Khalil Jannah standing beside a monumental wheel-thrown clay vessel/monolith on a pottery wheel (Wetlock Method)

Curriculum Vitae

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RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS

MASTIFANI Gallery Residency, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire — Resident Artist 

2026 (3 months)

  • Confirmed three-month residency

  • U.S. Embassy cultural endorsement pending

Jingdezhen International Ceramic Residency,  Jingdezhen, China — Resident Artist

Oct 2025

  • Selected as one of 9 international artists for an invite-only, fully funded residency during the Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair

  • Large-scale wheel-throwing with public-facing studio engagement (open studios / demonstrations)

Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN — Resident Artist (Year-long Residency); Outreach Instructor

Sept 2024 – Sept 2025

  • Year-long residency with outreach teaching partnerships across the Twin Cities

The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA — Guest Artist

Nov–Dec 2025 (4 weeks)

  • Four-week guest artist appointment; studio-based production and engagement

Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece — Residency (accepted; declined)

Sept–Oct 2024

  • Accepted; declined in favor of year-long residency at Northern Clay Center

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS 

Chasing Giants — Ongoing body of work (monumental wheel-thrown vessels; performance + documentation)

2025–Present

Kickernick Gallery, Minneapolis, MN — Group Exhibition

Apr–Aug 2025

Kickernick Gallery, Minneapolis, MN — Group Exhibition

Sept 2025 – Mar 2026

Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails, Detroit, MI — Installation (vessels)

2024 – 2026

TEACHING & WORKSHOPS 

Wetlock Method Masterclasses (International) — Creator & Instructor

May–Jun 2026

  • Fabrica Design Platform, Beirut, Lebanon

  • Ceramic 3 Cube, Doha, Qatar

  • Yadawei Studio, Dubai, UAE

Teaching Appointments, New York City, NY — Instructor

Nov 2025 – Present

  • DoClay, Manhattan, NY

  • Greenwich House Pottery, Manhattan, NY

Yay Clay, Philadelphia, PA — Instructor

Nov 2025 – Present

Teaching Appointments, Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN — Throwing Instructor

2024–2025

  • Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN — Outreach Instructor

  • Dame Errant, Minneapolis, MN — Throwing Instructor

  • Northern Light Studio, Minneapolis, MN — Throwing Instructor

  • Forma Clay, Minneapolis, MN — Throwing Instructor

  • Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN — Throwing Instructor =

Sugar Hill Clay, Detroit, MI — Tech & Throwing Instructor

2022–2023

Tao of Clay (formerly Josh Herman Ceramics), San Diego, CA — Director of Operations

2021–2022

PUBLICATIONS / WRITING 

The Wetlock Method & Architectural Implications.” Studio Potter — forthcoming May 2026

“Interview with Jacqueline Bishop.” Studio Potter — Feb 2023

“The Clay Hierarchy.” Studio Potter — Sept 2022

PRESS / FEATURES

Bold Journey Magazine  — Profile / Interview

Mar 2026 (forthcoming)

Voyage Magazine — Profile / Interview

Jul 2025

The Potters Cast — Podcast Interview, “Big Passion” (Episode 1171)

Oct 2025

LECTURES / DEMONSTRATIONS / PANELS  

Ceramic Congress International (The Ceramic School) — Featured Online Lecture & Live Interview / Q&A

Nov 2025 (one of 20 international artists)

  • One-hour lecture + one-hour live Q&A; presented “kaleeul: Chasing Giants”

Jingdezhen Ceramic University, Jingdezhen, China — Wetlock Method Demonstration

Oct 2025

BTH Wheels, Jingdezhen, China — Artist Talk, “Chasing Giants”

Oct 2025

Carleton College, Northfield, MN — Demonstration / Visiting Artist

Apr 2025

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN — Demonstration / Visiting Artist

Feb 2025

George School, Newtown, PA — Public Talk, “Life as a Ceramicist”

Oct 2022

HONORS 

Global Ceramic Masters Residency (Jingdezhen) — Selected as one of 9 international artists (“Masters”) — Oct 2025

Studio Potter Magazine — Board Member (youngest in organization history)

Sept 2023 – Nov 2024

American Ceramic Circle Grant — Grant Recipient — 2023

NCECA Multicultural Fellowship — Fellow — 2022

Wetlock Method — Creator (large-scale wheel-throwing technique) — 2022

EDUCATION 

Bates College, Lewiston, ME — B.A., Sociology

2022

George School, Newtown, PA — International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma

2018