Jo Davies - Ceramics
Jo Davies
MA RCA MSDC
Education:
Royal College
of Art Ceramics and Glass MA 2005-2007
Bath School of Art and Design 3D
Design: Ceramics BA (HONS) 1999-2002
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Art Foundation 1998-9
Exhibitions and Galleries:
*Craft London at Craft Central , London. 8-19 March 2010
*Wolf and Badger , 46 Ledbury Road, Notting Hill. From February 2010
*Bilston Craft Gallery , Wolverhampton. Jan-March 2010
*School House Gallery , York, ‘Vessel’, from Dec 09
*Black Swan Arts , Frome,’White’, Nov-Dec 09
*Made in Clerkenwell, Craft Central , London Nov 09
*Orleans House Gallery , Richmond, ‘By Design’ Oct 2009–Jan 2010
*Origin 2009 at Somerset House, London, Oct 09
*Lambeth WideOpen , Whirled Arts , Oct 09
*Clay at Handmade Interiors , Cheshire St, London Design Festival 2009
*Homes and Interiors Scotland , Editor’s Choice Attraction, Aug 09
*Hackney Wicked Festival , Hackney Wick, Aug 09
*Kioskiosk , hosted byThe Design Museum and Hemingway Design , July 09
*Michael Croft Theatre at Alleyns School, London, Mar 09
*Portsmouth University 10th Anniversary Exhibition of their AA2A residency scheme , Feb-Mar 09
*Melody at the SDC Gallery , Rivington Street, London, 12th March - 9th May 2009
*Whirledart Open
Studios , 259-260 Hardess Street, London 5-7 Dec 2008
*Handmade 08 at Chelsea Town Hall, London, November 08
*Tent London at the Truman Brewery
Brick Lane, Sep 2008
*Hereford
Art Week 08 at Pullastone, Herefordshire Sep 08
*Spring Collection 08 at SDC Gallery ,
Rivington Street, London
*Floren
Gallery, Poole, from Mar 08
*Heart Gallery , Hebden
Bridge, Yorkshire, from Feb 08
*Whispers, group show at Royal Birmingham
Society for Artists Mar-May 08
*Gift Theory, group show at City
Art Gallery, Leicester, Nov-Jan 08
*Handmade in Britain ,
Chelsea Town Hall, Nov 2007
*The
Great Exhibition 2007 , Royal
College of Art , London.
*Summer Show 07 at Byard Art , Cambridge
*RCA Student Show at Ceramic
Art London 2007 at Royal College of Art ,
London
*In Site, group show at Royal College of
Art , London, Nov 06
*RCA Student show at Ceramic
Art London 2006 at Royal College of Art, London
*Solo Exhibition at Third
Floor Arts Centre , Portsmouth, Aug 05
*Pink, group show at Heriot Watt University ,
Edinburgh, Sep 04
*Group show at The Lotus Gallery, Bath, Aug-Sep 04
*Group show at Bath Fringe Festival ,May-June
04
*Group show at Amoeba Gallery, Bristol, April-May 04
*Work exhibited, and part of the collection, at Chochosan , from Jan 04
*Solo exhibition at Il Bordello, Bristol(Jan- Feb 2004).
*New Designers
2002 , Islington, London,June 02
Work Experience:
*Undergraduate and postgraduate sessional tutor on the 3D Design course
at University
College for the Creative Arts at Farnham 2007-2009 .
*Assistant to the 2D artist Charlotte Hodes, working to develop her range
of ceramic pieces from 2007.
Residencies:
*2004-2005 - Artists' Access to Art Colleges
(AA2A). Resident artist at Portsmouth University
- an Arts Council funded scheme.
*2004 - Coed Hills Artists' Community
- Cowbridge, South Wales - resulting in the production of a permanent outdoor
sculpture.
Awards/Scholarships:
*The Reid
Trust for the Higher Education of Women . Awarded scholarship for two
consecutive years whilst at the Royal College of Art.
*Throckmorton Trotman Educational Fund - Trotman Senior Award 2005 awarded
by the Haberdashers' Company .
Articles and Press:
*Period Living March 2010. Behind the Craft feature
*Ceramic Review Nov/Dec 2009. ‘A Potter’s Assistance’
*Crafts March/April 2009. Featured maker in the Crafts Guide for the SDC Gallery
*core77.com Tangle Lamp featured March 2009. ‘Lamp Design: Do the Tangle’
*contemporist.com Tangle Lamp featured March 2009
*www.homesandgardens.com Featured
in Aug/Sep 2008 e-newsletter.
*Evening Standard ,
Home and Property Supplement, 23 July 2008 as part of 'WeFew.net '
write up.
*Living etc , July/Aug
2008. Hidden Art feature.
*Design Arts , March/April 2008.
Featured on front cover + article on the Royal
Birmingham Society for Artists .
*a.n. Magazine ,
November 2007. Handmade07 Feature
*House and Garden , October
2007. Lighting Feature
*Ceramic Review , July/August
2007. 'Moving Forward'
Other:
*Selected for full membership of the Society
for Designer Craftsmen
*Member of Hidden Art London, selected to be part of the Hidden Art E-shop.
*Member of Craft Central .
*Selected to be part of the WeFew.net
website as a featured maker.
*Handmade in Britain
07 selected my work for their promotional materials.
*My work can be seen in the feature film Invisible Eyes.