Artist Bio
Michael Moore has been making Ceramics for over 30 years. Inspiration is drawn from the natural and built environments and in particular where these two visual elements overlap. Works such as ‘Cluster Form’ draw inspiration from maps, topography and coastlines.
Michael has works in permanent collections at home and abroad, including the Ulster Museum, The National Museum of Ireland, The Australian National University and the World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea. Michael is a recipient of awards from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland. Michael has been artist in residence at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts and the Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada and The New Taipei City Ceramics Museum, Taiwan. Michael is Reader in Fine and Applied Arts, Ceramics, Ulster University, Belfast School of Art.
