Amy Cooper Ceramics

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Exhibitions to Date

2006: Origin, Somerset House, Strand, London.

2002/3/4/5/6: Art in Clay, Hatfield House, Herts.

2006: Internationale Kerameik Biennale, Brasschaat, Belgium

2003/5/6: Designer Crafts, Mall Galleries, London.

2005:First Sight Craft Showcase, Hove Museum and Art gallery.

2005:The Sea, The Platform Gallery, Lancashire.

2005: Wish List, The Devon Guild Of Craftsmen.

2004:Empty, An Tuireann Arts Centre, Isle of Skye.

2004:Keramiek door Delft (Ceramics through Delft) 2004, Delft, Netherlands

2004: Light, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire.

2003: Talente, Munich, Germany.

2003: Setting Out, Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London.

2002: Young, Gifted and Broke, Artifex, Sutton Coldfield.

Awards

2006: Awarded Fellowship of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.

2004: WOW Award, British Craft Trade Fair.

2002: Selected for The Craft Potters Association Setting Out Exhibition.

2002: Craftsman Magazine Student Award, Art in Clay 2002.

2002: The Caparo Award for Creative Enterprise.

2002: The Craftline (Ceramics) Prize.

Publications

2006: Ceramic Review #221, ‘A Grand Bazaar’.

2006: Ceramics & Mixed Media by Joy Bosworth, A&C Black.

2006: You Magazine, The Mail on Sunday, June 18^th.

2006: Grand Designs Magazine, May 2006, ‘Briefing: Open House in Brighton’.

2006: Gift Focus Magazine, March/April 2006, Silver Celebrations BCTF.

2005: Art Monthly, April edition exhibition reviews, ‘Urban Bodies’.

2004: The Times, 6^th November.

2004: The Independent, ‘Take It Home’, 3^rd November.

2004: The Craftsman Magazine, July issue.

2003: ‘Signpost: The New Graduates Guide To Being An Artist’, [a-n] supplement.

2002: The Craftsman Magazine, December issue.

2002: Ceramic Review # 198 ‘Art School 2002’ and ‘Awayday’.

2002: Ceramics in Society # 49, ‘The New Designers’.

2001: British Museum Magazine, Autumn/Winter issue, ‘ New ways of looking at old pots’.

2001:The Column (British Museum newsletter) April issue, ‘Harry the Potter?’.

Education

2002 B.A.(First Class Honours) in Art and Design,(Ceramics and Sculpture), University of Wolverhampton.

1999 B.T.E.C. Foundation in Art and Design Certificate, Falmouth School of Art and Design, Cornwall.

Artists Statement

Through my porcelain work I examine scale and energy. I make organic forms for subtle illumination.

My work is largely inspired by the natural spaces I have spent time in. I am a coast dweller by choice and have gathered visual information from the precious things the sea flings back at us, from the minutia we can’t usually see to the drama of an ocean ravaged cliff-face.

The work is slipcast, individually altered and high fired. I use textured slips and glazes to create intriguing and unexpected surfaces.

I am currently a member of Red Herring Studios, which is a mixed discipline group based in Hove, East Sussex.

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