Ken Shipley's work has been exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally. Recent exhibitions are 'Flying Solo' an exhibition at the Nashville International Airport December 2010-May 2011,'20 Potters/20 Teachers', Rocky Mount, N.C. March-June 2011, 'The Vessel' at the APSU Art Department Downtown Gallery, Clarksville, TN, a solo exhibition of 'Recent Works' at Union University, Jackson, TN, and the Biennial Faculty Exhibition on the campus of Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN all in October 2010. He had a solo exhibition 'Form is Content' at the Trahern Gallery at APSU in February 2010. His work was exhibited regionally at the MIR Gallery and 'Handmade in the Arcade' in Nashville, TN and at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown , N.C. in 2009. He was selected to present "A Potter's View of the World/Pottery as Language" at The International Conference on Diversity in Belfast, Ireland, July 2010. Ken gave a presentation at "The Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities" for a second year in January 2009 speaking about two of Picasso's former ceramic assistants Jean Derval and Roger Capron. He and the Student Art League of the Art Department of APSU made several hundred 'bowls' for the City of Clarksville 'Empty Bowls Project' to raise funds and awareness of the homeless in 08/09 and in 2010/011. Fall of 2008, he had selected work exhibited in Vallauris, France as a former resident of "AIR-Vallauris" and selected work exhibited in Statesboro, Georgia as well as the "Austin Peay State University Biennial Faculty Art Exhibition" in Clarksville, TN. In August 2009 and May 2008 Ken lead a workshop at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, N.C. and also in May traveled to the Vallauris, Nice and Cannes, France area in order to organize a "Travel Study Program" for a future date through Austin Peay State University. January 11-14, 2008 he made two presentations, one on Picasso's ceramic work and one on his own work at "The Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities" in Honolulu, Hawaii. Recent exhibitions are: Celadon Art Gallery, London, England, summer 2007-present, "Masterworks 2007" which he both exhibited in and guest curated at the Madison Arts Center, Nashville, TN., "From France to China: An Enchanted Journey" at the Montgomery County Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN, February-June 2007. He was selected for "Lucky Pig Teapot Exhibition", February 2007, celebrating the Chinese New Year in Shanghai China and selected to participate in " The International Top 10 Teapot Masters Exhibition" in Shanghai, China opening on October 28-December 10, 2006, then the exhibition re-opened for permanent display at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.  His work has also been shown at Aqui Ben Siam Gallery, Vallauris, France and the 39th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville, IN, 2006.  Other exhibitions include the 25th Anniversary Holiday Exhibit at the Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, and Firewalkers, an Exhibition of Fine Ceramic Art, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, which he and his wife, Melody, curated. Ken has work in the collections of the Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, U.S. Senator Bob Corker of Chattanooga, TN, , the U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, George Staples, Provost and Mrs.Tristen Denley of APSU, President-Emeritus Sherry Hoppe of APSU, President and Mrs. Bruce Speck of Missouri Southern State University, Arrowmont School of Art and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, and AIR-Vallauris, Vallauris, France among others. His work can be seen in galleries in Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia and has been exhibited widely in the United States, Germany, Japan, France, China and England.

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