Reena Kashyap

Born: 1953, India

Reena Kashyap makes functional porcelain pottery firedin a Cone 10 reduction kiln. Her love forShino glaze decorated surfaces has been a constantfocus of enquiry. Her work is influenced by both her roots ...
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    Reena Kashyap makes functional porcelain pottery firedin a Cone 10 reduction kiln. Her love forShino glaze decorated surfaces has been a constantfocus of enquiry. Her work is influenced by both her roots in India and her interest in the pottery traditions of Japan.

    Before setting up her own ceramics studio in 1989, Kashyap had a corporate career. Sheisthe Founding Executive Director of the non-profit organization, Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York.In October 2012, she stepped down from the Executive Director positionto focuson her own studio practice.

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    Apprenticeships & Residencies
    1984
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    1986

    Apprentice, Filmeridis Studio, Manama, Bahrain

    1986
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    1988

    Judy Weber Studio, New Rochelle, New York

    1991, 1992, 1996

    Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

    Primary Work Experience
    1997
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    2012

    Founder and Executive Director, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, New York

    1986—

    Studio potter

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    Bibliography

    Tourtillott, Suzanne J.E.500 [no-lexicon]Cups:[/no-lexicon] Ceramic Exploration of Utility and Grace. Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 2005.

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    Port Chester, New York

    Citation: Reena Kashyap, "The Marks Project."
    Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/reena-kashyap

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