About

Kimberly LaVonne (b. 1988) is a ceramic artist who hand-builds forms adorned with graphic illustrations depicting parts of her Panamanian heritage, ideas about the body, death and remembrance. Her works have been on exhibit both nationally and internationally. Some of these venues include Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI; Oliva Gallery, Chicago, IL; the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX; Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland and the Kápolna Galéria, Kecskemét, Hungary. She has completed two artist residencies at the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemét, Hungary, as well as a residency with the Charlotte Street Studio Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. In 2016 she presented her work and research at the Death, Art and Anatomy conference at the University of Winchester, UK. Ceramics Monthly lauded her as one of their 2020 Emerging Artists of note. In 2021, she was included in the American Craft Council’s Emerging Artists Cohort program. She has also been awarded an Artist Grant through the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (2024) and was selected as a Kresge Artist Fellow in Visual Arts (2025). She currently lives and works in Detroit, Michigan.