Biography

Education 2000 Edinburgh College of Art – Post Graduate in Ceramics 1999 Edinburgh College of Art – Degree in Design and Applied Art (1st class) 1991 Grennan Mill Craft School –Co.Kilkenny

Exhibitions – Solo 2015 Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin 2012 The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany 2011 Galerie du Don, Aveyron 2001 The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire

Exhibitions – Two-person 2014 Bircham Gallery, Holt Contemporary Ceramics, London

Exhibitions – Group (selected) 2014 Selected at Dovecoat Studios, Edinburgh 2013 Westerwald Ceramics Museum, Hesse, Germany Craft Scotland at SOFA, Chicago Selected at Dovecoat Studios, Edinburgh Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow National Craft Gallery of Ireland, Kilkenny 2012 NCGOI at COLLECT 2012, London Ceramic Art London 2012, London 2011 European Makers Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands The Lavit Gallery, Cork Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth Galerie Terra Delft, Delft, Netherlands Ceramic Art London 2011, London

Awards 2015 Creative Scotland – Small Project Fund Grant 2014 Inches Carr Trust – Craft bursary 2012–13 Crafts Council of Ireland – Irish Craft Portfolio Critical Selection 2010 Creative Scotland – Creative Development Grant 2003 Scottish Arts Council – Individual Development Grant 2001 Scottish Arts Council – Setting Up Grant 2000 New Designers – Highly Commended Award CPA Charitable Trust Fund Award –Wildlife drawing and research in Kenya 1999 Edinburgh College of Art – Andrew Grant Post Graduate Scholarship Edinburgh College of Art – Helen A Rose Bequest 1996 Edinburgh College of Art – Andrew Grant Travel Bequest

Artist in Residence Kreisspk, Bernberg, Germany, June–October 2004; Edinburgh Zoo, January–September 2002

Publications Additions to Clay Bodies Kathleen Standen, 2013; Sculpting and Handbuilding Claire Loder, 2013; Irish Craft Portfolio Critical Selection, 2013–14; August 2012; AD Architectural Digest (GER), 2012; Keramiek (NL) (Pages 14–15), June 2011; Brandpunt Terra, April 2011; Ceramic Review (pages 28–33) feature article, March 2011

Memberships Member of Portfolio, Design & Crafts Council of Ireland; Professional Member of the Craft Potters Association; Member of Contemporary Applied Arts