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CV 

 

B.1985

LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK

 

EDUCATION: 

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, M.A. Ceramics and Glass, London, UK, 2014-2016 

Dissertation: The Value of the Creative Individual


THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, BFA Crafts–Ceramics, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2004–2007 

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS: 

(Solo) The Islip Art Museum, Long Island, New York USA 2020

National Exhibition and Convention Center Shanghai, Yangtze River Delta Cultural Industry Exhibition with the Shanghai Academy of Fine Art, Shanghai, China 2019

Chun Art Museum, Somewhere in Time, Resident Artist Exhibition, Shanghai, China, 2019

Taste Contemporary, 5 Cubed, Parcours Ceramique Carageouis Biennale Internationale de Ceramique Contemperaine,  La Fonderie Kugler, Geneva, Switzerland 2019

2019 British Ceramics Biennial, China Hall, Spode Factory, Stoke-On-Trent, UK 2019

Saatchi Gallery, Collect Open 2019, London, UK 2019 

(Solo) Arch Enemy Arts, A Seat at the Table, Philadelphia, PA USA 2018

Doddington Hall, Doddington Hall Sculpture Biennial 2018, Lincolshire, UK, 2018

Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Line of Sight: Lethal Design, Lusaunne, Switzerland 2018

Saatchi Gallery with Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Collect 2018, London UK

Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, They're Fired, Coconut Grove, FL USA 2018

Art Miami with Cynthia Corbett Gallery Miami, FL USA 2017

Arch Enemy Arts, Winter 2017, Philadelphia, PA 2017

41st Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Fine Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA USA 2017

Art Market Hamptons with Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY USA 2017

Royal Overseas League, Young Masters Art Prize, London UK 2017

Saatchi Gallery with Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Collect 2017, London, UK 2017

Arch Enemy Arts, Swallowed by the Jungle, Philadelphia, PA USA 2017

Art Miami with Cynthia Corbett Gallery, Miami, FL USA, 2016

Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, Young Masters Exhibition, London, UK USA 2016

The University of the Arts, Making It, UArts 140 Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Hamilton Hall, Philadlephia, PA USA 2016

Doddington Hall, Doddington Hall Sculpture Biennial 2016, Lincolnshire, UK 2016

Royal College of Art, SHOW16 , Woo Building, London, UK 2016

London Craft Week, Private Home of Sarah Griffin, London, UK, 2016

In Context, Private Home of Preston Fitzgerald, London, UK, 2016

Christie's, The Emerging and the Established, London, UK 2016

Royal College of Art, RCA Work in Progress, Woo Building Workshops, London UK, 2016

Hockney Gallery, Off Centre, London UK 2105

(Solo) The Clay Studio, Mary O'MAlley: Bottom Feeders, Kathryn Narrow Resource Room, Philadelphia, PA USA 2015 

Henry More Gallery, RCA School of Materials Work-in-Progress London, UK 2014 

Atrium Art Gallery, Secrets of the Sea, University of Southern Maine Lewiston, ME USA 2014

Arch Enemy Arts, Encyclopedia Botanica, Philadelphia, PA, 2014

American Craft Council Show, San Francisco, CA USA 2014

Parlor Gallery, A Precious Few, Asbury Park NJ USA 2014

American Craft Council Show, St. Paul, MN USA 2014

The University of the Arts, Art Unleashed 5, Philadelphia PA USA 2014

American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA USA 2014

Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, West Palm Beach, FL USA 2014

35th Annual Naples National Art Festival, Naples, FL USA 2014

The Brooklyn Museum, American Fine Craft Show, Brooklyn, NY USA , 2014

Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Emerging Artist, Philadelphia, PA USA 2013

Crafts American, Washington D.C. USA 2013

American Fine Craft Show, New York, NY USA 2013

Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, 2013 Hambidge Pottery Invitational, Rabun Gap, GA USA 2013

AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL SHOW, ST. PAUL, MN, 2013

American Craft Council - Award of Excellence, Hambidge Residency Award, Atlanta, GA USA 2013

American Craft Council - Award of Excellence, St. Paul, MN USA 2013

American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA USA 2013

Baltimore Clayworks, 100 Teapots VI,  Baltimore, MD USA 2013

The Armory, Fountain Art Fair, New York, NY USA 2013

Crane Arts,, University of the Arts Degree Show Meet Your Maker, Philadelphia, PA USA 2007

The University of the Arts and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Misterios, Philadelphia, PA USA 2007

Philadelphia Museum of Art, COLAB Competition, Philadelphia, PA USA 2006

The University of the Arts, Promising Artist Scholarship, Philadelphia, PA USA 2004

 

RESIDENCIES: 

Shanghai JiaoTong University, October - December 2019

Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, May 2019 

Tate Exchange, Tate Modern London, UK, 2016-2017

JingDeZhen Ceramic Institute International School, Inaugural Residency, JingDeZhen, China 2016

Hambidge Center for the Creative arts and Sciences Fellowship, June-July 2013 

 

TEACHING AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT:

Shanghai JiaoTong University, Visiting Artist, October - December 2019 

CoCA SSN International Conference 2019, Keynote Speaker with Collective Matter, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK 2019

Western Carolina University School of Fine Art, Artist in Residence, Cullowhee, NC, USA 2019

The Potting Shed, Multi-Artist Public Engagement Project at Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, UK 2019

Ceramic Art London, Presenter with Collective Matter, Central St. Martens, London, UK, 2019

Breaking Ground, Jaipur Ceramics Triennial, Educator and Demonstrator with Balls Pond Studio and Kate Malone, Jaipur, India 2018

London Craft Week, Educator and Workshop Coordinator, Collective Matter, London, UK 2018

NCECA, Co-Panel Presenter, Pittsburgh, PA USA 2018

Parrish Art Museum, Educator, Bridgehampton, NY USA 2018

Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, Facilitator and Host: Material In Action: A Panel Discussion on the Relevance of the Artist in Art Education, London, UK 2017

Royal College of Art, Facilitator and Host, The Why Question: A Panel Discussion on the Dissemination of Material-Specific Education Within the Wider Visual Arts, London, UK, 2016

Royal College of Art, The Pedagogy Project, Co-Developed Interdisciplinary Curriculum for the Royal College of Art Student Body, London, UK, 2105

Brighton University, Visiting Lecturer, Brighton, UK, 2016 

Camden Arts Centre, Educator, London, UK, 2016-2017

University City Arts League Educator, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2009-2011 

Long Island Art League, Educator, DIX HILLS, NY

Lawrence High School, Visiting Artist Cedarhurst, NY USA 2006 – 2014

Long Island Art League, Dix Hills, NY USA 2005-2006 

 

COLLECTIONS:

The Rigo-Saitta Collection, Geneva, Switzerland

Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China

JingDeZhen Ceramic institute Museum, JingDeZhen, JiangXi, CHINA

21C Museum Hotels, Nashville, TN, USA

The Waskowmium Collection, Burlington, VT, USA

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Islip Art Museum Curator in Residence, 2019

Consortium of Long Island Arts Councils, Member, 2018 - Present

Islip Art Museum, advisory Board Member, Long Island, NY USA 2017 - Present

Collective Matter, Co-Founder, 2016

Royal College of Art Student Representative, 2014-2016

Kate Malone MBE and Balls Pond Studio, Fabricator, collaborator, and educator, 2016-Present, UK and abroad

 

 

SELECTED PRESS/PUBLICATIONS: 

MORBY, ALICE: “WIDE OPEN” , CRAFTS, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019, PG. 52 - 53

GIBSON, GRANT: "REPORT: FRESH FACE FOR COLLECT", CRAFTS MAY/JUNE 2018 PG21

WHITNEY, KAY: "MARY O'MALLEY: SALVAGE WARE", CERAMICS MONTHLY, APRIL 2018, PG. 44-47

ESSER, TINE: “Tableart – Zu Tisch mit Meeresbewohnern”, ESSEUM, JANUARY 10 2018, https:// esseum.de/tableart-zu-tisch-mit-meeresbewohnern/

BAILEY, PAUL: “COLLECTIVE MATTER”, EMERGING POTTERS, JANUARY 2018, ISSUE 9, PG 9-14

BAILEY, PAUL: “COLLECTIVE MATTER”, CLAY CRAFT MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 2017, ISSUE 10, PG. 78-79

DENG, JIAWEI: “MARY O’MALLEY: ”, MIND MAGAZINE, MARCH 2017, CHAPTER 3, PJ. 100-106

FRANK, PRISCILLA: “THESE CERAMICS ENCRUSTED WITH CRUSTACEANS ARE OUR NEW FAVORITE NATUICAL DISHWARE”, THE HUFFINGTON POST, DECEMBER 5, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/05/mary-omalley_n_6251004.html 

JOBSON, CHRISTOPHER: “PORCELAIN DISHWARE COVERED WITH MARINE LIFE BY MARY O’MALLEY”, COLOSSAL, NOVEMBER 20, 2014, http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/11/porcelain-dishware-covered-with-marine-life-by-mary-omalley/ 

BEETE, PAULETTE: “ART TALK WITH MARY O’MALLEY”, NATIONAL ENDOWNMENT FOR THE ARTS: ARTWORKS BLOG, FEBRUARY 25, 2014, http://arts.gov/art-works/2014/art-talk-mary-omalley 

RICCI-ACHUFF, ALYSSE: “FEATURED ALUMNI, MARY O’MALLEY BFA CRAFTS ‘07”, EDGE PG. 7-8, http://www.uarts.edu/about/edge-fall-2013 

TEMMINCK, YAEL: “NEWS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE : MARY O’MALLEY CERAMICS”, ZOO MAGAZINE #40, FALL 2013-2014, http://www.maryomalleyceramics.com/PDF/zoo_magazine.pdf 

LORD,JULIETTE: “NOT SO FRAGILE FROM BOWLING ALLEY TO ARTIST IN RESIDENCE”, MANIERA MAGAZINE, JULY 2013, PG. 20-23, http://www.maryomalleyceramics.com/pdf/maniera.pdf, http://maniera.mymaniera.com/ 

JOBSON, CHRISTOPHER: “BOTTOM FEEDERS: CERAMIC OBJECTS ENCRUSTED WITH MARINE LIFE BY MARY O’MALLEY”, COLOSSAL, ART AND VISUAL INGENUITY, APRIL 25, 2013, http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/04/bottom-feeders-ceramic-objects- encrusted-with-marine-life-by-mary-omalley/ 

FRANCIS, XAVIER: “A CONVERSATION WITH CERAMIC ARTIST MARY O’MALLEY”, LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, APRIL 24, 2013, http://www.examiner.com/article/a-conversation-with-ceramic-artist-mary-o-malley 

NELSON-DUSSEK, COLIN: “ST. PAUL 2013 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE”, AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL, APRIL 21, 2013, http://www.craftcouncil.org/post/st-paul-2013-awards-excellence 

FIEGE, REINHOLD: “BOTTOM FEEDERS VON MARY O’MALLEY-EINE UNGEWOHNLICHE GESCHIRRSERIE”, ME-MAGAZINE NACHRICHTEN AUS POLITIK, GESELLSCHAFT, TECHNIK, MUSIK, KULTUR UND LIFESTYLE, JANUARY 22, 2013 http://me-magazine.info/2013/01/22/bottom-feeders-von-mary-omalley-eine-ungewohnliche-geschirrserie/

LOTUS:”MY FAVORITE”, <CHARTER>, JANUARY 2013, pg. 188-189 http://www.zhuozhan.com/e/action/CMOnline/CharterOnline-118.html

SAATCHI ONLINE NEW THIS WEEK, FEATURED ARTIST, OCTOBER 1, 2012 http://www.saatchionline.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Assemblage-Collage/New-This-Week-10-1-12/2/36396/view 

CORZO, MIGUEL ANGEL AND SHARON CHURCH AND JULIAN ZUGAZAGOITIA, MISTERIOS: AN EXTRAORDINARY EVOCATION OF THE CREATIVE IMPULSE AND THE PROFOUND ENIGMA OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS 2007, P. 122 

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