Biography
I was born in Bishop’s Stortford, England in 1963 and completed my first degree in History and Art in 1985 at Reading University. I then worked in London as a production assistant for the BBC before travelling around South East Asia. In 1992-5 I lived in Japan and studied traditional Japanese Ceramics. I returned to the UK in 1996 and attained an MA in Ceramics at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff. In 2008 I achieved an MA in Fine Art Printmaking at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.
In 1997 I began working as a professional artist from a studio at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge. In January 2010 I moved to a new studio at St Barnabas press in Cambridge.
2005-8 MA Printmaking at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge with Nick Devison
1996 MA Ceramics at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff with Geoff Swindell
1992-4 Lived in Japan and studied traditional Japanese ceramics with Japanese potter
Masanobu Izumihara
1985 BA (Hons) History and Art, Reading University
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
2009 'Between the Lines', Kaetsu Centre, Cambridge
2008 ‘Free Range’, Truman Brewery, London
2008 ‘UK-Japan 2008’, Touring Exhibition, Kanazawa, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Japan
2008 ‘Showcase Exhibition’, Grand Relaunch, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
2007 ‘Difference and Diversity in Clay’, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester
2006/7 ‘Winter Exhibition’, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2006/8/9 ‘Brighton Art Fair’, Brighton
2006 ‘Ceramic Art London’, Royal College of Art, London
2005 ‘The East London Design Show’, Shoreditch, London
2005 ‘British Ceramics’, Seoul Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
2005/6/7/9 ‘Ceramics in the City’, The Geffrye Museum, London
2005 ‘Clay 12’, Woodbury Studio Gallery, Devon
2005 ‘The New Domestic’, Gallery Top, Derbyshire
2005 ‘Designer Crafts 2005’, The Mall Galleries, London
2004 ‘Rhythm and Disorder’, Solo Show, St David’s Hall, Cardiff
2004 ‘Configuration’, Galley 96, Solo Show, Cambridge
2004/6/7/8 ‘Earth and Fire’, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
2004 ‘Sculpture +’, Gallery Kaleidoscope, London
2003 ‘Contemporary Sculpture’, The Sheridan Russell Gallery, London
2003/4/5/7/8/9 ‘Art in Clay’, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
2003‘Summer Show’, Babylon Gallery, Ely, mbridgeshire
2001 ‘Warehouse Artists Show’, The Assembly Rooms, Norwich
1999 ‘Mixed Show’, Lynne Stover Gallery, Cambridge
1999 ‘Summer Show’, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich
1999 ‘Eastern Influences’, Quayside Gallery, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire
1998 Gallery Moe, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
1997 Hachi Maru Nana Gallery, Hakodate, Japan
1996 ‘New Designers Show’, Business Design Centre, London
1993-6 Eight ceramics festivals in Japan including Kasama and Mashiko