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.
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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
2024
Western Art and Architecture. Illuminations: Artist Spotlight- Kristine Poole. Norman Kolpas
Visual Flood. The Exquisite Figurative Sculptures of Artist duo Kristine and Colin Poole. Leandro Lima
Looking and Seeing. Kristine Poole: Duende, John O’Hern
2023
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. The Topographers of Mythology. Addison Devereaux
The Art Renewal Center. 16th International ARC Salon: Kristine Poole
2022
Evokation. Artist Spotlight: Kristine Poole. Kristine Poole
American Art Collector, Issue 205. The Shape of Humanity. John O’Hern. Scottsdale, AZ
Miroir. Power: Kristine Poole. Jo David and Nina Pak. Canada
2021
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. The Creative Tango of Yin-Yang He(Art)ists. Elizah Leigh
2020
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. First Prize Winner: Yasha Young Projects Sculpture Award, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2020
2019
Ceramics Monthly. Studio Visit: Kristine Poole, Santa Fe, NM. Kristine Poole
Northern Today. Distinguished Alumna Kristine Poole. Kristi Evans
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Spinners of Dreams: An Interview with Colin and Kristine Poole. Kylie Dexter
Kelly Carper Blog. Closer Look: “GRRL” by Kristine Poole. Kelly Carper
American Art Collector, Issue 164. Francis DiFronzo & Kristine Poole: Parallels
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Artist vs. Artist. Sydney, Australia
2018
Masters of Contemporary Fine Art. Kristine Poole. Pedro Boaventura. Art Galaxie, Ltd. London, England
Livingston Daily. A Meaningful Work of Art. Sean Bradley. November
Vision Illustrated. Hugo Bravo. Create Space Publishing
2017
Cast Art and Objects. Cast Contributors Colin and Kristine Poole Featured in the Wall Street Journal. Jen Townsend
Evoke Contemporary. Q&A with Kristine Poole on “Commodity.” Kelly Skeen
The Wall Street Journal. The Iconoclastic Homes of Top Artists. Katy McLaughlin. May 5
Ceramics Ireland, Issue 39. Reflections and Inspirations. LisaMerida-Paytes. Dublin, Ireland
CAST: Art and Objects Created Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process. Jan Townsend and Renee Zettle-Sterling. Schiffer Publishing. Atglen, PA
2015
Cision: PR Web. Figurative Sculptor Kristine Poole Gives New Meaning to the Words “Body Language” with an Exhibition of Figures Wrapped with the Words of Sociocultural Themes
Pasatiempo. Kristine Poole’s life-size figurative ceramics. Michael Abatemarco
Art Ltd. Kristine Poole: EPIC at EVOKE Contemporary. Iris Mclister
2014
500 Figures in Clay, Volume 2. Nan Smith. Lark Books. Asheville, NC
Fine Art Connoisseur: Fine Art Today. Figure, Script, Message. Sculpture by Kristine Poole. Jeffrey Carlson
Videos:
Muddy Colors. CLAY: A Conversation on Concept, Models, Process and Creative Choices, 2024 Demo at Evoke Contemporary
Muddy Colors. Bloom Timelapse
Art Warehouse. Beauty and Inherent Narrative, Kristine Poole
Facebook: National Sculpture Society. Kristine Poole NSS
Muddy Colors. Sculpting Braided Hair Timelapse
Public and Permanent Collections:
“The Zemp Legacy.” Carnegie District Library. Howell, MI
“Compassion.” City of Arlington, VA
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. San Angelo, TX
Mazza Museum. Findlay, OH
Las Cruces Museum of Art. Las Cruces, NM
Available Work
Archive: Sold
St. Palli Grrl
In My Dreams I Can Fly
Awakening
Kristine Poole with Colin Poole, Musique Muse of Music
Commodity
Wordcage
They Said Abigael was a Witch
Telling Tales
Scarification of the Feminine
