Biography

Kathryn Finnerty is a studio potter living and working in Pleasant Hill, Oregon.  Born and raised in Toronto, Canada she studied Ceramics at the George Brown College of Applied Arts in Toronto from 1984 to 1986 and Sheridan College of Applied Arts in 1986/7.  In the fall of 1987 Kathryn moved to Halifax to attend the Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design where she earned her BFA in 1989.  She later received her MFA from Louisiana State University in 1993.

From 1993 to 2000 Kathryn taught at a number of institutions, the most recent being the University of Manitoba for 3 years.  In addition, she spent 2 years teaching at  the Alberta College of Art and Design and in 1997/98 she was a Visiting Artist at Ohio State University, Ohio University and at the University of Alaska – Fairbanks.

In the summer of 2000 Kathryn and her husband, Tom Rohr, also a potter, moved to Oregon to build Pleasant Hill Pottery and focus on the practice of making pots.  

Currently Kathryn’s work is exhibited in numerous galleries across the US and Canada and her work has also been published in a number of books and magazines

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