Moynihan
Cathy Moynihan - Ceramic Sculptor
Cathy Moynihan was born and raised in the seaside town of Scituate, MA and now resides in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. She has been working in clay since her childhood discovery of the delicious tactile quality of mud found in deep tire tracks in her neighbor’s backyard. Enjoying the timeless techniques of pinch and coil-building she chooses to handbuild in groggy stoneware.
She holds a B.A. of Fine Art from Messiah College and later continued into a ceramic sculpture concentration at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Tennessee. For the last decade she has been making work at the Harvard University Ceramics Studio in Allston.
Early loves and influences include archaeology, architecture, and spiritual mysteries. Spending many years drawing from life, she enjoys observation and spends hours honing her sculptural forms.
Education
2019 - 2021
Simmons University, Boston MA, B.S. in Nursing
2000 - 2002
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston MA
Art Education Certificate
1997 - 1999
Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville TN
Ceramic Sculpture Concentration
1991 - 1995
Messiah College, Grantham PA, B.A. in Fine Art
Awards
2013
Brother Thomas Fellowship Award, Nominee
2010
Mima Weissmann Award, Harvard University, Allston MA
2010
Commendation, Aesthetica Creative Works Competition
Exhibitions
2023
The State of Clay, Lexington Arts & Crafts Society, Lexington MA
2023
Ceramics Program Spring Show and Sale, Harvard University, Allston MA
2022
Ceramics Program Winter Show and Sale, Harvard University, Allston MA
2014
Paradise City Art Festival, Northampton & Marlboro MA
2013
PICNIC, Somerville MA