Andrea Walsh Curriculum Vitae Born 1974, Stockport, England 1995-1998 Staffordshire University, BA Hons Fine Art 1999-2000 International Glass Centre, West Midlands, Glass Techniques & Technology 2001-2001 Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, MA Glass and architectural Glass Working in Edinburgh “I am intrigued by ideas of containment, materiality, preciousness and value, which I explore through the box and vessel form. My chosen palette of materials - ceramics, glass and metal - are connected by traditional casting and forming techniques, which I use to make unique objects that are considered, refined, and exquisitely tactile. Contemplating both the individual qualities and direct relationships of these ancient and alchemic materials, each piece reveals a subtle balance and purity of form, and communicates through an intimate scale where themes akin with jewellery prevail such as to hold and to cherish.” Andrea Walsh “Walsh’s work seems the antithesis of the fleeting surfaces of contemporary life and yet the forms are free of the pastiche or anachronism of the self consciously crafted thing. They possess instead what the American art historian Keith Moxey describes as a vital heterochronicity – a capacity to unfold many timeworlds simultaneously through the precision and poetry of the forms.” Amanda Game - Independent Curator, 2014 Andrea Walsh -2- Solo Exhibitions 2018 Andrea Walsh, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 2009 Andrea Walsh, Beaux Arts, Bath 2006 Andrea Walsh, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2004 Andrea Walsh, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Selected Group Exhibitions 2017 Taste Contemporary Craft, Tresor, Basel, Switzerland Modern Masters, International Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany Mouvements Modernes, Pavilion of Art & Design Paris, France Open to Art International Ceramics Competition, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy Black & White, Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford Officine Saffi, COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London Taste Contemporary Craft, Art Geneve, Switzerland British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge Taste Contemporary Craft, Art Monte-Carlo, Monaco 175 Years of Art – A Birthday Celebration, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 2016 Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh British Craft: The Miami Edit, A Future Made/Crafts Council, Miami, USA Makers House, The New Craftsmen & Burberry Partnership, London British Glass Show, Etienne Gallery, The Netherlands Connections, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Taste Contemporary Craft, Art Monte-Carlo, Monaco Mouvements Modernes, Pavilion of Art & Design Paris, France Adrian Sassoon, Masterpiece London, The Royal Chelsea Hospital, London Adrian Sassoon, TEFAF, Maastricht, The Netherlands Showcase, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh Distilled Tone, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 2015 Fine Lines, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Sara Flynn & Andrea Walsh, Mouvements Modernes, Paris Future Heritage, Decorex, Syon Park, London British Ceramics Biennial Award, Spoke, Stoke-on-Trent Precious, presented by Elizabeth Leriche, Maison & Objet, Paris Mix and Match, Mouvements Modernes, Hotel de Meurice, Paris COLLECT Open, Saatchi Gallery, London Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh Crafts Council, Design Days Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2014 Wesley Barrell Craft Award Exhibition, London UK Glass, Glazenhuis Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art Lommel, Belgium Spectrum, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 2013 White Out, Contemporary Applied Arts, London Selected, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh SOFA, represented by Craft Scotland, Chicago, USA British Ceramics Biennial Award, The Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent Andrea Walsh -3- Selected Group Exhibitions (continued) 2013 Deception: Ceramics and Imitation, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2012 British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge, West Midlands Made in Scotland, The Fleming Collection, London Porcelain, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Adrian Sassoon, TEFAF, Maastricht, The Netherlands 2011 Christmas Present, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead Changing Places, Mixed Media, New Faces, Joanna Bird, London Bullseye Gallery, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, USA Adrian Sassoon, Pavilion of Art & Design London, London Craft in Dialogue, Inches Carr Trust Exhibition, Dovecot, Edinburgh In Safe Keeping, New School House Gallery, York British Ceramic Biennial Award, The Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent Adrian Sassoon, Masterpiece London, The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London Thinking Out of The Box, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh The Scottish Gallery, COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London Clare Beck at Adrian Sassoon, SOFA, New York, USA Adrian Sassoon, TEFAF, Maastricht, The Netherlands Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh A Unique Proposal, Contemporary Applied Arts, London 2010 Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Sofie Lachaert, Belgium Translucency in Clay – Margaret O’Rorke and Andrea Walsh, Contemporary Applied Arts, London Hot Spot, Joanna Bird Pottery, London 20:10, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London IC: Innovative Craft, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh 2009 Artist into Industry, British Ceramics Biennial, The Wedgwood Museum, Stoke- on-Trent Of Dust, British Ceramics Biennial, Etruria Industrial Museum, Stoke-on-Trent Cup, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey, Devon Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London Visual Arts Scotland, RSA, Edinburgh 2008 British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge Focus Showcase, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee New Members Showcase, Contemporary Applied Arts, London Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art, London Craftscotland, COLLECT, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2007 Small Vessels, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Crafts Council Showcase, National Glass Centre, Sunderland 2006 Crafts Council Showcase, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Made in the Middle, Craftspace Touring Exhibition Gifted, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh 2004 Talente 2004, International Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany 2003 Habiter, Tuileries, Paris (Selected for the British Embassy Stand) One Year On @ New Designers, Business Design Centre, London Andrea Walsh -4- Awards 2017 Winner, Open to Art International Ceramics Prize, Officine Saffi, Milan 2016 Winner, Craft Scotland Prize, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition 2015 Open Project Funding, Creative Scotland David Canter Memorial Fund, Devon Guild of Craftsmen Shortlisted, British Ceramics Biennial Award, Stoke-on-Trent 2014 Shortlisted, Wesley Barrell Craft Award 2013 Artist’s Bursary, Creative Scotland Shortlisted, British Ceramics Biennial Award, Stoke-on-Trent 2011 Nominated, Arts Foundation Prize Inches Carr Trust Craft Award, Edinburgh Shortlisted, British Ceramics Biennial Award, Stoke-on-Trent 2010 Craft Potters Association Trust Award 2009 Professional Development Award, Scottish Arts Council 2008 Creative Development Award, Scottish Arts Council 2007 Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Award 2006 Professional Development Award, Scottish Arts Council Purchase Prize of 2 Vessels by Craftscotland 2005 Crafts Start-Up Award, Scottish Arts Council Public Collections National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh Victoria and Albert Museum, London Bibliography: Articles & Essays 2011 Wallpaper* Magazine, February Wish List, Elle Decoration Magazine, February 2010 Decoration Page, House & Garden Magazine, December 2008 Collections Supplement, a-n Magazine, June issue, Edited by Frances Lord Cool, Calm & Confident, Ceramic Review, Jan/Feb issue, by Harriet Smith 2007 Talent Page, Grand Designs Magazine, February 2002 Dispatch Page, Homes & Interiors Scotland Magazine, June/July 2000 New Designers Article, idfx Magazine, September .