Kyle Triplett

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Kyle Triplett
Morean Assistant Professor, Graduate and Area Coordinator of Ceramics
Location: 
K1130 South Kohrman Hall, Mail Stop 5213
Mailing address: 
Gwen Frostic School of Art
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5213 USA
Education: 
  • M.F.A., Ceramics, Ohio University
  • Post-Baccalaureate Studies, Ceramics, Louisiana State University
  • B.F.A., Ceramics, Southeast Missouri State University
Bio: 

Kyle Triplett is the Beth Ann Morean Endowed Distinguished Professor in Ceramics and Ceramics Area Coordinator at Western Michigan University's Gwen Frostic School of Art. Triplett also serves as Director of the Morean Center for Clay at WMU. Triplett’s ceramics-based installations and digital prints explore elements of constructing a sense of place and the natural and artificial experience of landscape, the picturesque, and the romantic notions of the sublime. He has participated in residencies at the Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, LH Project, Joseph, OR, the International Symposium of Ceramics, Bechyne, Czech Republic and the Mid-Atlantic Keramic Exchange, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Triplett’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally including exhibitions as part of the National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary and Galerie U Prstenu, Prague, Czech Republic.

Studio:

Kyle Triplett's artwork