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Born 1946 Tichborne, Hampshire
Study 1969-73 Daisei Pottery, Mashiko, Japan
Awards
2007 Arts Council National Touring Grant to enable ritual: The Still
Point and The Dance to
tour
2004 Major Individual Grant Award: Arts Council England South West for
research into new work which culminated in ritual: the Still Point and
The Dance
1991 Major Fellowship Award: South West Arts
1988 Artist in Residence in Australia: British Council and Australia Council jointly
1986 Project Award: South West Arts
1985 Assistant Training Grant: Crafts Council
1973 New Craftsman Grant: Crafts Advisory Committee
Television
2006 Sandy Brown: The Still Point and The Dance BBC Spotlight News 4
mins x 5 times
2002 A visit to Sandy Brown’s studio Carlton TV 10 minutes
1995 Sandy Brown: Potter - Westcountry TV - programme 30mins
Monograph
2003
'Sandy Brown' published by Marston House, England
DVD
2006
The Still Point and The Dance made with sponsorship by Bray Leino
Exhibitions
Solo
2007-
8 ritual: The Still Point and The Dance: Tour Catalogue
Gallery Oldham, Oldham
Devon Guild of Craftsmen Gallery Bovey Tracey Devon
Cheltenham Art Gallery Cheltenham
Crafts Study Centre Farnham and James Hockey Gallery jointly University
of Surrey
2007 ritual: The Still Point and The Dance: Galerie Marianne Heller,
Germany Catalogue
2006 ritual: The Still Point and The Dance Appledore Catalogue
2005 Solo Show 6 Chapel Row Bath
2003 Sandy Brown: New Work Contemporary Ceramics Gallery London
Summertime in Heidelberg Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg Germany
2002 New Work: Burton Art Gallery Bideford
Sandy Brown in India Aurodhan Art Gallery India
2000 Sandy Brown: The Exhileration of Life Rufford Ceramic Centre
Sandy Brown The Exhileration of Life Galerie Marianne Heller Heidelberg
Germany
Sandy Brown A Splash of Colour Alpha House Gallery Sherborne
1999 Sandy Brown New Work Kunst & Keramik, Deventer, Holland
New Work Staatliche Fachschule for Keramik, Germany
1997 Ceramics, Sculpture and Paintings: New Work Broomhill Sculpture
Park
1996 New Work Amalgam Art Gallery London
A Day with Sandy Brown Galerie Marianne Heller Germany
1995 New Work Alpha House Gallery Sherborne
1993 Sandy Brown: Sculpture, Ceramics and Painting Alpha House Gallery
Sherborne
1992 Sandy Brown: New Work Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne
1991 Sandy Brown: Pots And Goddesses Solo Exhibition Plymouth Arts
Centre Plymouth Sandy Brown: Ritual Objects Solo Exhibition Contemporary
Ceramics London
Sandy Brown: Tableware Vincent Gallery Exeter
1990 Sandy Brown: Figuratively Speaking Solo Exhibition Oxford Gallery
Oxford
Sandy Brown: New Work Green Gallery Tokyo Japan
1989 Sandy Brown: Solo Exhibition Visage Glastonbury
1988 Solo Exhibition Meat Market Craft Centre Melbourne Australia
Solo Exhibition Monash University Gallery, Gippsland Australia
1987-89 Solo Exhibition: 'Sandy Brown: The Complete Picture' Tour UK
Oriel 31 Wales:
Catalogue Solo Tour: Mostyn Gallery Llandudno; Cirencester Workshops;
Presteigne
Mid-borders Arts Centre; Devon Guild of Craftsmen Gallery; Artsite Bath;
Scottish Gallery
Edinburgh; Copernican Connection Beverley; Barbican Centre London.
1986 Solo Exhibition Amalgam Art Gallery London
Solo Exhibition Aberystwyth Arts Centre Wales
1985 Solo Exhibition Beaux Arts Bath
Exhibitions Group
(selected)
2009 Painted
Ceramics Handwerkskammer Munich Germany
2008
British Museum of Ceramic Art, World Ceramic Museum Fu Le China
Crossing Boundaries: Painting and Ceramics Lacoste Gallery MA USA
Painted Contemporary Ceramics London
The Vessel the Object Kunstforum Solothurn Switzerland
Painted Tiles Handwerkskammer Munich Germany
2007 The Pot, The Vessel, The Object Aberystwyth Arts Centre and tour
Catalogue
50 years of the CPA Gallery Bevere
2005 Coleurs: Les Pientres de la Terre France, touring Catalogue
25 years of Ceramics Loes and Reinier Holland Catalogue
2004 SOFA New York Contemporary Sculptural Objects New York USA
Contemporary British Ceramics Clay Gallery Los Angeles USA
The Lionel Phillips Collection Atkinson Gallery Millfield UK
Making it Yours: Crafts Council Collection Crafts Council Gallery London
and tour UK
2003 International Invitational Exhibition: Cheongju Int. Biennale 2003
Korea
Steninge World Exhibition of Ceramics Steninge Palace, Sweden, and
touring to Norway
Printemps des Potiers, Bandol, France
2002 The Golden Age of Ceramics: 50 years of Pivotal Ceramicists Red
Gallery Southsea
2001 World Ceramic Exposition 2001 Korea
International Ceramics Kortjik Belgium
Painterly Pots Brewery Arts Cirencester and Black Swan Frome
2000 Steninge International Ceramic Selection 2000 Steninge Palace
Sweden British Ceramics 2000 DK Grimmerhus Ceramic Museum Denmark Clay
at the Crossroads Winnipeg Art Gallery Canada
1999 Contemporary British Ceramics: Janet Mansfield Gallery, Sydney,
Australia
1998 Invited Main Guest Demonstrator: Earth & Fire Festival, Rufford
Craft Gallery
Frauen in Europe: Marianne Heller Gallery, Heidelberg, Germany and tour
New European Ceramics: Marianne Heller Ceramics Gallery, Heidelberg
Babette's Feast: Galerie für Kunsthandwerk, Munich, Germany
Insight 1 - Abstract Art: University of Exeter
Insight 2 - Figurative Art: University of Exeter
Human Figure: River Bovey Tracey, Devon
Cool Clay - 40 CPA Members: Rufford Craft Gallery
Contemporary British Ceramics: Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
1997 Domestic Warehouse Rufford Craft Centre
Teapots British Council, touring South America
Dish of the Day British Council, touring Europe
Main Guest Demonstrator National Festival of Ceramics Hatfield House
Herts
Solo Show: Plough Art Gallery Torrington
Gala Opening Exhibition Contemporary Ceramics Gallery London
Artists of Fame and Promise Beaux Arts Bath
1996 Soft Clay Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery London
Festival of Ceramics Aberdeen Art Gallery Aberdeen
1995 Body Language: Figurative Ceramics Oxford Gallery Oxford
1994 International Fine Ceramics Alpha House Gallery Sherborne
Ceramics by Sandy Brown and Poh Chap Yeap Paul Rice Gallery London
Gifts for Valentines Crafts Council Shop at the Victoria and Albert
Museum London.
With Your Own Face On organised by Women Artists Slide Library
Plymouth City Museum touring UK
Summer Show Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery London
British Ceramics Galerie Desko Brussels Belgium
Ideal Home: British Art Galerie Arts and Crafts Claude Andre Brussels
Belgium
1993 High Table Midlands Arts Centre touring UK
Form and Function Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery London
1992 Sandy Brown + Takeshi Yasuda Galerie für Englische Keramik Marianne
Heller Germany
Candleabra ProArt Gallery St Louis USA
International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art National Museum of
History
Taipei, Taiwan
1991 The Eye of The Beholder: Prema Arts Centre Dursley
Natural Resources: South West Arts Plymouth City Museum & tour of UK and
Europe
Beyond the Dovetail Crafts Council Gallery London
Colours of the Earth: 20th Century British Ceramics
British Council touring India & Malaya
The Hall of Dreams Cleveland Craft Centre Middlesborough
1990 Contemporary British Ceramics Edinburgh College of Art Scotland
Free Spirits Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre Cwmbran
Sandy Brown + Takeshi Yasuda Kunst und Keramiek Holland
1989 The Unique The Unusual The Utilitarian ProArt Gallery St Louis USA
Summer Show Contemporary Applied Arts London
Contemporary Women Artists Frankfurt Germany
1988 Sandy Brown + Takeshi Yasuda Galerie für Englische Keramik Marianne
Heller Germany
1987 British Ceramics Munich Museum Germany
1986 A Valentines Exhibition Crafts Council at Victoria and Albert
Museum
Inside: Outside Wita Gardiner Gallery San Diego USA
Shape and Decoration Scottish Gallery Edinburgh (Selected by Henry
Rothschild:)
1985 British Potters Berlin Germany
Summer Show British Crafts Centre London
New British Crafts Crafts Council Selected: Dallas USA
British Ceramics Pat Barnes Gallery Chicago USA
1984 Two British Potters Tokyo Japan
Tableware: New Domestic Pottery Crafts Council London & touring UK
Public Collections
containing work by Sandy Brown
Victoria and Albert
Museum
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Cleveland Crafts Centre
Eastern Arts Association
Ulster Museum
Bath Festival of Contemporary Arts
West Surrey College of Art
Pincher Collection, Stoke on Trent City Museum
Landesgewerbeamt, Baden-Wurtemburg, Karlsruhe, Germany
World Ceramic Centre, Ichon, Korea
Museum of City of Landshut Germany (collection of Rudolf Strasser)
Broomhill Sculpture Park
Steninge Palace, Sweden
W orld Ceramic Art Museum, Fu Le, China
Museum Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
British Council
Shipley Art Gallery
Winnipeg Museum of Art, Canada
Crafts Council of Great Britain
Dr. Hans Thieman, Germany
British Embassy, Tokyo
Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery
Crafts Council of Victoria, Australia
Gippsland Institute, Australia
Crafts Study Centre, England
Public Commissions
2000 Millennium Map Ceramic map of Appledore, Appledore Arts
1995 Tree Of Life Taunton Musgrove Hospital, Taunton
Catalogues
2006 Ritual: The Still Point and The Dance
2000 Sandy Brown: The Exhilaration of Life Rufford Craft Centre. In
English and German
1988 Sandy Brown: Artist in Residence Gippsland Institute, Australia
1987 Sandy Brown: The Complete Picture Oriel 31, Wales. To accompany
touring show
1986 Ceramic Series No 16 Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Residencies
2008 Selected British Ceramic Artist, World Ceramic Art Museum, Fu Le,
China
2006 Invited Guest Artist, International Ceramic Research Centre,
Denmark
2000 Rufford Ceramic Centre, Rufford, England
1988 Gippsland Institute, Australia
1988 Otago Art School, New Zealand
1985 University of Texas, USA
Lecture Tours
2001 India part funded by British Council
1992 South Africa and Namibia Part funded by British Council
1988 Australia and New Zealand Funded by British Council, Australia
Council and Society of New Zealand Potters
Lectures / Teaching
Lectures and holds workshops in colleges and arts centres around the
world.
Part-time Lecturer Falmouth College of Art 1993 - 2000
Visiting lecturer:
Chesterfield College of Art
Derby College of Art
University of Creative Arts, Farnham Surrey
Exeter College of Art and Design
Plymouth College of Art and Design
Royal College of Art
Runs workshops on Letting Go: Creative Development.
Guest Speaker
2008 NCECA, Pittsburgh USA
2006 International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark
2003 Printemps des Potiers, France
2001 Delhi Potters Association, India,
Mumbai Potters, India
2001 Wey Ceramics Group, Surrey
2000 The Wheel Conference, Forest of Dean, England
1998 Main Guest Demonstrator Earth and Fire Festival, Rufford
1997 Main Guest Demonstrator and Speaker National Festival of Ceramics,
Hatfield
1996 Main Guest Demonstrator Ceramics Festival Bickleigh Devon
etc etc numerous Potters Assocations, colleges and artists groups
1988 World Crafts Council Conference, Sydney Australia
1988 International Ceramic Conference, Sydney Australia
etc etc
Books
Ceramic
Surface Matthias Osterman
Stoneware Richard Dewar
Ceramic Figures Michael Flynn
Sources of Inspiration Caroline Genders
Human Form in Clay Jane Wellar
The Figure in Fired Clay Betty Blandino
Women in Ceramics Moira Vincentelli
Design Sourcebook Ceramics by Edmund du Vaal
British Studio Ceramics by Paul Rice and Christopher Gowing
Ceramic Form by Peter Lane
Potters by CPA Eighth Edition Cover Photo
Ceramics by Richard Zakin USA
Sculptural Ceramics by Ian Godfrey
Victoria and Albert Museum Collection
Bottles and Bowls by Peter Lane
The Potter's Companion by Tony Birks
Tableware in Clay by Karen Ann Wood
Pottery Techniques by Peter Consentino
Articles
Ceramic Art and Perception No 66
‘Sandy Brown: The Still Point and The Dance’ article by David Whiting
Ceramic Review no 221 Sept 2006 Cover
‘Symbolic Visions’ Feature review by Prof Simon Olding
Ceramic Review No 204 November 2003
La Revue de la Ceramique et Verre (France) No 133 November 2003 Cover
Keramik Magazin (Germany) No 5/2003 November 2003 Cover
Keramik Magazin [Germany] August/Sept 2000
Die mondbewegte Frau [The Moonpower Woman] by Gabi Dewald
Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung Newspaper Germany 21st Sept 2000 and 25th Sept 2000
Kerameiki techni [Greece and international] issue 35
Sandy Brown: The Exhilaration of Life
Ceramic Review no 183 March/April 2000
Studio Pottery USA Dec 99 Colour and Form
Ceramic Review March 99 Under the Skin by Amanda Fielding
Crafts Magazine no 152 May/June 1998
Sources of Inspiration by Emmanuel Cooper
Ceramic Art & Perception (Australia) no 30 Dec 1997
Sandy Brown: The Sculptures by Lionel Phillips
Ceramic Review Sept/Oct 1994
A Potter's Move by Sandy Brown
Ceramics Monthly USA May 1992
Sandy Brown and Takeshi Yasuda + Cover photo by Tony Birks
Keramik Magazin (Germany) no 6 1992
Sandy Brown and Takeshi Yasuda by Gabi Dewald
Ceramics Monthly USA Feb 1991
Sandy Brown and Takeshi Yasuda exhibition in Holland
Ceramique et Verre (France) July 1991
Sandy Brown and Takeshi Yasuda by Tony Birks
Ceramic Review no 131 Sept 1991
The Grand Opera of Pots and Food by Sandy Brown
Ceramic Review no 124 July/Aug 1990
A Potters Day by Sandy Brown
Craft Arts (Australia) March/June 1989
Recent Ceramics by Sandy Brown by Henk Bak
Ceramic Review no 116 March/April 1989
Sandy Brown: Bold, Wild and Dangerous by Sandy Brown
Ceramique et Verre {France} no 45 Mars/Avril 1989
La Poterie Domestique en Grand Bretagne
Pottery in Australia Feb 1989
Colour and Clay by Hedley Potts
Craft Arts (Australia) Sept/Nov 1988
British Artist in Residence at Gippsland Institute by Hedley Potts
Pottery in Australia Aug 1988
Sandy Brown by Hedley Potts
Keramik (Germany) April 1988
Sandy Brown and Takeshi Yasuda by Wolf Matthies
ArtsWest June 1987
Sandy Brown: Leading Questions by Tanya Field
Ceramic Review no 99 May/June 1986 Cover photo and article
Sandy Brown: A Theatre of Colour by Sandy Brown
Ceramic Review no 96 Nov/Dec 1985
A Potter in Japan by Sandy Brown
Houston Chronicle Houston Texas USA 5.4.1985
Fresh from the British Isles by Harriet Edelson
Reviews
Ceramic Review No 221 Sept/Oct 2006
‘Symbolic Visions’ Review of Ritual: The Still Point and The Dance by
Simon Olding
Crafts No 166 Sept/Oct 2000
Review by Ian Wilson of The Exhilaration of Life at Rufford
Ceramic Review no 171 May/June 1998
Review of Broomhill exhibition by Tony Birks
Studio Pottery no 30 Dec 1997
Review of Sandy Brown at the Plough by Paul Vincent
Studio Pottery no 19 1996
Review of Sandy Brown at Alpha House Gallery by Lionel Phillips
Crafts May/June 1994
Review of Sandy Brown: Scu/0lpture, Ceramics and Painting by Margot
Coatts
Ceramic Review July/Aug 1993
Review of Form and Function
Studio Pottery no 1 1993
Review of Sandy Brown and Takeshi Yasuda at Galerie für Englische
Keramik
by Patrick Sargeant
Keramik Magazin (Germany) no 6 1992
Review of Sandy Brown and Takeshi Yasuda at Galerie für Englische
Keramik
by Gabi Dewald
Womens Art July 1991
Review of Sandy Brown:Pots and Goddesses at Plymouth Arts Centre
by Victoria Airborne
Western Morning News 9 4` 91
Review of Sandy Brown: Pots and Goddesses at Plymouth Arts Centre
by Simon Parker
Ceramics Monthly (USA) Feb 1991
Review of Sandy Brown and Takeshi Yasuda in Holland
Crafts Nov/Dec 1990
Review of Sandy Brown: Figuratively Speaking at Oxford Gallery by David
Briers
Ceramique et Verre (France) no 50 Jan/Fev 1990
Review of solo show at Visage Gallery by Tony Birks
Arts Review 16 6 89
Review of solo show at Visage Gallery by Edward Phelps
Craft Arts (Australia) March/June 1989
Recent Ceramics by Sandy Brown; review by Henk Bak
Craft Victoria (Australia)
Colour and Clay: review of Sandy Brown in Melbourne by Martin Beaver
Craft Victoria (Australia) Oct 1988
Rampant Sensuality: review of Sandy Brown in Melbourne by Deboran
Halpern
Bristol Evening Post 11 3 88
Review of Sandy Brown: The Complete Picture at Artsite by Quita Morgan
Crafts no 89 Nov/Dec 1987
Review of Sandy Brown: The Complete Picture at Oriel 31 by David Briers
Arts Review 31 7 87
Review of Sandy Brown: The Complete Picture at Oriel 31 by Gwen Heeney
Member
Contemporary Applied Arts - Selected Member
Crafts Council Slide Index - Selected Member
Craft Potters Association - Fellow
Expo Ceramic Museum Korea - Selected Member
Representation
Great Britain
Contemporary Applied Arts. London
Contemporary Ceramics London
Cass Sculpture Foundation at Goodwood
Broomhill Sculpture Park, Devon
Germany
Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg
Australia
Robb Street Gallery Elve Olver
Japan
Green Gallery, Tokyo
Holland
Kunst und Keramiek, Deventer
Belgium
Galerie Claude Andre
USA
ClayGallery, Los Angeles
Lacoste Gallery, Concorde Massachusetts
Additional Activies
Founder member and now Artistic Director of Appledore Visual Arts
Art Editor of Resurgence Magazine and Trustee of Resurgence Trust
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