I am a ceramic artist living on Gabriola Island, BC where I have maintained a studio pottery for twenty years or so. Presently, I produce a variety of ceramic ware in my studio. I make functional stoneware that is reduction-fired but I also create glazed raku and naked raku vessels and sculptural forms.
A Precarious Moment in Ceramics 2008Saggar-fired stoneware tiles and ink 150x120cm Plan For World Peace 2002Clay and found objects 120cm wide Settlers of Grey Islands 2010Coloured porcelain and inkjet prints Interactive game  Michael Flaherty, b. 1978, St. John’s, Newfoundland. As a graduate of NSCAD University (BFA, 2001) Michael studied salt-glaze stonewareproduction under the tutelage of master potter Jackie Seaton in Ontario before moving on to become Clay Studio Coordinator and Instructor at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. More studies at University of Regina (MFA, 2007) coincided with a residency at at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Montana (2005) and sessional teaching appointments at NSCAD University (2006). In 2007 Michael returned to Newfoundland where he now maintains an active studio Michael currently lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, where he is the Sculpture In addition to being an artist, Michael is a compulsive volunteer in artist run |
As a kid growing up on an apple orchard in Southwestern Ontario, mom’s homemade play dough was my favorite thing to play with. I loved the stuff. My poor mother sacrificed her dining room table for years so that I had somewhere to create. I was always a pretty creative kid and enjoyed art classes in school.
Until high school, that is. In high school we were given the opportunity to take either art or music. I chose music. Not because I didn’t want to take art, but rather, because I was horrible at drawing and couldn’t paint to save my life. For some reason, I had always just assumed that art class in high school was all about painting and drawing, and so I avoided it like the plague. I suffered all through high school taking music classes and focusing on science, all the while wishing I could take pottery classes. Once graduation rolled around, I was off to university to persue sciences but pottery was always a lingering thought. I didn’t last long in sciences. I was horribly unhappy and knew that something had to change. I made the switch to social sciences for all of one semester but there was still something missing. I decided that if I was going to be
happy, I needed to go to school for something I always wanted to do. Pottery.
Much to the horror of my parents, I dropped out, moved back home and put together a portfolio to apply to art school. Within 6 months I was on my way to Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver where I completed a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Degree in 2002.
I have never looked back. I have been a full time potter since 2005 and am currently working in functional porcelain. I have absolutely no regrets about the path I have chosen – though really, it feels more like the path chose me.
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“One Pretty Flower For Mr. Rabbit Man”, 2006, earthenware, 3′ x 3′ x 7′
“Happy Little Men”, 2003 earthenware , 4’ x 6’ x 7’
“Girl On The Grasshopper”, 2009, earthenware, 20” x 35” x 52”
“All The Girls Behind”, 2007 ,earthenware, 24″ x 28″ x 56″Koi Neng Liew is originally from Singapore, where studied at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. In 2001 he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and in 2005 received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Liew is the recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, most recently the Roswell Artist in Residence grant in 2008, and was a Taunt Fellow at the Archie Bray Foundation in 2005. He is a featured artist in the Clay Art International Yearbook published in Athens, Greece, and has exhibited both nationally and internationally in the Uniited States and China over the past 10 years. Currently, he is a Year Long Artist in Residence at the Medalta International Artists in Residence program in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
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