Hart Gallery
Elspeth Owen Exhibitions
- 1983
- Henry Rothschild's Exhibition, Kettles yard, Cambridge
- 1984
- Solo exhibition, Primavera, Cambridge
- Pots and Potters, Aldeburgh
- British Ceramics, Deidesheim, Germany
- 1985
- Solo Exhibition, Royal Exchange, Manchester
- Ceramics from England, Keramion Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- European Ceramics, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- 1986
- Solo Exhibition, Crafts Council shop, V&A Museum, London
- Solo Exhibition, Primavera, Cambridge
- 1987
- Solo exhibition, Craft and Design Centre, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
- 1988
- BP Craft Fellows, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
- Out of Clay, City Art Gallery, Manchester
- Off the Wheel, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
- Solo Exhibition, Ceramic Series, Aberystwyth
- 1989
- Brittiska Keramiker, Galerie Lejonet, Stockholm, Sweden
- L'Europe des ceramistes, Auxerre, France, and touring through Europe
- Solo Exhibition as artist in residence, Verulamium Museum, St.Albans
- 1990
- Solo Exhibition, Gallery North, Kirby Lonsdale
- East Anglian Potters, Primavera, Cambridge
- Looking East, Ipswich and Koblenz, Norwich
- 1991
- Solo Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London
- British Studio Potters, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
- 1992
- How Do Women Walk? installation, Cambridge Darkroom Gallery
- International Ceramics, National Gallery, Tapei, Taiwan
- British Ceramics, St Polten, Austria
- 1993
- Handbuilt Ceramics, Rufford Craft Centre
- Between me and my sister, video, Cambridge
- 1994
- Solo Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, USA
- Open End, Perfomance, Banff Center for the Arts
- 1995
- Treasure installation, solo exhibition, Hart Gallery, London
- Dry Tears installation, Kettle's Yard Open, Cambridge
- 1996
- Resting places installation Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
- Primavera:Pioneering Craft and Design, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Best of British Solo Exhibition, Maggie Barnes Ceramics, Knaresborough
- Real Eyes 15 second blipvert, Cambridge Film Festival
- Artist's Journeys installation Bury St Edmunds
- 1997
- British Crafts, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
- Solo Exhibition, The Hart Gallery, London
- Solo Exhibition, Egg, London
- World Triennial of Small Ceramics commendation Zagreb, Croatia
- 1998
- Low-Fired Ceramics Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
- Global Ceramics Babel Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- SOFA , Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, USA
- Coming Round Again Solo Exhibition, Primavera, Cambridge
- 1999
- Crafts Council at the International Ceramics Fair, London
- Solo Exhibition, Hart Gallery, London
- Classics vii Kortrijk, Belgium
- 2000
- Solo Exhibition, Helen Drutt gallery, Philadelphia, USA
- Mugs for the Millenium Galerie Besson, London
- Exhibition with the painter Brian Graham, Hart South-West, Cornwall
- 2001
- The Weeping Women, Installation Clare Hall, Cambridge
- Smoke-Fired Ceramics, Kunstforum, Kirchberg
- 2002
- Kettle's Yard Open and Salt Glazed Ceramics, Koblenz
- Hart Gallery, London
- 2003
- The Cradle of Civilisation, Installation Contemporary Applied Art, London
- Curtains, 3 Week long performance, Taxi Gallery, Cambridge
- 2004
- Imagined Corners with Katrina Warren Egg Gallery, London
- Hart Gallery, London
- 2005
- Rufford Arts Centre, Naked Clay
- 2006
- 2007
- London, flow gallery & Carmarthen Oriel Myrddin gallery: Llif
- 2008
- London, Contemporary Applied Art: The Cup
Hart Gallery, London
Elspeth Owen 
Public Collections
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- University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Buckinghamshire Museum, Aylesbury
- City Art Gallery, Bolton
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Ceramics Museum, Deidesheim
- Dean Clough Contemporary Art Museum, Halifax
- Kuntsmuseum, Hamburg
- City Art Gallery, Leeds
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Cleveland Studio Pottery, Middlesborough
- Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier, New Zealand
- Paisley Museum
- BA at Gatwick
Elspeth Owen Appointments
- 1979 - 85
- Tutor in Art and Environment for the Open University
- 1983 - 96
- Tutor in Womens Studies for the Open University
- 1987
- BP Craft Fellow, Briton Ferry Special School, South Wales
- 1989
- Artist in Residence Verulamium Museum, St Albans
- 1989 - 96
- Artist / Tutor / Facilitator for special needs groups
- 1988 - 96
- Artist for workshops to support exhibitions
- 1994
- Residency at Banff Center for the Arts, Alberta, Canada
Elspeth Owen Awards
- 1989
- British Council for "L'Europe des Ceramistes" touring throughout Europe
- 1991
- Eastern Arts/Cambridge Darkroom Bursary
- 1993
- MA with dinstinction in Womens Studies, Anglia Polytechnic University
- 1994
- British Council award for exhibition at Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York
- Eastern Arts Artists Development Fund for residency at Banff Arts Center
- 1996
- Eastern Arts Artists Development Fund for digital technology training
Elspeth Owen References
- 1998
- Briton Ferry Special Clay by Rob Watling for the Welsh Arts Council
- 1994
- Elspeth Owen Hilde Korsaeth Canadian Television Network
- 2005
- Material Women by Anna Grimshaw
- 1984
- My Country is the Whole World Cambridge Women's Peace Collective, Pandora Press
- 1990
- Dictionary of Studio Potters Pat Carver, Scholar Press
- British Studio Pottery Oliver Watson, Christies/Phaidon
- 1993
- The Complete Potters Companion Tony Birks, Octopus
- 1994
- Smoked Pottery Jane Perryman, Black
- 1996
- The Potter's Palette Christine Constant and Steve Ogden, Quarto
- 1998
- Jane Waller "Colour in Clay" Crowood Press
- Gillian Beer et al "Coming round again" bwa
- 1999
- Edmund de Waal "Ceramics: Desigh Sourcebook" New Holland
- 2002
- "Salt Glazed Ceramics" Handswerkskammer Koblenz
- 2003
- "500 Bowls" Larks Books U.S.A.
- Edmund de Waal :20th Century Ceramics" Thames and Hudson
- 2004
- Jane Perryman "Naked Clay" Black
- ARTICLES
- 1980
- Elspeth Owen 'A Question of Balance' Crafts no.46
- 1987
- Amanda Fielding a review of Crafts Council exhibition Crafts no.84
- 1988
- Tanya Harrod Ceramic Series Aberystwyth Arts Centre no.34
- Elspeth Owen 'On Being a Potter' Ceramic Review no.114
- 1994
- Jane Waller 'Colouring Clay' Ceramic Review no.145
- 1995
- Edmund de Waal review of 'Treasure' in Crafts no.136
- Jaine Jackson a review of 'Treasure' in Ceramic Review no.155
- 1998
- David Whiting a review Crafts no.150
- 1999
- 'Elspeth Owen' by Hannah Wingrave Studio Pottery - ceramics in society no.38