CV

Education:

Royal College of Art. 1995-1997

Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery

MA by project: The production of domestic silverware

Camberwell College of Art. 1989-1992

BA 3D design: Silversmithing and Metalwork

Selected Employment:

Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden. 2005-8. 2010 present. Visiting Lecturer

Birmingham School of Jewellery, UK. 2005 present.Visiting Lecturer

University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China. 2012. Guest Professor

Sint Lucas, Antwerp, Belgium. 2011. Visiting Lecturer

Rhode Island School of Design, USA. 2011. Visiting Professor

Pforzheim School of Design, Germany. 2009 -2010. Visiting  Professor

Birmingham School of Jewellery, UK. 2005 present. Visiting MA lecturer

National College of Arts, Bergen. Norway. 2009. Visiting lecturer

South-Carelian University, Lappeenranta, Finland. 2008. Visiting lecturer

Royal College of Art. UK. 2007. Visiting MA lecturer

Selected Exhibitions:

Plata Radical. 2013. Santiago de Chile, South America

Collective. 2013. NYC Design Fair. Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, USA

Spare Parts. 2013. SOLO. Gallery S O. London, UK

Design Days Dubai. 2013. represented by Gallery S O. London, UK

Design Miami. 2011+12. USA. Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, USA

IN FLUX. 2012. SOLO. Nutida Svenskt Silver. Stockholm, Sweden

SOFA New York. 2012. Represented by Ornamentum Gallery, USA

Candles and Mirrors. 2012. Galerie Sofie Lachaert. Belgium. Curated by

Luc D’Hanis, Sofie Lachaert and Marjolijn van Duyn

The Tool at Hand. 2011. Milwaukee Art Museum. USA. Curated by Ethan Lasser

Lodz Design Festival. 2011. Poland. Curated by BCXSY – B.Cohen & S.Yamamoto

Gwangju Design Biennale. 2011. Korea

Transformation and Metamorphosis. 2011. Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany

Metadomestic.Applied Art and Other Exceptions. 2011. Linz, Austria. Curated by Monica Gaspar

Mindful of Silver. 2011. The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. London

SOFA.New York, 2010+2011. Represented by CAA, London

Modern Masters.2011. Handwerkskammer fur Munchen. Germany

Host. 2011. Velvet Da Vinci, San Francisco. Collaborating with David Gates

Jerwood Contemporary Makers. 2010. Jerwood Space, London. Tours to Belfast and Edinburgh

Collect. 2005-2010. The Saatchi Gallery, London. Represented by Galerie SO, Switzerland

Intelligent Trouble. 2010. A collaborative project with; Helen Carnac, Lin Cheung, David Gates. CAA, UK

Precious: Reclaiming Art and Craft. 2010. Hove Museum and Art Gallery, UK

UK/OK. 2009. British Council touring. Oklahoma, USA

Rosé. A London flavour.  2009. Galerie Rosemarie Jaeger. Germany

The Revivalists. 2009. Contemporary Applied Arts, London

Leading Lights. 2008. Swalesdale Museum, UK

GIFT.Think Tank. 2008. Touring: Austria, UK, Germany and Sweden

Gravity. 2008. Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden

TAT MODERN. 2007. Solo.  Galerie SO, Switzerland

Cut and Shut. 2007. Solo. Galerie Marzee, The Netherlands

Containing Craft. 2007. Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Silver in Translation. 2007. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

Hue, Line, Form. 2007. Contemporary Applied Arts, London

The everyday. 2006-2007. Gallery Flow, London, touring UK and Munich

Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Metal. 2005. London, Barnsley, Devon and Derbyshire

David Watkins and his students. 2005. CAA, London

Celebrating 30 years of Crafts.2005. V & A Museum, London

Creation. 2004. The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. London

Everything but… 2003-2006. British Council, Oman, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Korea and Kazakhstan

Form of Metal.2003. Galerie Handwerk, Germany

La table d’ouvrage. 2003. Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Belgium

Domesticated. 2002. Barrett Marsden Gallery, London

A Field of Silver: Silver in the Field. 2002. Gallery Flow London, The Scottish Gallery and Detail Zwo Germany

Home Sweet Home. 2001-2002. British Council, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Australia

Selected Collections:

Röhsska Museum, Göteborg, Sweden. 2012

Crafts Council. 2000, 2012

New College, Oxford. 2010

Swalesdale Lead Museum. 2007

The Marzee Collection. 2006, 2007

Victoria and Albert Museum. 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007

The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. 1999, 2006

Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery. 2002, 2005

Shipley Art Gallery. 2003

The British Council. 2002

MTV. 2000

Selected Awards:

The Jerwood Contemporary Makers Prize 2010. Winner.

The Sotheby Award at Collect 2007. Winner.

The Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Metal 2005. Short listed finalist.

Awarded The Woo Charitable Foundation Bursary. 2002

Awarded The Crafts Council setting up grant. 1999

Awarded The Diploma of Excellence for Silversmithing,Talente. Germany 1998

Selected Publications:

The everyday, DVD catalogue. Simone ten Hompel. ISBN 1 89976 47 39

Jerwood Applied Arts Prize: Metal. The Crafts Council. ISBN 1 903713 15

Creation: An Insight Into the Mind of the Modern Silversmith. The Goldsmiths’ Company Catalogue and DVD

Treasures of the 20th Century. Goldsmith Company. Rosemary Ransome Wallis. ISBN 0 907814 30

Everything But … Contemporary British Kitchenware. The British Council.ISBN 0 863555 15

A Field of Silver: Silver in the Field. Simone ten Hompel and Andreas Fabian. ISBN 1899764 259

Metalmorphosis. Irena Goldscheider. ISBN 80 7101 037 5

Curating:

In Transit…

Co-curator with Simone ten Hompel. Schmuck, Munich. February, 2009

Tea’s Up! Curator. Contemporary Applied Arts, London, 2008

Article written by Corinne Julius in the Evening Standard; Britishness set off to a ‘T’

Article written by Teleri Lloyd Jones in Crafts Magazine; Form In A Tea Cup

Brainfood. Curator. Gustavsberg Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden. 2008

In Response to…

Co-curator with Simone ten Hompel. Schmuck, Munich. February, 2008

Trusteeship:

Maker representative. Contemporary Applied Arts, London. 2007 – 2011

Innovation:

60|40

Founding member with Clare Twomey, Tracey Rowledge

Launched 2008

60|40 is an independent artists group, each of whom is working on the outer boundaries of defined disciplines.  Project by project, 60|40 aims to expand the environment for experimental applied arts.

More info:www.60-40.co.uk

Read Glenn Adamson’s review of ‘Notes for a Future Work’, 60|40′s 10 year collaborative project at Siobhan Davies Studios (PDF) Craft-Magazine-60-40-Glenn-Adamson-Review

Read Pamela Buxtons article of Notes for a Future Works 2010, 60|40 invited Linda Florence, David Gates and Chris Keenan to create new work which explores the relationship between the Studio’s activities and their own practices. (PDF) Crafts-Magazine-60-40-Pamela-Buxton-Article

The Cake Committee

Launched 2009

An “underground” place for cakes and tea. Non professional bakers baking with passion, obsession, madness and art. All profits from our tea-parties go to a few favoured charities. Every 8 weeks… ish

More info; thecakecommittee.blogspot.com

Read the Saturday Times article; The Cake Committee

If you wish to email me the address is; branchworks at hotmail dot co dot uk