2008
Saggar-fired stoneware tiles and ink
150x120cm

2002
Clay and found objects
120cm wide

2010
Coloured porcelain and inkjet prints
Interactive gameMichael Flaherty, b. 1978, St. John’s, Newfoundland. As a graduate of NSCAD University (BFA, 2001) Michael studied salt-glaze stoneware
production under the tutelage of master potter Jackie Seaton in Ontario before moving
on to become Clay Studio Coordinator and Instructor at the Craft Council of
Newfoundland and Labrador. More studies at University of Regina (MFA, 2007)
coincided with a residency at at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
in Montana (2005) and sessional teaching appointments at NSCAD University (2006).

In 2007 Michael returned to Newfoundland where he now maintains an active studio
practice. Recent works have included a cross-Canada bicycle ride/art intervention,
and three months spent living alone and making a ceramic installation on a deserted
island off Newfoundland’s north coast.

Michael currently lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, where he is the Sculpture
Technician in the Fine Arts Program at Memorial University of Newfoundland –
Grenfell Campus.

In addition to being an artist, Michael is a compulsive volunteer in artist run
culture and a bicycle advocate, instructor and mechanic.www.ceramicfundamentalist.com