Crafts Council – #todayimmaking

The Crafts Council very kindly covered me on their #todayimmaking feature. Thanks guys. Today I’m making Porcelain Sandwiches for York Curiouser, an upcoming exhibition which will see 300 of these sandwiches ‘left’ around York.

The Buried City Exhibition

An interesting exhibition which I have some work included in, coming up at Crescent Arts in Scarborough for Museums at Night. The exhibition will be shown in the gallery space at Crescent Arts during April and May.

Hidden Agenda Exhibition at the Granery Gallery, Berwick

Please join me at the preview of Hidden Agenda – Socially Conscious Craft where I will be discussing my ‘Trilogy of Death’ series which has been selected for inclusion in this exhibition. The exhibition is co curated by the Crafts Council, Berwick Visual Arts & artist Doug Jones.  Exhibition Preview The Granary Gallery – Saturday […]

EXHIBITION – 108 Fine Art

My solo exhibition at 108 Fine Art in Harrogate will run from 1st February until the 22nd February. It includes recent ceramics and drawings. Please contact Andrew Stewart at 108 Fine Art for more details.   

National Glass Centre Showcase

I’ve been invited to exhibit a second showcase with the National Glass Centre in Sunderland. This showcase runs from the 17th January until 4th May and is situated on the lower level.

Included in the Emmanuel Cooper Retrospective Exhibitions

A pierced porcelain mug I made featuring Emmanual cooper and also a Emmanuel Cooper badge from my BADGERED project are on display as part of the huge retrospective exhibition of his ceramic work which has just opened at Ruthin Craft Cente. The show moves to Derby in February and then to London in April next […]

Karen Thompson, Karen T, KarenT, Ceramics, Goveshy, Politics, Michael Gove, Political, Confrontational Craft, Art Party Conference, Bob and Roberta Smith, Wedgwood

The Art Party Conference

The Art Party Conference in Scarborough was a huge success, the Goveshy which I created especially for the event received a lot of attention. The event organised by both Bob & Roberta Smith and Crescent Arts (where I have my current studio residency) was held at Scarborough Spa on the 23rd November 2013. The Art […]

Goveshy previewed in the Broadsheets

In the run up to the Art Party conference my Goveshy and Gove Busts have been garnering a lot of attention Here they are previewed in the Broadsheets – The Times, Telegraph and Yorkshire Post. They have also had a lot of online attention, from the likes of Culture 24 and other arts sites.   […]

At Sixes & Sevens, Group Exhibition

I’m exhibiting a piece called ‘Critics’ in a group exhibition at Crescent Arts. The exhibtion runs from 8th June to 6th July and features work by Dawn Brookes, Jade Mosterrat, Steven Potter, Susan Slann, Karen Thompson and Susan Timmins.

EVENT – Art KO! Museums at Night Rumpus. The Bout

In the ring with Tigger Watts, Thompson The Terror of the Tyne’s knockout moment A couple of pics from the ART KO! MUSEUMS AT NIGHT RUMPUS event on Friday evening in the foyer of Scarborough Art Gallery. I was in the ring taking on Scarborough Museums Trusts – Tigger Watts. I won the round, yay! […]

Art Ko! Museums at Night Rumpus, Exhibition and Event

As part of Museums at Night I’ll be exhibiting genuine News Headline posters that I’ve been collecting from Scarborough Evening News since I’ve been living in Scarborough…. This exhibition is on at Crescent Arts in Scarborough, 2nd May – 18th May 2013  I’ve been fascinated by these posters since I arrived in Scarborough, having come […]

Open Studios, Exhibition & Artist Talks

How Many Artists Does it Take to Draw a Lightbulb? Open Studios and a joint exhibition of current work from the six resident artists at Crescent Arts. Myself and Jade Monsterrat will also be giving artist talks on both days over the weekend of the 16th, 17th Feb as part of the Coastival festival.

Gallery, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate

I have been invited to show some of my ceramics at 108 Fine Art in Harrogate, this is a great Gallery based right next door to the Pump Rooms. I’m showing The Death of Sainsburys and The Death of Munrow, Qwerty Cunieform Tablet, Retro Keyboard, Curious Curiosities and my PMN2 Trinket Boxes… they should be […]

Selected for an AA2A Residency at Harrogate College

I’ve been selected to be Artist in Residence at Harrogate College for the next six months. This is part of the AA2A scheme. I’m looking forward to my time there, I will be starting next week after half term. I’ll be keeping a blog about my time on the AA2A Dotbiz site…   http://aa2a.biz/

The Big Draw – artULTS & Study Day

I was involved with two events this week organised by Scarborough Museums Trust as part of their Big Draw programme. artULTS took place at Crescent Arts where I ran ceramics workshops and demonstrations. The Study day took place in the eduction room at Woodend where items from the collection were made available to the general […]

Soundings Exhibition at Crescent Arts

I’ve created an audio work to be included as part of a group exhibition at Crescent Arts. The exhibition runs from 22nd September through until 20th October and includes works by Janet White, Susan timmins, Karen Thompson, Susan Slann, Steven Potter, Jade Montserrat, Emma Miller, Adele Longstaff, Stuart Cameron and Dawn Brooks.

EXHIBITION – Fears, Foes & Faeries

Some Photos of the commissioned Charmology Head in the Fears, Foes & Faeries exhibition currently running at Scarborough Art Gallery. There’s only a couple of weeks left of this exhibition so hurry along to see the pink mustachioed charmer of a man in real life (he looks better in real life!). The exhibition finishes on […]

Saltburn Arts Fair

I’ve been selected to take part in this years Saltburn Arts Fair which is run in conjunction with Mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art). I’ll be setting up a stall on the 5th August.