Claire Curneen






Born 1968 Ireland Education 1986-90 Crawford College of Art - Diploma in Art and Design (Ceramics) 1990-91 Postgraduate Diploma In Applied Arts - University of Ulster, Belfast 1991-92 MA Ceramics - University of Wales Institute Cardiff 2003 Exhibitions include: 2011 Solo Exhibition at Beaux Arts, Bath 2008 'Collect' at the V&A, represented by Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales 'Claire Curneen- New Work' Rutin Craft Centre, Wales. (Solo exhibition & catalogue) 2007 'Secondary Relics', The Blackswan Gallery, Frome UK. 'Collect' at the V&A, represented by Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales 2006 'Collect' at the V&A, Ruthin Craft Centre. 'One Piece one Artist' Gallerie Marianne Heller, Germany. 'Narratives' Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea. 'Collecting Ceramics' Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales 'The Human Condition', the Scottish Gallery 'Figurative Ceramics' Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, USA 2005 Showcase at Manchester Art Gallery (DVD,catalogue and slide set) The International Art & Design Fair, New York, represented by Adrian Sassoon 2004 'Succour- Claire Curneen, The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, (solo, catalogue) 'Faith' Nottingham Castle Museum (catalogue) 'Collect' at the V&A, represented by CAA London SOFA Chicago, represented by CLAY, LA 2003 'Flower Power', Norfolk Museum and Archaeology Service and Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust (catalogue) 'Telltale, narratives in contemporary craft', Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead (catalogue) 'augenblicken' Kunstforum Kirchberg, Switzerland 2002 'Claire Curneen and Heather Belcher', Contemporary Applied Arts, London SOFA Chicago, USA 2001 'Figurative Ceramics', Crafts Council shop at The V&A, London 2000 'Made at the Clay Studio', the Clay Studio, Philadelphia Figurative Ceramics, Nancy Margolis Gallery, NewYork 1999 'New Masters Old Masters', Oxford Gallery, Oxford. 'Firing Imagination, British Council Exhibition, Sao Paulo (catalogue) 1998 Ceramic Series/ Claire Curneen, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, (catalogue) 1997 New Work, Claire Curneen, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales (solo, catalogue) 1996 Philip Eglin and Claire Curneen, Contemporary Applied Arts, London Awards and Competitions 1995 Crafts Council Setting up grant 1999 Ceramics Monthly Magazine, Winner of the Sculpture category 2001 Selected for the 52nd International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy 2001 Le Prix de I'AMN, Porcelain Triennale, Nyon 2001 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Gold Medal in Craft & Design 2003 Shortlist for the Arts Foundation Award for Ceramics, U.K. 2004 Selected for 1st European Ceramics Competition, Greece. 2005 Selected for 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Korea International Competition 2008 Selected for Tawain Ceramics Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum Professional memberships Selected Makers slide index, Crafts Council, London Contemporary Applied Arts International Academy of Ceramics, Geneva Periodicals include: Ceramic Monthly, International Competition,1999 Ceramics Art and Perception, issue 38 1999, 'Searching for Answers', by Sarah James Ceramic Review, issue 195, 2002, 'A Melancholy Beauty', by Nicolas Lees Kerameiki Techni, issue 42, 2002, 'The Role of Narrative in Claire Curneen's Ceramics' by Natasha Mayo. Keramik Magazin, issue 4, 2003, 'Contemplation', by Ian Wilson New Ceramics, issue 5, 2005, profile on Claire Curneen by Amanda Fielding (German & English) Ceramics Arts and Perception, article by Alex McErlain, issue 62, 2005/2006 Books Featured in: 'The Figure in Fired Clay' by Betty Blandino - 2001 A&C Black Ltd 'The Human Form in Clay' by Jane Waller _ 2001 Crowood press Ltd 'Ceramic Figures' by Michael Flynn _ 2002 A&C Black Ltd 500 Figures in Clay- 2004 Lark Books, USA World Famous Ceramic Artist Studios, (volume 1 Europe) by Bai Ming Residencies 2000 Crawford Arts Centre, St.Andrews, Scotland, funded by Artworks Wales 2000 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA Television and Radio 'Kaleidoscope' BBC Radio 4, 1997, review of Ruthin exhibition by Emanuel Cooper 'The Art'. BBC 2, short film of artist at work. Lecturing Senior Lecturer, Centre for Ceramic Studies, UWIC, Cardiff Public Collections Ulster Museum, Belfast Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork Crafts Council, London Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff Sara and David Lieberman Collection, Arizona State University, USA. Victoria and Albert Museum, London Shipely Art Gallery, Tyne & Wear Museums, Gateshead Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Wales Cleveland Crafts Centre, Middlesbrough, UK Icheon World Ceramic Centre, Korea National Museum of Scotland Oldham Museum, Manchester Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA York Castle Museum, UK