Malcolm Wright

1939 Born Minnesota

EDUCATION

1962 BA Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont

1967MFA George Washington University, Washington, DC

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

1968-1970 Apprenticed to Takashi Nakazato, Karatsu, Japan

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1968—Studio Potter

1970-1980 Faculty, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont

BIOGRAPHY

Malcolm Wright is know for creating a wide range of work using stoneware, porcelain, and brick clay; sometimes combining them to achieve a variety of colors and surfaces.

He uses a wood-fueled, Korean design “split bamboo” kiln built in 1972 and fired two or three times each year since. Wright produces a wide range of functional pieces. When his functional work takes on sculptural characteristics it may remain functional.

 Wright and his wife, Marjorie, established Turnpike Road Pottery, Marlboro, Vermont in 1970. In the early 1970s he taught at Malboro College and established the ceramics program. 

Japanese living treasure, Takashi Nakazato came to Wright’s Vermont studio and produced a large body of work there. In turn Wright went to Japan and worked in Nakazato's studio. The work that came from this exchange was presented in the exhibition, "The Bridge of Fire," at The Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, Massachusetts. "The Bridge of Fire" later toured six other museums in the United States.