Statement / CV
Art Education
A.P.E.P. (Ceramic Department) of Fontblanche, Vitrolles (Bouches du Rhône- France) 1979 - 1980
CAP Tourneur en poterie 1981
Travelled for a full year(1981- 82) to study Asian ceramics; Nepal, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Japan, Korea, China.
Employment
She has worked for 2 ceramicists : Gustave TIFFOCHE (1983-1986) and Suzy ATKINS (1987)
Setting up her own ceramics studio in RENNES (Brittany, France) in 1988
Lectures, demonstrations , residencies and interviews
2012 "Art in Action", Oxfordshire (UK): Invited demonstrator
2011 "Art in Action", Oxfordshire (UK): Invited demonstrator
2010 "Art in Action", Oxfordshire (UK): Invited demonstrator
2009 SANSKRITI FOUNDATION , New Delhi (India) : Residency & Slide lecture
2009 "ENFANGA'T, Girona (Spain) : Invited demonstrator, Slide Lecture & exhibition
2009 "Art in Action", Oxfordshire (UK): Invited demonstrator
2008 "Art in Action",Oxfordshire (UK) :Invited demonstrator
2007 "Woman's Hour", Radio 4 , B.B.C. : Interview
2007 "Art in Action",Oxfordshire (UK) : Invited demonstrator
2007 Aberystwyth International Ceramics Festival (Wales, UK) : Invited
Demonstrator and Lecturer for "A Journey in Clay" (Slide Show)
2006"Art in Action",Oxfordshire (UK) : Invited demonstrator
2006 "Earth & Fire", Rufford Craft Centre (UK) : Invited demonstrator
2005 "Art in Action",Oxfordshire (UK) : Invited demonstrator
Photo exhibition
1985 " Nepalese Potters " Dotation Kodak Grand Reportage - Musée de l’Homme PARIS (France)
Prizes and distinctions
2006 "SOTHEBY'S Prize " Potfest in the Park ( UK )
2004 " Ceramic Fac Similés " for the french ceramist Louis DELACHENAL exhibition at the Brittany Museum (Rennes, France)
2003 1st prize concours AVA - France
2002 " Dish of the Day " 1st prize (peers prize - voted by the potters) Potfest in the park (UK)
Public Collections
2007 University of Wales ( Aberystwyth, U.K.)
1999 Musée national de céramique Sévres (France)
1997 Musée national de céramique Sèvres (France)
Privat Collections
Henri Goudal (France)
Sheila & Martin Litman (UK & USA)
Anuradha Ravindranath (India)
The Sculpture Park/ Farnham-Surrey (UK)
Anna Maria Moraes (Brazil)
Bibliography
"Journey Through Clay-2011", catalogue from the private collection of Anuradha Ravindranath (New-Delhi/ India)
ENGOBES et autres revêtements argileux en céramique, Wolf E. Matthes, Editions de la revue de la céramique et du verre (France) - 2011
Techniques using slips, John Mathieson, published by A&C Black(UK & USA) - 2010
La revue de la céramique et du verre (Fance) n° 165 - 2009, "Françoise Dufayard, British
Connection" by Linda Gardelle, p.24-27
CERAMICS Art and Perception (Australia) n° 70 - 2007, "A journey in Clay" by Victoria Eden, p.85-88
La revue de la céramique et du verre n°157- 2007 "Festival d' Aberystwyth", p.45
Ceramic Art (Taiwan) n°52 - 2006"Ceramic Art London 2006", p.108-111
Le point n° 1649 Avril 2004 p. XXI
La céramique, col. Arts & Techniques, Christine Lahaussois,p. 17-19, Edition Massin
Poteries vernissées- comment les reconnaître, Beatrice Pannequin, p.62-63 , Editions BONNETON 2002
L'art de la terre vernissée du moyen age à l'an 2000 - Christine Lahaussois, Béatrice Pannequin - catalogue de l'exposition 1er octobre 1999 - 10 janvier 2000 - Edition du Musée National de Céramique de Sévres et Réunion des Musées Nationaux, p.179-180
Nuevo ESTILO / FUERZA Y PASSION n° 264 March 2000, B. NAVARRO
Encyclopedie de la céramique J.P. Van Lith 2000
RENNES 1999, Christine Barbedet & Richard Volante, éditions du Carabe - 1999
La revue de la céramique et du verre n° 79 - 1994, "construction d'un four ANAGAMA", Japon 1982 par Francoise Dufayard, p. 18-19
La revue de la céramique et du verre n° 73 - 1993, Claire du RUSQUEC p. 18-21