Education

1995                     MA, Fine Art - Ceramics, RMIT

1988                     Acset 1 - Teacher Training, London

1981-1983             Harrow Diploma of Studio Pottery, Harrow College of Art , London .  Graduated with Distinction

1971-1974             BSc (Hons class 2B) Zoology, Melbourne University

 

Professional Practice   

1989 - present        Studio in Melbourne

1989                     Meat Market Craft Centre - studio access

1985-1989             Gallery assistant, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

1986-1989             Studio in Stoke Newington , London

1983-1986             Studio in Kings Cross, London

1982-1984             Assistant to Daphne Carnegy (potter) - London

1977-1981             Assistant to Susan Bennett (potter) - London

                            Assistant to Wendy Bainbridge (potter) - London

1981-1989             Editor for Longmans publishers, London

 

Selected articles and reviews

                            Featured artist, Radio National The Makers with Julie Copeland

                            Featured artist, Radio National Drive time with Virgina Trioli

                            Adelaide Advertiser; Craft magazine (UK); Melbourne Age;  Irish Times, Dublin (Eire); New Zealand Herald; Progress Press; New Zealand Potter;

                            Pottery in Australia - Volume 34 Number 3 - Spring 1995 - Transcending Place and Time by Kevin White - pp7 - 9

                            Ceramics Art and Perception - Issue 21 - 1995 - Life and Structure - by Alison Britton -  pp69 -71;

                            Pottery in Australia - Volume 35 Number 3 - Spring 1996 -Throwing and joining porcelain - Karen Weiss

                            Object Magazine; Belle Magazine; Vogue Living

                            A Functional Philosophy  Jane Sawyer’s Ceramics  -  Pottery in Australia   - Volume 34 Number 3 - Spring 1995 - pp18 - 19

                            Exhibition of New Work at Studio COM,  Kyoto  -  report  -  Craft Victoria Bulletin,  No. 1, 1997

                            Ceramic Review: May/June 1998 - Article by Alison Britton

                            Ceramics Monthly Magazine ( USA )

                            Pottery in Australia , Article 2001

                            Pottery in Australia , Article 2002 - teapot and cup

                            Hermann’s Award Article 2001;

                            New York Times review 2002

 

Books and digital publications

                            The Harrow Connection; 

                            Slips and Slipware,  Anthony Phillips (Batsford)  -  featured artist; 

                            Contemporary Porcelain,  Peter Lane (Craftsman House)

                            Masters of Their Craft, Norris Ioannou  (Craftsman House)

                            Design Sourcebook - Ceramics, Edmund de Waal (New Holland)

                            Functional Pottery – Robin Hopper (Krause Pub.)

                            Shards – Garth Clark on Ceramic Art

                            The Masters Porcelain (early 2008)

                            Video to accompany Freestyle exhibition

                            Freestyle book

                            Smartworks book
Awards

2007                     Honourable Mention WOCEF, Korea

2004                     One month residency at Oribe Design Centre, Gifu , Japan – to design a dinner set                                      for production by Yamai China Co. and Yamama China Co.

                            Grant from Object to act as mentor to Robyn Seale

2003                                           Australia Council Grant – Development

Third Prize, Jan Ken Pon, World Design Competition, New York and Japan

2002                     Arts Victoria- Grant to attend exhibition at Nancy Margolis Gallery , New York

                            Craft Victoria- Grant to attend exhibition at Nancy Margolis Gallery , New York

                            Honourable Mention  -  International Ceramics Competition,  Mino , Japan

2001                     Hermann’s Art Award - Second Prize

                            Australia Council Project Grant - New Work

                            Australia Council funding to attend Ceramics Millennium Conference in Amsterdam

1997                     Alice  Craft Acquisition Award

                            Townsville Ceramics Acquisition

1996                     Australia Council  -  Project Grant 

                            Arts Victoria Grant  -  Arts 21 International Export and Touring Program

1995                     Bathurst Art Purchase Award

                            Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award  - Premier Award

                            Nillumbik Art Award

                            Honourable Mention  -  International Ceramics Competition,  Mino , Japan

                            15th National Craft Award,  Northern Territory

                            James Cook University Ceramics Award

1994                     Second Prize -  Austceram Ceramic Art Award,  Sydney

                            Australia Council -  Project Grant

1992                     Two Honourable Mentions  -  International Ceramics Competition,  Mino , Japan

1989                     First Prize - Cup competition - Arts and Crafts Society of Victoria

1988                     Crafts Council , UK - Photography Grant

1986                     Product of the Show -Direct Design Show, London

1984-1985             Crafts Council , UK - Grant to set up Pottery Studio and

                            Maintenance Allowance for one year

1981-1983             Professional Classes Aid Council Grant;

                            Windsor and Newton Art Prize

 

Teaching Experience

2007                                           Konkuk University , Seoul , Korea

                      National Arts School , Sydney

                      Object Gallery, Sydney

2006                                           Ceramics Coordinator, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University

                            Royal College of Art , London

                            Artist Talk, NGV International Under the Influence Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

2005                     Lecture – University of the Third Age

2004                       Lecture Artists in conversation CAE Melbourne

2003                                           Konstfack – School of Art and Design, Stockholm , Sweden

University of Westminster , London , UK

Royal College of Art , London , UK

Bath University , London , UK

Guldagergaard Ceramics Centre , Denmark

2002                     Lecture, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery

2000                     Lecturer, Monash University - Ceramics

1999                     Lecture - Artists talk about inspiration - Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair

1999                     Masters assessment, Monash University

                            Workshop - The Persuasive Object - Unitec - Auckland , New Zealand

                            Lecture - Amalgamated Arts Ballarat - Development of my work

                            Lecture - Australian Contemporary Art Fair - On Inspiration

1997                     Lecturer – School of Fine Art , Lahore , Pakistan

1993 - 1996           Lecturer,  Melbourne University - Ceramics, Education;

1993 - present        Lecturer, R.M.I.T. -  Fine Art - Ceramics

                            Festival in Ceramics  -  Victorian Ceramic Group

                            International Workshop,  Canberra School of Art,  ACT

1991 - 1993           External Examiner, Melbourne University Institute of Education,  Ceramics

1989 - 1993           Teacher in Ceramics,  (0.6 time)- School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat

                            Visiting lecturer: RMIT, Fine Art - Ceramics; RMIT, Ceramics Summer School; Melb. Univ. Inst. of Education;

                            Victoria College ; Ballarat Ceramic Group; Geelong Ceramics Group

1984-1989             Guest Lecturer - Harrow College of Higher Education -Studio Pottery Course, London

1979-1989             Inner London Education Authority -  pottery classes for children and adults

 

 

 

Selected Collections

                            Art Gallery of Western Australia

                            Newcastle Region Art Gallery

                            Hermann’s Art Award Collection

                            Bathurst Art Gallery

                            Deakin University

                            Fletcher Challenge Collection

                            Nillumbik Shire Council

                            R.M.I.T. University

                            Shepparton Art Gallery

                            Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

                            Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory

                            Powerhouse Museum , Sydney

                            James Cook University

                            Hamilton Art Gallery

                            National Gallery of Australia , Canberra

                            Queensland Art Gallery

                            Queensland University of Technology

                            Craft Council of the Northern Territory , Alice Springs Division

                            Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville

                            University of Southern Queensland

                            National Gallery of Victoria

                            National Museum , Auckland , New Zealand

 

Plus many private collections in Australia , New Zealand , Europe, UK , USA , Canada , Japan

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007                     Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

2006                     Christine Abrahams Gallery , Melbourne

2005                     Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

                            Galerie Besson, London

2003                     Christine Abrahams Gallery

2002                     Nancy Margolis Gallery , New York

2001                     Oxford Gallery , UK

                            Christine Abrahams Gallery

1999                     Christine Abrahams Gallery

                            Nancy Margolis Gallery , New York

                      Beaver Galleries, Canberra

                            Purple Space - Jam Factory, Adelaide

1998                     Masterworks Gallery, Auckland , New Zealand

                      Alpha House Gallery, Dorset , UK

1997                     Christine Abrahams Gallery , Melbourne

1996                     Studio COM  Tachikichi Corporation, Kyoto , Japan

                            Beaver Galleries, Canberra

1995                     Craft Victoria

1993                     Jam Factory Gallery,  Adelaide           

1984 - 1989           Nottingham Castle Museum, Nottingham

                            Oriel 31 Gallery, Newtown , Powys

                            Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne

 

Selected Group Exhibitions and Galleries

2007                                           Finalist, 4^th World Ceramic Biennale 2007, Korea

Smartworks, Design and the Handmade, Powerhouse Museum , Sydney

2006                                           Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum , London

                      Freestyle, Melbourne Museum & tour to Object Gallery, Sydney

                            Madonna del Rosario, Wollongong Art Gallery

                            Classic and Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London

                            30^th Anniversary Exhibition Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

                            SOFA Chicago , with Galerie Besson

2005                     Table Manners Contemporary International Ceramics – Crafts Council, London

                            Three makers in Porcelain Beaver Galleries  

                            Small is Beautiful – Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                            Hobart Art Prize

                            100 Rings  - an exhibition of cast silver rings – Craft Victoria

                            Ceramics 2005, Freeman Gallery , Hobart

2004                     Heresy: the secret language of materials, Craft Victoria

                            Still Life, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland , NZ

                            FG3 Hobart , Tasmania

                            Still life still lives – Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

                            Tactile Art – Object Gallery, Sydney

                            Jan Ken Pon World Design Competition, Gifu City , Japan

2003                                           Future Function, Manly Art Gallery , Sydney

World Ceramic Exhibition, Steninge Slott Castle , Sweden

Important Works on Paper and Important Ceramics, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney

Jan Ken Pon – World Design Competition, New York

Reunion, the art of sixteen graduates, Melbourne University , George Paton Gallery

2002                     Ritual of Tea – Jam Factory, Adelaide ; Object Gallery, Sydney

                            Less is More – Ceramics with a minimal aesthetic – Pewabic Pottery, Detroit , USA

                            Less is More, Less is a Bore, Brisbane City Gallery -

                            Beaver Galleries, Canberra

                            SOFA, Chicago

                            SOFA, New York

                            Important works on paper and important ceramics, Rex Irwin Art Dealer Sydney

2001                     Sotheby’s, London –