BIO
My previous career in public museums and art galleries in Sheffield, London and York gave me the opportunity to see a lot of ceramics that have informed my own work. Most recently, and most important, being the opening of CoCA the Centre of Contemporary Ceramics at York Art Gallery. A project that I am particularly proud of.
​
My work is held in private collections and Sheffield Museums collection. In 2015 I received a CBE for services to the arts in Yorkshire. I also hold honorary doctorates from Sheffield Hallam University, University of Sheffield and University of York.
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
2024
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield Museums, Sheffield 2024
Selected Space, Persistence Works, Sheffield 12 - 14 July 2024
Autumn Almanac, Persistence Works, November 2024
Open Studios, in ClaySpace at Exchange Studios, Yorkshire ArtSpace 16 - 17 November 2024
2023
The Art House Sheffield Art House Potters Exhibition 28 April - 17 May 2023
Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Museums, solo exhibition in the Avenue May - September 2023
Yorkshire Artspace, Persistence Works Members Work November 2023
Open Studios, in ClaySpace at Exchange Studios, Yorkshire ArtSpace 18 - 19 November 2023
2022
Derbyshire Open Arts, Holymoorside, Chesterfield May 2022
Art in the Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Sheffield with Northern Potters September 2022
Open Studios, in ClaySpace at Exchange Works, Yorkshire ArtSpace 19 -20 November 2022
2021
Art in the Gardens, Botanical Gardens, Sheffield with Northern Potters September 2021