Clare Twomey CV

Academic Qualifications

• 1991 - 1994 Edinburgh College of Art, BA (Hons) Ceramics
• 1994 -1996The Royal College of Art, MA Ceramics and Glass

Solo Exhibitions

• 2004 Heirloom. Mission Gallery, Swansea.
• 2003 Gibside Stables. National Trust, Temporary Installation. Gateshead. UK
• 2002 Still, Applied Arts Agency, London
• 2002 North Ceramics Events, Burton Gallery, Bideford
• 2001 Watching Change, Sirius Arts Centre, Cork
• 1998 The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh.

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2007 Blossom. Eden Project, Cape Farewell collaboration, UK
• 2007 Trophy. Victoria & Albert Museum, London
• 2007 RAW. Northern Clay Centre, MN, USA
• 2006 White Spirit. Foundation Bernardaud, Limoges, France
• 2004 The Secret History of Clay, Tate Gallery, Liverpool. UK
• 2003 Approaching Content, Crafts Council. London
• 2002 Gun Show, Soil Gallery, Seattle, USA
• 2002 Guns and Roses, Transit, London
• 2001 Kaphenberg Biennial, Austria, Denmark
• 2001 Ist World Ceramic Biennial, Korea. Awarded certificate of merit.
• 2001 Porcelain Triennial, Nyon, Switzerland. Awarded City of Nyon Exhibition prize.
• 2000 Manises Biennial De Ceramica , Spain
• 1999 Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan. Edinburgh Makers.
• 1999 Ceramic Contemporaries 3, London, Edinburgh, Stoke on Trent. Awarded Exhibition Prize.
• 1999 51st Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d'Arte Contemporanea , Faenza, Italy
• 1999 Westerwald Ceramics International Exhibition Competition, Germany.

Artist in Residence

• April /May 2001 Irish Arts Board Residency. Roches Point Lighthouse. Sirius Arts Centre, Cork
• May/June 2005 Kesckemet, International Ceramics Studio, Hungary

Awards

• 2004 AHRC Research Fellow- University of Westminster, London.
• 2002 London Arts Board, London Visual Arts Artist Fund.
• 2001 City of Nyon Exhibition Prize, Porcelain Triennial Exhibition
• 2001 Selected Makers index Crafts Council
• 1999 Exhibition Prize, Ceramic Contemporaries 3
• 1998 Royal British Sculpture Society, membership award.

Membership

• Board of trusties Potters Charitable Trust
• ISCAEE - Board of Trusties
• The International Society of Ceramic Art Education Exchange
• 2005 Member of The International Academy of Ceramics. Geneva.

Public Collections

• Swiss National Museum, Nyon, Switzerland
• Museo Internazionale Della Ceramiche, Feanza, Italy.
• Hungarian National Ceramics Collection, Kesckemet Hungary.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital, Arts Project. Entrance Atrium Sculpture.
• The Wedgwood Collection- national archive.
• Victoria and Albert Museum - London

Publications

• March 2006 Breaking the Mould  Black Dog publishing.
• Dec 2005 concerning sculpture  Studio Potter. Volume 34
• June 2005 The Spirit of Nature  Ceramics Art and perception issue 60
• June 2005 From Real to Unreal  Ceramics Art and Perception. Issue 60
• Nov 2004 "Porcelain and Bone China" written by Sasha Wardell. Crowood Press
• October 2003 " Twentieth Century Ceramics" written by Edmund De Waal. Thames
and Hudson
• March 2002 Art Review - Feature article written by Julia Pitts ref. Exhibition "Still" Applied Arts Agency.
• Jan/Feb 2002 Ceramic Review. Conscious Endeavours. Issue 193