Nancy Kubale spent 25 years as a figurative ceramacist, living 50 miles southeast of Asheville, in the foothills of Rutherford County, NC.  She earned her BFA in Mixed Media from Minneapolis College of Art and Design.  In addition she studied ceramics at Penland School of Crafts and sculpture at Florence Academy of Art.  She lives with her husband, who is retired from performing arts management, and her studio mate Bo, a blonde hound dog mix.

Her currrent life and work reflects an intention to slow down & cultivate connection to location, land and community.  With a commitment to let curiosity lead and guide - these small batch, handbuilt, vessels and pots incorporate wild clays, multiple firing temperatures (including wood fire) and a variety of terra sigillatas, oxides and glazes.

Kubale has exhibited at high-end Art Fairs throughout the country.  She has also participated in numberous group and solo exhibitions with work in several permanent museum collections.  She is also published in six books and numerous magazine articles.