Thea Kinner

970-376-8290

thealaurenkinner@gmail.com

Instagram: @thea.l.kinner


Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2019

Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland Oregon

2009 Bench Jeweler Certificate

American Jewelers Institute


Exhibitions

2021 Oregon Contemporary, Share, Learn, Show

2019 Disjecta, Untitled No. 112

2018 1340 Art Gallery Magazine, Online Exhibit

2018 Donut Hole: New Art International Website Exhibit Competition, Honorable Mention

2018 MADE: The 2018 Juried Student Exhibition , Society of North American Goldsmith’s 47th

Annual Conference (SNAG), Portland, OR

2018 Portland Art Museum Exhibit, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or

2018 Juried Show, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, Or

2018 Artifacts of a Journey, Lake Oswego, Or

2016 Juried Show, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, Or

2016 Juried Show, Mount Hood Community College, Portland, Or

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Commissions

2022 Private, Solar Paneled Kinetic Hindu Prayer Wheel

2020 Private, Belt Buckle

2021 Corporate, Steel and Resin Doors

2018 Pedestals and Panels for Student Exhibit

2018 Private, 8 foot Sculpture, Digital Media, Steel, Copper, MDF

2017 Corporate, Displays for FLIR Trade Show

2017 Corporate, Promotional Limited Edition Nike Shoe Boxes, cast acrylic stone

2017 Corporate, Display Nike Showroom, cast acrylic stone

2015 Private, Fremont Bridge Bracelet, silver

2014 Private, Anniversary Pendant, cast silver, copper, bronze

2013 Private, Wedding Ring, silver

2013 Private, Brooch, silver, copper

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Awards

2013 Oregon College of Art and Craft Presidential Scholarship

2017 May George Metals Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement in Metals

2018 Donut Hole International Exhibit Competition, Honorable Mention

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Teaching Experience

2017 Teacher’s Assistant for Casting and Electroforming class

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Related Experience

2020-Present, Fabricator, Jagged Edge Studios, Portland, Or

2013-Present, Freelance Artist

2018 Curator, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Trench Art Exhibition, Portland, Or

2018-2020, Fabricator/Project Manager, FORM 3D Foundry, Portland, Or

2018-2019 Fabricator/Project Manager, Savoy Studios, Portland, Or

2016-Present (intermittent) Fabricator, Foil Studios, Portland, Or

2015 Olander Earthworks Studio Assistant for cement casting

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References

Ryan Ong, Owner of FOIL Studios and Art Director

Phone: 503-341-3214  Email:ryanong500@gmail.com

Marcus McCoy, Project Manager, Savoy Studios

Phone: 503-241-5426  

Eyal Chernicovsky, Project Manager, Form 3D Foundry

Phone: 971-706-4393

Jay Moody, Owner, Jagged Edge Studios

Phone: 503-544-3044

Brett Watson, Project Manager, Form 3D Foundry

Phone: 503-421-3424