EMMANUEL ' KSTONY' ASAMOAH

IG; Kstonyart
402-570-3536
Email; emm.asamoah37@gmail.com / easamoah2@unl.edu

EDUCATION

 

  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln – MFA, 2026 

  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) – BA, Ceramics, 2019

  • Effiduase Senior High, Kumasi – 2009

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Record, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • 3D Design, Spring 2026,  Fall 2025

  • Sculpture, Spring 2025

  • Hand Building – Ceramics, Fall 2024

  • Sculpture, Spring 2024

Teaching Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Hand Building and Wheel Throwing – Ceramics, Fall 2023

  • Wheel Throwing – Ceramics, Fall 2023

  • 3D Design, 2023

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Teaching Assistant, KNUST

  • Hand Building – Ceramics, 2020
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Studio Assistant

                   Collaborated with artists to set up and organize functional, creative studio spaces:

  • Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois (2025)

  • Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama (2024)

  • KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana (2021–2020)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

 

  • Kiln Technician, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025–2026

  • Glaze Technician, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–2025

  • Studio Assistant and Monitor, KNUST, 2021

  • Studio Assistant for Kofi Kaburi, KNUST, 2020

  • Administrative Assistant, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, 2019

AWARDS / GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS

  • Simone Leigh Award, Watershed Center for the Ceramics,2026

  • NCECA Student Juried Award, 2025

  • Hixson-Lied Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025

  • NCECA Multicultural Fellowship, 2024

  • Player of the Tournament, Intramural Sports, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2024

  • Best Player & Goal Scorer, Art Society Games, KNUST, 2019

  • Studio Coordinator, College of Art and Built Environment, KNUST, 2019

  • Internship, Ceramic Studio, Faculty of Art, KNUST, 2017–2018

ARTIST TALKS

  • University of Nebraska –Omaha, NE, 2026

  • University of Nebraska – Lincoln, NE, 2026

  • Visiting Artist at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, 2025

  • CIRCA Symposium, University of Arkansas, 2025

  • Teaching with Arts and Emerging Media, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025

  • International Student Call of Meeting, NCECA, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2025

  • African Diaspora Symposium, Lincoln, NE, 2025

  • CIRCA Symposium, University of Colorado, 2023

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

  • Untitled, Create 48 Gallery, Lincon NE, 2026
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  • Thesis show, Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery,
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  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2026
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  • The History, Medici Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025
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  • Akokoa, Medici Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2024

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

  • (Upcoming) The Annual Emergeexhibition “EMERGE X”, Bond Millen Gallery, Richmond, VA 2026
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  • Sioux City Art Center Biennial, Sioux City, IA 2026

NCECA Student Juried Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan, 2026

NCECA Multicultural, Detroit, Michigan, 2026

MFA student show, Medici Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025

Outdoor Art Show, University Place Creative District, Lincoln, NE, 2025

CIRCA Symposium, University of Arkansas, 2025

NCECA Student Juried Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2025

Diaspolic Crossing, Southside Contemporary Art Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2025

Student Pop-Up Exhibition, UAB 2300 Studios, Birmingham, AL, 2024

MFA Student Show, Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2024

Art by the Foot, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI, 2024

2nd Ceramic Student Show, Concho Clay Studio & San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, 2024

UARK & UNL Exhibition, University of Arkansas, 2024

Making History Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Art Gallery, UNL, 2023

CIRCA Symposium, University of Colorado, 2023

Ahocden, KNUST Ceramics, Jamestown Usser Fort, Accra, Ghana, 2019

Graduate Exhibition & Fashion Show, College of Art and Built Environment, KNUST, 2019

RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS

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  • Watershed Center for the Ceramics, 2026

  • Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2025

  • Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia, NC, 2025

  • University of Arkansas, 2024

PUBLICATIONS 

  • NCECA Exhibition, page 99, 155, 2026
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  • Pocosin Art School of Fine Craft, page 2, 2026
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  • Vincent “Sniper” Frimpong & Ross Junior Owusu, Hybridity Without Permission, The StudioPotter, 2026 Link

  • Metachrosis Magazine, issue 5, page 36, 2025

  • NCECA Journal, page 94, 128- 129, 2025

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  • NCECA, Formation 59th Annual conference, program and exhibition guide, page 129,174, 2025
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  • Honors for UNL ceramists, Hixson-Lied College @UNL. Link
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  • Student Achievement, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025 Link

  • Samuel Nortey & Adam Posnak, Ghanaian American Ceramics, The StudioPotter,2025 Link

  • BoldJourney, 2024 Link

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MEMBERSHIPS

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  • Gold Coast Terracotta, 2025

  • NCECA Student Membership, USA, 2023–2026

  • Clay Club, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2024

REFERENCES

Available upon request