EDUCATION
2018: New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University | Master of Fine Arts | Ceramics
2013: Kansas City Art Institute | Bachelor of Fine Arts | Ceramics & Art History
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026: Verdant Veil (solo), Cheekwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Nashville, TN
2024: A Taste of Something Special (solo), AGO Projects at Zak+Fox, New York, NY
2023: Midwest Sweat (solo), Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2022: Overabundance (two-person) Northcutt Steele Gallery, Montana State University, Billings, MT
2021: Afterimage(solo), Theorii Contemporary, Great Falls, MT
Maura Wright for the Tiny Pedestal Project (solo), Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH
2018: Not Another Muse (solo), Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026: Kent State Blossom Art Intensives Exhibition, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2025: Inner Lives, Salon 21, New York, NY
In Praise of Folly, COLLECTIBLE Fair, Water Street Projects WSA, New York, NY
New Palissystes, Stroll Garden, East Hampton, NY
That Was Now, Placed Projects, Livingston, MT
Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Pith Sconce Collaboration, Roll & Hill, New York, NY
Conductor Fair, AGO Projects, Powerhouse Arts, New York, NY
FOG Design+Art, AGO Projects, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2024: Animal House, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Resident Artists Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Bill and Jack and Other Friends, Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY
Quigley-Hiltner Fellowship Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2023: Design Miami, AGO Projects, Miami, FL
Bray Resident Artists, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Resident Artists Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
NCECA, Trish Martindell Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2022: Lit, Placed Projects at SAV/Medium Gallery, Bozeman, MT
GARDEN, LADIES’ ROOM, Los Angeles, CA
Cornucopia, Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Carbondale, CO
Bray Resident Artists, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Where You From?, Placed Projects, Tinworks Art, Bozeman, MT
2020: Sun Seeds, Theorii Contemporary, Great Falls, MT
Bray Days, Robert and Gennie DeWeese Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2019: Northwest ClayFest, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Teapot Invitational, Morgan Contemporary, Pittsburgh, PA
AMACO Thinking Outside the Jar: 100 Artists, 100 Years, Omni Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
2018: US Emerging Voices in Clay, District Clay Center, Washington D.C.
Small Scale Bake Shale, NCECA, Pittsburgh, PA
Expatriate Ceramics, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2017: Spring Break Art Fair, New York, NY
2016 Archie Bray Resident Artists, NCECA, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2016: Summer Invitational, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Better Together, Belger Craneyard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Alumni Gathering, Belger Craneyard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Red Star Studios Resident Exhibition, Columbia College, MO
2015: Here & Now, Belger Craneyard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Red Star Studios Resident Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2013: World Cup, Apple House Gallery, Guldagergaard, International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
HOTBOX, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2013 Annual BFA Show, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2012: 7th International Exhib. of Small Forms Porcelain, The Riga Porcelain Museum, Riga, Latvia
Flux, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
EXPO #82, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
AWARDS & HONORS
2025: Investing in Artists: Tools & Equipment Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA
2024: Strategic Investment Grant, Montana Arts Council, MT
2023: Quigley-Hiltner Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Rudy Autio Grant, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2022: Lillian Fellowship, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2022: Strategic Investment Grant, Montana Arts Council, MT
2021: CARES, Montana Arts Council Grant, MT
2016-2018: Graduate Fellowship, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2013: Regina Brown Undergraduate Student Fellowship, NCECA
McKeown Special Project, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2009-2013: Trustee’s Scholarship Recipient, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
PUBLICATIONS
2025: Collectible design fair’s second New York outing marries ‘folly’ and practicality, The Art Newspaper, September 2025
Behind the Scenes of This Year’s Collectible NYC, the Design World’s Coolest Fair, Architectural Digest, August 2025
8 Collectible Design Shows to See in August, Galerie, August 2025
2024: Maura Wright’s coil-built vessels bask in New York limelight, AD Pro, September 2024
Maura Wright: Creating What She Wants, Ceramics Monthly, October 2024 (print)
Designer of the Day, SURFACE Magazine, September 2024
Exhibitions, Sight Unseen Newsletter, September 14, 2024
Ruffled Vases, Chaises Longues Made of Pipes, and More Design Finds, CURBED, September 2024
T&C Stamp of Approval, Town & Country Magazine, September 2024
Placed Chronicle, February 2024
One to Watch: Artist Maura Wright sifts through the history of ceramics to upend conventions of bygone eras, Architectural Digest, February 2024 (print)
The Complete Guide to Low-Fire Glazes for Potters and Sculptors, Ben Carter, Quarry Publishers (print)
2023: Emerging art and reflection at Art Basel Miami Beach 2023, Vogue Mexico, December 2023
These are the best things we saw at the Miami Fairs this year, Dwell Magazine, December 2023
471: Maura Wright on Her Portrayal of Beauty Rituals in Midwest Sweat, Tales of the Red Clay Rambler, Podcast Interview, June 2023
Exposure, Ceramics Monthly, May 2023 (print)
Discoveries, Sight Unseen Newsletter, April 17, 2023
2014: 500 Figures in Clay, Volume 2, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. (print)
2013: Undergraduate Showcase, Ceramics Monthly, September 2013 (print)
VISITING ARTIST | LECTURES - WORKSHOPS - DEMOS
2026: Kent State Blossom Intensive Visiting Artist: Demo, Lecture, Student Critiques
2025: Panelist,Consortium for Intercollegiate Research in the Ceramic Arts, hosted by University of Arkansas at 21C Museum Hotel, Bentonville, AR
Visiting Artist Workshop, Foundations Department, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Visiting Artist Lecture & Demo, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2024: Visiting Critic, Ceramics Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Visiting Artist, Ceramics Department, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2023: Exhibiting Artist Lecture, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2020: Visiting Artist Lecture & Demo, Ceramics Department, New York University, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES
2026: Martin Shallenberger Artist-in-Residence, Cheekwood Estate & Gardens, Nashville, TN
2022-2024: Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2019: Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2016: Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
2014-2016: Belger Arts, Kansas City, MO
2013: Project Network Symposium, Guldagergaard- The International Ceramic Research Center, Skaelskor, Denmark
2012: International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
2011: International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ken Ferguson Teaching Collection, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
The Rosenfield Collection, Dallas, TX
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY
Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
Collection of Contemporary Ceramic Art, The Riga Porcelain Museum, Latvia