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Karen Donleavy was born in London, raised on the Isle of Man and lived in Ireland before coming to Los Angles in 1979 to produce her whimsical, highly decorative animal designs in high-fired porcelain. She studied at Dartington Hall School in Devon, England, the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and Londons Harrow School of Art, where her teachers included world-renowned potters David Leach, Michael Casson and Walter Keeler. While she tried working in other media-etchings and drawings--she always returned to her first love, ceramics, to express her fondness for animals. Since beginning her line of hand-painted dinner ware, she has expanded her porcelain menagerie to more that 50 designs which are available in a variety of hand-thrown tableware, ranging from pitchers and platters to mugs and magnets. They are desired for both their functional use and increasingly, as collectibles. Her work has attracted the attention of such diverse personalities as Julie Andrews, Lauren Bacall, Charles Bronson, Shari Lewis, Malcolm McDowell, Luciano Pavarotti, Anthony Perkins and Berry Berenson, Mary Steenburgen, Jennifer Tilly, Tracey Ullman, Cindy Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Altman, and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Doctorow, who have either purchased or requested special orders of her line. Karen Donleavy Designs have been featured in over 100 of the countrys most distinctive stores and galleries, including Henri Bendel, The New Morning Gallery (Asheville, North Carolina), Forrest Jones (San Francisco), Freehand (Los Angles), The Museum of Folk Art in Manhattan and Barneys Japan. She also creates an exclusive line of ceramic opera singers for the Metropolitan Opera Guild at Lincoln Center. Her work was an instant sell-out at the Anna-Mei Chadwick Gallery in London, in which her pottery was presented in a joint exhibition with the drawings of her father, the noted Irish author and playwright J. P. Donleavy. Karen Donleavy now maintains her studio in Caldwell, Idaho.

Address: 208 Evans St. Caldwell, ID 83605
Telephone: 208-453-1130
Fax: 208-453-1136
Website: http://www.karendonleavy.com/