Marina Kuchinski is a Chicago based visual artist and educator practicing in ceramics, mixed media and installation. She primarily handbuilds and sometimes slip-casts animal and human forms. Animal and human subjects are used to explore various issues, be they social or psychological. Kuchinski exhibited extensively throughout the United States and abroad in solo and group exhibitions, including European Cultural and Technological Centre in Slovenia, Beit Aharon Kahana in Israel, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Randall Museum, The International Museum of Dinnerware Design, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, The Plains Art Museum, San Diego Art Institute, Palmer Museum of Art, Koehnline Museum of Art, Kohler Arts Center, Weston Art Gallery, Northern Illinois Art Museum, and premiere NCECA exhibitions, including the NCECA Biennial and NCECA Annual. Publications include Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics Art and Perception, Ceramics Now Magazine, The Boston Globe and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Kuchinski received numerous grants and awards, including Jerome and McKnight grants, juried exhibitions, and was a guest artist at a number of colleges and universities. Kuchinski has been an artist-in-residence at the Kohler Arts Center, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Chester Springs Studio, Northern Clay Center, New Harmony Clay Project, and Punch Projects. She earned her BFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and her MFA from Penn State University.