Summit of Mt. Baker (elev. 10,781’), North Cascades, WA
Artist Bio
Kelly McLaughlin grew up in Washington State where she received her BFA in Printmaking and
Ceramics from Pacific Lutheran University in 2014. She completed a Post Baccalaureate
program at the University of Alaska, Anchorage in 2017 and received her MFA in Ceramics
from Ohio University in 2020. Since graduate school, McLaughlin continues to make work with
the support of residencies at both the Archie Bray Foundation and Studio 740 in Helena, MT,
where she currently lives as a full-time studio artist. She is deeply
influenced by her upbringing in the PNW, as well as her time spent in the mountains of both
Washington and Alaska. Her work has been showcased throughout the US and can be found in
numerous private and public collections.