Harue Oyama McVay (born 1928) is a ceramist born in Honolulu, Hawaii. While growing up, she had the opportunity to watch the landscape painter

D. Howard Hitchcock David Howard Hitchcock (May 15, 1861 – January 1, 1943) was an American painter of the Volcano School, known for his depictions of Hawaii. Life David Howard Hitchcock was born May 15, 1861, in Hilo, Hawaii. Since his father was also named Dav ...

(1861–1943), who rented his studio from the Oyama family. As an undergraduate at the

University of Hawaii A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly ...

, she enrolled in a ceramics class taught by Claude Horan. She graduated from the university in 1950 and earned an MA from

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in 1951. She taught at the

from 1951 until 1993, when she retired as a professor emeritus. McVay is best known for starting with wheel thrown clay and then manipulating it, often into organic forms. The

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, the

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, the

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(New York City), and the

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are among the public collections holding work by Harue Oyama McVay.

Exhibitions

She has also been in several group exhibitions. * Art Hawaii 1978

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:McVay, Harue Oyama 1928 births American artists of Japanese descent Ceramists from Hawaii Living people American modern sculptors University of Hawaiʻi faculty Ohio State University alumni