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 Pot Book, Edmund deWaal
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

2011                     Australia Council Skills and Arts Development Grant

2009                     Arts Victoria grant to attend exhibitions in Taiwan and Denmark

2008                     Australia Council Grant – New Work

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

2011                     Presenter, Red Conference on Collaboration, COFA, NSW

                            Keynote speaker. Ceramics Festival. Alice Springs, NT

                            Judge, Vitrify 2012 - Alcorso National Ceramics Competition

2010 - present       Creative Director (Part Time), Ceramics Studio, Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide
Seminar and Workshop of International Cultural Creative Industry

Craft, Material and Innovation – National Taiwan University of Arts.  – Lecturer and workshop leader.

                             Lecture and tutorials, Graduate Institute of Applied Arts, Tainan National College of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan.
Ceramics Coordinator, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University (0.5 time fraction)

                      Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

                      Sydney University

                      National Art 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

                            Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas

                            Art Gallery of Western Australia

                            Fuping Museum, China

                            Bendigo Art Gallery

                            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

2010                     Moss Green Gallery, Melbourne

2007                     Rex Irwin Fine Art, 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

2011                     Finalist, Alcorso 2011 Ceramics Competition, Hobart.

                            International featured artist, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

                            ‘Salt’, Port Festival, Adelaide

                            ‘Black and White’, Rex Irwin, Sydney

                            Museum of Fine Art, Houston,USA

                            Mint Museum, North Carolina, USA

2010                           Ting til Fælles, Ann Linnemann studio gallery, Copenhagen

                                      Korero and Hui Hua –Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan

                                      Teawares, Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide

                                      The Collectors, Kjai Lieu, Adelaide

2009                     Pots for Light, Galerie Besson, London

                            Sustain Me: Contemporary Design, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA NSW.

                            Jingdezhen International Ceramic fair, China

                            Tablewares – an international Collection, Rex Irwin Art Dealer (curated by Prue Venables and Gwyn Hanssen Pigott)

2008                     Important drawings, prints and ceramics, Rex Irwin Art Dealer

                            Freestyle, Triennale di Milano, Italy

                            IAC Members, Fuping Museum, China

                            NGV Permanent collection

                            Porcelain, Jam Factory, Adelaide

                            Porcelain in contemporary Discourse, Shanghai, China

    ‘Gift of Rod Fyffe’ Bendigo Art Gallery
    Finalist, 4^th World Ceramic Biennale 2007, Korea

                      Freestyle, Object, Sydney; Brisbane; Adelaide

    Artistic Insights, Celebrating 100 years of tertiary art education in Ballarat.

                      Judaica, Jewish Museum, Melbourne

                      The Cup Show, All Hand Made, Sydney

                      The Jug Show, All Hand Made, Sydney

Smartworks, Design and the Handmade, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

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 – Contemporary Decorative Arts Selling Exhibition

                            Contemporary Applied Arts, London - featured international artist

                            Barrett Marsden Gallery, London

                            Hermann’s Award, Sherman Galleries, Sydney

                            International Ceramics Exhibition, Alpha House Gallery, Dorset , UK

                            Colonial to Contemporary, Powerhouse Museum , Sydney

                            Freeman Gallery , Hobart

                            International Infusion III, Sybaris Gallery , Michigan , USA

                            International 20th Century Arts Fair, New York

                            International Ceramics Selection - Steninge Slott Kulturcenter, Sweden

                            International Infusion Sybaris Gallery , Michigan , USA

                            Australian Ceramicists at the Gallery Marianne Heller, Heidelberg , Germany

                            Sturt Galleries, NSW

                            Queensland Potters

                            Australian contemporary Art Fair – Melbourne

                            19th National Craft Acquisition Award - Northern Territory

                            Palm Beach International Art Fair

                            Art Palm Beach 20th Century Fine Art Fair

2000                     The International Asian Art Fair, New York

                            20th Century at Olympia , London

                            Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, London

                            The International Fine Art Show, New York

                            Australian Ceramics - Hong Kong Arts Centre

                            Beverly Hills International Art Fair

1999                     Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art , Japan

                            25th Alice Craft Acquisition, Northern Territory

                            Materiality - Spare Room, RMIT University

                            SOFA - New York

                            International Porcelain, Strasbourg , France

                            Artistic Australia - Grand Hyatt Hotel, Tsukamoto and Etoh stores, Fukuoka ; Mitsukoshi, Tokyo ; Kadoya, Nishio; Anshindo store, Shizuoka ; Japan

                            Hobart Art Prize

                            Barret Marsden Gallery, London

1998                     Aurora - Vietnam

                            Triennale de la Porcelaine Nyon - Suisse

                            Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland ,  New Zealand

                            Aurora - RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

                            RMIT Staff exhibition - Hong Kong Arts Centre

                            SOFA - Chicago - Beaver Galleries

                            ACAF - Melbourne - Christine Abrahams Gallery

                            Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1997                     Australian Ceramics Exhibition - Galerie Handwerk, Munich

                            Aurora -  Pakistan :  Karachi ,  Islamabad         

                            Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland , New Zealand

                            Alice Craft Acquisition Award, Northern Territory

                            Savode Gallery, Brisbane

                            Aurora - Bangladesh : Dakka

                            Australian Ceramics Exhibition  - Kunstgewerbemuseum- Dresden

1996                     Australia Day Exhibition,  Shepparton Art Gallery

                            The Vessel,  Canberra School of Art Gallery

                            International Connections, Canberra

                            Savode Gallery,  Brisbane

                            Stillness,  Craft Council,  ACT

                            Postpack exhibition,  Canberra School of Art

                            Alpha House Gallery ,  UK

                            Aurora - Seoul Arts Centre ,  Korea

                            Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award,  Auckland ,  New Zealand  

1995                     The Bowl - Savode Gallery, Brisbane

                            Mornington Peninsula Craft Event

                            Bathurst Art Purchase

                            Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award

                            Nillumbik Art Award

                            15th National Craft Acquisition Award Northern Territory

                            Mino International Ceramics Festival, Mino , Japan

                            Australian Decorative Arts Survey. Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne

1994                     Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre

                            Ether Ohnetitel,  Craft Collectors Circle

                            Colin and Cecily Rigg Award,  National Gallery of Victoria

                            The Bowled and the Beautiful,  Perth

                            Austceram Art Award

                            Contemporary Applied Arts,  London

1992                     Contemporary Applied Arts, London , Summer Show

                            Jennings Award,  Meat Market Craft Centre

                            The Market,  Kitch  and Cultural Production,  Craft Victoria

                            Mino International Ceramics Festival, Mino , Japan

1991                     Australia Day Exhibition,  Shepparton Art Gallery

                            `ASPECTS - RMIT Gallery, Melbourne

1984 - 1989           Seven Dials Gallery, London

                            Kings Circus Gallery, Bath

                            Strangeways, London

                            Long Street Gallery, Tetbury

                            Sir John Cass College of Art, London

                            Royal Festival Hall, London

                            Southwark Cathedral, London

                            Fenny Lodge Gallery, Milton Keynes , UK

                            Direct Design Show, London

                            British Crafts Centre

                            Nexus Gallery, Brighton

                            Stafford Art Gallery , Staffordshire

                            Contemporary Applied Arts, London

                            Crafts Fair, Chelsea -selected exhibitor, Crafts Council UK

                            The Tent, Edinburgh Festival

                            Terrace Gallery, Worthing

                            Creative Eye, London - Crafts Council

                            The Harrow Connection - touring England , Scotland and Ireland - Northern

                            Contemporary Arts, Crafts Council UK

                            SMB Art Staff Exhibition - Ballarat Fine Art Gallery