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FRAGMENTED FIGURE
Account of the Scholarly Exhibition at the Centre of Ceramic Studies, Cardiff

 

Christie Brown CV

 

Born

Shipley, Yorkshire

 

 

 

Education

 

 

1980-82

 

Higher Diploma, Harrow School of Art

1976-77

 

Sir John Cass School of Art, London

1966-69

 

BA degree, Manchester University

 

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

 

2006

 

Collective Traces: a response to the Petrie Museum, Institute of Archaeology London. (catalogue)

2004

 

Christie Brown, Heidi Morstan, London Gallery West, Harrow

2003

 

Between the Dog and the Wolf, Kingsgate Gallery, London

2001

 

Recent Sculpture, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago USA

2000

 

Fragments of Narrative, Wapping Power Station, London (catalogue)

1997

 

Crafts Council Showcase, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

1995

 

The Cast of Characters, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (catalogue)

1991

 

New work, Oxford Gallery, Oxford (2-person)

1991

 

Keramik, Gallery L, Hamburg, Germany. (3 person)

1990

 

Christie Brown:Sculpture, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

1988

 

New sculpture, Michaelson and Orient, London

1986

 

Ceramic sculpture, Oxford Gallery, Oxford (2-person)

 

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

 

2005

 

Body Language, Gallery Pangolin, Stroud (catalogue)

2005

 

The Fragmented Figure, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff

2005

 

Celebrating 30 Years, Crafts Council Shop at the V&A

2004

 

The Human Figure, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham

2003

 

Sterling Stuff, Gallery Pangolin Museum Sigismond

2003

 

Olafsson, Reykjavik, Iceland and Friends Room, Royal Academy, London

2002

 

About Face, Croydon Clocktower Museum, Croydon

2001

 

Ikons of Identity, Craftspace Touring, Birmingham. (catalogue tour)

2001

 

British Studio Ceramics, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA

2001

 

Concerning the Human Figure, WDO Gallery, Charlotte, USA

2001

 

Figurative Ceramics, Crafts Council Shop at the V&A Museum, London

2001

 

Standing Room Only, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool

1999

 

25 Years of Contemporary Craft, Crafts Council Shop at the V&A, London (catalogue)

1998

 

The Nude in Clay 2, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago & Museum of Fine Arts Racine USA (catalogue)

1997

 

Bodies in Clay, Firstsite at the Minories, Colchester

1997

 

Jerwood Prize Exhibition at the DAI, Marianne Heller, Heidelberg

1996

 

The Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts 1996: Ceramics, Crafts Council, London (shortlist exhibition catalogue)

1991

 

Aspects of Sculpture, Galerie fur englische Keramik, Sandhausen and Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany

1989

 

The Harrow Connection – Studio Pottery 1963-1988, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland and Crafts Council, London (catalogue)

1989

 

Clay Bodies, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

1988

 

Figurative Ceramic Sculpture, Amalgam Gallery, London

1986

 

Figurative, British Craft Centre, London

 

 

 

 

Public Collections

 

 

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 

Musee National de Ceramique Sevres, France

 

The Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada

 

The Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

 

Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury

 

York City Art Gallery, Yorks

 

Longhouse Foundation, East Hampton, USA

 

The Museum of Fine Arts Racine USA

 

 

 

Selected Publications about Christie Brown

 

 

2005

 

Review of Christie Brown, March/April, Ceramic Review, London Gallery West, by Alun Graves

2004

 

Review of Between the Dog and the Wolf, Interpreting Ceramics by Babette Martini, www.interpretingceramics.net

2000

 

Fragments of Narrative, Sept-Oct, Crafts, review by Emma Maiden

2000

 

Return to your Dust: Figuration as Transgression, Ceramics Art & Perception (reprint) from Fragments of Narrative catalogue by Edmund de Waal

1999

 

Under Control, No 180, Ceramic Review by Katy Bevan

1997

 

Review of Kingsgate Gallery show, Vol.12, No3, American Ceramics by Rosemary Hill

1996

 

Character Studies, Sept-Oct, Crafts by Ruth Pavey

1995

 

The Cast of Characters, Scottish Gallery by Janice West, catalogue essay

1995

 

Profile: Christie Brown, Aug-Sept, Studio Pottery by Lionel Phillips

1991

 

Review of Scottish Gallery show, May, Arts Review by Jane Norrie

1987

 

British Figurative Expression, Ceramics Monthly, USA

 

 

 

Selected Publications and Conference Presentations by Christie brown

 

 

2005

 

Embodying Transformation, University of Wales Institute Cardiff. Paper presented at the Fragmented Figure Conference, published: www.interpretingceramics.net

2005

 

Embodying transformations, The International Ceramics Centre. Paper presented at the Storytelling and Poetry Seminar, Guldagergaard, Denmark

1999

 

Clay Bodies, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon. Paper presented at the Body Politic Conference, Tyne. Published by the Crafts Council

1996

 

Assembling a Cast of Characters, Winter, Ceramics Art and Perception

1990

 

Figurative Forms, No 121. Ceramic Review

 

 

 

Employment

 

 

2004

 

External Examiner, Derby University

2003-05

 

Artist in Residence, Petrie Museum, University College London

2001-05

 

External Examiner, Camberwell College of Arts, London

2001 –

 

Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster

1993 –

 

Lecturer in Ceramics, University of Westminster

1990-97

 

Visiting lecturer, ceramics, Falmouth College of Arts, Middlesex University, Camberwell College of Arts, West Surrey Institute

1989-93

 

Co-shop manager, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

1982-89

 

Gallery assistant, Crafts Council Shop, V&A Museum, Contemporary Applied Arts, London

1979

 

Set up studio at Kingsgate Workshops, North London

 

 

 

Awards and memberships

 

 

2005

 

Small Grant in the Creative and Performing Arts, Arts and Humanities, Research Council. For Collective Traces; A response to the Petrie Museum

2001

 

Assistance for solo show in Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, British Council

2001

 

Awarded title of Professor of Ceramics, University of Westminster

2000

 

Grant to Individual Artists for solo show at Wapping, London Arts Board Award

1996

 

Shortlisted for Applied Arts: Ceramics, Jerwood Prize

1991

 

Assistance for solo show at Galerie L in Hamburg, Germany, British Council

1988

 

Selected Index of Makers, Crafts Council

1984

 

Membership, British Craft Centre

1983

 

Setting-up Grant, Crafts Council

     

 

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