Kip Christensen

b. 1955, Preston, Idaho

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2003       Put A Lid On It: Containing Human Experience, American Association of
       Woodturners, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
2002       Summer Faculty Invitational, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2001       Out On A Limb, Frog Hollow Gallery, Vermont State Craft Center, VT
       The Spirit of Wood, International invitational exhibition, California State Fair,
           Sacramento, CA
2000       The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, The Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
1998-05, 07   Turned Wood –Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998       Wood Art Collector's Conference Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
       Pathways, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1995       50th Anniversary Collection, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
       Useful Objects: Works by Artisans from the Four Corner States, Coconino
           Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
       Arrowmont Faculty Exhibition: Summer '95, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
           Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2006       Belcher, Judy, Polymer Clay: Creative Traditions, Watson-Guptill
2005       Hampton, Ron, Small and Miniature Turning
2004       Pfeffer, Duncan, 400 Wood Boxes: The Fine Art of Containment and Concealment,
           Lark Books
       Tourtillott, Susan, 400 Polymer Clay Designs…Dynamic Contemporary Work
       500 Wood Bowls; Bold and Original Designs, Lark Books
       Christensen, Kip & Dale Nish, Beneath the Bark: 25 Years of Woodturning
2003       Meilach, Dona Z., Wood Art Today: Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture, Schiffer Publishing
2002       Scott, Chris, Turned Boxes: 50 Designs
2000       Fike, Bonita, The Fine Art of Wood: The Bohlen Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts,
           Ambling Press
1999       Leier, Ray, Jan Peters, Kevin Wallace, Contemporary Turned Wood: New Perspectives
           in a Rich Tradition, Hand Book Press
       Duce, William R., The Fine Art of Small Scale Turning
       Christensen, Kip, Rex Burningham, Turning Pens and Pencils
1998       Raffan, Richard, Turned Boxes
1996       Spielman, Patrick, The Art of the Lathe
1982       Banyan, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1981       LeCoff, Albert, A Gallery of Turned Objects, Wood Turning Center, Pennsylvania

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kip W. Christensen is a Professor of Industrial Design in the School of Technology at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He is primarily teaches furniture design and construction, but is also an accomplished and well known woodturner. Christensen's work is housed in numerous collections, both public and private. He has been an invited presenter for numerous workshops, conferences and symposia including the American Association of Woodturners National Symposium, the Alan Batty Woodturning Symposium (United Kingdom), the Utah Woodturning Symposium, Turn West Symposium (Canada), Craft Supplies USA and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. While he is best known for his lidded containers, he is also comfortable working with bowls, vessels, spindles and production turning. His work is characterized by clean lines, pleasing proportions and fine detail. He has pioneered the use of elk and moose antler as a medium for artistic turning.