Kate Murray

Pottery, Ceramic, Sculpture

Kate began making pottery purely for fun at Grinnell College in Iowa. She has never stopped. Kate has a BFA in ceramics, sculpture and drawing from the University of Iowa, and an MFA in ceramics from the University of Florida. Between degrees she worked for five separate production potteries in Vermont, and after graduate school taught full-time at Francis Marion University in South Carolina. In 1997 Kate returned to Gainesville to set up a studio; in 2008 she began teaching ceramics at Santa Fe College. She has an extensive national exhibition record including seven appearances in the Strictly Functional Pottery National, and has won recognition as an Emerging Artist at NCECA (National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts).