Selected Exhibitions 2025 The Flexibility of Clay, Brenau Art Galleries, Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia, 3-person exhibition 2024 Allegory of a Still Life, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia State University, Cochran, Georgia Meditations on Life and Death, Hand Art Center, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 2023 Fleeting Time, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas 2022 Memento Mori, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Rome, Georgia 2021 Impermanence, Savannah Cultural Arts Center Gallery, Savannah, Georgia 2018 Human Fragility, Thompson Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections, Rousch Gallery, Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, Georgia 2017 Kimberly Riner: Memento Mori, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University, Smithville, Tennessee 2016 Works by Kimberly Riner: What Remains, North Charleston City Hall, North Charleston, South Carolina 2013 Shadlowlands, Kimberly Riner, Peacock Gallery, Middle Georgia College, Cochran, Georgia 2010 Kimberly Riner, Anne T. Rice Gallery, Clear Lake Arts Center, Clear Lake, Iowa Group Exhibitions 2024 Continuum, Contemporary Gallery, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 2023 SECAC Juried Exhibition, Try-Me, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia The Gap Between Art and Life, Webber Gallery, College of Central Florida, Ocala, Florida Metro Montage XXIII, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA Combined Talents, Museum of Fine Art, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 2022 10x10x10xTieton, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, Washington Lush, Location Gallery, Savannah, Georgia On::View Revue, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, Georgia 2021 In Time. with Jon Witzky, 600 Broad Gallery, Augusta, Georgia Follow Like Friend, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Contemporary Gallery, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA We Are Womxn, Online Exhibition, March Art House, Charleston, SC 2020 Faculty Exhibition, Georgia Southern University, Savannah, Georgia 2019 Form and Function, 567 Gallery, 567 Center for Renewal, Macon, Georgia Continuum, Contemporary Gallery, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 2018 Second LaGrange Southeast Regional, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA 2017 Transience, Lemoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, Florida Changing States: Krieger, Riner and Weber, Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Fort Myers, Flori |
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