Education:
BA (Hons) 3D Design (Ceramics & Plastics), Brighton Polytechnic
MA Design (Ceramics), Bath Spa University, 2012 (distinction for Master’s project)
Exhibitions, awards, publications:
2023
Selected for Worthing Open 2023, Worthing Museum, Nov 2023 – April 2024
Work acquired, Chippenham Museum, Nov 2023, and exhibited in Spotlight 3: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection of Chippenham Museum, Nov 2023 – February 2024
Selected for The Sussex Contemporary, Brighton i360, October 2023
Group exhibition: Changing Spaces II, Hastings Arts Forum, July 2023
Selected for the summer exhibition, Sculpture Lounge, Holmfirth, July 2023
Selected for inclusion in Blank_ 03, a biannual publication by Blank_ at University Centre Leeds, showcasing contemporary creative practice, Jan 2023
2022
Selected for the 18th International Ceramics Competition, Musee de Carouge, Carouge, Switzerland, 17 Sept – 11 Dec 2022
Ceramics Now – group exhibition, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, 8 July – 10 September 2022
Online exhibition, One to Ten Gallery, June 2022
Solo exhibition, ACEarts, Somerton, 5 March – 2 April 2022
2021
Shortlisted for the inaugural BADA Art Prize, London 2021
Selected for Worthing Open 2021, Worthing Museum, 2 Oct 2021 – 30 Jan 2022
Awarded inaugural Breaker Award, Making Waves Ceramics Trust, July 2021
Selected for Unprecedented, OVADA gallery, Oxford, May 2021
Finalist, COCA Project, Rome, Italy, 2021
2020
Sculpture Finalist, Visual Art Open competition, 2020
Shortlisted, international exhibition: Hastings Open 2020, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery.
Selected for MK Calling, ‘showcasing the most dynamic work being made today’. MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, 15 Feb – 17 May 2020. Extended 11 Sept – 1 Nov 2020, following a period of closure due to Covid-19
2019
Selected for Micro, an exhibition of small works, AIR Gallery, Altrincham, 18 April – 11 May 2019
European Prize for Applied Arts touring exhibition, National Design and Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland, 9 Feb – 23 June 2019
2018
Selected for the European Prize for Applied Arts 2018, World Crafts Council Gallery, Mons, Belgium, 20 Oct 2018 – 20 Jan 2019
Invited to exhibit at Doddington Hall, Lincs, as part of Sculpture at Doddington, 28 July – 9 Sept 2018
2017
Selected for Devonshire Made, Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne, 16 Dec 2017 – 8 Jan 2018. Part of Arts Council England’s Threshold artists’ development programme
Selected for inclusion in Rye Winter Salon, Rye Creative Centre, Rye, 24 Nov – 9 Dec 2017
Selected for inclusion in Ceramic Event 8, Galerie de Lô, Brussels, Sept 2017. Part of Brussels’ Design September programme
Shortlisted for The Annex Collection Acquisition Award, April 2017
Invited to participate in craft showcase, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, 1 Feb – 28 April 2017
2016
Selected for the 2016 East Sussex Open, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, 23 July – 3 Oct 2016
Shortlisted for the inaugural Julia Carter Preston Prize, 2016. Prize exhibition: Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, 9 July – 21 Aug 2016
2015
Selected for Salisbury Art Centre’s Open Ceramics exhibition, 15 Oct – 14 Nov 2015
Selected for inclusion in Ceramic Event 7, Galerie de Lô, Brussels, 19 – 27 Sept 2015. Part of Brussels’ Design September programme
Invited to exhibit at Fresh Air 2015 by the Quenington Sculpture Trust, Quenington Old Rectory June – July 2015
Selected for the 59th Premio Faenza: International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy, June 2015 – Jan 2016
2014
‘Incident’, solo exhibition in the Project Space, National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford, Dec 2014 – Feb 2015.
Shortlisted for the inaugural Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize 2014. Work exhibited at the Lloyds Club, London, Sept 16 – Dec 15 2014 and Sphinx Fine Art, London Oct 14 – Oct 31 2014
Shortlisted for the inaugural Craft Emergency award, work exhibited at Aspex, Portsmouth, Nov 2013 – Jan 2014
Work used to illustrate Bath Spa University postgraduate prospectus
2013
Selected for Dimensional Elements, Galerie Altena, Gorinchem, Holland, Aug 2013
Featured in June 2013 issue of La Ceramica in Italia e Nel Mondo magazine
Awarded the Medal of the President of the Italian Senate in the 58th Premio Faenza: International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy, May 2013
Selected for the 58th Premio Faenza: International Competition for Contemporary Ceramic Art, International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy, 25 May – 22 Sept 2013
2012
Selected for Look West: New Talent in Contemporary Craft, Oriel Davies, Newtown, Wales, 17 Nov 2012 – 23 Jan 2013
Masters Project work exhibited at the American Museum, Bath, 28 – 30 Sept 2012
Masters Project work selected for Bath Spa University stand at Tent London 2012, Old Truman Brewery, London, Sept 2012
Masters Project work exhibited at New Designers 2012, Business Design Centre, London, June 2012
MA Design (Ceramics), Bath Spa University, June 2012. Awarded ‘distinction’ for final Masters Project
From 2005 I took a 4 year break from making ceramics, returning in 2009 to undertake a part-time MA
Exhibitions and awards pre 2005 (as Jane Chambers)
Ceramics exhibited widely, 2000 – 2005 including: Trinity Theatre & Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells; Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool; Dean Clough, Halifax; Leeds City Art Gallery, Wrexham Arts Centre
Ceramics bought for Crafts Council Handling Collection, 2000
Commissioned by the V&A Museum to produce limited edition cups for sale, to commemorate William Morris centenary exhibition, 1996
Appointed temporary, part-time lecturer in Design Crafts, Plymouth College of Art & Design, 1995
Selected for inclusion in the 4th Ceramics Biennial, Andenne, Belgium, 1994
Selected for inclusion in the Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, New Zealand, 1993
Appointed artist-in-residence for 6 Sussex primary schools by South East Arts, 1993
Ceramics bought for South East Arts Craft Collection, 1993
Selected for South East Arts Craft Register, 1989
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