Maura Wright is a Kansas City based artist. 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. Wright’s practice has expanded to include large-scale installations of painted paper and wood depicting the domestic interior. 

Wright 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. Her work has been featured in several publications, including Architectural Digest, Surface Magazine, Curbed, and Dwell Magazine.

After six years in Montana, she relocated her studio to the midwest during the summer of 2024.