Danielle O. O'Malley
Artist and Educator | Helena, MT | Instagram: @omalley_art
EDUCATION
2021 – Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Summa Cum Laude, University of MA, Dartmouth
2017 – Post Baccalaureate, Ceramics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2012 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture – Summa Cum Laude, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2010 – Associates, Visual Arts, Summa Cum Laude, NH Technical Institute, Concord, NH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Holter Museum of Art Bacus Gallery, Helena, MT, Cross X Roads
2024 Montana Western Fine Art Gallery, Dillon, MT, Where the Deer and the Antelope Played
Bob and Gennie DeWeese Gallery, Bozeman, MT, Where the Buffalo Roamed
2022 The Exit Gallery, Bozeman, MT, Materials in Motion
2020 Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA, Sink or Swim
2017 Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT, Efflorescence
2015 Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, MT, Sunken and Discovered
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake, UT, True and Real: NCECA Annual
Calvin L. Rampton Salt Place Convention Center, Salt Lake, UT, Wild Clay and Materials Research at MSU
Bob’s Your Uncle, Missoula, MT, Open AIR Group Exhibition
2024 Crewest Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Not Real Art Grant Recipients Exhibition
Livingston Center for Art and Culture, Livingston, MT, Art in the Anthropocene
Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT, Montana Clay
Montana Clay Tour, Helena, MT (2021-2024)
2023 Myrna Loy Jailhouse Gallery, Helena, MT, Rip-Wrapped: Breaking New Ground (Collab. w/ R. Harrison)
Ft. Collins Museum of Art, Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Triennial
Duke Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH, Flowing in Sustainability
2022 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Belonging: NCECA 2022 Annual Exhibition
Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA, LUSH
Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, Invitational Exhibition
2021 Watermark Art Gallery, Surface Design Association, Bemidji, MN, Earth Matters
Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula MT, Woodfire Invitational
Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR, Liminal
Distant Ceramics III, Online Exhibition
2020 University of Montana, Missoula MT, RAW
Ceramics Monthly, Harmony and Contrast Juried Exhibition
Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, NCECA Juried Student Exhibition (Jurors: Virginia Scotchie & Salvador Jiménez-Flores)
2019 Taoxichuan Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China, Breath From Afar
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Clay National V (Juror: Mike Helke)
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Beyond the Brickyard (Juror: Sunkoo Yuh)
2018 Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, MT, International Woodfire Invitational
Northwest Art Gallery, Minot, ND, Americas All Media
Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman, MT, Sweet Pea Festival 2017/18
2017 City Arts Center, Wichita, KS, Ceramics Invitational
Northwest Art Gallery, Minot, ND, Americas All Media 2016/17
2016 Workhouse Art Center, Lorton Virginia, 6th Annual Workhouse Clay International (Juror: Jack Troy)
Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, OH, OH+5 Competition
2015 Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, MT, MT Clay
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL, Cup: The Intimate Object XI
2014 Wheeling Artisan Center, Wheeling, WV, WV Clay Guild 10th Competition
2013 Free Ceramics, Helena, MT, Free Ceramics Invitational Show
AWARDS
2024 Recipient, Not Real Art Grant
Recipient, Myrna Loy Arts Center Grants to Artists
Recipient, Montana Arts Council Strategic Investment Grant
2023 Recipient, Montana Arts Council Strategic Investment Grant
2022 Recipient, CERF+ Get Ready Grant
Recipient, Ascent Artist Grant (through the Holter Museum o f Art) Helena, MT
Recipient, Montana Arts Council Strategic Investment Grant
Recipient, SDA Personal Development Grant
2021 Finalist, Tinworks Art Grant, Bozeman, MT
Finalist, SDA Educator Grant
Recipient, MFA Thesis Distinction Award, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Recipient, Outstanding Student Award, Surface Design Association (SDA)
Recipient, Albert Murray Grant, Adamsville, OH
Recipient, Studio Assistantship Scholarship, UMD
Invited Artist, Chautauqua Literary Arts Trophy Creator, Chautauqua, NY
Invited Artist, Woodfire Invitational, Clay Studio of Missoula, MT
2020 Recipient, CERF+ Artist Relief Grant
Recipient, First Place, Artrepreneur, Nostalgia Exhibition
Recipient, SDA Grant
Recipient, Alumni Association Graduate Student Scholarship, UMD
Recipient, Samuel Gamburd Memorial Art Scholarship, UMD
Recipient, CVPA Graduate Student Scholarship, UMD
2019 Invited Artist, Taoxichuan Autumn Fair, Jingdezhen, China
Recipient, Provost Office Travel Grant, UMD
Recipient, Graduate Student Senate Travel Grant, UMD
Recipient, Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship, UMD
Recipient, Ulrich Alliance Graduate Student Scholarship, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS (2018-19)
Recipient, Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship, WSU (2017-18)
2018 Recipient, Arts and Advocates Travel Grant, WSU
2016 Recipient, Exhibition Purchase Award, Northwest Art Gallery, Minot, ND
Recipient, Juror's Choice Award, Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, OH
2014 Recipient, Best in Show, Wheeling Artisan Center, WV
2012 Recipient, BFA Thesis Distinction Award, PSU
Recipient, Blanche Stacy Teaching Scholarship, PSU
Recipient, Karl Drerup Scholarship, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth, NH
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024 Instructor, University of Montana Western, Dillon, MT
2020-23 Instructor, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2021 Instructor, Chautauqua Institute for Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
2019-20 Teaching Assistant, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2017-19 Teaching Assistant, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2014-15 Instructor, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
2012-13 Instructor, Free Ceramics, Helena, MT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Executive Director, Art Mobile of Montana (2021-present)
Director, Montana Clay, montanaclay.org (2022 - present)
Education Assistant, Holter Museum of Art
Lecturing Artist, Artist Amplified, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
Demonstrating Artist, Montana State University
2023 Workshop Presenter, NCECA Current, Cincinnati, OH
Guest Juror, Youth Electrum Exhibition at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2022 Workshop Presenter, NCECA Fertile Grounds, Sacramento, CA
Visiting Artist, Montana State University
2021 Workshop Presenter, Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
Assistant, Raven Halfmoon, Helena, MT
Studio Assistant, Ceramics,University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA,
2020 Workshop Presenter, Kansas City Clay Guild, MO
2019 Guest Artist, Mikrokosmos Journal Reveal, Wichita State University, KS
2018 Docent, We the People,Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS,
Visiting Artist, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT,
2017 Group Curation of We the People, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS,
Production Potter, Mountain Arts Pottery, Bozeman, MT, 2016-17
2016 Workshop Presenter, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2015 Workshop Presenter, Bethany Community College, Bethany, WV
2014 Pug Room Assistant, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Assistant, Tara Wilson, Montana City, MT
Intern, Beth Cavener, Helena, MT
2013 Intern, Free Ceramics, Helena, MT
2012 Gallery Assistant, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth, NH
PODCASTS
2024 Interview, Not Real Art Podcast (upcoming)
2023 Interview, Tales of A Red Clay Rambler, Episode 458
RESIDENCIES
2025 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, Short Term
2024 Open AIR, Home ReSource, Missoula, MT, Short Term
2015, ‘23,’25 Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Short Term
2014-15 Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
2012 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, Summer & Fall
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Ceramics Monthly – Ceramics Yearbook (upcoming)
2024 Ceramics Monthly - April
2023 NCECA Annual Journal
Helena Independent Record, Rip-Wrapped: Breaking New Ground by Marga Lincoln, January
https://helenair.com/news/local/rip-wrapped-breaking-new-ground-opens-at-the-myrna-loy/article_bceac617-4ddd-5c65-bc03-fda53e526eef.html
2022 NCECA Annual Journal
Studio Potter – December 2022 Issue
Surface Design Association Quarterly Journal – Fall Issue
2021 Surface Design Association QuarterlyJournal– Fall Issue
Up the Staircase Quarterly– August
Ceramics Monthly-March
2020 Ceramics Monthly– September
2015 Great Falls Tribune Feature Articles, Great Falls, MT
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/my-montana/2015/07/10/omalley-fires-imagination-sunken-discovered/29964575/
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/entertainment/2015/06/24/paris-gibson-square-artist-brings-taste-sea-great-falls/29235809/
COLLECTIONS
Taoxichuan Art Gallery: Jingdezhen, China
Northwest Art Gallery: Minot, ND
Silver Bow Art Gallery: Butte, MT
MEMBERSHIPS
2024 Juried, ArtAxis, 2020-present
2023 Volunteer, NCECA Green Task Force, 2021-2023
Awarded, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), 2021-2025
2019-2022 Awarded, Surface Design Association (SDA)
Artist and Educator | Helena, MT | Instagram: @omalley_art
EDUCATION
2021 – Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, Summa Cum Laude, University of MA, Dartmouth
2017 – Post Baccalaureate, Ceramics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2012 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture – Summa Cum Laude, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
2010 – Associates, Visual Arts, Summa Cum Laude, NH Technical Institute, Concord, NH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Holter Museum of Art Bacus Gallery, Helena, MT, Cross X Roads
2024 Montana Western Fine Art Gallery, Dillon, MT, Where the Deer and the Antelope Played
Bob and Gennie DeWeese Gallery, Bozeman, MT, Where the Buffalo Roamed
2022 The Exit Gallery, Bozeman, MT, Materials in Motion
2020 Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA, Sink or Swim
2017 Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT, Efflorescence
2015 Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, MT, Sunken and Discovered
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake, UT, True and Real: NCECA Annual
Calvin L. Rampton Salt Place Convention Center, Salt Lake, UT, Wild Clay and Materials Research at MSU
Bob’s Your Uncle, Missoula, MT, Open AIR Group Exhibition
2024 Crewest Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Not Real Art Grant Recipients Exhibition
Livingston Center for Art and Culture, Livingston, MT, Art in the Anthropocene
Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT, Montana Clay
Montana Clay Tour, Helena, MT (2021-2024)
2023 Myrna Loy Jailhouse Gallery, Helena, MT, Rip-Wrapped: Breaking New Ground (Collab. w/ R. Harrison)
Ft. Collins Museum of Art, Denver, CO, Rocky Mountain Triennial
Duke Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH, Flowing in Sustainability
2022 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Belonging: NCECA 2022 Annual Exhibition
Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA, LUSH
Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, Invitational Exhibition
2021 Watermark Art Gallery, Surface Design Association, Bemidji, MN, Earth Matters
Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula MT, Woodfire Invitational
Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR, Liminal
Distant Ceramics III, Online Exhibition
2020 University of Montana, Missoula MT, RAW
Ceramics Monthly, Harmony and Contrast Juried Exhibition
Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA, NCECA Juried Student Exhibition (Jurors: Virginia Scotchie & Salvador Jiménez-Flores)
2019 Taoxichuan Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China, Breath From Afar
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Clay National V (Juror: Mike Helke)
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Beyond the Brickyard (Juror: Sunkoo Yuh)
2018 Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, MT, International Woodfire Invitational
Northwest Art Gallery, Minot, ND, Americas All Media
Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman, MT, Sweet Pea Festival 2017/18
2017 City Arts Center, Wichita, KS, Ceramics Invitational
Northwest Art Gallery, Minot, ND, Americas All Media 2016/17
2016 Workhouse Art Center, Lorton Virginia, 6th Annual Workhouse Clay International (Juror: Jack Troy)
Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, OH, OH+5 Competition
2015 Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, MT, MT Clay
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL, Cup: The Intimate Object XI
2014 Wheeling Artisan Center, Wheeling, WV, WV Clay Guild 10th Competition
2013 Free Ceramics, Helena, MT, Free Ceramics Invitational Show
AWARDS
2024 Recipient, Not Real Art Grant
Recipient, Myrna Loy Arts Center Grants to Artists
Recipient, Montana Arts Council Strategic Investment Grant
2023 Recipient, Montana Arts Council Strategic Investment Grant
2022 Recipient, CERF+ Get Ready Grant
Recipient, Ascent Artist Grant (through the Holter Museum o f Art) Helena, MT
Recipient, Montana Arts Council Strategic Investment Grant
Recipient, SDA Personal Development Grant
2021 Finalist, Tinworks Art Grant, Bozeman, MT
Finalist, SDA Educator Grant
Recipient, MFA Thesis Distinction Award, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Recipient, Outstanding Student Award, Surface Design Association (SDA)
Recipient, Albert Murray Grant, Adamsville, OH
Recipient, Studio Assistantship Scholarship, UMD
Invited Artist, Chautauqua Literary Arts Trophy Creator, Chautauqua, NY
Invited Artist, Woodfire Invitational, Clay Studio of Missoula, MT
2020 Recipient, CERF+ Artist Relief Grant
Recipient, First Place, Artrepreneur, Nostalgia Exhibition
Recipient, SDA Grant
Recipient, Alumni Association Graduate Student Scholarship, UMD
Recipient, Samuel Gamburd Memorial Art Scholarship, UMD
Recipient, CVPA Graduate Student Scholarship, UMD
2019 Invited Artist, Taoxichuan Autumn Fair, Jingdezhen, China
Recipient, Provost Office Travel Grant, UMD
Recipient, Graduate Student Senate Travel Grant, UMD
Recipient, Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship, UMD
Recipient, Ulrich Alliance Graduate Student Scholarship, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS (2018-19)
Recipient, Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship, WSU (2017-18)
2018 Recipient, Arts and Advocates Travel Grant, WSU
2016 Recipient, Exhibition Purchase Award, Northwest Art Gallery, Minot, ND
Recipient, Juror's Choice Award, Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, OH
2014 Recipient, Best in Show, Wheeling Artisan Center, WV
2012 Recipient, BFA Thesis Distinction Award, PSU
Recipient, Blanche Stacy Teaching Scholarship, PSU
Recipient, Karl Drerup Scholarship, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth, NH
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024 Instructor, University of Montana Western, Dillon, MT
2020-23 Instructor, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2021 Instructor, Chautauqua Institute for Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
2019-20 Teaching Assistant, UMass Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2017-19 Teaching Assistant, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2014-15 Instructor, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
2012-13 Instructor, Free Ceramics, Helena, MT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Executive Director, Art Mobile of Montana (2021-present)
Director, Montana Clay, montanaclay.org (2022 - present)
Education Assistant, Holter Museum of Art
Lecturing Artist, Artist Amplified, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts
Demonstrating Artist, Montana State University
2023 Workshop Presenter, NCECA Current, Cincinnati, OH
Guest Juror, Youth Electrum Exhibition at the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2022 Workshop Presenter, NCECA Fertile Grounds, Sacramento, CA
Visiting Artist, Montana State University
2021 Workshop Presenter, Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
Assistant, Raven Halfmoon, Helena, MT
Studio Assistant, Ceramics,University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA,
2020 Workshop Presenter, Kansas City Clay Guild, MO
2019 Guest Artist, Mikrokosmos Journal Reveal, Wichita State University, KS
2018 Docent, We the People,Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS,
Visiting Artist, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT,
2017 Group Curation of We the People, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS,
Production Potter, Mountain Arts Pottery, Bozeman, MT, 2016-17
2016 Workshop Presenter, Minot State University, Minot, ND
2015 Workshop Presenter, Bethany Community College, Bethany, WV
2014 Pug Room Assistant, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
Assistant, Tara Wilson, Montana City, MT
Intern, Beth Cavener, Helena, MT
2013 Intern, Free Ceramics, Helena, MT
2012 Gallery Assistant, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth, NH
PODCASTS
2024 Interview, Not Real Art Podcast (upcoming)
2023 Interview, Tales of A Red Clay Rambler, Episode 458
RESIDENCIES
2025 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, Short Term
2024 Open AIR, Home ReSource, Missoula, MT, Short Term
2015, ‘23,’25 Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, Short Term
2014-15 Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
2012 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME, Summer & Fall
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Ceramics Monthly – Ceramics Yearbook (upcoming)
2024 Ceramics Monthly - April
2023 NCECA Annual Journal
Helena Independent Record, Rip-Wrapped: Breaking New Ground by Marga Lincoln, January
https://helenair.com/news/local/rip-wrapped-breaking-new-ground-opens-at-the-myrna-loy/article_bceac617-4ddd-5c65-bc03-fda53e526eef.html
2022 NCECA Annual Journal
Studio Potter – December 2022 Issue
Surface Design Association Quarterly Journal – Fall Issue
2021 Surface Design Association QuarterlyJournal– Fall Issue
Up the Staircase Quarterly– August
Ceramics Monthly-March
2020 Ceramics Monthly– September
2015 Great Falls Tribune Feature Articles, Great Falls, MT
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/my-montana/2015/07/10/omalley-fires-imagination-sunken-discovered/29964575/
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/entertainment/2015/06/24/paris-gibson-square-artist-brings-taste-sea-great-falls/29235809/
COLLECTIONS
Taoxichuan Art Gallery: Jingdezhen, China
Northwest Art Gallery: Minot, ND
Silver Bow Art Gallery: Butte, MT
MEMBERSHIPS
2024 Juried, ArtAxis, 2020-present
2023 Volunteer, NCECA Green Task Force, 2021-2023
Awarded, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), 2021-2025
2019-2022 Awarded, Surface Design Association (SDA)
