LORRAINE ROBSON

Curriculum Vitae

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EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (hons) degree in Sculpture, Heriot Watt, College of Art (1988)

AWARDS:-

Creative Bursary towards Creative Development 2014

Vasefinder, awarded 1st prize, Vasefinder 7th International 2012, USA

Vasefinder, awarded 3rd prize, Vasefinder 6th International 2011, USA

Forth Valley Craft Makers Award towards Professional Development research trip - 2009

Scottish Arts Council Creative Development Grant - 2009

Awarded Arts Council Grant towards commissioned installation - 1991

Selina Goodenough Memorial Prize for Sculpture - 1988

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS:

Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Ceramics Museum. 2016

4rd International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Hungary. 2014

8th International Biannual of Ceramics Kapfenberg Austria, 2013

Invited artist. The IV International Festival of Postmodern Ceramics, KERAMEIKON,

Croatian Ceramic Association, Varazdin , 2012

Taiwan Ceramics Biennale. Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan. 2012

3rd International Triennial of Silicate Arts, Hungary. 2011

7th International Biannual of Ceramics presented by the City of Kapfenberg, Austria. 2011

SELECTION OF EXHIBITIONS

1987 Dunkeld and Birnam Arts Festival

1988 SSWA 64th Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh. (Awarded Sculpture Prize.)

1989 Open Exhibition, Edinburgh

1991 Collective Gallery Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh

1991 SSA Centenary Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh. Commissioned installation work.

1993 SSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

1995 Roger Billcliffe Solo Fine Art Gallery, Glasgow

1995 Women Artists” Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington

1995 Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven

1995 The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff

1996 New Works” Solo The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.

1996 Line Gallery, Linlithgow

1996 Peter Potter Gallery, Solo Haddington

1996 T.Garner Gallery, Glasgow.

1995 The Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of Allan

1997 Coram Gallery, London

1998 James Graham and Sons, Solo New York

1999 Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews

2000 The Bellevue Gallery, Edinburgh1988

2000 Nexus Galleries, Edinburgh

2000 James Graham and Sons, New York

2001 Gold Gallery, Edinburgh

2003 Solo, The Stenton Gallery, Stenton

2004 Solo,Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh

2005 Solo, Goddards Gallery, Portsmouth

2006 AE Contemporary Art (formerly Eyestorm Gallery) ,Warwick 2006 Residencies, The Park Gallery, Falkirk

2006 The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle upon Tyne

2006 St Andrews Pottery, St Andrews

2006 Galleria Luti, Callander

2007 Multiplicity, InHouse festival exhibition, Edinburgh.

2008 The Smithy, Blanefield

2009 Hanna’s Gallery, Dundee

2009 Timespan Museum, Helmsdale. Craft showcase exhibition

2010 Roger Billcliff Gallery, Glasgow, UK

2010 Howden Park Centre, Livingston

2011 ‘Unite’ Collins Gallery, Glasgow

2011 Return to the Earth, Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington

2011 "inside out", Herzer Palace of the City Museum of Varazdin, Croatia

2012 Contemporary Ceramics, London

2013 Solo, Offerings, Barony Centre, West Kilbride.UK

2013 Solo, Offerings, Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington

2014 Line Gallery, Linlithgow.

2014 VAS Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

2015 @Collective Gallery, Bridge of Allan

2015 SSA Roselux, Minneapolis, USA

2015 RSA Annual Open Exhibition, Edinburgh.

2016 VAS Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh.

2017 Solo @Gallery, Edinburgh

2018 Thistle Gallery Glasgow.

REGULAR STOCKISTS OF WORK AT: -

Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow, Line Gallery, Linlithgow WORK IN COLLECTIONS:-

Commonwealth and Foreign Office.

Scottish Power

Forestry Commission

Maclay Murray & Spens Solicitors.

Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan

Private collections in UK and USA

RESIDENCIES

2012-13 Artist in Residence, Strathnaver Museum, Bettyhill, Scotland.

2008: Artist in residence, Carrick Knowe PS, from Apr 2008 – July 2008.

2007: Artist in residence, PS, from Feb 2007 - June 2007.

2005-06 Artist in Residence, Boness Academy, Sept 2005–June 2006.

WORKSHOPS

2008 - 2018 Hand-built Ceramics Tutor. Stirling Council. Community engagement.

2016 Archaeology Festival October workshop. Strathnaver Museum. Community engagement.

2016 Workshop focusing on Slab. Dumfries and Galloway Council secondary school teachers. CPD

2015 Working with third year pupils at Wallace High School Stirling over 5days.

2015 Inner Forth Landscape Initiative’s Clackmannan Heritage Weekend. Community engagement.

2014 Year of Ancient Ancestors Festival, Caithness Horizons Museum. Community engagement.

2014 Year of Ancient Ancestors Festival. Commissioned replica coiled Pictish cooking pot. Caithness Horizons Museum, Old Town Hall, High Street, Thurso, Caithness. Museum Collection.

2012 River Crossings Project with Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington.Community engagement.

2012 Grange PS, Bo’ness, Ceramic workshop to produce work for school exhibition.

2011 Broomloan Nursery School, Glasgow.

2011 Sir John Maxwell Primary School. Identity.

2011 Winter Warming Relief Casting, Callendar Park House, Falkirk. Community engagement. 2009 Castleveiw Primary School, Edinburgh.

2009 Corstorphine Primary School, Edinburgh.

2009 Sighthill Primary School, Edinburgh.

2009 Greenburn Special Primary school, East Kilbride.

2009 ‘Sensation’ project. Working with 3rd year pupils at St Andrews St Brides High School.

2008 Greengables Nursery, Edinburgh

2008 Room with a View. Callendar House, Falkirk Viewpoint exhibition. Community engagement.

2008 Art Tutor. Children with special needs education at Sanderson School, East Kilbride. Invited to return in February 2009 to work with 2nd year pupils.

2008 Art Tutor. Special needs education at Braidburn Special School, Edinburgh

2007 Edinburgh Council in “A Spot of Imagination” project. This project won a 'highly commended' award at the Standard Life Edinburgh Achievement Awards. Edinburgh.

2007 Sculptural Ceramics summer workshop, Hamilton Town House.

2007 Ceramic Fantastic clay workshop Callendar House, Falkirk. Community engagement.

2007 Tutor at Limerigg Primary School. 2007 ‘Identities.’

2007 The Park Gallery ‘Profiled’ exhibition. Community engagement.

2007 Presented In-service or Continued Professional Development workshops for Primary and Secondary teachers from Falkirk region at Bo’ness Academy February 2007. CPD

2006 Presented clay workshop for all year groups at Nethermains Primary School.

2006 ‘Creative Futures’ Community Engagement. Falkirk Council.

2005 Continued Professional Development courses in casting and hand-built ceramics for secondary school art teachers from within Falkirk Region. CPD

MEMBERSHIPS

Scottish Artist Union

Professional member of Craft Potters Association, London, 2009 - 2016

Society of Scottish Artists.

PUBLICATIONS

2016 Converge – Visual Arts Scotland. ISBN978-0-9931810-1-6

2014 International Triennial of Silicate Arts. ISBN978-963-08-9950-5

2013 KB2013, Internationale Keramik-Biennale der Stadt Kapfenberg.

2013 Lark Books ‘Showcase 500 necklaces’. ISBN978-1-4547-0352-5

2012 Ceramic Visions. TCB, 2012 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale. ISBN978-986-03-2862-2

2012 UNICUM, International Ceramic Triennial, Unicum 2012, Slovenia

2012 Ceramic Review , issue 253

2011 International Triennial of Silicate Arts. ISBN978-963-08-1937-4

2011 KB2011, Internationale Keramik-Biennale der Stadt Kapfenberg.

2009 Included in Arts for Excellence Directory produced by City of Edinburgh Council’s Creative Links Team

2003 Featured in Homes & Interiors Scotland, December edition, ‘Ceramic Art. Who’s who in the Scottish scene’.

2002 Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom, interview and feature on my designs and home,November edition.