Born in Nottingham, England, she graduated in Painting from Chelsea Art School. Later she went to Japan where she lived for six years and studied pottery intensively at the school of the Bizen potter, Yosei Itaka, and at Musoan Karatsu Pottery School in Tokyo. She produces functional pots for the Japanese and British markets and architectural and sculptural ceramics for collectors.

EXHIBITIONS

2001 Summer Exhibition, BEAUX ARTS - Bath

2000 BEAUX ARTS - Bath, Solo Exhibiton.

1999 Contemporary British Ceramics, Bandol, France
Seventh solo show, Keio Department Store, Tokyo,
supported by The British Council and Japan Airways.
Participant in International Ceramics Workshop, Central Academy of Arts, Beijing, China.

1998 Chelsea Crafts Fair, London. (regular exhibitor).

1997 Ryubo Department Store Gallery, Okinawa
BEAUX ARTS - Bath, Solo Exhibition.

1996 Primavera at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham.
Daiwa Foundation, London.

1995 Terra Viva, France
Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.

1994 Vallauris Biennale, France
Studio Ceramics ‘94, Victoria &Albert Museum, London.

1992 Crafts Council Gallery, Islington, London.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

1991 Joint show with Itaka, Japan Festival at Liberty’s London.
Featured in BBC TV, Japanese Language and People.

1990 Living Earth’s Rain Forest Exhibition, Natural History Museum, London.

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