Hart Gallery
Colin Pearson Personal Information
- 1923
- Colin Pearson born London, UK
Colin Pearson Education
- 1951 - 1952
- Colin Pearson attended Goldsmiths College
- 1947 - 1951
Colin Pearson Solo Exhibitions
- 1962
- The Crafts Centre, London
- 1965
- Craft Potters Shop,London
- 1971
- British Crafts Centre, London
- 1978
- Gallery 77, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
- 1981
- Craft Potters Shop, London
- University Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
- 1982
- Charlotte Hennig Gallery, Darmstadt, Germany
- 1986
- Oxford Gallery, Oxford
- Westminster Gallery, Boston, USA
- 1987
- Craft Potters Shop, London
- 1988
- Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, USA
- 1991
- Galerie fur Englische Keramik - Marianne Heller, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany
- 1993
- Keramik Galerie Bowig, Hanover, Germany
- Keramik Museum Wesuerwald, Hohr - Grenzhausen, Germany
- 1994
- Colin Pearson - Ceramics, Godfrey and Twatt, Harrogate
- Galerie Besson, London
- 1996
- Recent Stoneware and Porcelain, Alpha House Gallery, Sherbourne, Dorset
Colin Pearson Group Exhibitions
- 1965
- Les Emaux Dans La Ceramique Actuelle, Musee Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1968
- Contemporary European Ceramics, Suita Trading Co. Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
- 1970
- British Designer Craftsmen, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA
- 1972
- International Academy of Ceramics Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum,London
- British Potters, Crafts Advisory Committee, London, organised by The British Council
- 1973
- Aspects of Modern British Crafts, Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
- The Craftsman’s Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- 1974
- 2nd International Exhibition of Ceramic Arts, Chunichi Newspaper Company, Nagoya, Japan
- 1975
- More British Potters, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
- Concorso Internationale delle Ceramiche, Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
- 1976
- Contemporary Pottery from Henry Rothchild’s Collection, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
- Europaische Keramil der Gegenwart, Keramion, Freschen, Germany
- Porzellan, Ein Landersspeil England - Deutschland, Kunstammer Koster, Mochenglandbach, Germany
- Form und gefass, Heissisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
- 1977
- Twenty Four British Potters, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University,
- Abington, USA
- Ceramics and Textiles, The Middle East, organised by Crafts Council & British Council
- 1978
- Englische Keramik, Museumverein Dorenburg, Grefrath, Germany
- Pearson, Hammond and Blackie, Amalgam, London
- 1979
- Keramik Glas Textil, Brunswicker Pavilion, Kiel, Germany
- Colin Pearson and J.C. de Crousaz, Kunstkammer Koster, Monchengladbach, Germany
- 1980
- Contemporary British Crafts, Sotheby’s, London
- Contemporary British Crafts Centre, London
- Ceramics for Children at Cheyne, Fairfields Halls, Croydon
- British Ceramics Today, Octagon Centre, Ames, USA
- Colin Pearson and Betty Woodman, Amalgam, London
- Contemporary British Pottery, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, organised by British Council
- 1981
- British Ceramics and Textiles, Schapoord Arts Centre, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
- Englische Keramiken und Holzarbeiten, Kunstammlungen Der Veste, Coburg, Germany
- Making Good - New Craftwork from the Sout East, Gardner arts Centre, Falmer, organised by South East Arts
- 1982
- Tendances de la Ceramique Contemporaine, Musee des Arts Decoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- British Group Exhibition, Heimatmuseum, Eckernfurde, Germany
- Internationale Kunsthandwerk-Ausstellung, Internationale Kunstmesse,
- Bergdorf, Switzerland
- British Potters, Galerie fur Englische Keramik - Marianne Heller, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany
- The Maker’s Eye, Crafts Council, London
- 1983
- Colin Pearson and Claude Champy, Keramik Galerie Schneider, Freiburg, Germany
- Group Exhibition, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
- British Potters, Galerie fur Englische Keramik - Marianne Heller, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany
- British Potters, Museum fur Moderne Keramik, Deidesheim, Germany
- 1984
- Colin Pearson, Terry Bell-Hughes and Peter Starkey, Casson gallery, London
- Group Exhibition, Carmel College, Wallingford
- Mick Casson Vessel Show, Westminster Gallery, Boston, USA
- British Potters, Galerie Gilbert, Remetschwiel, Germany
- Eight Ceramicists, British Crafts Centre, London
- Three Generations of British Potters, Maya Behn, Zurich, Switzerland
- Summer Exhibition, Bohun Gallery, Henley- on- Thames
- Six British Ceramicists, Studio 40, The Hague, Netherlands
- Group Exhibition, Southampton City Art Gallery and Museum, Southampton
- 1985
- Group Exhibition, Keramik Galerie Bowig, Hanover, Germany
- Group Exhibition, Galerie fur Englische Keramik - Marianne Heller, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany
- Three from Camberwell with Ewen Henderson and Gillian Lowndes, Amalgam, London
- Internationale Kunsthandwerk-Ausstellung, Internationale Kunstmesse,Bergdorf, Switzerland
- Europaisches Keramiks, Museum Stadt Bad Haersfeld, Bad Hersfeld, Germany
- Colin Pearson, Ray Finch and Bryan Newman, Wellinborough School, Wellinborough
- Selections from The Silber Collection, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, USA
- 1986
- Norsk-British Keramik, Galerie F15, Moss, Norway
- European Contemporary Ceramics, Keramion, Freschen, Germany
- 68-86, Oxford Gallery, Oxford
- Group Exhibition, Galerie fur Englische Keramik - Marianne Heller, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany
- Britain in Vienna - Contemporary Ceramics, Keramik Studio, Vienna, Austria
- British Crafts, Museum for Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
- 1987
- Colin Pearson, Ewen Henderson and Takeshi Yasuda, Galerie de Vier Linden, Asperen, The Netherlands
- Ceramisti Inglesi a Bassano, Palazzo agostinelli, Basano del Grappa,Italy
- 1988
- Group Exhibition, Galerie Het Kapelhuis, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
- Victoria, Melbourne
- Handswerkespflege, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany
- Keramik aus England, Galerie fur Englische Keramik - Marianne Heller, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany
- 1989
- British Exhibition, Keramik Studio, Vienna, Austria
- Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London
- The Harrow Connection,Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
- Contemporary Crafts, Kent Institute of Art & Design, Canterbury
- Group Exhibition, Werkstadt Austellung Karin und Walter Zander, Fahrenholz, Germany
- Studio Ceramics - Five by Twelve, Gallery North, Kirkby Lonsdale
- Group Exhibition, Herbert Read Gallery at Kent Institute of Art and Design,Canterbury
- Invitational Exhibition, organised by Second International Ceramic Festival
- 1990
- Group Exhibition, Galerie fur Englische Keramik - Marianne Heller,
- Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany
- Colin Pearson, Jack Doherty and John Ward, Peter Dingley Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon
- The Light Fantastic, Craft Potters Shop, London
- British Members of the International Academy of Ceramics, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
- von Bernard Leach bis Christine Constant, Schloss Reinbeck, Hamburg, Germany
- Colin Pearson, Colin Gorry and Dan Kelly, Michaelson and Orient, London
- 1991
- Keramik als Leidenshaft, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
- Contemporary English Crafts, Sheehan Gallery, Washington DC, USA
- Exhibition of the South East Arts’ Craft Collection, Hove Museum and Art Gallery, Hove
- Aspects of Sculpture, Galerie fur Englische Keramik - Marianne Heller, Sandhausen bei Heidelberg, Germany
- Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London
- Beyond the Dovetail, Crafts Council, London
- British Ceramics, Bellas Artes, New York, USA
- In the Eye of the Beholder, Prema arts Centre, Dursley
- Fourteen British Potters, Galleria II Giardino Dell’ Arte, Bologna, Italy
- Colours of the Earth - Twentieth Century British Ceramics, India and
- Malaysia, organised by The British Council
- 1992
- Christmas Exhibition of British studio Pottery, Godfrey Far Eastern Art, London
- British Art in Holland, Galerie Amphora, Oosterbeek, The Netherlands
- International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
- British and Dutch Ceramics, Rufford Crafts Centre, Newark
- Keramik aus England - Aspects of Sculpture, Galerie Handwerk,, Munich, Germany
- The Northern Tradition, Boymans van Beuningen Museum and Art Gallery,
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Moderne Keramik aus der Sammlung Freudenberg, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main,
- Germany
- Colin Pearson and Michael Casson, Godfrey and Twatt, Harrogate
- 1993
- European Ceramics, The Warehouse, Knaresborough
- Porcelain & Silk, Rufford Crafts Centre, Newark
- Ceramics of Europe, Keramik Museum Westerwald, Hohr-Grenzhausen,
- Germany
- 25th Anniversary, Oxford Gallery, Oxford
- Group Exhibition, Maveety Gallery, USA
- 1994
- Craft Potters Association Ceramic Fair, Rufford Crafts Centre, Newark
- British Ceramics, Galerie Amphora, Oosterbeek, The Netherlands
- Premiere, The Warehouse, Knaresborough
- 1995
- Contemporary Porcelain, The Warehouse, Knaresborough
- Opening Exhibition, Gallery Gilbert, Dorchester
- Pandora’s Box, Crafts Council, London
- 1996
- Keramik Galerie, Hilde Holstein, Bremen, Germany
- Kunthuis, Ingrith Desmet, Kortrijk-Heule, Belgium
Colin Pearson Public and Corporate Collections
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- Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Bankfield Museum, Halifax
- Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow
- Curtis Museum, Alton
- Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
- Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
- Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany
- Ballantyne Collection, Derby
- Boymans van Beuningen Museum and Art Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Bradford City Art Gallery, Bradford
- Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury
- Cecil Higgins Museum, Bedford
- Chicage Art Institute, Chicago, USA
- Cleveland County Museum, Middlesborough
- Crafts Council, London
- Hetjens Museum - Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Hove Museum and Art Gallery, Hove
- Keramion, Freschen, Germany
- Leicestershire Schools and Colleges Collection, Leicester
- Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, USA
- Manchester City Art Gallery and Museum, Manchester
- Mead Gallery Arts Centre, Coventry
- Museo Internationale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
- Museum and Art Gallery, Maidstone
- Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
- Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Paisley
- Perth Art Gallery and Museum, Perth, Australia
- Princesshoff Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
- Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Royston & District Museum, Royston
- Saffron Walden Museum, Saffron Walden
- Ulster Museum, Belfast
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Wurttembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
- York Art Gallery, York
Colin Pearson Awards
- 1989
- Research Grant at Camberwell College of Art, D.A.L.I
- 1980
- Bursary for study in the Far East, Crafts Council
- 1975
- Premio Faenza Internationale Della Ceramiche D’Arte
- 1972
- British Award Winner, International Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum
- 1965
- Silver Medak, IAC international Ceramics, Geneva
Colin Pearson Memberships
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- Academie Internationale De La Ceramique
- Contemporary Applied Arts
- Craft Potters Association
- London Potters Association
Colin Pearson Articles
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- Helen Talbot, Exhibition Review, STUDIO POTTERY, August/ September 1994
- Emmanuel Cooper, Review of British and Dutch Ceramics Exhibitions, CRAFTS, July/ August 1992
- Gabe Dewald, Aspects of Sculpture, KUNSTHANDWERK, January/ February 1992
- Michael Casson and Gordon Baldwin, Contrast not Conflict, CERAMICS MONTHLY (USA, October 1984
- Colin Pearson, POTTERY IN AUSTRALIA, November/ December 1984
- Colin Pearson, CERAMICS MONTHLY (USA), March 1982
- English Potters’ Seminar at Sandhausen-bei-Heidelberg, KERAMIK (GERMANY), Number 4 1982
- Colin Pearson, CERAMIC REVIEW, September 1981
- Hermann Stehr, Die Toepfer und die Szene, KUNSTHANDWERK, October 1980
- Present, EUROPAEISCHE KERAMIK (GERMANY), February 1977
- Hiroki Hoshii, In Search of Crafts in Europe, GEIJUTSU SEIKATSU (JAPAN). December 1977
- Jeannie Lowe, Article, CERAMIC REVIEW, May/ June 1975
- Raymond Bub, Apprenticing, CERAMICS MONTHLY (USA), April 1974
- Michael Casson, Porcelain and Basalt Ware, CERAMIC REVIEW, January/ February 1972
Colin Pearson Books
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- Hildegard Starr-Britz, INTERNATIONALE KERAMIK DER GEGENWART, Dumont Buchverlag,1980
- Michael Casson, POTTERY IN BRITAIN TODAY, Tiranti, 1967