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Biography

Born:
Stoke-on-Trent, England

Education:
Stoke on Trent College of Art, England, 1960 67
Royal College of Art, London, England, 1967 70

Teaching:
York School of Art, 1970 75
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, 1975 present

Solo Exhibitions:


2006 GRAHAM, New York
2003 GRAHAM, New York
2002 Newport City Museum & Art Gallery, South Wales
1999 GRAHAM, New York
1997 European Ceramics, Yorkshire
1988 Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
1985 GRAHAM, New York
1980 GRAHAM, New York
1979 Oxford Gallery, Oxford
1978 National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
1974 Sutton College, Surrey
Midland Group Gallery
Oxford Gallery, Oxford
1972 British Craft Centre, London

Group Exhibitions:

2006 “Scratch the Surface”, Atticus Arts, Bath, England
2004 “British Ceramic Masterworks” Arizona State University, Tucson
“Trophy Cups” Zagreb, Croatia
“Glazed Bowls” Gallery Traces, Hastiere, Belgium
2003 “Icons/Snow in August” Oriel Canvas Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
“Finely Fired” Craft in the Bay Galelry, Cardiff, Wales
“Through Kaleidoscope Eyes” Museum of Reading, England
“Joy of Kitsch” Oriel Gallery, Carmarthen, Wales
2002 “Primary Elements”, Elements Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
“Ceramica International Festival of Clay”, St. Ives, England
“International Teapots” Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
“International Ceramics” Arizona State University, Tucson, Arizona
“Art for Mercy” Washington Gallery, Penarth, Wales
2001 “British Studio Ceramics,” Paul Rice Gallery, London
“Clay No 8,” Woodbury Gallery, Exeter
CPA Fellows, Mid Cornwall Galleries, Cornwall
“Out of the Ordinary,” The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Welsh Artist of the Year, Cardiff
2000 “Inspired Choices,” Morley Gallery, London
“European Ceramics 2000,” Lotherton Hall, Leeds
“Contemporary British Ceramics,” James Graham & Sons, New York
1999 “A Cat Scratched Little Johnny,” Aberystwyth Arts Centre, touring
1997 International Ceramics Fair with Adrian Sassoon Gallery, London
1996 “Crafts in the Bay,” Makers Gallery, Cardiff
“Advent International Ceramics,” The Warehouse Gallery, Knaresborough UK
1995 “International Contemporary Porcelain,” Gallerie Bowig, Hannover
“Fine Porcelain,” Gare d’Art Galerie, Lunteren, The Netherlands
“International Porcelain,” Galerij Desko, Kortemark, Belgium
“Contemporary Porcelain,” The Warehouse Gallery, Knaresborough UK
“Out of This World,” Crafts Council Gallery, London, Manchester and Cardiff
1994 “European Ceramics,” The Warehouse Gallery, Knaresborough UK
1992 “Contemporary British Ceramics,” GRAHAM, New York
1990 “Lucie Rie, Hans Cooper and their Pupils,” Sainsbury Center, Norwich
1988 “Fireworks,” Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Wales
“Works in Clay,” Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis
“Ceramics and Glass,” Royal College of Art, London
“Ceramics,” Ladygate Gallery, Beverly, Yorkshire
“Form and Glaze,” Frankfurt
1987 “English and German Ceramics,” Gallerie Bowig, Hannover
“International New Art Forms,” Navy Pier Show, Chicago
“Spring Exhibition,” The Designer Craftsman, Cheltenham, U.K.
“Aspects of Contemporary Ceramics from Europe,” Stuttgart and Karlsruhe
1986 British Design at the Britain in Vienna Festival, Vienna
1985 “Ceramics,” Paul Rice Gallery, London
“British Decorative Arts,” Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco
“USA Craft Alliance Exhibition of British Ceramics,” Crafts Council
“Annual British Ceramics,” Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago
“Summer Exhibition,” British Crafts Centre, London
“Studio Porcelain,” Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath
“Contemporary British Pottery,” GRAHAM, New York
“International Ceramics Exhibition,” Keramik Galerie Bowig, Hannover
Aspekte, 85 Keramik Vas, England Keramion Museum, Frechen, Germany
With Beaux Arts Gallery at Second International Contemporary Arts Fair, Olympia, London

1984 “British Pottery Winter 1984,” GRAHAM, New York
“From Wales and England British Ceramics,” Potters Gallery, Stuttgart
“The Art of Craft,” Newport (Gwent) Museum and Art Gallery, England
1983 “Group Exhibition,” Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1982 83 “A Point of View,” Ceramics from the Collection of Ann Davis, New York Craft
Museum and University of Texas, El Paso
1982 “Contemporary British Ceramics,” Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
“Contemporary British Porcelain,” Westminster Gallery, Boston
“Geoffrey Swindell and John Ward,” GRAHAM, New York
“Group Exhibition,” Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago
“Image of Sarasota,” Florida
“Ceramics,” Goldschmeide Christen, Stuttgart
Chunichi, International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts, Japan
1981 Keramik Sammlung Berlanga, Deidesheim, Germany
Freilicht Museum, Dorenburg, Germany
1980 “English Potters,” with Nick Homoky and Gordon Baldwin, Hennig Galerie,
Darmstadt, Germany
“British Potters,” The Elmslands Museum, Schloss Clemensworth, Germany
“Homage to Wedgewood,” toured the United States 1980 82
“British 20th Century Studio Ceramics,” Christopher Wood Gallery, London “British Ceramics Today,” toured United States, 1980 81
“Image and Idea A View of Contemporary Ceramics in Britain,”
toured Australia and New Zealand, 1980 81
1979 Exhibition with Lucie Rie and Liz Fritch, North Wales
“Potters from Wales,” CPA London
“Porcelain,” Casson Gallery, London
1978 “York Link,” Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Exhibition with Delan Cookson and Geoffrey Eastop, CPA Gallery, London
“European and Japanese Ceramics,” Lausanne and Zurich
Various Group exhibitions in Germany at Hamburg, Oldenburg, Dorenburg,
Monchen Gladbach, Frankfurt, Heidelburg, and Darmstadt
1977 “Small Paintings and Pottery,” Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames
“British Potters,” GRAHAM, New York
“Seven English Potters,” Gallerie Het Kapelhuis, Amersfoort, Holland
“Ceramics,” Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, England
1976 “Creft Cymru,” Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff
Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University
“British and German Ceramics,” Koster Gallery, Monchen Gladbach, Germany
“European Ceramics,” Grechen, Germany
“Eight Potters,” Bramwell Gallery, Market Weighton, York
“New Member,” Craftsmen Potters Association, London
“Seven in 76,” Museum and Art Gallery, Portsmouth, England
1975 “Contemporary English Ceramics,” Kilkenny, Ireland
1974 “Ceramic Forms, Seven British Potters,” European Touring Show, Crafts Council
“New Ceramics,” British Crafts Centre, London
“Towards Ceramic Sculpture,” Oxford Gallery
1973 “British Studio Pottery,” Bluecoate Centre, Liverpool
“Modern British Crafts,” Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
“Craftsman’s Art,” Victoria and Albert Museum, London
“British Crafts,” Playhouse Gallery, Harlow
1972 “New Directions in Ceramics,” Oxford Gallery
“International Ceramics,” Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1971 “Modern Ceramics,” Museum and Art Gallery, Bradford
“British Potters,” Koster Gallery, Monchen Gladbach, Germany
1970 Design Centre, London

Bibliography:

2006 500 Picthers, Lark Books, New York. USA.
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Craft Magazine, March-April
500 Bowls, Lark Books, New York. USA.
Peter Lane, Contemporary Studio Porcelain, A & C Black
2002 500 Teapots, Lark Books, New York. USA.
Buzz Magazine November
2000 Johnson, Ken, “Contemporary British Ceramics,” The New York Times, February 4
Ceramic Review, November – December
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1997 Ceramic Review, Sept – Oct
Craft Magazine, Sept – Oct
1995 Ceramics: Art & Perception, No 22, International
Lane, Peter. Contemporary Porcelain, A & C Black, Great Britain
1994 Fournier, R. and S., A Guide to Public Collections of Studio Pottery in Great Britain, Ceramic Review Ltd., Great Britain
1991 Zakin, Richard. Ceramics: Mastering the Crafts, Chilton, United States
1990 Clay Today, Chronicle Books, United States
Ceramics Manual, BLA Publishing, Great Britain
Carter, Pat. A Dictionary of Studio Potters, Scholar Press, Great Britain
Handbuilt Ceramics, Batesford, Great Britain
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery (Victoria and Albert Collection), Phaidon- Christies, Great Britain
Vincentelli, Moira. Ceramics Series, Aberystwyth Arts Center
1988 Hicks, Roger W. The Airbrushing Book, Broadcast Books, Great Britain
Lane, Peter. Ceramic Form, Collins, Great Britain
Cooper, Emanuel. A History of World Pottery, Batsford, Great Britain
1987 Gibson, John. Pottery Decoration, Contemporary Approaches, A & C Black,
Great Britain
1985 Lewis, Griselda, A Collectors History of English Pottery, Woodbridge Great Britain
1983 Borrman, Gottfried. Ceramics of the World, Germany
Hopper, Robin. The Ceramic Spectrum, Chilton, United States
Cooper, E. and E. Lewenstein, Studio Ceramics Today, CPA, Great Britain
1982 Atterbury, Paul. The History of Porcelain, Orbis, Great Britain
Gauthier, Serge and Tamara Preaud. Ceramics of the Twentieth Century,
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Craft Quarterly, Summer
1981 Axel, Jan and Karen McCready. Porcelain, Traditions and New Visions, United
States
Ceramic Review, Feature, Jan–Feb, Great Britain
Ceramics Monthly, Feature, September, United States
1980 Lane, Peter. Studio Porcelain, Pitman, Great Britain
1974 Cameron, Elizabeth and Philippa Lewis. Potters on Pottery, Evans, Great Britain
Brides Magazine, Feature, September, Great Britain
Ceramic Review, Jan–Feb, Great Britain
Ceramic Review, May– June, Great Britain
Crafts Magazine, Sept–Oct, Great Britain
1973 Cooper, Emmanual and Eileen Lewenstein. New Ceramics, Studio Visit, Great
Britain
Ceramic Review, Jan–Feb, Great Britain
1972 Ceramic Review, Feature, Nov–Dec
1971 The Illustrated London News, Feature, August, Great Britain
1970 Ceramic Review, Sept–Oct

Public Collections:
Abbot Hall Museum, Kendal
The American Museum of Ceramic Art, California
Art and History Museum, Brussels
Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tucson
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Bellerive Museum, Switzerland
Boyman-van-Beunigen, Rotterdam
Bradford Museum and Art Gallery
Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich
The Chicago Art Institute
Crafts Council, London
Holburne Museum, Bath
Art Institute of Chicago
Keramion Ceramics Museum Germany
Landes Museum of Decorative Arts, Lausanne
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, North Carolina
Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
Museum and Art Gallery, Bradford
Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
Museum and Art Gallery, Newport, Gwent
Museum and Art Gallery, Portsmouth
Museum and Art Gallery, Reading
Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon
Museum of Applied Arts, Sydney, Australia
Museum of Decorative Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum of Hannover, Germany
National Gallery of Art, Victoria, Australia
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Newport Museum and Art Gallery, South Wales
Perth Museum, Australia
Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery
Princessenhof Museum, Leeuwarden, Holland
Reading Museum and Art Gallery
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
Royal Ulster Museum, Belfast
University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
University of Derby, Ballantyne Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Welsh Arts Council
West Riding of Yorkshire Educational Authority
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Yorkshire Education Authority