Vivienne Foley
Asymmetrical Form with Ivory Crackle Glaze, 2004
Porcelain
11 inches tall
Biography
1996 Moved studio to London
1988 Opened Pallas Well Gallery, Ireland
1979 Moved studio to Ireland
1979 Study tour of China
1969 Set up studio in Little Venice, London
1965-9 Studied ceramics at Sir John Cass School of Art, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2001 GRAHAM, New York, NY
Metropolitan Hotel, London
2000 Air Gallery, London, England
1998 GRAHAM, New York, NY
1995 GRAHAM, New York, NY
Thomas Henry Fine Art, England
Guiness Gallery, Dublin
1994 Keramikmuseum, Westerwald, Germany
European Modern Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Dolmen Gallery, Limerick, Ireland
Kenny Gallery, Galway, Ireland
1992 European Modern Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1991 Lucy Erridge Gallery, Tipperary, Ireland
1989 Winnower Gallery, Galway, Ireland
1988 De Valera Museum, Ennis, Ireland
1986 Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, Ireland
1985 De Valera Museum, Ennis, Ireland
1983 Laurimore Gallery, England
1982 Liberty, London, England
1981 Kilkenny Design, Dublin, Ireland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2003 "Selected British Ceramics," GRAHAM, NY
2000 "Contemporary British Ceramics," GRAHAM, NY
Oxford Gallery, Oxford, England
1999 Bowwow Gallery, London
1996 Courtyard Gallery, Dublin
1991 Limerick Group, Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland
1990 JETRO International Exhibition, Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan
University of Limerick, Ireland
1989 Galerie L. Hamburg, Germany
Open Ceramics, Lisburn, N. Ireland
1988 University of Limerick, Ireland
1987 Crafts Council German Exhibition, Karlsruhe and Hamburg, Germany
1987 Crafts Ireland European Touring Exhibition, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland
1986 European "Crafts Today" Exhibition, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan
1985 Casson Gallery, London, England, with Lucie Rie
1983 International Ceramics Exhibition, Faenza, Italy
1981 "Handmade in Ireland," Dublin and Belfast, Ireland and Denmark and Sweden
PUBLICATIONS:
Evening Standard, September 12, 2001
British House & Garden, October, 2001, illustrated
Canning, S.E., "On the Loose in New York," The Art Newspaper, June 2001, p. 79
British House & Garden, September, 2000, illustrated
British Elle, September 2000, illustrated
British House & Garden, March, 2000, illustrated
Newhall, Edith. "On View," New York Magazine, January 17, 2000, p. 67, illustrated
Pierson, Stacey. "Vivienne Foley: A Chinese Aesthetic," Ceramics Art and Perception,
Issue No. 36, 1999, pages 24 – 28, illustrated
"Barium Glazes," Ceramic Review, #78, 1988
"Clays and Glazes," Ceramic Review Book, 1988
Crafts Communication, Japan Craft Design Association, 1986
Lane, Peter. Studio Ceramics, Collins, 1983
Concorso Internationale Della Ceramics d'Arte, #41, Faenza, Italy, 1983
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
National Museum of Ireland
Crafts Council of Ireland
Limerick City Art Gallery
President and Mrs. Bill Clinton
President Robinson of Ireland
President Hillery of Ireland
Prime Minister Haughey of Ireland
President Hertzog of Israel
Prime Minister Keating of Australia
Royal Household of Sweden
Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Keeper of Japanese Antiquities, British Museum
U.S. Ambassador Jean Kennedy-Smith
AWARDS:
1985 Royal Dublin Society, First Prize, National Crafts Competition
1984 Royal Dublin Society, First Prize, National Crafts Competition
1983 Royal Dublin Society, First Prize, National Crafts Competition
1982 Royal Dublin Society, Second Prize
1981 Royal Dublin Society, Second Prize
