Biography
Public collections
Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Skaelskør, Denmark.
Diessen Kulturgemeinschaftsammlung, Diessen Ammersee, Germany.
Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW, Australia.
Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia.
Die Neue Sammlung, Bavarian State Design Museum, Munich, Germany.
Prizes
2017 Diessen Ceramic prizewinner, Diessen Ammersee, Germany.
2016 Die Neue Keramik prizewinner, Oldenburg, Germany.
Awards
2017 Harley Foundation
2017 Craft Potters Association Charitable Trust
2013 Arts Council Grants For the Arts
2013 Craft Potters Association Charitable Trust
2009 Craft Potters Association Charitable Trust
2007 Arts Council Grants For the Arts
2004 Arts Council Grants For the Arts
2003 East Midlands Arts Board Mentoring Scheme
Residencies
2019 Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW, Australia.
2017 Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark.
2013 Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW, Australia.
2007 Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire.
2007 Assistant to Robin Welch, Suffolk.
2005 Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire.
Exhibitions
Regular participation since 2007 in UK at Earth & Fire, Art In Action, Art In Clay, Potfest in the Park, Oxford Ceramic Fair; and internationally at Keramisto (NL), Swalmen (NL), Diessen Ammersee (Germany), Oldenburg (Germany)
2023
Drawing Connections joint exhibition, Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London
Terra Nova group exhibition, Sturt Craft Centre, Australia
Surface Matters group exhibition, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales
Ceramic Art York
Potfest by the Lake, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry Gardens, Oxon.
Ceramics In Southwell, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Potfest In the Park, Hutton in the Forest, Cumbria
Keramisto Inernational Ceramics Festival, Milsbeek, Netherlands
2022
Spring Collection, Porthminster Gallery, St Ives
New Landscape exhibition, GalleryTop, Rowsley, Derbyshire
Potfest by the Lake, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Celebrating Ceramics, Waterperry Gardens, Oxon.
Joint exhibition with Chris Harrison paintings, Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
Ceramics in Southwell, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Showcase, Kellie Miller Arts, Brighton, Sussex
Oxford Ceramics Fair, Oxford
Art in Clay, Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Hampshire
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2021
‘Glaze Tests’ exhibition, Galerie Handwerk, Handwerkskammer München, Germany
Celebrating Ceramics. Waterperry Gardens, Oxon.
Potfest in the Park, Hutton in the Forest, Cumbria
Ceramics In Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Pots and Food, Wardlow Mires, Derbyshire
Oxford Ceramics Fair, Oxford
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2020
Fired Up, NPA group exhibition, Gallery 6, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2019
Sentient, solo exhibition, Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW, Australia.
The Free Vessel, group exhibition, Galerie Metzger, Johannesberg, Germany.
Bowls, joint exhibition with Ann van Hoey, Terra Delft, Delft, NL.
Vases en Fleurs, group exhibition, Le Lavoir Céramique, Clamart, France.
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2018
Meister der Moderne, group exhibition, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany.
Ceramic Art London, London.
Exhibition with Turi Heisellberg Pedersen, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
Artist showcase, Red Barn Gallery, Cumbria.
Relic exhibition, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool.
Twenty Twenty Gallery, Shropshire.
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2017
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
Bircham Gallery, Norfolk.
Tangibles exhibition, Contemporary Ceramics, London.
Hidden Depths solo show, Landesmuseum für Kunst & Kulturgeschichte, Oldenburg, Germany.
Les Journées de la Céramique, St Sulpice, Paris.
Out of the Earth exhibition , Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln.
Ceramic Art London, Central St Martins, London.
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2016
Les journées de la céramique, St Sulpice, Paris.
The Bakers Dozen, Roundhouse Gallery, Derbyshire.
Innovations in Ceramic Art, Cambridge.
Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock, Shropshire.
Art In Action demonstrator, Waterperry, Oxon.
Les Journées de la Céramique, Paris, France.
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2015
Featured artist, Bevere Gallery, Worcester.
Landscape exhibition, Robert Fogell Gallery, Stamford.
Contemporary Ceramics exhibition, St Michael's, Discoed, Powys, Wales.
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2014
Landscape exhibition, Gallery Topp, Rowsley, Derbyshire.
Galerie Kempro group exhibition, Sterksel, NL.
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
2013
Japanese Tea Bowl, group exhibition, Japanese Embassy, London.
Young Clay, group exhibition, Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, NL.
Harley Foundation Open Studios, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
Professional summary
2023 Residential tutor at Lehmhuus AG, Switzerland.
2023 Residential tutor at La Meridiana, International School of Ceramics, Italy.
2022 Residential tutor at Lehmhuus AG, Switzerland.
2022 Residential tutor at La Meridiana, International School of Ceramics, Italy.
2022 Residential tutor at Susanne Lukács-Ringel Werkstatt, Germany.
2019 Residential tutor at Sturt Craft Centre, Australia.
2019 Residential tutor at Lehmhuus AG, Switzerland.
2019 Residential tutor at Kunst-Handwerk-Wein School of Ceramics, Austria.
2018 Residential tutor at Kunst-Handwerk-Wein School of Ceramics, Austria.
2018 Residential tutor at La Meridiana, Tuscany, Italy.
2017 Residential tutor at La Meridiana, Tuscany, Italy.
2017 Residential tutor at Keramikgruppe, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany.
2007-10 Secretary for Harley Studio Group, Harley Foundation Studios, Welbeck.
2011-12 Treasurer for Harley Studio Group, Harley Foundation Studios, Welbeck.
2007-15 Ceramic tutor at Rufford Craft Centre.
2007-10 Sessional ceramic tutor at West Notts College, Mansfield.
2009-10 Ceramic technician p/t, West Notts College.
2007 Visiting lecturer, Nottingham Trent University.
2007 Visiting lecturer at Avondale College, Cooranbong, & University of Canberra, Australia.
2004-07 Arts Strategy & Development Officer, Gedling Borough Council, Nottingham.
2000-04 Project & Community Development Officer (P/T), Rufford Craft Centre.
Education
2004 PGCE Adult & FE Teacher's Certificate.
1996-99 BA Hons in 3D Design (Ceramics), Loughborough College of Art & Design.
1980-84 BA Hons in Modern Languages, Coventry Polytechnic.
Professional
memberships
UNESCO International Academy of Ceramics
Craft Potters Association professional member
Crafts Council Directory member
Northern Potters Association member