Maura Wright Ceramics 2023

Fall/Winter

Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art

Maura Wright Ceramics

2023/2024

Catalog

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Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Presents

Ceramic works by: Maura Wright

Maura Wright Bio Maura Wright lives and works in Helena, Montana. She earned her MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2018 and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2013. She has held residencies at several institutions in the US as well as the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary and Guldagergaard, International Ceramic Research Center in Skaelskor, Denmark. Most recently, she was a long-term resident at the Archie Bray Foundation from 2022-2024.

Primarily working in earthenware, Wright’s coil-built vessels pay homage to historical influences ranging from French Rococo porcelain to Italian fresco painting to American folk art. Bold and colorful patterns are paired with a reverence for romantic classical forms. The resulting pastiche embraces the expressive capabilities of clay. Repetitive perfection achieved in traditional ornament is replaced with a decadent facade that highlights the process of the handmade and the impropriety and insouciance of contemporary culture.

While her formal studies were focused in ceramics, Wright’s practice has expanded to include large scale installations of painted paper and wood depicting the domestic interior.

Slab Vase, 2022 Earthenware, Slip, Glaze 15” x 11” x 6.5”

Handled Vase, 2023 Earthenware, Slip, Glaze 14” x 9” x 7”

Fruit Cluster Jar, 2021 Earthenware, Slip, Glaze 18” x 10” x 10”

Slab Vase, 2022 Earthenware, Slip, Glaze 15” x 11” x 6.5”

Checkered Vase, 2023 Earthenware, Slip, Glaze 12” x 7” x 7”

In the Flowers, 2023, acrylic on paper, adhesive, 76” x 90”

Fruit Cluster Jar, 2022 Earthenware, Slip, Glaze 24” x 20” x 20”

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