Kira Straub
Kira Straub is a sculpture and ceramic artist whose work has been included in shows across Wisconsin at Var Gallery, Trout Museum of Art, Center for Visual Arts Wausau, and the Museum of Wisconsin Art. Their first work of public art was included in Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2023 exhibition Dear, Nature located at the 3rd St. Market Hall in downtown Milwaukee. Straub has complete artist residencies at Penland School of Craft and is currently a long-term resident artist at Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Professional Experience:
Teaching Artist - Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida, September 2026 - Present
Studio Manager - Tooth & Nail Milwaukee, community art and ceramic studio, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 2024 - August 2026
Teaching Artist - Tooth & Nail Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 2024 - August 2026
Residencies:
Artist in Residence - Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida, August 2026 - Present
Winter Resident - Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina, January 2026
Recent Shows
2026
And so, on. , Tooth & Nail Milwaukee, Solo Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
30 x 30 x 30, Var Gallery, Group Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
2025
Emerging Artists Exhibition, Var Gallery, Group Exhibition, Milwaukee WI
2024
Gathering: An Art & Poetry Exhibit, Center for Visual Arts Wausau, Group Exhibition, Wausau, WI
TMA Contemporary, Trout Museum of Art, Juried Group Exhibition, Appleton, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, Group Juried Exhibition, West Bend, WI
2023
Dear Nature - Sculpture Milwaukee, 3rd St. Market Hall, Group Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
2022
Roots: New Growth, Center for Visual Arts Wausau, Juried Group Exhibition, Wausau, WI, 09/2022 - 10/2022
Other Experience:
Operations Assistant - Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina, January 2026
Studio Assistant - Kohler Arts/Industry Residency, Kohler, Wisconsin,October 2025 - November 2025
Studio Assistant - Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina, June 2025
Education
2024 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Studio Arts, Concentrations: Sculpture, Ceramics, Community Art
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts
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