Chris Keenan
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1-6 Celadon beakers with red reeds£300.00 -
100 Tenmoku bowl with white dots£450.00
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101 Mottled bowl with tenmoku interior£700.00
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102-112 Murmuration - 11 celadon vessels with dotted grey shapes£1,800.00
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15-20 Tenmoku and celadon beakers £375.00
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21-28 Celadon beakers with circular relief£500.00
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29-34 Celadon beakers with circular relief£600.00
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35-38 Celadon tea set with dotted circles£500.00
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39-42 Celadon and tenmoku tea set£500.00
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43-44 Pair of small celadon cloud cups with red base£110.00
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45-46 Pair of small tenmoku cloud cups with celadon writing£110.00
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47-48 Pair of small mottled cloud cups £110.00
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49-50 Pair of small celadon cloud cups with tenmoku decoration£110.00
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51-52 Pair of larger celadon cloud cups with reddish spots£150.00
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53 Bud vase with vertical grey writing£120.00
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54 Bud vase with vertical grey writing£120.00
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55 Bud vase with vertical grey writing£120.00
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56 Bud vase with vertical grey writing£120.00
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57 Bud vase with vertical grey writing£120.00
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58 Celadon bottle with grey line£120.00
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59 Celadon bottle with grey line£225.00
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60 Tenmoku and celadon horizontal bottle £100.00
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61 Tenmoku and celadon horizontal bottle £225.00
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62 Celadon bottle with reddish ring£120.00
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63 Celadon bottle with reddish ring£225.00
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64 Celadon bottle with blue lines£100.00
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65 Celadon bottle with blue lines£225.00
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66 Mottled bottle£95.00
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67 Mottled bottle£200.00
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7-14 Celadon beakers with dotted shapes£400.00
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70 Celadon cloud pot£550.00
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71 Celadon cloud pot £550.00
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72 Celadon and tenmoku pot with relief circles£550.00
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73 Celadon and tenmoku pot with relief circles £600.00
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74 Large celadon and tenmoku pot with relief circles£1,200.00
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75 Celadon lidded jar with grey line£200.00
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76 Celadon lidded jar with grey line£325.00
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77 Celadon lidded jar with grey clouds£325.00
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78 Celadon lidded jar with grey clouds£375.00
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79 Celadon and tenmoku lidded jar£250.00
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80 Celadon and tenmoku lidded jar£275.00
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81-83 Trio of tiny celadon rocking bowls with grey decoration£180.00
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85-86 Pair of celadon rocking bowls with reddish decoration£325.00
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87 Celadon and tenmoku rocking bowl with relief shapes£120.00
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88 Celadon and tenmoku rocking bowl with relief shapes£120.00
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89 Celadon and tenmoku rocking bowl with relief shapes£120.00
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90 Celadon and tenmoku rocking bowl with relief shapes £120.00
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91 Celadon and tenmoku rocking bowl with relief shapes £120.00
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92 Celadon and tenmoku rocking bowl with relief shapes£200.00
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93 Celadon and tenmoku rocking bowl with relief shapes £200.00
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94 Celadon and tenmoku rocking bowl with relief shapes£200.00
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95 Celadon bowl with grey clouds£400.00
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96 Celadon bowl with red writing£550.00
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97 Celadon bowl with blue lines£375.00
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98 Celadon bowl with reddish edge£550.00
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99 Incised celadon bowl with a lick of oxidisation£450.00
Born on 1st June 1960, Chris began working with clay in his mid-thirties when he began a two year apprenticeship with Edmund de Waal. His collection includes beakers, bowls, cups, teapots, jugs and pots for flowers. Chris spent six weeks as Artist-in-Residence at the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art in Japan working with local clays and glazes. He was invited to fire work in the salt-glaze and noborigama kilns of Tomoo Hamada.
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
Chair of the Craft Pottery Charitable Trust
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Solo show- Beaux Arts Bath
2020
Group Show – Cambridge Contemporary Art
100 Bowls – Brook Street Pottery, Hay-on-Wy
“piccolo” – Beaux Arts, Bath
2019
‘All in the Detail’ -joint show with photographer Lucy Saggers, Lotte Inch Gallery,York
‘In the Window’ – Rowley Gallery, London
2018
‘New Ceramics’, Solo Show, Beaux Arts Bath
Mixed exhibition, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
2017
‘Bijou’ – Collect: Small Works, Schaller Gallery, USA
‘Pour Me’, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
2016
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
‘Houseplace’ a residency at Blackwell Arts & Crafts House, organised by Lakeland Arts and the Craft Potters Association and funded by the Headley Trust
2015
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Innovations in Ceramic Art, Online Ceramics, Cambridge
2014
Vessels – Contemporary British Ceramics, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
Out of Sight – CAA, London
Craft Into Industry – CAA, London
2013
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Make It Slow – part of Art Unpacked, a Chrysalis Arts project, a UK touring exhibition
British Ceramics Biennial – Spode Factory Site, Stoke-on-Trent
Cheongju Ceramic Biennale – Cheongju, Korea
Ceramics Now – Gallery at Bevere, Worcestershire
2012
Domestic Matters – CAA, London
Summertime Blues – Leach Pottery, St Ives
Focus – CAA, London
New Craftsman, St. Ives
Hay Festival with the Bowie Gallery – Herefordshire
Joze Art Fair with Zimmer Stewart Gallery– London
2011
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
Tablescapes – Talbot House Gallery, London
Decorex – London
Tokyo Art Fair – with Gallery St. Ives, Tokyo
Ceramic Biennial 2011, Award Exhibition, Stoke-on-Trent
Functional Pots – Oxford Ceramics, Oxford
A Day in the life of Vanguard Court – Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
Collect – with Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, London
2010
Starting Point Series II – Siobhan Davies Studios, London
Handmade – Fortnum & Mason, London
Festival Show – Bowie Gallery, Hay-on-Wye
78 Derngate, Northampton
2004, 06, 09
Solo Show, Beaux Arts Bath
2002
Solo Show – Primavera, Cambridge
2001
White Gallery, Hove
Awards
2006 Best in Show – Awarded by Grand Designs Magazine at Origin – The London Craft Fair
2006 Commissioned by Habitat to design an accredited range of tableware
2005 Awarded by Evening Standard Homes & Property
2005 Best Domestic Product at the Chelsea Crafts Fair
1999 Crafts Council setting-up grant
Public Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
Contemporary Art Society
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Gallery Oldham
mima, Middlesbrough
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
York Art Gallery