Kendall Buster first studied microbiology and received a BS degree in Medical Technology before pursuing an education in art. She earned a BFA from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC and an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University as well as participating in the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Studio Program in New York City. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues nationally and internationally including The Hirshhorn Museum and the Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC, Artist’s Space and The American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City, The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, The Haggerty Museum in Milwaukee, The Boise Art Museum in Boise, Idaho, Suyama Space in Seattle, Washington, the Bahnhof Westend in Berlin, and the KZNSA Gallery in Durban, South Africa.

Her most recently completed commissioned project is a site-responsive sculpture created for The Soleri Bridge in Scottsdale, Arizona. Other projects include a pier for The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park, and large-scale permanent installations for The Frick Chemistry Building at Princeton University, Gilman Hall at Johns’ Hopkins University in Baltimore, The San Francisco International Airport, and The Biomedical Center at The University of Houston. Buster has been interviewed by Neda Ulaby on NPR’s Morning Edition as part of a series on art and science and was the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in the Arts. She currently lives and works in Richmond, Virginia and is a professor in the Department of Sculpture and Extended Media at Virginia Commonwealth University. www.kendallbuster.com