George Metropoulos McCauley, a Greek/American potter, has had thirty solo shows and has been included in 400 exhibitions. He has taught and conducted workshops internationally. He is the recipient of four National Endowment for the Arts grants and the prestigious Roy Acuff Chair of Excellence for the Arts at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. His pottery and sculpture are included in international collections in twelve countries. Among the books his art work is featured in are Teapots, 21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada, The Best of Pottery (editions 1 and 2), Contemporary Ceramics, Wheel Thrown Ceramics, Ceramic Sculpture: Inspiring Techniques, Glazes: Materials, Recipes and Techniques, The International Teapot Exhibition in Shanghai, 500 Vases, 500 Platters, and 500 Teapots. His work has been featured in periodicals that include Ceramics Monthly, The Chinese Potter’s Newsletter, Ceramics Monthly of Korea, Ceramics: Art and Perception.
McCauley continues to have a busy workshop and exhibition schedule and still finds time to produce his own local television show, “George’s House of Interesting Things” on HCTV, and “GHOC Wednesday Night Videos” on the internet. He has two films to his credit: “Archie C. Bray, Life at the Brickyard,” 2008, and “Ron Meyers and the Usual Suspects,” 2013.
Additionally, McCauley has been working with the low-income and disabled community for fifty years. He maintains a studio at his home in Helena, Montana, where he makes colorful earthenware pots, high-temperature wood-firing, earthenware wood-firing, and narrative sculpture. Along the way, he has worked as a chef in a Greek restaurant, Formula 4 race car mechanic and driver, full-time cowboy/horse trainer, concrete inspector, aluminum siding salesman, western catalog model, lifeguard, and carpenter.
