Moraig McKenna
b. 1972, Scotland
Currently, running own studio pottery at Old Saint Luke's Church, Gundaroo, New South Wales
Resume
- 2005 Co-organizer of Gundaroo Woodfire 2005
- 2004 Lecturer in charge, Ceramics Sessional Australian Catholic University, Canberra
- 2004 Sessional academic, Ceramics Workshop Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, ACT
- 2003 Woodfire consultancy, Ceramics Workshop, National Institute of the Arts, Australian National University, ACT
- 2002 Completed Small Business course and acceptance onto the New Enterprise Initiatve Scheme, ACT
- 2002 Part-time Lecturer in Ceramics, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales
- 2002 MA, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales
- 1999 BA Hons (Visual Arts), Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales
- 1996 - 97 Ceramics teacher, Taylors Lakes Secondary College, Melbourne
- 1995 BEd (Visual Arts), University of Melbourne
Exhibitions
- 2005 Resonance(solo), Watson Arts Centre, Canberra
- 2005 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Korea (CEBIKO), International selected competition
- 2004 The Naked Truth (international invitational woodfire), Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
- 2003 Ceramics: the Australian and New Zealand Context, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales
- 2003 Wood Fire, Watson Arts Centre, Canberra
- 2003 Made to be used, Spiral Gallery, Bega, New South Wales
- 2003 Legs Eleven, Ceramic Art Gallery, Sydney
- 2003 Wood Fired Ceramics, Mura Clay Gallery, Newtown, Sydney
- 2002 Embodied Surface (solo), University Art Museum, Southern Cross University, New South Wales
- 2002 Gold Coast International Ceramics Art Award, Gold Coast, Queensland
- 2002 Domestic, Watson Arts Centre, Canberra
- 2001 New Faces to Mura, Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney
- 2000 Minimal, Fusions Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
- 2000 Fire Works, University Art Museum, Lismore, New South Wales
- 2000 Here's to you Mrs Robinson, Lismore Regional Gallery, New South Wales
- 2000 Mudlark, Woodlark, Fusions Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland
- 1999 Ceramics: the Australian Context, Campbelltown City Art Gallery, New South Wales
- 1999 Gold Coast International Ceramics Art Award, Gold Coast, Queensland
- 1999 Odds On, 1999 Honours candidates, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales
Awards
- 2003/4 ArtsACT emerging artist project grant, ACT
- 2003 Merit Award, Canberra Potters Society Annual Members' Exhibition, ACT
- 2002 Clayworks award for tableware, Canberra Potters Society Annual Members' Exhibition, ACT
- 2000/2001 Southern Cross University, Postgraduate research support scholarship
Publications
- McKenna, M, 2002 'Embodied surface' Pottery in Australia Vol 41, No 2, pp44 - 45
- Jones, I & McKenna, M, 2002 'Tanja Woodfire 2002', Ceramics Technical No 15, pp106 - 107
