Jana Bednarkova Kenney
International Academy of Ceramics Member
Jana Bednarkova Kenney is an independent French artist and art teacher originally from the Czech Republic. After earning her M.A. Degree in Ceramics at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, she immigrated to France, and established a successful Artaim Studio and Gallery in central Paris. She has been teaching since 1990 and her ceramics have been exhibited in a number of countries including Japan and Korea. After her successful seventeen-year career in Paris and two years of work in Hawaii in JBK Studio in Kailua, she moved to San Diego, California to pursue her artistic vision. www.JanaKenneyCeramics.com
Education
1990-1992 École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers des Arts, Paris
1983-1989 Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
M. A. degree in Ceramics
Certificate of Teacher qualification
1979-1983 High School of Applied Arts, Czech Republic
Scholarships / International Activities
• Ten-month scholarship/studio space at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, sponsored by the French government 1990
• Six-months scholarship/studio space at Machida Ceramic Studio Tokyo, Japan, sponsored by the Tama Life 21 Association and the Japan Foundation 1993
• Artist in Residence, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Tokyo, Japan 1995
• Visiting Guest Artist Residency, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, US 1999
• Artist in Residence, Venray, Holland 2000
• Artist in Residence, Waiheke, Auckland, New Zealand 2002
Publications
Revista Ceramica Contemporana Terrart, Spain • La Céramique Moderne, France • La Revue de la Céramique et du Verre, France • Ateliers d’Art, France • Neue Keramik, Germany • Courrier des Métiers d’Arts, France • Keramiek, Holland • Ryusei Ikebana, Japan • Kerameiki Techni, Greece • Ceramics Monthly, US • Ceramics : Art and Perception, Australia • Ceramics Technical, Australia • Sculpture/Installations, France
Collections
Public
Ateliers d‘Art de France, Paris, France
Musée Ariana Genève, Switzerland
Applied Arts Museum Riga, Latvia
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
Benaki Museum - Athens, Greece
Machida City, Tokyo, Japan
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation - Seoul, Korea
Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Tokyo, Japan
L’Association Pierre Auguste Renoir, Essoyes, France
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, US
Private France, Germany, Sweden, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Czech Republic, United States
Teaching experience
San Diego, California
Learn with the Artist from Paris - Private Art classes for children and adults in English, French and Czech language - current
Me And Clay afterschool enrichment program - Founder and teacher, currently in five San Diego County schools - current
San Diego Art Camp Balboa Park - summer art camp for kids K-8th grade teaching Ceramics/Photography/Dance/Music - 2017-2021 current
Village Arts and Education Foundation, Balboa Park - Ceramic classes/workshops for adults and children
Kids Like Clay after school enrichment program - Co-founder and teacher, currently in nine San Diego County’s schools - 2014 -2018
Get Centered Clay Studio, La Mesa Ceramic classes for adults and children, 2014-2015
Studio 6 at Spanish Village Art Center, Art Classes for adults and children, Balboa Park 2013-2014
Carmel Creek Elementary School, San Diego - Clay classes, after school enrichment program instructor spring 2014
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Claymobile, Private elementary schools in 2000
Association Artistique de la Banque de France
Paris
International Students in Paris
The Center for University Programs Abroad (CUPA) 2004 - 2006; CUPA is an Independent organization founded in New York as the Center for Overseas Undergraduate Programs (COUP) and has its offices in Paris and in the United States Their transcripts are accepted by most US institutions - Ceramic/Sculpture class created for the American college students Jana taught at her private ceramics studio Artaim, Paris. Students received grades for their art projects and earned the credits.
Private Ceramic Studio/School/Atelier Artaim Paris 2001 – 2007; Art lessons for adults at Jana's private art studio which she established in central Paris in 2000
Art Associations
The Association Artistique de la Banque de France - Ceramics/Sculpture classes for adult, Paris 1992 - 2005
Association Pierre August Renoir - Children Art classes organized by Mme Evangeline Renoir, The Renoir Association Director and wife of Claude Renoir, grandson of the famous impressionist painter Pierre August Renoir at his hometown, Essoyes, France 1993
L’Éducation Nationale de France/French Elementary Schools
Les Ateliers Bleus Art Program, organized by the Éducation Nationale Française - As a foreign artist living in France, Jana introduced her Czech Culture and Art to French elementary school children 1990.
Art Piece for our School, under umbrella of the Éducation Nationale Française - Group creation of an art piece by young children, to be included in the architecture of the school building, 1990
Art in Elementary School Program, organized by Rectorat de Paris - Workshops for K-8 grade school children, 1990
Invited Workshops and Slide Lectures
The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, 2020
San Diego French American School, La Jolla, Summer Art Camp, 2019
Old Town Academy K-8 grade Charter School, San Diego, 2017
Grossmont Community College, El Cajon, San Diego County, 2015
San Diego Mesa College, San Diego, 2015
La Petite Ecole, La Jolla, 2015
National Council on Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference, Pittsburgh, Contemporary French Ceramics lecture, 2008
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA, 2008
Waiheke Community Art Gallery, Waiheke, New Zealand, 2003
Parsons School for Design, New York, 1999
Art University of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, 1997
AIC conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 1994
Tama Art University Machida, Tokyo, Japan, 1994
