CK Team
Founder/Director
Madeline Stillwell
Artist, Performer, Director, Professor
Working in Clay since 1995
Cranbrook Academy of Art 2008 MFA in Ceramic Art
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design 2005
Alfred University 2003-2004
Penland School of Craft 2002-3
St. Olaf College 2000 BA Studio Art & Women’s Studies
Languages: English, German
Operations, Production & Design
Sjors Houkes
Artist, Voice Actor, Videogame Curator, Marathon Runner
Gerrit Rietveld Academie 2011
Utrecht School of the Arts 2009-2010
Universiteit Utrecht, 2007 MA in Film Studies
Languages: Dutch, English, German
Office Manager
Bertold Stallmach
Artist, Animation Filmmaker
Studiengang Bildende Kunst, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Future University, Hakodate, Japan
Languages: German, English
Working Artist Coordinators
Ulrike Pasewald
Potter, Hobby Photographer, Cat lover, Science-fiction Enthusiast
Professional Background: Engineering Administration
Languages: German, English
Prosha Kolosov
Artist, Linguist, Interpreter & Journalist
Working with clay in 2003, 2nd generation ceramist.
Languages: Russian, English, Japanese
Studio Assistants
Sadra Wejdani
Multi-disciplinary artist, working in clay since 2016.
Master of Visual Arts in “Communication Design (social design)” LUCA School of arts & design
Bachelor of Design in “Art & Cross media Design” ArtEZ Academy of arts & design
Languages: Farsi, English, German
Luis Ortega Echevarria
Artist, Teacher, currently working in clay
MA: EINA, Barcelona, Advanced Typography
BA: CENP, Madrid, Graphic Design
Languages: Spanish, German, English
Teachers
Current Teachers at CK
Madeline Stillwell
Sadra Wejdani
Prosha Kolosov
Kika Francisca Jonsson
Livia Polidoro
Mauro Fariñas
Sjors Houkes
Luis Ortega Echevarria
Ulrike Pasewald
Alvaro Bezanilla
Lena Goerke
Vesna Pepping
Wode Ceramics
Lisa Geue
Former Teachers at CK
Joon Park
Mercedes Bonzai
Daniel Valencia Ferrá
Alexander Liston
Silvia Andrade
Violaine Toth
Steven Kent
Jiří Žežula
João Noberto
Benjamin Patch
Jana Marlene Lippert
Mariana Zarama
James Beatham
Ernie Wang
Elise Gettliffe
Keegan Luttrell
Maryline Blais
Saeam Kwon
William Newman-Wise
Lynette Tan
Magali Gerberon
Diana Estrabidis
Phyllis Luu
Nadja Gebhardt
Ransom Urbanowicz
Pablo Metts
Lisa Kosak
Mia Moss