Pippin Drysdale
“The ceramic forms that emerge from Pippin’s Fremantle studio have an international reach and importance. One of Australia’s most significant artists, she has done so much to convey the complex and fragile beauty of Western Australia’s unique environment. Whether in single objects or in carefully fashioned groups, Pippin’s work opens up not only what it is to look at a landscape but to be fully within it. In this manner, she has been intently focused on making works that match the subtle nuances and rich sophistication of the places she engages with. Her cultivation of a peerless skillset and vision has been, therefore, generously expansive; it is about creating dialogues between the land of her inspiration and the people who will carry forth her concern for it.”
- Colin Walker, Director, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Drysdale works intuitively, with richly coloured glazes and incised lines the hallmarks of her mesmerising porcelain vessels and marbles. Frequently her ceramics reflect the famous Kimberley and Pilbara regions, many echoing the ‘vastness’ of place while others explore the ‘smallness’ of things. Memories are key. She neither sketches nor photographs her travels, relying on sub-conscious recollections that channel her vision; it is the translation of her intuitive responses that make her work so compelling.
Drysdale is a WA State Living Treasure, a Master of Australian Craft and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts by Curtin University in 2020. Now in her 80’s, Pippin continues to climb to new heights, being selected as a Finalist in the 2023 Wynne Prize at the AGNSW. In 2025/2026 she will be honoured with a major solo exhibition at AGWA.
Pippin Drysdale works from her Fremantle studio with a collaborative team, especially Warrick Palmateer.
Image: Robert Frith, Acorn Photo
About the Artist
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1943 Born in Victoria to Patti and John Carew-Reid.
1946 Arrived in Western Australia.
1948-60 Educated at St Hilda’s School and Methodist Ladies College.
Private art classes with Rhoda and Wim Boissevain.
1981 Perth Technical College – Diploma in Advanced Ceramics course.
1982 Study and work tour – Perugia, Italy; Anderson Ranch, Colorado, USA;
San Diego, USA. Studied with influential artist potters in the USA; Daniel Rhodes
and Toshiko Takaesu.
1983-1985 Enrolled at WAIT (now Curtin University) in Bachelor of Arts in Ceramics.
1986-date Working in own studio producing ceramics towards exhibitions.
1987 Australia Council for the Arts Visual Art and Craft Board, Special
Development Grant.
1988 Guest lecturer, School of Art, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
1990 Australia Council for the Arts Visual Art and Craft Board, Creative
Development Grant.
1991 ArtsWA Travel Grant for activities listed below.
Artist-in-Residence, Swansea Art College, Swansea, Wales, UK.
Artist-in-Residence, Deruta Grazia Maioliche (Pottery), Perugia, Italy.
Cultural Exchange, Artists' Union of Russia, Tomsk University, Siberia, Russia.
Guest Lecturer, Princeton University, Skidmore College, Boise State University
and Washington State University, USA.
1992 ArtsWA Travel Grant to travel to Central Australia.
1993 Artist-in-Residence and Visiting Lecturer, Canberra School of Art, Canberra
ACT, Australia.
1994 Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts and Craft Board, Creative
Development Grant.
Artist-in-Residence, Banff Centre for the Arts, Calgary, Canada.
Guest Lecturer, Washington State University, Seattle, USA.
Awarded Fellow of FORM (formerly CRAFTWEST), Perth, Western Australia.
1996 Master Workshops and Lectures National Tour Australia.
1997 Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Art, Curtin University of Technology, Perth,
Western Australia.
ArtsWA Travel Grant, Guest Lecturer, Auckland Studio Potters Summer School,
New Zealand.
National Tour for NZ Society of Potters, New Zealand giving Master Workshops.
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1997/8 Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts and Craft Fund, Project Grant.
1998 Received an ArtsWA Creative Development Fellowship.
Field Trip to Northern Territory, Australia.
1999 Represented Australia, International Lustre Symposium, Gubbio, Italy.
2000 Master Workshops tour to 21 locations for Flying Arts Queensland.
Guest Lecturer, Professional Practice Forum, Curtin University of Technology,
Western Australia.
2001 Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts and Craft Fund Grant for Germany tour.
2002 Received a grant from ArtsWA for catalogue, freight & travel, Germany.
2003 ArtsWA Freight and Travel Grant for exhibiting Victoria & Albert Museum, London
at COLLECT.
Guest lecturer Washington State University, Seattle, USA.
2005 ArtsWA Freight & Travel Grant, for exhibiting at Carlin Gallery, Paris.
Lecture to Hong Kong Ceramic Association.
2006 ArtsWA Project Grant, for Survey Installation at John Curtin Gallery, Curtin
University, Western Australia.
2007 Australia Council for the Arts, Visual Arts and Craft Board, Major Fellowship for
exhibitions in Germany, UK and USA.
2008 To India, Belgium, UK and USA.
2009 To USA for exhibition at Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA.
2010 To USA and Belgium for exhibitions in Boston, Houston Centre for Contemporary
Craft Museum, Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. and PULS Contemporary
Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
2011 To USA for an exhibition at MOBILIA Gallery, Boston, MA, USA.
2012 To USA.
2013 To London for exhibitions.
2014 To UK and Belgium to PULS Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels.
2015 To USA and Germany to Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg.
2016 To Dubai.
2017 To UK and Belgium, for exhibitions, PULS Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels,
Belgium.
2018 To UK and USA for exhibitions.
2019 To UK and USA for exhibitions.
2020 Hon. Doctor for the Arts, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Untitled, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2022 The Patterning of Light Series II/III, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC.
2021 The Patterning of Light: Breakaway Series II, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA.
2020 Breakaway Country, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2019 Kimberley Series I, PULS Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
Kimberley Series 2019, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, WA
2018 Confluence, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University Perth, WA. Seventeen installations from the Devils Marbles Collection.
2017 Wild Alchemy, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Tanami Mapping III, PULS Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
2016 Scatterings – The Devils Marbles, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
2015 Tanami Mapping III Mossgreen Gallery @ Brans, Perth, WA.
Desert Crossings – Vessels, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
Tanami Mapping II, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany.
2014 Tanami Mapping III, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
Desert Crossings, Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
Pilbara Series III, PULS Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
2010/11 Desert Crossing, Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA, USA.
2010 Houston Centre for Contemporary Craft Museum, Houston, TX, USA.
Tanami Mapping I, Australian Embassy, Washington D.C., USA.
Tanami Mapping I, PULS Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
Landscapes, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tanami Traces Series, Mobilia Gallery, Boston, MA, USA.
2009 Tanami Traces Series IV-V, Booker Lowe Gallery, Houston, TX, USA.
Tanami Traces Series IV-V, Michael Reid of Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW.
2008 Tanami Traces Series IV, Anant Art Gallery, Delhi, India.
Tanami Traces Series -IV-V, PULS Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
2007 Far East Meets West – Lines of Sight, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany.
Tanami Traces Series V, Yamaki Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
Lines of Site, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA.
2006 Tanami Traces Series IV-V, Carlin Gallery, Paris, France.
Tanami Traces Series IV-05, Anant Art Gallery, Delhi, India.
2005 Tanami Traces Series IV-04/5, Beaver Gallery Canberra, ACT.
Tanami Traces Series IV-04/05, The Gaffer Studio Glass Gallery, Hong Kong.
Tanami Traces Series IV-04/05, Anant Art Gallery, Delhi, India.
Tanami Traces Series -IV-04/05, Draper Boutwell Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2004 Tanami Traces Series II-04, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
Tanami Traces Series II-03, Framed the Gallery, Darwin, NT.
Tanami Traces Series II-04, Masterworks, Auckland, NZ.
2003 Red Earth Tanami Traces Series 1-02, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany.
MAK Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
Tanami Traces-II-03, Axia Modern Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
Tanami Traces-I-02, BMG Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA.
2000 Pakistan Series 1-01 BMG Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA.
Pakistan Series 1-00 Quadrivium, Sydney, NSW.
Pakistan Series-1-00, Perth Galleries, WA.
1999 From Dust, North Series, Perth Galleries, WA.
1997 Eastern Goldfields Series II, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
Eastern Goldfields Series II, Pots on Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ.
Eastern Goldfields Series I, Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT.
1996 Eastern Goldfields Series I, Contemporary Art Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW.
1995 I Won’t Wish I Will – The Pinnacles, The Door Gallery, Fremantle, WA.
Chalice Series, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
1993 Landscape and Carnivale Lustre Series, Perth Galleries, WA.
Landscape and Carnivale Lustre Series, Gallery 2, Launceston, TAS.
1992 Carnivale Lustre Series, Narek, ACT.
1991 Totem Series, Tomsk Museum, Russia.
Totem Series, Novosirbirsk Museum, Russia.
1990 Logging on Parchment, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
1989 Theatre Series, Potter’s Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
Theatre Series, Narek, Cupacumalong, ACT.
1988 Theatre Series, Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS.
Pippin Drysdale Ceramics, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
1987 Windows Series, Greenhills Gallery, Perth, WA.
1986 Windows Series, Editions Gallery, Fremantle, WA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Wynne Prize 2023, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Much in Common, Nothing Alike, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
Clay Dynasty, Powerhouse, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney
Collection Focus : Abstract Art by Women in the 1980s, Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth & Vasse Felix
Women of the West : 23 Women in 2023, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
2022
Living With the Art We Love, Duke and Duchess of Devonshire,
The Chatsworth Collections, Derbyshire, UK.
National Touring Exhibition SIXTY: The Journal of Australian Ceramics
Sixtieth Anniversary 1962-2022, Australian Design Centre Exhibition for
National Touring Exhibition SIXTY 4 year touring show in australia
Ravenswood Womens Art Prize Finalist, Sydney, NSW
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize Finalist, Redlands Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
Journey, Linton & Kay Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
Power Colours, Galeries Terra Viva, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, Uzes-Gard, France
Point of Balance, Joanna Bird, London, UK
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF The Armoury. New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at Masterpiece, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design PAD, USA.
Shangri-la, Kunstforum, Solothurn, Switzerland
2021
Raw Colour, Holmes à Court Gallery No. 10, Perth, WA.
Adrian Sassoon at Art Uncrafted TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
The Study, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
Sydney Contemporary, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
Group exhibition, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland.
Adrian Sassoon at Parham House, UK.
2020
Autoritratto, Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections, London, UK.
Joie de Vivre, Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections, London, UK.
Landscapes in Porcelain, Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections, London, UK.
Winter Christmas Show, Adrian Sassoon, London, UK.
London House of Modernity, Adrian Sassoon, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at Sotheby’s London.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF The Armoury. New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at Masterpiece, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design PAD, USA.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
2019
Drawings: Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
An Idea Needing to be Made, Ceramics, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Heidelberg, VIC.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF The Armoury, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, New York.
Adrian Sassoon at Masterpiece, London, UK.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, PAD, London, UK.
30 ans de Céramique, Galerie Terra Viva, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France.
2018
Revivals, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland.
Something Blue – Ceramic Masters, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
Come on baby, light my fire, Musée Ariana, Ville de Genève, Switzerland.
Wild Exhibition, Hawkesbury Art Gallery, NSW.
11th Festival De Sculpture Ceramique Europenne, Galerie Du Don, France.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF The Armoury, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF Maastricht: Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, PAD, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at Masterpiece, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design: New York, USA.
2017
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF Maastricht: Maastricht, Netherlands.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF The Armoury. New York, USA.
Necessities of Life, Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections, London, UK.
Sabbia Gallery at Sydney Contemporary Arts Fair, Sydney, NSW.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, PAD, London, UK.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe, WA.
Group show, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland.
2016
1re Biennale Internationale de la Ceramique, Saint Cerque, Switzerland.
The First Central China Ceramic Biennale ‘Cont(R)act Earth’, Henan
Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at Masterpiece, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF The Armoury, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design: PAD, London, UK.
2015
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at The New York Ceramics and Glass Fair, USA.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at Decorex International 2015, London, UK.
Galerie Marianne Heller at Munich Art Fair, Germany.
Adrian Sassoon at Masterpiece, London, UK.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, PAD, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
2014
Parcours Ceramique Carougeols Biennial, Geneva, Switzerland.
Here and Now, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA, Perth, WA.
Heat & Dust, Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at Masterpiece, London, UK.
Galerie Marianne Heller at Munich Art Fair, Germany.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, PAD, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
2013
Christmas Show, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
Group Show, Galerie Terra Viva, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, France.
Adrian Sassoon at Masterpiece, London, UK.
A Tribute to Janet Mansfield, Moss Green Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
The Vessel/The Object, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at COLLECT, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, New York, USA.
Adrian Sassoon at The Salon: Art+Design, PAD, London, UK.
Adrian Sassoon at TEFAF Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
2012/13 Colefax and Fowler, Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections, London, UK.
2012
Ceramics since 1946, Grassi Museum for Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany.
Adrian Sassoon at Art Miami, USA.
2011
Abstract Nature, Samstag Museum, University of South Australia, SA.
2010
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at SOFA, Chicago, USA.
A Group Show, Museum of Modern Art, Gifu, Japan.
2007
Mark Making, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
Clay and Glass, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium.
2006
Meitetsu, Osaka, Japan.
Boutwell Draper Gallery at Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC.
2005
Australia Art and About, Ananya Gallery, Hong Kong.
Crust, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Queensland.
Boutwell Draper Gallery at Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC.
Transformations, The National Gallery of Australia, ACT..
One Piece – One Artist, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg, Germany
Galerie Marianne Heller at COLLECT Art Fair, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
Small is Beautiful, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
FORM at 68th Mostra Mercato Internazione del Artigianato, Florence, Italy.
Ceramic as Expression: 3rd World Ceramic Biennale, Cebiko, Korea.
A Parched Progress: Landscapes of Australia, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA.
Sabbia Gallery at Sydney Art Fair, NSW.
David Rex-Livingstone Gallery at Sydney Art Fair, NSW.
Porcelain and Bone China, (book launch) FORM, Perth, WA.
Porcelain and Bone China, (book launch) Freeman Gallery, Hobart, TAS.
Porcelain and Bone China, (book launch) Raglan Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
2004/05 Vessel, Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland.
2004
Raglan Galleries at SOFA, Chicago and New York, USA.
Raglan Galleries at COLLECT Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
Coloured Porcelain, St. Joseph Galerie, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Traces and Beyond, Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
Group Show, Quadrivium, Sydney, NSW.
Sidney Myer International Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC.
Liquid Properties, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Redfern, NSW.
2003
Masters of the Modern, Munich, Germany.
Recovery for Use, Cheongiu International Biennale, Korea.
Kanazawa Invitational Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan.
The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Art, Gifu, Japan.
2002
Craft Australia at Munich International Craft Fair, Munich, Germany.
Material Culture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery Biennial Acquisition, Toowoomba Gallery, QLD.
Australia Korea Foundation Tenth Anniversary Celebration, Craftwest Gallery, WA.
The 21st Gold Coast International Ceramic Award, Gold Coast City, QLD.
Women in Art, Burswood Casino, Perth, WA.
2001
Centenary of Federation 1901–2001, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Commitment in Craft, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, WA.
Porcelain Art into the New Millennium, Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, ACT.
2000
Now and Then, PICA, Perth, WA.
Australian Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Marianne Heller, Heidelberg Germany.
Australia’s Best, Contemporary Ceramic Art Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW.
1999
Contemporary Australian Craft, on tour at the Powerhouse, Sydney,
Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Takaoka Art Museum and Hokkaido
Museum of Modern Art, Japan.
Vitalita Perenne del Lustro, Palazzo del Consoli, Gubbio, Italy.
A Generous Vessel, Centre for Contemporary Craft, Sydney, NSW.
1998
Variations on a Vessel, Quadrivium, Sydney, NSW.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at SOFA New York, New York, USA.
Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections at SOFA Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Decorated Clay, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
1997
San Francisco International Craft Fair, USA.
Art in Gold, Ballarat Art Gallery and Museum, VIC.
Delinquent Angel, touring Australia.
Bowled Over, Savode Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
1996
Australian Craft on Tour in Japan, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.
Clay and Glass, Guildford Grammar School, WA.
Referencing the Earth, Kalla Yeedip Gallery, Midland, WA.
Ceramics Art and Perception at Australian Expo, Singapore.
Mossgreen at Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC.
Bowling Along, Savode Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
City of Perth Craft Award, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, WA.
Fifteenth International Gold Coast Ceramic Awards, Gold Coast, QLD.
Objects of Desire, Sydney City Galleries, Sydney, NSW.
Annual Christmas Exhibition, Quadrivium, Sydney, NSW.
Vessel: Contemporary Australian Ceramics, Canberra School of Art, ACT.
Collectables, Contemporary Ceramic Art Gallery, Paddington, NSW.
The Bowled and the Beautiful, Moores Building, Fremantle, WA.
Australian Porcelain Artists, Perth Galleries, WA.
Sidney Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC.
Director’s Choice, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Delinquent Angel, touring Japan, Singapore, USA, Australia.
Fletcher Challange Ceramics Award, Auckland, New Zealand.
1995
Fletcher Challange Ceramics Award, Auckland, New Zealand.
Delinquent Angel, Museo Internazionale Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy.
Art Expo, Fremantle, WA.
Artrage Festival 1995, Perth Entertainment Centre, WA.
Midland Centennial Art Acquisition, Kalla Yeedip Gallery, Midland, WA.
The Spirit of Fremantle Docks Art Award, A Shed Fremantle, WA.
Christmas Exhibition, Perth Galleries, WA.
Celebrate the Maj, His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth, WA.
Landscape as Metaphor, Claremont School of Art, WA.
Araluen Festival of Art, Araluen, WA.
Perth College Art Exhibition, Perth College, WA.
City of Perth Craft Award, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, WA.
Juggling the Elements, Manly Art Gallery, NSW.
Ceramikon, Architectural Designex, Sydney, NSW.
Ceramics, Back to Back Galleries, Newcastle, NSW.
Celebrating the Fellows, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, WA.
The Bowl, Savode Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
1994
Designed and Made, Craftwest Gallery, Perth, WA.
Sidney Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC.
Perth Galleries at Fourth Australian Art Fair, Melbourne, VIC.
Pride of Place – New Acquisitions 1990-1994, Art Gallery of WA.
From Bauhaus to Birdhouse, Perth Galleries, WA.
Perth Galleries at CINAFE ‘94, Chicago, USA.
The Bowled and the Beautiful, The Door Exhibition Space, Fremantle, WA.
Art Exhibition, Hale School, Perth, WA.
Crafts Council of WA at Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Singapore.
Crafts Council of WA at Australia Comes to Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia.
1993
Perth Galleries at CINAFE ‘93, Chicago, USA.
Setting the Standard, McWhirter’s Artspace, Brisbane, QLD.
The Bowl, Narek, Canberra, ACT.
A Renaissance of Tiles, The Jam Factory, Adelaide, SA.
From Funk to Functional, McWhirter’s Artspace, Brisbane, QLD.
Craft Award, Waldorf School, Perth, WA.
Australian Customs Service Award, Customs House, Fremantle, WA.
Christmas Exhibition, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
Art Exhibition, Wesley College, South Perth, WA.
Habitat, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
Spring Exhibition, Gunyulgup Gallery, Yallingup. WA.
1992
Ceramic Object, Manly Art Gallery, NSW.
Design Visions, Art Gallery of WA, Perth, WA.
From Russia With Love, Perth Galleries, WA.
Easter Exhibition, Esplanade Hotel Extravaganza Gallery, Albany, WA.
Mornington Peninsula Craft Award, VIC.
Diamond Valley Art Awards, Shire of Diamond Valley, VIC.
1991
Western Australian Painting and Ceramics, Gallery Sanyo, Tokyo, Japan.
National Ceramic Exhibition, Shepparton Art Gallery, VIC.
Colour Spectrum, Miskin Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
Decorated Clay, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
Designer Makers, Moore’s Building, Fremantle, WA.
Esplanade Extravaganza, Esplanade Hotel Gallery, Albany, WA.
Arts Access Tutors Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
1990
Australian Survey of Crafts ‘90, Meat Market, Craft Centre, Melbourne, VIC.
Aust. Ceram, ’90, Burswood Hotel, Perth, WA.
Diamond Valley Art Awards, Melbourne, VIC.
Women’s Work, New Collectibles Gallery, Fremantle, WA.
Ninth Annual Craft Acquisition Award, Darwin, ACT..
City of Perth Craft Award, Crafts Council Gallery, Perth, WA.
Variety Club of Australia Inaugural Art Exhibition, Canberra, ACT.
Mt Leseur Art Acquisitions Award, Fremantle Art Gallery, WA.
1989
Paint for Peace, New Editions Gallery, Fremantle, WA.
Mark Making, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
National Ceramic Award, School of Art Gallery, Canberra, ACT.
City of Perth Craft Award, Crafts Council Gallery, Perth, WA.
Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland, NZ.
Summer Visions, New Collectibles, Fremantle, WA.
All That Glitters, Clayform Gallery, Perth, WA.
Crafts Council of WA at Australian Expo, Singapore.
Christmas Box, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
1988
International Art Competition 1988 in New York, USA.
Crafts Council of WA at Australian Interior Design Expo, Hong Kong.
New Contemporaries, Crafts Council Gallery, Perth, WA.
Expo ’88, Brisbane, QLD.
Quality 5, Crafts Council of South Australia, Adelaide, SA.
City of Perth Craft Award, Crafts Council Gallery, Perth, WA.
Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Auckland, NZ.
National Ceramic Award, School of Art Gallery, Canberra, ACT.
City of Fremantle Acquisition Award, Fremantle, WA.
National Craft Acquisition Award, Crafts Council of the NT, Darwin, NT.
Christmas Show, Perth Galleries, WA.
1988
A Decade at St Brigid’s 1978-1988, Perth Technical College.
Purchase a Pot, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
14th Commonwealth Universities Congress Exhibition, UWA, Perth, WA.
Diamond Valley Art Awards, Melbourne, VIC.
1987
Challenges, Crafts Council of WA Gallery, Perth, WA.
Craft Expo, Sydney, NSW.
Craft Purchase Exhibition, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS.
City of Perth Craft Award, Crafts Council Gallery, Perth, WA.
National Ceramic Award, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ACT.
Opening Exhibition, Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, WA.
Bathurst Art Purchase, Bathurst Art Gallery, Bathurst, NSW.
1986
National Ceramic Award, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ACT.
City of Perth Craft Award, Council House, Perth, WA.
1985
Walkers’ Award, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC.
Crossroads, Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
City of Perth Craft Award, Council House, Perth, WA.
Future Perspectives, Editions Gallery, Fremantle, WA.
Fremantle Markets Invitational Ceramic Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
Women – A Career in the Crafts, Crafts Council of WA Gallery, Perth, WA.
Design for Living, Crafts Council of WA Gallery, Perth, WA.
WAIT Craft Degree Exhibition, Praxis, Fremantle, WA.
Christmas Exhibition, Greenhill Galleries, Perth, WA.
1981
Graduation Exhibition Perth Technical College, Short Street Gallery, Fremantle, WA.
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CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Air New Zealand Collection, Western Australia – Eastern Goldfields Series II, 1997.
Ansett, Western Australia – Eastern Goldfields Series II, 1996.
ANZ Bank, Melbourne – Chalice Series, 1994.
Australian Capital Equity, Western Australia – Horizon (suite of three pieces Pinnacles Series), 1995.
Australian Contemporary Art Fair – four works from EGS Series, 1996.
Bank of New Zealand, Perth – Russian Series, 1988.
Bankwest – Seascape bowl, 1991.
Chatsworth Collection, Derbyshire England – TTS and Kimberley Series, Devil’s Marbles collections 2007/9/10/11/12/13/16/17/22
CHEVRON Corporation Collection, Perth, WA –Ochre Pit Series I
Installation, 2022. (seventeen art works)
Coopers and Lybrand & Associates, Perth – Logging on Parchment, 1990.
Craftwest – Pinnacles Series (group of three), 1997.
Fidelity, London, UK – Kakadu Burn, Installation, 2009.
Gandel Group of Companies, Melbourne – two works, TTS-V-06, 2006.
Harold Schenberg Collection – Carnivale Series, 1993, now in Art Gallery of Western. Australia.
Hartley Poynton, Perth – Eastern Goldfields Series 1995.
Holmes à Court Collection (Heytesbury Holdings) – Tree Series
Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants, Singapore – 15 works, TTS I&II.
Marco Polo Corporation, Singapore – twelve works, TTS–II-03 2003
Rosenbaum Brynmaur Collection, Penns, USA – Landscape Lustre Series, 1993.
Sackler Trust Collection, London, UK – Burnt Rridge Blaze, Tanami Mapping, 2011.
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Meghan Wynn Collection, Perth, Western Australia. 2021.
Roslyn Packer AO Collection, Sydney, Australia.
Duke & Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth Collections, UK.
Gandel Foundation, Melbourne, Australia.
Tim Roberts Collection, Perth, Western Australia.
Andrew Forrest Collection, Perth, Western Australia.
Rampini Factory, Gubbio, Italy.
Lisa and David Thurin, Melbourne, ten artworks
Numerous Collections in Germany
Private collections in New York, Boston, Philadelphia etc.
DIPLOMATIC ACQUISITIONS
Craft Expo Presentation, gift to Mr & Mrs Gough Whitlam – Window Series, 1987.
Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, gift to President of Mexico, 1988.
Department of Trade & Development, gift to Prime Minister & Cabinet Indonesia, 1990.
The Grain Pool of Western Australia, gift to Seoul, Korea – EGS Series II, 1997.
USSR Trade Union Official, 1989.
Commission Australian Embassy NY, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, 2020
AWARDS
2020 Honorary Doctorate of the Arts, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia.
2015 WA State Living Treasure Award, Western Australian Government.
2011 Artsource Lifetime Achievement Award, Perth, Western Australia.
2007 Master of Australian Craft, Craft Australia, New South Wales, Australia.
2003 Gold Coast International Award, Queensland, Australia.
1995 City of Perth Craft Award, Western Australia.
Newcastle Ceramic Purchase Award, New South Wales, Australia.
Docks Art Award, Fremantle, Western Australia.
1994 Diamond Valley Art Award, Victoria, Australia.
1992 Highly Commended, Australian Customs Service Art Award, Fremantle, WA.
1991 Highly Commended, Diamond Valley Art Award, Victoria, Australia.
1988 Award for Ceramics Excellence, Tresillian Art Award, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia.
Certificate of Excellence International Art Award, New York, USA.
National Craft Acquisition Award, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Award for Excellence, City of Fremantle Acquisition Award, Perth Western, Australia.
1987 Award for Ceramics Excellence, Tresillian Art Award, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia.
Purchase Award, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
1985 Highly Commended, City of Perth Craft Award, Perth, Western Australia.
23 h x 16.5 dcm