COMING UP : Holiday Show Opening Reception & 2026 Benifit Auction
Courtney Murphy
Courtney first began working with clay while living in Brooklyn, NY in the early 2000’s. After several years of working for potters around the city, She moved to Portland to study Ceramics at Oregon College of Art & Craft. In 2009 She came to Montana where I completed a two year artist-in-residence at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena. She fell in love with Montana, and after a short term residency at Red Lodge Clay Center, and a long term residency at the Clay Studio of Missoula, She decided to settle in Missoula where She recently finished building a home studio.
Courtney’s work has been shown nationally and internationally, and has been featured in many books and magazines including American Craft, Pottery Making Illustrated, and Ceramics Monthly. In 2011 She was honored to be chosen as an emerging artist by Ceramics Monthly. Her designs are influenced by simplified abstractions of nature, children's artwork, folk art, mid-century modern forms and structure, as well as patterns and textiles. She is compelled by the variation in handmade objects, and like the personal connection that they create as they leave her studio.
