Jenny Beavan | Exhibitions

EDUCATION

1969 Foundation Course, Gloucestershire College of Art
1970-73 BA in Ceramics, Manchester Polytechnic, Faculty of Art & Design.

AWARDS

1978 Yorkshire Arts Award
1989 1^st Inax Design Award. Inax Corporation, Japan, 3 month work and study visit to Japan.
1991 – South West Arts Award.
1992 – X111eme Biennale Internationale de Ceramique d’Art, Vallauris, France.
(Winner of Le Prix de l’Association Vallaurienne D’Organisations Culturelles, Artistiques).
1992 – Honourable Mention, Mino, Japan, International Ceramic Competition.
1996 – South West Arts. Crafts Project Award.
Takeo Region Int.Art & Culture Exch Prog, Kyushu, Japan. 4 month work &cultural ex prog.
2000 – International Gouda Pottenbakkers Festival. Gouda, Netherlands. 3^rd Prize.
International Ceramic Art Festival. Brasschaat, Belgium. 3^rd Prize.
2001 – 1st World Ceramic Biennale, Ichon World Ceramic Center, Korea.Diploma.
2001-2 – South West Arts Commission Fund to work in the china clay pits, IMERYS Cornwall.
2008 – Contemporary Craft Fellowship, Arts Council/Crafts Council/Esmee Fairburn,Arts Matrix/ Devon Guild.
2009 – Cornwall Crafts Association Craftsmanship Award.
2013 – Cornwall Crafts Association Craftsmanship Award.

ELECTED TO:

1977 – Crafts Council Selected Index.
International Academy of Ceramics.
2000-4 – External examiner BA Hons. Ceramics, University of Westminster.
2003-7 – Creative Kernow Craft Advisory Group.
2004 – Cornwall Craft association.
2012 – St. Ives Society of Artists. Plymouth Society of Artists
2014 – Penwith Society of Artists (Associate Member)

TEACHING

1974-77 – Barnsley School of Art (part-time).
1977-82 – Swarthmore Education Centre, Leeds (part-time).
1979-82 – Percival Whitley College of Education, Halifax, (part-time).
1982-83 – Huddersfield Technical College, (part-time).
1983-01 – Cornwall College/Falmouth School of Art and Design.(5 years full-time; part-time).

VISITING LECTURER

1979/1980 – Bolton College of Art.
1980 – Manchester Polytechnic.
1981 – Cumbria College of Art and Design.
1982 – Westfield School (Craftsperson in Residence).
1983 – Drumcroon, Wigan Education Art Centre.
1990 – Eggbuckland School, Plymouth. (Craftsperson in Residence).
1992 – Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester.
1994 – Devonport High School for Boys (Craftsperson in Residence).
1996 – University of Westminster.
1997 – Art Advisers’ Conference, St.Ives, Cornwall.
1997 – Staffordshire County Council, INSET initiative, Uttoxeter.
2002-08 – Local school projects, Cornwall and Devon, including ‘Sense of Place’, Feats of Clay, White Pyramid, Tidelines.
2004 – Summer School for gifted and talented children, Drumcroon, Wigan Ed. Art Centre.
2005 – ‘Year of the Sea’ Rainhill School,gifted&talented, Art Teachers conference Tate Liverpool..
2008 – ‘In Transition’ Liskeard community School, Cornwall
2011 – Tiles for Eden Café – Community project, St. Austell
2011-12 – ‘Feats of Clay’ Liskeard community School, Cornwall, Crafts Council initiative for the Olympics.
2012 – Art Teachers Conference, KEAP
2013 – Art in Architecture, Port Eliot, Cornwall

EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE

1977 – “Presentation Pieces” Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1980 – “Tee-Hee” Teapot show, Shipley Art Gallery.Gateshead.
“Made in Yorkshire” / Yorkshire Crafts Temple Newsham.
1988 – “Espace Ceramique d’Art”, Platform.Beirut, Lebanon.
1989 – “The Unique, the Unusual, the Utilitarian” Craft Alliance.St.Louis, U.S.A.
1991 – Europaisches Kunsthandwerk
1991 – Landesgewerbeamts, Germany. “Decorative Ceramics” Rufford Craft Centre, Newark.
1992 – Galerie Charlotte Hennig/Museum im Andreasstift.Worms, Germany.
The Open Eye Gallery – Edinburgh.
X111eme Biennale Internationale de Ceramique D’Art. Catalogue Vallauris, France.
Winner of la Prix de L’Association Vallaurienne
D’Organisations Culturelles et Artistiques
International Ceramics Festival 92. Honourable mention. Catalogue Mino, Japan.
International Academy of Ceramics, 36th Exhibition. Catalogue Istanbul, Turkey.
1993 – Galerie SiO2, Maastricht, Holland.
“Towards the Future” Galerie fur Englische Keramik. Catalogue Sandhausen,Germany.
1994 – “Contemporary Ceramics From Great Britain” Galerij Desko, Kortemarke, Belgium.
4 IRIS International Ceramics Seminar Exhibition. Catalogue Porvoo, Finland.
International Academy of Ceramics, 37th Exhibition. Catalogue Prague, Czech Repub.
1995 – Munich International Craft Fair, Special Exhibition -“Gestaltendes Handwerk”.Munich, Germany.
“Out of This World – The Influence of Nature in Craft and Design
1880 – 1995″ – Crafts Council Gallery. Touring show. Catalogue London.
“Japanese Connections”CCA Gallery. Catalogue Mawgan-in-Meneage.
Posio Pot 1995, International Ceramics SeminarPosio, Finland.
Bienal Internacional de Ceramica Artistica Aveiro 1995. Catalogue Aveiro, Portugal.
1996 – “Highlights of European Decorated Porcelain – 10 Years”
Galerie Amphora. Catalogue Oosterbeek, Holland.
Galerie Carla Koch.Amsterdam, Holland.
Galerie Graf Adolf.Koln, Germany.
IA Ceramics Members Exhib, Saga Prefectural Art Museum. Catalogue Kyushu, Japan.
IAC- Korean CCA, Special Exhibition, The TOTAL Museum. Catalogue Seoul, Korea.
“Bewegung Europaische Keramik ’96”. “Movement”- 25th Anniversary Exhibition of the Keramion Gallery. Catalogue Frechen, Germany.
1997 – “Ceramists of Fame & Promise” Beaux Arts Gallery.Bath.
Seoul Ceramic Art Biennale 1997. Catalogue Seoul, Korea.
Galerie Cirkel, 10th Anniversary Exhibition. Brasschaat,Belgium.
1998 – Galerie fur Englische Keramik. Heidelberg, Germany.
“Contemporary Decorative Arts Exhibition” Sotheby’s , London.
Kunsthuis Ingrith Desmet. KortrijkHeule, Belgium.
International Academy of Ceramics 39^th Exhibition. Catalogue Waterloo, Canada.
1999 – European Ceramics ’99 – Westerwald Prize, Catalogue Hohr-Grenzhausen, Galerie L. Hamburg, Germany. Japanese Connections. The Gallery, FCA. Falmouth.
“Earthy” Brewery Arts. Cirencester.
2000 Internationale Keramiek Tentoonstelling, Wijland Galerie. Koksijide, Belgium.
Japanese Connections,Gallery C Square. Catalogue Nagoya, Japan.
IAC Members Exhibition, Keramion.Catalogue Frechen, Germany. Gallerie Frank Stayeart Gent, Belgium. ‘World Cup’ Seoul, Korea.
2001 – British Studio Ceramics:Works from the New Millenium, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA.
The 1^st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea. Catalogue Ichon, Korea.
IAC Members Exhibition. Choson Royal Kiln Museum. Catalogue Kwangiu, Korea.
“Great Britain”, Terra Keramiek. Delft, Holland.
2002 – IAC Members Exhibition, Fine Arts Academy. Athens,
Greece.2003 – The International Exhibition of Ceramics, Kunsthuis Ingrith Desmet. Kortrijk, Belgium.
“Land and Sea: Impressions of the Environment” Rufford Craft Centre Ollerton, Notts.
2004 – “Elemental Insight” Meteorological Office, Catalogue Exeter.
2005 – “Whitegold China Clay Country Park catalogue St.Austell, Cornwall.
2007 – AR-T-Gillae, Internationale Kermiek Tentoonstelling catalogue Koksjide, Belgium 2 ‘Out of the Ordinary’ Newport Museum and Art gallery catalogue Wales
2008 – ‘Of the Earth’ Sidney Cooper Gallery. Catalogue Canterbury, Kent
2012 – ‘Ice and Sand’ Coombe Farm Gallery. Catalogue Didisham, Devon
2013 – Mass Line and Space’, Crypt Gallery, St. Ives, Cornwall
2013 – Iluminating through Ceramics, catalogue Liverpool University
2015 – 2018 CIRCLE Mixed Winter, CIRCLE Contemporary Gallery, Hawksfield (A39) Cornwall PL27 7LR
2015 – 2018 CIRCLE Mixed Summer, CIRCLE Contemporary Gallery, Hawksfield (A39) Cornwall PL27 7LR
2018 – ‘CLAY’ CIRCLE Contemporary Gallery, Hawksfield (A39) Cornwall PL27 7LR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

“Cheese Dishes” York Festival York.
1983 – Drumcroon, Wigan Education Art Centre. Wigan.
“Landforms” Model House. Llantrisant.
Montpellier Gallery – Cheltenham.
Gallery at Wyeside. Builth Wells.
1993 – Galerie de Reiger.Utrecht, Holland.
1997 – “Effects of Time” – 10 year retrospective. Trewithen, Cornwall.
Galerie de Reiger.Duurstede, Holland.
1998 – Hart Gallery. London.
2001 – Bishop Phillpotts Gallery. Truro, Cornwall.
2002 – “Water and Clay in Transition”, Wheal Martyn, China Clay Museum. St. Austell, Cornwall.
2003 – “Connections with Clay”, Wheal Martyn, China Clay Museum. St. Austell, Cornwall.
“Movement in Metaphor”, Kellinghusen Museum. nr. Hamburg, Germany
2004 – “Clayworks” Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum St.Austell, Cornwall.
“Structured Elements” Drumcroon Arts CentreWigan
2005 – ’Waterlines’ China Clay Country Park St. Austell, Cornwall.
2006 – ‘Landlines’ China Clay Country ParkSt Austell, Cornwall
2008 – ‘The Summer Exhibition’ China Clay Country ParkCarthew, St. Austell
2009 – Made by Man, China Clay Country ParkCarthew, St. Austell
2010 – Insight/In-site China Clay Museum Carthew, St. Austell

ARTICLES

Ceramics Monthly. Vol 37 No.7. September 1989. pages 30-31. “Unusual and Utilitarian.”
FLIGHT, Graham. “Ceramics manual” Collins 1990. Illustrations of a number of pieces
BRAMAH, Edward. “Novelty teapots” Quiller 1992.
Ceramics Art & Perception International. issue 10, 1992. pages 43-45 “Landmarks”.
Artists’ Newsletter. Front cover January 1993.
Crafts Magazine. January/February 1993 page 11.
Popular Crafts. June 1993. pages 50-51 Profile “Form and Function”.
Ceramic Review. No.143. page 54. “A Potter’s Day”.
WHYMAN, Caroline. “Complete potter: Porcelain” Batsford 1994. pages 32,96,97.
Ceramic Review. No.152, March/April 1995, p.47. “International Academy of Ceramics
General Assembly, Prague”.
Keramik Magazin Sept/Oct 1996, p18.
Ceramic Review. No.164, March/April 1997, pps 16-17. “International Academy of Ceramics
General Assembly September 1997, Japan.”
Ceramics Art & Perception International. issue 32, 1998. pages 74-77 “Inside/Outside”.
Ceramic Review. No.175, Nov/Dec 1998, page 43. Review by Fenella Mallalieu.
NO, (Nouvel Objet), Magazine, Korea. March 1999. Featured ceramic artist.
Neue Keramik. May/June ’99. p.531″Jenny Beavan: Formen aus der Geologie”, by Gustav Weiss.
CERAMIC REVIEW. No.179, Sept/Oct 1999, pages 24-27. “Digging Deep”
de Waal, Edmund. “Design sourcebook:Ceramics” New Holland 1999. page 64.
(a-n) For Artists. “Plate movement”. Page 46.
CERAMICS TECHNICAL No 13 2001 page 103. Painting with Smoke – David Roberts by Lynne Green,
a review by Jenny Beavan
Ceramic Review No. 199 Jan/Feb 2003 pages 3,36,37,38,39 ’In Transition’.
LANE, Peter “Contemporary studio ceramics” A&C Black 2003.
OSTERMANN, Matthias “The ceramic surface” A&C Black 2003 page 178.
WARDELL, Sasha, “Porcelain and bone china” The Crowood Press 2004
Bewegung als Metapher by Dr H G Maenning Neue Keramik Jan/Feb 2006 page 26-28
Whitegold by Penny Smith Ceramics:Art and Perception No. 64 2006
CONNELL, Jo “Colouring clay” A&C Black 2007
RACZ, Imogen ‘Explorations in materials and clay’ Ceramic art and Perception No. 68 2007 pages 16-19
RACZ, Imogen “Contemporary crafts” Berg 2009 pps. 51, 60-63, 71, 74, 130, 134
COOPER, Emmanuel “Contemporary ceramics” Thames & Hudson 2009. pages 133, 140
CHRISTIAN, Andy ‘Granite an Sea’, Ceramic Review, no. 261 May/June 2013 48-51
STANTON, Kate ‘Additions to Clay’ A&C Black.

COLLECTIONS

Bankfield Museum Halifax.
Hampshire Museum. Winchester.
Crafts Alliance, St.Louis, U.S.A.
Inax Corporation Collection, Tokoname, Japan.
Devon County Education Resources.
Badisches Landesmuseum, Schloss, Karlsruhe, Germany
Bramah Tea & Coffee Museum, Butlers Wharf, London.
Musee International de la Ceramique d’Art de Vallauris, Chateau-Musee de Vallauris,
Porvoo Museum, Finland.
Saga Prefectural Museum, Kyushu, Japan.
Seoul Metropolitan Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea.
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery. Waterloo, Ontario.
Arts & Crafts Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum fur angewandte Kunst,(MAK) Koln, Germany
Staatliches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Design in der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Takeo City Ceramics Collection, Kyushu, Japan.
Ichon World Ceramic Centre, Kyonggi Province, Korea.
Hertfordshire Education Resources
IMERYS Minerals Ltd. St Austell and Paris
Kellinghusen Museum, nr. Hamburg Germany
The Meterological Office, Exeter
Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
China Clay Country Park, Carthew, st. Austell, Cornwall
The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
Sevres Museum, Paris.
Fule International Art Museums Fuping, Shaanxi, China
Centre of Ceramic Art, York Art Gallery