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BIO*
Meredith Host was born and raised in Detroit Rock City and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from
Kansas City Art Institute in 2001. Meredith has spent time at numerous ceramic residencies including
The School for American Crafts at RIT in Rochester, NY,
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, ME, and
Dresdner Porzellan Manufactory in Dresden, Germany. At Watershed, Meredith was the 2005 Salad Days Artist where she designed and produced 500 salad plates for their annual fundraiser. In 2008, she completed her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from
The Ohio State University. In 2011, Meredith was named one of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
(NCECA) Emerging Artists as well as one of the
Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists. Meredith lives in Kansas City, MO where she is a full time studio potter & also works on her
foldedpigs commercial line. She feels really awkward writing in the 3rd person.
fun facts:
I am a self-proclaimed horror dork and root beer connoisseur.
I will destroy you in a game of air hockey and/or Dr. Mario.
I love candy. a whole lot. especially the small red swedish fish.
I play roller derby with the
Kansas City Roller Warriors : Hayley Vomit #76 : retired as of 2010. Boo Hiss!
You can call me vomit and I will respond.
I have a massive collection of patterned knee socks and taxidermy shoulder mounts.
I have a cute little pig-like french bulldog named Olive & one day I will have a pet pot belly pig named Pickles.
Person I'd like to meet: CM Punk
Blair Schulman wrote
my bio for the KC Artist Link website.