SOMERSET, UK
Collection: JACQUELINE LEIGHTON BOYCE
ARTIST STATEMENT
It has always been important to me that viewers of my ceramics are left knowing without a doubt that my work is very definitely made from clay and I wish to demonstrate an overall rawness and immediacy. In short, I like the clay to show itself.
Technically I work as an earthenware ceramist firing to temperatures no higher than 1080 degrees and I most commonly use red terracotta. The surfaces of my work are created by multi-layering and then drawing (by ‘Sgraffito’). I then fire each piece at least three times. I create layers of colours and illustrations using slips, underglazes, glazes and finally lustres. All my work is hand built and every piece I make is original.
Biography | Artist CV
Jacqueline was brought up on a farm in the UK. She went on to study Ceramic Design at the Central St Martins College of Art in London and graduated in 1992 with a 1st class BA (Hons). After spending time living in London and America she eventually moved back to her childhood roots of Exmoor. Her work is intended to be immediate, uncomplicated and organic. She draws directly onto her works using a method called ‘Sgraffito’ She is a keen environmentalist and is fascinated by rewilding projects in farming communities and the protection of native flora and fauna . All her work is handbuilt and made with red earthenware clay.
She exhibits her work in London, Scotland and other UK outlets.
QUALIFICATIONS
1992 - 93
Post Graduate Ceramic Design (Researching the use of Ceramic Illustration)
Central St Martins School of Art
1989 - 92
BA (Hons) Degree in Ceramic Design - 1st Class
Central St Martins School of Art
1986 - 88
HND Ceramic Design.
Falmouth School of Art
1984 - 86
Foundation Diploma in General Art and Design.
Taunton, Somerset.
EXHIBITIONS
2020 – 2023
Regular ongoing displays at Petersham Nurseries, Richmond
2019 - 2022
Regular ongoing displays at The Newcraftsmen, London
9-15th March 2016
BADA Fair, London
Works represented by Jonathan Cooper of Park Walk Gallery.
4th - 27th Feb 2016
Water, Heath and Home, Park Walk Gallery London
London.
9-13 Sept 2015
British Art Fair, Royal College of Art. London
Works represented by Jonathan Cooper of Park Walk Gallery.
18-24 March 2015
BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair, London
Works represented by Jonathan Cooper of Park Walk Gallery.
21 to 25 Jan 2015
The London Art Fair
Business Design Centre, London
Works represented by Jonathan Cooper of Park Walk Gallery.
Sept 2014
British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
Works represented by Jonathan Cooper of Park Walk Gallery.
July 2014 Summer Exhibition
The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
April 2014 & Nov - Dec 2013
Mixed Show, The Stone Wall Gallery, Berwickshire
Aug 2013
Cornwall Design Fair, Trereife House Penzance
29th June - 17th July 2013:
Mixed show. The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Jan 2013:
Passing Places: This Blessed Plot. Mixed Show. 54, the Gallery, London
May 2012: The tenth annual Art Exhibition. Delamore House, Devon
3 Feb - 28 April 2012:
Contemporary Craft Exhibition. New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
5 Nov - 31 Dec 2011:
Group show ‘Coedwig’. Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen
3rd – 24th Sept 2011:
Group show. Twenty Twenty Gallery, Much Wenlock, Shrops
June - July 2011:
‘Original Tweets
Group show. Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
May - July 2011:
‘Birds of a Feather’
Group show. The Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall
Apr 2011:
‘Fantastic Beasts’
Group show. Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Jan 2011:
‘I wanted to find the emperor’
Solo Show - The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Dec 2010:
‘Beautiful Pots’
Group Show, Exeter, Devon
Nov 2010:
‘Present Makers’
Group Show, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton, Devon
Oct 2010:
‘Into the Trees’
Group exhibition, Dulverton, Somerset
Sept 2010:
‘The Shape of Magic’
Group show, The Artshop, Abergavenny
June 2010:
Open Studio, Exmoor
March 2010:
New works, Broomhill Art, Devon
November 2009:
Group show, Ceramics at the Castle, Exeter
Exeter Open Studios, Exeter
August 2009:
Group Show WPA, Red Earth Gallery, Bickleigh, Devon
June 2009:
Devon Art Trek (North Devon Festival)
November 2007:
'My Life With Clay' Solo Exhibition
Dulverton, Somerset
2006:
100 Great Devon Potters
Bideford, Devon
1995:
Insights Gallery. Seattle, USA
1993/94/95:
Seattle Clay Studios, Seattle USA
1993:
Horniman Museum, London
1992:
Cobalt Gallery, Palo Alto, California USA
1992 & 93:
Lethaby Gallery, London
1992:
Young Designers Exhibition, Islington Design Centre, London
Top Marks. Best of the London Institute, Central St Martins, London
MAGAZINE / PRESS FEATURES
2011
Western Morning News, January 10th ‘I wanted to find the Emperor’
2010
Exmoor Magazine, Spring Issue ‘Walk in clay’
1995
Review, Seattle USA
1994
The Stranger Magazine Seattle USA
1993
World of Interiors (Picked as one of the best of the graduating British Designers)
1992
Design Magazine (Picked as one of the best of the graduating British Designers)
1988
Ceramic Review
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