CAREER
2009-2022 Winchester Street Studio, Salisbury - design, production, tuition, mentoring. Fellow, Royal Society of Arts; Professional member, Craft Potters Association; Crafts Council Directory, Selected maker.
1990-2009 Potter in residence, Salisbury Arts Centre: making, exhibiting and selling through national and regional venues; teaching continuing & short courses; Plain Arts Salisbury steering group chair; Yew Tree project, steering group member; one of curatorial trio planning, selecting and delivering SAC visual arts exhibition programme; member, Devon Guild and Hants and Berks Guild.
1994-1997 Founder member, Winchester Contemporary Art, Winchester, Hants: Gallery co-operative selecting, programming and curating exhibitions in contemporary fine and applied arts.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS , FAIRS & OUTLETS
2023 CPA York Ceramics Fair; WVAT, Matthew Burt, Hindon
2022 Potfest Glynde, Crafted, Willis Museum, Basingstoke; Explore Making, Hillier Gardens, Romsey; Insect Odyssey, Salisbury Museum; CPA Oxford Ceramics Fair
2021 WVAT, Matthew Burt, Hindon; Summer Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2019 Ceramic Art London; MADE Canary Wharf; Art in Clay Farnham
2018 Art in Clay, Farnham; ‘praktis (www.craftpraktis.co.uk) Bury Court, Surrey; BRAVURA, Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford, R of Ireland
2017 Ceramic Art London, St Martin’s School of Art; WVAT Matthew Burt, Hindon; The Garden Gallery, Broughton, Hants
2016 Ceramic Art London, St. Martin's School of Art; Contemporary Ceramics Centre, Gt Russell St; Earth & Fire, Rufford Abbey; MADE London
2015 The Plant Project, Young Gallery, Salisbury; WVAT, Matthew Burt, Hindon; MADE West Dean
2014 MADE London; Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire
2012 Made to Last, Salisbury International Arts Festival Exhibition, Salisbury Cathedral
2009/11/13/15 Salisbury Art Trail Open Studios, Winchester Street Studio
2011 Solo Show, Christmas Lights and Darks, Young Gallery, Salisbury.
2011 – 14 Cross Barn, Odiham, Hants & Berks Guild Exhibitions.
2009/2010 Spring into Action, Matthew Burt, Hindon. Making, Salisbury Arts Centre
2007 Member’s Showcase, Devon Guild; Venerating The Vessel, duo show with Prudence Maltby, Salisbury Arts Centre
2006 Art in Clay, Hatfield House; Yew Tree, Salisbury Arts Centre
2005 Fifty, Devon Guild, Bovey Tracey
2004 Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire
2002/00/99 Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford
2001 Local Heroes trio show, Edwin Young Gallery, Salisbury
1999 Solo Shows: Beneath the Surface, Exeter Phoenix; Hot Pots, Salisbury Arts Centre
1998 Meet your Maker, Devon Guild;
1997 Solo Show, New Work WCA, Winchester; Iron and Clay, Salisbury Museum
1995 Space Light Tension duo show, Salisbury Arts Centre
COMMISSIONS & PROJECTS
2022 Insect Odyssey, Salisbury Museum; commissioned to contribute a piece exploring publishing within the history of entomology.
2014 5x5x5= Creativity: Old Sarum Engaged Communities, working with cubs and schoolchildren exploring their local history and environment through art.
2012 When You Go Away, Edwin Young Gallery, Salisbury, Technical Facilitator to project with Wiltshire primary school children from Services families, culminating in touring exhibition.
2007 Salisbury District Hospital, New Nunton Entrance: A collaboration with ArtCare to create a sculpture for the entrance to the new hospital wing.
2006 ‘Yew Tree’: Invited, amongst 40 regional artists, to make a personal response to material from the tree felled as part of Salisbury Arts Centre’s refurbishment; Steering group member.
Face to Face: Collaboration with Salisbury Museum, to work within three local secondary schools to explore medieval and Roman pottery culminating in Museum exhibition.
2005 'Venerating the Vessel' duo show with Prudence Maltby, Salisbury Arts Centre
TRAINING
1977-1981 West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham, Surrey. BA Hons Ceramics
1981-1982 Roehampton Institute, University of London. PGCE Art
PUBLICATIONS
Professional profile by Professor Simon Olding, Ceramic Review and book reviews; Ceramic Review,
Yew Tree; A record of the Yew Tree Project, contributor
‘50’ Celebrating Fifty years of the Devon Guild.
Work has appeared in Homes & Gardens, BBC Homes & Antiques, Country Living and Wiltshire Society