MFA 2021 Artists MFA 2021 Artists: Danielle O'Malley

About Danielle O’Malley

Danielle O’Malley is a large-scale sculptor working and residing in Helena, Montana. O’Malley received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, completed a ceramics focused post baccalaureate program at Montana State University, and her BFA from Plymouth State University. She has been a resident artist at: Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, and the Red Lodge Clay Center. She consistently participates in solo and group exhibitions. O’Malley’s work can be found in the permanent collections of: The Northwest Art Gallery in Minot, ND, the Silver Bow Art Gallery in Butte, MT, and the Taoxichuan Art Center in Jingdezhen, China.

Statement

As a sculptor, Danielle O’Malley works primarily with clay and utilizes monumentality, materiality, and installation to assess the human species’ role in the environmental crisis and heighten the viewer’s cognizance of local and global ecologies.

After finishing her MFA degree at UMass Dartmouth, she is planning to return to her home town Helena, Montana.
O’Malley received her MFA from the UMass Dartmouth, completed a ceramics focused post baccalaureate program at Montana State University, and her BFA from Plymouth State University. She has been a resident artist at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, and the Red Lodge Clay Center. She consistently participates in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally. O’Malley’s work can be found in the collections of The Northwest Art Gallery in Minot, ND, the Silver Bow Art Gallery in Butte, MT, and the Taoxichuan Art Center in Jingdezhen, China.

Contact

omalleyceramics@gmail.com

@omalley_art