Bridget O'Malley | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Bridget O'Malley

Image
Portrait of Bridget O'Malley

Faculty

Title
Adjunct Faculty
Education
MFA, MA, University of Iowa

Bridget O'Malley is a master papermaker and managed all aspects of production at Cave Paper Inc., a handmade paper mill specializing in natural-dyed flax papers from 1994-2018. She teaches papermaking at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and offers book, paper, and print workshops around the country. She studied papermaking with Timothy Barrett at the University of Iowa Center for the Book Research & Production Paper Facilities. While there she completed a five-year paper making apprenticeship. She also received her MA and MFA in printmaking from the University of Iowa. Her artwork focuses on forms found in nature, and bringing those to life through the interplay of print, paper, and sculpture. Her awards include the Minnesota Book Artist Award, and Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist grant.