About Me

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Education

• 1981-83 3D Ceramic Based Product Design Course, Preston Polytechnic, Lancaster Annex, England
• Foundation Art Course ( 2 Years ) Newcastle-Under-Lyme, College of Further Education, England
• Preliminary Art Course ( 1 year ) Newcastle-Under-Lyme, College of Further Education, England

Employment

• August 02 re- located back to the UK, Working on individual pieces for galleries and shows.
• April 02-Founder, Halifax Art Map, a directory of arts and crafts business’s, galleries and individuals within HRM. Canada
• Oct 94-August 02 -Spirit of The Wheel Pottery, 1099 Marginal Road, Halifax,NS, Canada. Owner/Operator
• April 96-Dec97- Professional and Recreational Course Programmer, Nova Scotia Center for Craft and Design, Halifax, NS, Canada
• July 88-June 94- Managing Director, Island Pottery Ltd, Dockyard, Sandys, Bermuda.
• Feb 87-July-88-Nick Marsh, Ceramic Designer Craftsman/Consultant, 32a Liverpool Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
• 1986-July-88- Pottery Instructor, Keele University, Staffordshire, England.
• 1986-88- Educational Guide, Demonstrator, Gladstone Pottery Museum, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
• 1985 Production Manager, Carrisbrooke Pottery, Newport, Isle of Wight, England
• 1984 Machine Operator, Crown Windsor Pottery, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
• 1983 Trainee Potter, Nantwich Pottery, Poole, Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Exhibitions/workhops/residencies

• February 2013 Artist in residence St Giles and St Georges, N-U-L, Staffs
• November 2012, Art in clay, Farnham
• July 2012, Art in Clay, Hatfield House,
• July 2012, Artist in residence Wolstanton High School, N-U-L Staffs
• July 2012, Invited Guest demonstrator Wirral Potters, Ness Gardens.
• June 2012, Earth and Fire, Rufford, Nottinghamshire
• May 2012, Guest presenter Art Educators conference, City Museum Hanley, Key note Speech Ian Middleton HMI Oftsted Art Craft and Design Education.
• January 2012 Artist in residence, Cedars referral school, Knutton,N-U-L, NHS Darwin unit S-O-T
• October 2011, Clay Connections, Willow Gallery, Oswestry, David and Margerat Frith, David Binns, Wendy Lawrence, Jaqui Aitkin, Gordon Cooke, Karen Hessenberg,
• August 2011, Art in clay, Hatfield House,
• July 2011 Potfest Park, Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria
• June 2011, Earth and fire, Rufford, Nottinghamshire.
• March 2011, Guest presenter Glyndwr University Creative futures conference.
• November 2010, Effervesance V, West Dean College, Sussex Barn Gallery, Surrey
• November 2010, Art in clay, Farnham Maltings, Guest presenter
• July 2010 Potfest Park, Hutton in the Forest,Penrith
• May 2010 Barnes Gallery, Henley on Thames, annual show
• March 2010 Invited Guest demonstrator Scottish Potters Association, Kindrogan, Pitlochry,With Paul Young and Bridgett Drakeford
• November 28th-09 Jan 17th 2010, Effervescence IV, Sussex Barn Gallery, West Dean College, Surrey.
• November 22nd 09, Art in Clay, Farnham, Maltings, Surrey.
• November 22nd 09- Jan 19th 2010 Red Barn Gallery, 5 year retrospective, Melkinthorpe .Cumbria
• October 2nd-24th 09 Leith Gallery, Edinburgh,
• July 09, Potfest Park, Hutton in the forest, Penrith
• November 08- Jan 09 Red Barn Gallery, Melkinthorpe, Penrith, Cumbria, Glass by Charles Bray and Morag Gordon, Paintings by Julie Dumbarton, Patricia Cain and Sam Cartman, Ceramics by John Maltby and Nick Marsh
• March 07, Out of the Blue Gallery, Leek, Staffs, Paintings By Jessica Owen, Ceramics By Nick Marsh
• October 06, Stoke Ceramics arts Fair, Hanley Museum Stoke-on-Trent
• July-September 06, Booth House Gallery summer show, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, UK, with Jim Robison and Gallery artists
• July –August 06, Warwickshire art week show, Where I fell in love gallery, Shipston-on-Stour, UK. With Nick Collins. Andrew Pallin and gallery artists
• October 02-March 03,"City Open", Hanley Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, Juried annual show.
• July 2002. One of a Kind summer show, Montreal, Canada
• Nov-December 2000- 2001 One of a kind xmas show, Toronto
• February 00-March 00 "Connections" Three Person Show, Taiya Barrs, Dawn Macnutt, Nick Marsh, Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada.
• July 2000 Toronto outdoor art show, juried annual show, Nathan square, Toronto, Ontario
• Nov 99- Jan 00 " Connections ", Three Person Show, Taiya Barrs, Dawn Macnutt, Nick Marsh, University College Cape Breton, Sydney, NS, Canada.
• April 98 Three Person Show, Alex Livingstone, Glen Mckinnon, Nick Marsh, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
• Sept 97-99, 2nd-4th, Annual Invitational, Guild Shop, ( Ontario Crafts Council ) 118 Cumberland St, Toronto, Ontario
• Aug 97 Juried Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council Exhibit, T.U.N.S., Halifax, NS
• 1988-94 Juried Annual Bermuda Society of Arts Exhibit, Hamilton, Bermuda.
• 1990 " Our Work " 4 Person Show, Maria Cabrall, Erika Hoadley, Nick Marsh, Nancy Smythe, Bacardi Rum, International Headquarters, Hamilton, Bermuda.
• 1988 "5 Alive" 5 Person show, Will Coleson, Randy Crawford, Annabella Frazer, Nick Marsh,
• Alexis Outerbridge, Bermuda Arts Centre, Dockyard, Bermuda.
• 1987 Glastonbury, Pilton Farm, Somerset, England
• 1987 Gladstone Pottery Museum Invitational, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England.
• 1986 "Preston 10" Invitational Show, Preston Polytechnic, Preston, England
• 1983 "Solo" Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Library, England
• 1983 Selected Works Exhibition, Northern Potters Association, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England.

Professional Memberships

• Member Worcester Guild of Designer Craftsmen 2012-Present
• Member Shropshire Guild of Designer Craftsmen 2010- Present
• Member, Ontario Crafts Council, since 1999
• Member, Visual Arts Nova Scotia
• Board Member, Design In Business Nova Scotia, A Provincial Body of Design Associates 1998-99
• Chair, Pier 21 Arts Annex Association, A Not For Profit Artists Collective Since 1998-2000
• Juried Status Member, Newfoundland and Labrador Crafts Development Association
• Juried Status Member, New Brunswick Crafts Council Since 1997
• Juried Status Member, Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council Since 1995

Awards / collections

• October 09, Best Display award, “Gorgeous” Shropshire Guild of contemporary craftsmen, Ironbridge, Telford
• November 08, Best Display award, Gorgeous Shropshire Guild of contemporary craftsmen. Ironbridge, Telford
• October 06 Permanent collection City Museum Hanley, Stoke-on Trent, UK
• Aug 06 Potters vote, Oblesisks, towers, and minarets Potfest in the pens, UK
• January 2000 Permanent collection University College of Cape Breton Art Gallery, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• April 99 Permanent Collection Of The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Canada.
• Nov 97 Honorable Mention, Best Body of Work, NSDCC Xmas Market,Canada
• Aug 97 Best New Product, NSDCC Summer Market, Canada.