{"id":15368,"date":"2025-11-20T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jousse-entreprise.com\/mobilier-architectes\/?post_type=artistes&#038;p=15368"},"modified":"2026-10-24T22:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T20:15:16","slug":"kristin-mckirdy","status":"publish","type":"artistes","link":"https:\/\/www.jousse-entreprise.com\/mobilier-architectes\/en\/createurs\/kristin-mckirdy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristin McKirdy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_0c29d07c91a34027\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel md-content enable-luminous-fast-follows enable-updated-hr-color stronger\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-busy=\"false\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"first-token\"><span class=\"\">A leading figure in contemporary ceramics,<\/span> Kristin McKirdy has developed a singular body of work for over forty years, in which ceramics serves as a space for dialogue between memory, spirituality, and the human condition. Ever since she discovered clay at the age of fifteen, she has continuously explored its plastic and symbolic possibilities. Educated in art history, fine arts, and ceramics across France (Paris IV\u2013Sorbonne) and North America (The Banff Centre, Canada, and later the University of California, Los Angeles \u2013 UCLA, where she earned an MFA under the direction of Adrian Saxe), she moved away from the utilitarian aspect of the medium very early on to cultivate a personal sculptural language.<\/div>\n<div>Informed by art history, archaeology, and ancient cultures, her approach centers on the vessel, which she views both as an immemorial witness to human activity and as a metaphor for the human body. Her sculptures\u2014with their organic, sensual, and at times ambiguous forms\u2014subtly evoke the presence of the body while remaining open to multiple interpretations. Precise execution and exacting craftsmanship underpin a poetic investigation where intimate memory meets collective history, all while resonating with contemporary concerns.<\/div>\n<div>Driven by a constant spirit of experimentation, Kristin McKirdy has never ceased to reinvent her practice.Following her 2006 exhibition at the Mouvements Modernes gallery, presented by Pierre Staudenmeyer, she pushed her work into new territory. In 2008, she developed a body of porcelain work at the Manufacture de S\u00e8vres, an experience that added a new dimension to her practice.<\/div>\n<div>Honored in 2009 with the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the Intelligence of the Hand (<i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"85\">Prix pour l\u2019Intelligence de la Main<\/i>) by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller as an &#8220;Exceptional Talent&#8221; (<i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"189\">Talent d\u2019exception<\/i>), McKirdy was the subject of a major retrospective in 2012 at S\u00e8vres \u2013 Cit\u00e9 de la C\u00e9ramique following a four-year residency.<\/div>\n<div>In 2016, at the invitation of designer Kris Van Assche, her limited-edition &#8220;talisman sculptures&#8221; were featured in the Dior Homme collection. Since 2018, her research has expanded to an architectural scale, including the creation of claustras, wall installations, and lighting fixtures. Named a <i data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"295\">Chevalier de l&#8217;Ordre des Arts et des Lettres<\/i> in 2020 and a laureate of Villa Kujoyama in 2025, her work is now held in major public collections both in France and internationally, notably at the Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs in Paris, the Mus\u00e9e National de C\u00e9ramique in S\u00e8vres, the Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP), and the Gardiner Museum in Toronto.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12900,"menu_order":32,"template":"","class_list":["post-15368","artistes","type-artistes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kristin McKirdy - Jousse-entreprise | architecture x furniture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kristin McKirdy has developed a singular body of work in which ceramics serves as a space for dialogue between memory, spirituality, and the human condition.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jousse-entreprise.com\/mobilier-architectes\/en\/createurs\/kristin-mckirdy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kristin McKirdy - 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