News & The Story So Far
NEWS! Ulster Museum - Recent Acquisition
The Ulster Museum in Belfast have recently added these 2 pieces to their permanent collection. The works will be on display in the Museum later in 2019. Purchased through and with the support of Erskine Hall & Coe in London.
In such quality company and surroundings at Loewe's new London Store recently... read the article in Vogue here
NEWS - Special Award Winner - Golden Fleece Awards - 2019
Read the article on the Awards by Aidan Dunne in The Irish Times Culture here...
Collections:
- The permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Purchase funded by Christopher M. Gorman-Evans
- The Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- The National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, purchased through the Contemporary Collection of Design & Craft, a joint initiative of The National Museum of Ireland and Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
- Loewe
- The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
- The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, U.K.
- The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland
- The Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House, Chatsworth, U.K.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, U.S.A. (Gift of Michael and Tamara Root)
- Shanghai Municipal People's Government, China
- Office of Public Works, Farmleigh House, Dublin, Ireland
- National Museum of Ireland, Dublin
- Columbus State University, Georgia, U.S.A.
- Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
- Irish Department of Foreign Affairs - Foreign Embassies Collection - Canberra, Australia (2005); Madrid, Spain and The Hague, The Netherlands (2007); Beijing, China (2013)
Panels:
- Member of the Experts Panel - Loewe Craft Prize - 2018 and 2019
- Member of the Judging Panel - RDS Craft Awards - 2018 and 2019
Selected Maker:
- Design & Crafts Council of Ireland ‘Portfolio - Critical Selection’ - each year since 2006
Publications:
- ‘New Wave Clay - Ceramic Design, Art & Architecture’ ,Tom Morris, 2018
- 'Chance Encounters 3", Essay by Andrew Bonacina, Loewe Foundation Publication. 2017
- Wallpaper*, 2017 - Review by Elly Parsons
- 'Contemporary British Crafts - The Goodison Gift to The Fitzwilliam Museum', Amanda Game, 2016
- Solo Exhibition Catalogue 2016, Erskine Hall & Coe, Essay by Emma Crichton-Miller
- Solo Exhibition Catalogue 2014, Erskine Hall & Coe, Essay by Garth Clark
- Ceramic Review - Jan/Feb 2013 (Interview by Angus Stewart)
- Solo Exhibition Catalogue 2012, Erskine Hall & Coe, Essay by Sebastian Blackie
- Irish Arts Review - Nov/Dec 2012 (Interview by Frances McDonald)
- ‘Ceramics – Art & Perception’, Sept ‘09
- ‘la revue de la Ceramique et du Verre’, July/August 2007
- ‘NCG – Review, 2000 – 2004’, DCCOI Publication
Invited Demonstrator:
- Ceramics Ireland International Festival 2010
- University of Ulster 2011, 2012
Awards:
- Golden Fleece Award - Merit - 2019
- Loewe Craft Prize Finalist 2017
- Golden Fleece Award - Merit - 2016
- Peter Brennan Pioneering Potter Award, Ceramics Ireland, 2010
- C.C.O.I. Travel Bursary Award 2006, 2007
- Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (D.C.C.O.I). Research and Development Award 2005
International Residencies:
It is my pleasure to have been awarded the opportunity to work on two International residencies..
- 2013 - Liverpool (U.K.), undertaking a 6-week residency at Hope University in partnership with the Bluecoat Display Centre and supported by The Crafts Council of Ireland.
- 2011 - I was one of 13 Irish Makers selected to participate in a month-long residency in FULE International Ceramic Art Museums, Fuping, China
Invited speaker:
- Loewe 'Craft Conversations', IED, Madrid, Spain, 2019
- Applied Arts Ireland and Northern Ireland (DCCoI), Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2018
- 'Making In 2018', Hosted by Joseph Walsh Studio. Making in Art / Craft / Design / Architecture / Joseph Walsh Studio, Cork. View details
- Crawford College of Art & Design - Cork, 2016
- Irish Contemporary Ceramics Collection - Limerick School of Art & Design, 2015
- Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum of America, 2010