Faculty Bio

"My goal as the professor is to be the person who assists students transform from an art novice to a well rounded professional who understands the links between research and theory, innovation and creation. From my experience in working with students, there is no prescribed formula for success; it is the work that constantly evolves. Sometimes this work brings on the challenges that are difficult and may even seem impossible to overcome. Once, in a studio class discussion a student questioned the possibility of executing an assignment. I spontaneously said: 'Impossible is only determined by the physicality of our existence." As an artist, and studio art educator I am drawn to the continuous challenge of the 'impossible.'"

Kristina Bogdanov

Libuse Reed Professor and Nancy LaPorte Meek Professor in Department of Fine Arts; Department Chair

Education

  • B.F.A., Academia of Applied Arts, Belgrade University
  • M.F.A., University of Kentucky

About

Kristina Bogdanov teaches ceramics, drawing and studio foundation courses. She previously taught at University of Kentucky and Georgetown College. She has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is in a number of private collections and in the World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, (WOCEF), Icheon, South Korea. Professor Bogdanov revived and further developed the photolithography image transfer on clay. Her research and work with this unique technique has been published in several books on ceramics art.

Areas of Interest / Expertise

  • Ceramics art
  • Sculpture and pottery
  • Photo-lithography on clay technique
  • The Potters for Peace Initiative at Ohio Wesleyan University

Publications / Presentations

  • 2014, Image and Design Transfer Techniques, Paul Andrew Wandless, "Photolithography Transfer Technique"
  • 2013, 500 Prints on Clay Lark Crafts publication
  • 2010, Studio Ceramics - Advanced Techniques, edited by Anderson Turner, publisher: The American Ceramics Society, "Photo-lithography transfer on clay"
  • 2009, Pottery Making Illustrated, Sep/Oct issue, Volume 12, number 5, "E Unum Pluribus"
  • 2008, Pottery Making Illustrated, Sep/Oct issue, Volume 11, number 5, "Photo-lithography Transfer on Clay"

Recipient of the 2022 Bishop Herbert Welch Meritorious Teaching Award and the 2015 Sherwood Dodge Shankland Award for Encouragement of Teachers