Finn Smith is a ceramic artist from Lawrence, Kansas, and is currently pursuing a BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri. In 2025, they interned as a Glassblowing Assistant at Englewood Arts. Since 2022, their work has been exhibited at KCAI in several shows.
Previously having focused as a stoneware potter, their work explored themes of communal gathering and family through basket imagery. Recently their work has shifted to earthenware sculpture, they are drawing on inspiration from the horror genre and philosophies on humans vs. animals to develop a new body of work that maintains the concept of community through woven connections alongside the disconnect of body and mind.
Education
2022-2026 Kansas City Art Institute | Bachelor of Fine Arts | Ceramics |
Professional Experience
2025 Glassblowing Intern at Englewood Arts, Independence, MO
2023 Slicing, Dicing, Pinching, Poking Exhibition committee member, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Exhibitions
2025 Scratching the Surface, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2024 Burning Down The House, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2024 Baby I Left My Heart In The Hot Box, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023 Slicing, Dicing, Pinching, Poking, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Honors and Awards
2025 Spring President’s List, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2024 Fall President’s List, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2024 Spring President’s List, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2023 Fall President’s List, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO