Sarofim School of Fine Arts’ Art and Art History Department is pleased to present Shore, vibrant artworks filled with literary references, made by international artist Brian Molanphy. 

 

On the faculty at Southern Methodist University, Molanphy creates visually and intellectually intriguing art recalling the power of places, names, and place-names in Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu. The multi-layered references in his art, informed also by his travels and residencies over the past year, make for an engaged and contemplative viewing experience.

 

“Most ceramicists would reject imperfect vessels, but Molanphy embraces them…”

Ceramics Art & Perception Colette Copland

 

Opening Reception Thursday, September 24, 2015 from

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Exhibit Dates: September 24 - November 19, 2015

Gallery Hours: Daily 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

 

Free and Open to the Public

 

Biography:

Brian Molanphy’s attention to flux, endurance, transgression, and history informs his art, inspired by both books and muck, such as paper pulp, printer’s ink, pastry cream, and bread dough. Such materials require containers, so as a bookmaker and baker Molanphy initially learned to comprehend the world through vessels, leading him eventually to an education in the ceramic arts.

 

Molanphy graduated magna cum laude with Distinction in Art from Colorado College, honors that earned him a university fellowship to attend Pennsylvania State University’s Master of Fine Arts degree program. Subsequent fellowships from the Fulbright Commission, the Camargo Foundation, and the Brown Foundation took him to France where he continues to work periodically. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and the International Academy of Ceramics, Molanphy has taught at Colorado College, Pennsylvania State University,  and the Alberta College of Art & Design. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Art in the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas.

 

SMU has supported Molanphy’s continuing professional research through a President’s Partners grant, University Research Council grants, a Meadows Summer Fellowship, and Meadows Faculty Development grants. Molanphy has lectured and participated in panel discussions for the Newberry Library, the Franco-American Commission for Educational & Cultural Exchange, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Nasher Sculpture Center, and several universities. Public and private collections in the American Southwest, France, Korea, and China hold his ceramic art.

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