Steven Kemenyffy (born 1943, Budapest, Hungary)[1] is an American ceramic artist living and working in Pennsylvania.
The family immigrated to the United States as displaced citizens under the sponsorship of a Presbyterian Church in Rock Island, Illinois in 1951.
Kemenyffy lived in Rock Island until 1964, having earned a bachelor's of science in mathematics at nearby Augustana College.
Kemenyffy's interest in becoming a ceramic artist began shortly after college when he attended a Peter Voulkos workshop.
He then began ceramic studies at the University of Iowa where he met his future wife and artistic collaborator, Susan.
"[2] Kemenyffy, himself, describes his early work as "Biomorphic forms alluding to old ceramic traditions such as tiles, vases, and containers.