Elspeth Owen
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
Hart Gallery, London
Public Collections
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
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
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
References
VIDEOS
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
BOOKS
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