C.V.

Born in Swansea, South Wales

Education

  • Bath Academy of Art - achieved a B.A. in ceramics (1st class hons)

  • Later studied at the Royal College Of Art London for an M.A. in Ceramics

Exhibitions

Selection of recent exhibitions mixed and solo

  • British Ceramics group Exhibition at the Swiss Biennalle in Lucerne Switzerland in 2000

  • Aberystwyth Art Centre Mixed Art Show 2005

  • National Eisteddfod, Newport 2006

  • Beaux Art Gallery, Bath 2008

  • Naked Clay exhibition at the Keremik Centrum, Tegelan, Netherlands

  • Ruthin Craft Centre 2011 mixed group show

  • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh solo ceramic show

  • 'Made' Showcase Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2014

  • 'Collect' London Saatchi Gallery, Ruthin Craft centre stand

  • Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 2017

  • Solo touring exhibition in the 'Language of Clay' series. Telling Tales.

Solo shows in:

  • The Mission Gallery Swansea 2015

  • Ruthin Craft gallery, Ruthin 2016

  • Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre 2016

  • Craft in the Bay, Cardiff 2017

  • Gallery Top, Matlock, Derbyshire 2018

  • Ffin y Parc, Llanrwst, Conwy 2021

 

Awards

  • 'Cardiff Artist Of the Year' - Craft Prize 2003

  • Joint winner of 'The Rosemary Waite Purchase Prize' Newport, Wales - 2009

  • In 2010 awarded a two month residency at 'The Clay Studio' Philadelphia, USA

Publications Featured

  • 'Raku' by Tim Andrews

  • 'Naked Clay' by Jane Perryman

  • 'Contemporary Ceramics' by Emmanuel Cooper

  • 'My Favourite Things' By Sister Wendy Becket

Public Collections

  • Aberystwyth Art Centre

  • Shipley Ceramic Collection, Shipley, Yorkshire

  • Newport Museum and Art Centre, Newport Wales

  • The Clay Centre, Philadelphia, USA

Galleries showing work

  • Beaux Art Gallery, Bath

  • Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh

  • Ruthin Craft Centre

  • Gallery Top, Matlock, Derbyshire

  • Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

  • Iona Gallery, Woodstock, Oxfordshire

  • Ffin y Parc Gallery, Llanrwst, Conwy, North Wales

  • The Frames Gallery, Perth, Scotland