Artist: Kathryn Finnerty
Kathryn Finnerty, OREGON
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BIO:
Kathryn Finnerty is known for earthenware wheel-thrown and/or hand-built decorative and functional vessel forms. Heavily influenced by 19th-century British Victorian majolica, Finnerty develops surfaces focused on the overall ornamentation of the vessel. Glazes are applied over a white base coat. Finnerty uses sprigging, raised line and sgraffito techniques.
Later work looks to the natural world for subject matter although her interests in the European decorative ceramic sensibilities are still evident. The functional vessel form is consistent throughout Finnerty’s career.
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EDUCATION
1986Commercial Industrial Arts Diploma, Ceramics and Design, George Brown College of Applied Arts, Toronto, Canada
1987Special Student, Ceramics and Design, Sheridan College of Applied Arts, Ontario, Canada
1989BFA Studio Art, Ceramics, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1993MFA Studio Art, Ceramics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1991Visiting Instructor, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1994-1995Visiting Artist | Lecturer, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1995-1996Lecturer, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1996-1997Ceramics Instructor, Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Canada
1996-1997Ceramics Instructor, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
1997Visiting Lecturer, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
1998Visiting Lecturer, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1998Visiting Lecturer, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
1997-2000Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
2000—Studio Potter, Pleasant Hill Pottery, Pleasant Hill, Oregon