Megan Hart

Biography to Display:

1952Born Wiesbaden, Germany

EDUCATION

—Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts

—Hinckley School of Art, London, England

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES

1979Artist Residency, Hinckley School of Art, London, England

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1982—Studio Potter

BIOGRAPHY

Megan Hart makes wheel thrown and slab built functional pottery. Her earliest work was in porcelain, high-fired in a reduction atmosphere. This work is characterized by blue-white porcelain with underglaze curvilinear, frequently overall, floral motifs. Since about 1990, Hart has experimented with stoneware and mid-range firing in oxidation. Her drawings have expanded to include chickens, rabbits, and deer.

Megan Hart’s motifs are influenced by her love of flowers and animals, especially horses. She began painting horses on her pottery when she no longer had her own horses.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

Fairbanks, Jonathan and Angela Fina. Best of Pottery. Boston, MA: Rockport Publishers, 1996.

WEBSITE(S):

www.hartpottery.com

Artist's Studio: Hart Pottery and Red Pony Pottery

Typical Marks

An M followed by a heart in stainor underglaze on the base of the piece.