Chris Keenan

Born: 1st June 1960

Education

1978-81 University of Hull - BA Hons. Drama

1981-82 Postgraduate acting course - London

1982-95 Worked as a professional actor in theatre and television

1995-97 Apprenticed to Edmund de Waal

1998- Working from own studio in London

Fellow of the Craft Potters Association - Member of Contemporary Applied Arts

Solo Shows

2009, Feb, Beaux Arts, Bath

2006, May, Beaux Arts, Bath

2005, May, Spiral Gallery, Settle

2004, April, Beaux Arts, Bath

2002, June, Primavera, Cambridge

2001, Nov, White Gallery, Hove

Selected Group Shows

2006

International Ceramic Fair - London - Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon

Pure Porcelain - Joanna Bird, London

My Collection - Contemporary Applied Arts, London

Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne

2005

Table Manners - Crafts Council Gallery, London & Tour

Ten Finger Exercise - Joanna Bird at Browse & Darby, London

Focus - Contemporary Applied Arts, London

Clay 12 - Woodbury Studio Gallery, Exeter

SOFA New York - Joanna Bird

Collect - V&A Museum , London - with Joanna Bird

The New Domestic - Gallerytop, Rowsley

International Ceramic Fair - London - Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon

2004

In The Window - Showcase at Contemporary Ceramics, London

SOFA Chicago - Joanna Bird

Collect - V&A Museum, London - with Joanna Bird

Contemporary Ceramics - Blackwell, Bowness-on-Windermere

The Mark of the Maker - Eton Applied Arts, Eton

Totally Teabowls - Oakwood Gallery, Nottinghamshire

2003

Bowls, Boxes etc - Carlin Gallery, Paris

Beauty Through Use - Gallery Yufuku, Tokyo

British Design Excellence - British Embassy, St. Petersburg

Summer Exhibition - Beaux Arts, Bath

30/30 Vision - Crafts Council Gallery, London & Tour

Teapots - Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

Showcase - Crafts Council Shop, London

2002

SOFA Chicago - Joanna Bird

The Tea Party - Bircham Contemporary Arts, Norfolk

Summer Show - Galerie Besson, London

Wohnen und Kunst, Hamburg

Brook Street Pottery, Hay on Wye

Contemporary Decorative Arts - Sotheby�s, London

2001

Focus - Contemporary Applied Arts, London

Blessed by Fire - Joanna Bird at Browse & Darby, London

Ombersley Gallery, Worcestershire

Focus - Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

Home Sweet Home - British Council Tour-Scandinavia, Australia

2000

Modern Form - Joanna Bird, London

In Focus ~ Ceramics - Sotheby�s, London

1999

Commemorative Millennium Mugs - Galerie Besson, London

Bankside Browser - Tate Modern, London

Connections - Rufford Craft Centre, Notts.

Domestic Ware - Galerie Besson, London

Public Collections Contemporary Art Society

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Cleveland British Ceramic Art Collection, Middlesbrough

York Art Gallery

Awards

1999 Crafts Council setting-up grant

2005 Best Domestic Product at Chelsea Crafts Fair

2005 Awarded by Evening Standard Homes & Property

2006 Commissioned by Habitat to design an accredited range of tableware

Public Collections

Contemporary Art Society

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Cleveland British Ceramic Art Collection, Middlesborough

York Art Gallery