Ceramic sculptor Kendra Harvey is on the tail end of a busy year.
In March, Harvey had a solo exhibition at the Homer Bunnell Street Arts Center, and wrapped her most recent show, titled “Inosculation,” at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art in September. She says the collection was a culmination of the last two years worth of work , completed out of her home studio — a five-by-eight-foot shed in her parents’ backyard.
“I let whatever grabs my attention be the muse of what I want to do next,” Harvey said. “I would say my biggest source of inspiration — I read a lot of books, and study narratives. It is hard to explain, but drawing off a character in my head — to see how that would best be expressed through an animal — if that makes sense.”
Born and raised in Anchorage, Harvey graduated with a bachelors of fine arts degree with an emphasis on painting and ceramics in 2018. Initially, she began at the University of Alaska Anchorage in the criminal justice program, which she calls a “complete 180” from what she does now.