Ken Little was born in Canyon,Texas April 8, 1947. He was 6 years old when he learned to hand paint china with his grandmother, Sis. Ken was an Art Major at Amarillo High School, Amarillo, Texas, graduating in 1965. He then attended Texas Tech University where he received a BFA in Painting in 1970 with a minor in Ceramics. He earned an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Utah in 1972. Little served as a professor of Art, teaching Ceramics, at the University of South Florida from 1972-74; and at the University of Montana from 1974-1980. He then served as a professor of Sculpture at the University of Oklahoma from 1980-1985. After taking two years off to work as a studio artist in Brooklyn, New York, Little accepted an appointment to teach Sculpture in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at San Antonio in1988. He retired from UTSA in 2020, capping off a 45-year teaching career.
As an artist, he has worked in various media throughout his career, including: ceramics, bronze, neon, wood, steel, performance art, cast iron, $1 bills, shoes, belts, clothing, and other found objects. His work has been featured in over 35 one person exhibitions, 200 group exhibitions, numerous national publications, and catalogs. His work is included in many public and private collections around the country. Collections include The Contemporary Art Museum, Honolulu Hawaii, The City of Seattle, The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian, The Nelson Gallery of the University of California at Davis, The Microsoft Corporation, Seattle and many others.
