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Born
Milang, South Australia 1950. Studied at South Australian School
of Art 1970-73. Postgraduate studies at Tasmanian School of Art
1974. Fulltime artist potter since 1976, working from own studio
at Cherryville in the Adelaide Hills.
Administrative
Experience
Extensive management experience in a variety of arts and other
community organizations at state and national level, including Crafts
Australia and Visions of Australia (refer Community Service Profile).
Professional
Experience
Extensive experience as guest lecturer, demonstrator and conference
speaker throughout Australia and overseas.
Over 100 ceramics workshops and summer schools conducted in all states
and in the UK, USA and NZ, including: Guest Demonstrator, International
Potters Festival, Aberystwyth (1991); Guest Demonstrator, Raku
Ho’olaul’ea, Hawaii (1994); Guest Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art
(1996).
Judged over 20 local, national and international Art and Ceramic Awards
including: Gold Coast Ceramic Award (1998); Circular Head Arts
Festival, Tasmania (1993); Walkers Award Australia (1982 and 1993);
Fletcher Challenge Award NZ (1986).
Major Awards
Winner of numerous awards and prizes in Australia and overseas eg
Fletcher Challenge Award (1985 and 1989); Mayfair Ceramics Award (1982
and 1984); Australia Council Fellowship (1991); Honorary Mention, 3rd
Mino International Ceramic Award (1992); Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Award (1997); South Australian Ceramics Award (1998); Townsville
Ceramic Award (1998); Bathurst Art Purchase Award (1998); 19th National
Craft Acquisition Award, Darwin (2000).
Exhibitions
73 solo exhibitions since 1976 in Australia, NZ and USA. Participated
in over 200 group shows, including invitational, survey and touring
exhibitions in Australia, USA, NZ, Italy, France, Japan, China, Taiwan,
Britain and the Netherlands eg: Chemistry, Art in South Australia
1999-2000, Art Gallery of SA; Landscape, Memory and Imagination,
Brisbane City Gallery (2001); Material Cultures, Australian National
Gallery (2002); A Sense of Place, Quadrivium, Sydney (2003); Jeff
Mincham Australian Ceramics, Masterworks Gallery, NZ (2004).
Collections
Represented in over 100 public and private collections in Australia and
overseas (including all major state and regional public collections) eg
Parliament House, Canberra; Government House, SA; Auckland Art Gallery
NZ; National Gallery of Malaysia; Australian Chancery, Saudi Arabia;
National Gallery of Taiwan, Taipei; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, UK; State
of Hawaii Public Collection; Silber, Stephen Alpert and Johnson private
collections in USA.
Commissions
Electricity Trust of SA (Bronze Sculpture); Playford Commemorative
Memorial Trust (Bronze Sculpture); Mary MacKillop College, Adelaide
(Ceramic Sculpture); Park Lane Hotel, Sydney; Golden Coast Resort
Hotel, Hong Kong; Hyatt International, Adelaide.
Bibliography
Included in the following Australian and overseas publications:
• Studio Ceramics and Ceramic Form: Shape and
Direction, Peter Lane, Collins, UK
1983 and 1988
• The Collector's Guide to Modern Australian
Ceramics, Janet Mansfield, Craftsman
House, NSW 1988
• The New Ceramics: Trends and Traditions, Peter
Dormer, Thames & Hudson, London
1986
• Ceramics in SA 1936-1986, Noris Ioannou, Wakefield
Press, SA 1986
• New Art Four, Neville Drury, Craftsman House, NSW
1990
• Contemporary Ceramic Art in Australia and New
Zealand, Janet Mansfield, Craftsman
House, NSW 1994
• Raku: A Review of Contemporary Work, Tim Andrews,
Craftsman House, NSW 1995
• Sculptural Ceramics, Ian Gregory. A & C Black,
London 1995
• Masters of Their Craft, Noris Ioannou, Craftsman
House, NSW 1996
• Scottish Sojourn, Terry Davis, in Pottery in
Australia, December 1997
• Landscape memory and the imagination, Noris
Ioannou, Craft Arts No. 45, 1999
Other recent
exhibitions of note
2004 A Potter’s Landscape 1974 – 2004, Jam Factory,
South Australia
2004 50 Years of Australian Ceramics, Newcastle
Region Gallery
2004 Celebrating the Master, Skepsi on Swanston,
Carlton, Victoria
2004 Sydney Myer Fund International Ceramics Award,
Shepparton, Victoria.
2005 Revealing Nature, Scarlatties Gallery, Mt
Surmon, Clare SA (solo exhibition)
2005 Revealing Nature, New England Regional Art
Museum, Armidale NSW (solo
exhibition)
2005 Enduring Nature, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney (solo
exhibition)
2005 Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award
Exhibition, Gold Coast, QLD
2005 SOFA, Chicago USA
2006 COLLECT Exhibition, Victoria & Albert
Museum, London
2006 Recent Ceramics, Beaver Galleries, Canberra
2007 Natural Perceptions Axia Modern Art ,
Melbourne
Events of note
during 2006
• Interviewed for Eminent Australians Oral History
Project, State Library of South
Australia
• The Teabowl, invited group exhibition, Sabbia
Gallery, Sydney
• Surface Connections, invitational group exhibition,
Manningham Gallery, Victoria
• South Australian Icons, group exhibition, Royal
South Australian Society of Arts,
Adelaide
• Bowl, curated group exhibition, Kiew Liew Design,
Adelaide
• The Crafted Object, Australian National Gallery,
Canberra
• SOFA 2006, Chicago, USA
• ART LONDON 2006, Chelsea, London, UK
• Natural Perceptions Exhibition, BMG Gallery,
Adelaide (major work acquired for the
permanent collection of the Art Gallery
of South
Australia).
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