EMMANUEL ' KSTONY' ASAMOAH
IG; Kstonyart
402-570-3536
Email; emm.asamoah37@gmail.com / easamoah2@unl.edu
EDUCATION
University of Nebraska-Lincoln – MFA, 2026 (Graduate School)
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, 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
Teaching Assistant, KNUST
- Hand Building – Ceramics, 2020
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–present
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
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
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The History, Medici Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025
- Akokoa, Medici Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2024
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
NCECA Multicultural, Detroit, Michigan, 2026 (upcoming)
- 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
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2025
Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Columbia, NC, 2025
University of Arkansas, 2024
PUBLICATIONS
Metachrosis Magazine, issue 5, page 36, 2025
NCECA Journal, page 94, 128- 129, 2025
Student Achievement, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2025
Samuel Nortey & Adam Posnak, Ghanaian American Ceramics, The StudioPotter, 2025
BoldJourney, 2024
MEMBERSHIPS
Gold Coast Terracotta, 2025
NCECA Student Membership, USA, 2023–2026
Clay Club, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2024
REFERENCES
Available upon request