Finnerty | The Marks Project

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Biography

Kathryn Finnerty is known for earthenware wheel-thrown and/or hand-built decorative and functional vessel forms. Heavily influenced by 19^th-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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Apprenticeships & Residencies

Primary Work Experience

1991

Visiting Instructor, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

1994

1995

Visiting Artist | Lecturer, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1995

1996

Lecturer, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

1996

1997

Ceramics Instructor, Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Canada

1996

1997

Ceramics Instructor, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

1997

Visiting Lecturer, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska

1998

Visiting Lecturer, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

1998

Visiting Lecturer, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

1997

2000

Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

2000

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Studio Potter, Pleasant Hill Pottery, Pleasant Hill, Oregon

Other

Public Collections

The Clay Studio Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

therosenfieldcollection.com

Bibliography

Fairbanks, Jonathan, and Angela Fina. The Best of Pottery, v.1. Bloomington, IN: Quarry Books, 1996.

Hall, Sherman, “Celebrate the Object.” Ceramics Monthly (2004).

Hluch, Kevin A. The Art of Contemporary American Pottery. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001.

Hopper, Robin. Ceramic Spectrum. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001.

___________. Functional Pottery. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000.

___________. Making Marks, Discovering the Ceramic Surface. Westerville, OH: American Ceramic Society, 2004.

Tourtillott, Suzanne J.E. 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions of a Classic Form. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2006.

Tourtillott, Suzanne J.E. 500 Teapots Contemporary Expressions of a Timeless Design. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2002.

CV or Resume

Kuratnick, Jeffrey

Website(s)

Tags (related topics)

Pleasant Hill Pottery

Sheridan College of Applied Arts, Ontario

George Brown College of Applied Arts

University Alberta College of Art and Design

Louisiana State

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia,

Victorian English Majolica

Alberta College of Art

Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey Kathryn Finnerty, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/kathryn-finnerty

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