Description
Sue Hanna – Mask Bowl
Artist: Sue Hanna
Type: deep burnished raku mask bowl, Impressed mark
Size: 23cm Tall x 31cm wide.
Sue Hanna – Mask Bowl
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Artist’s Statement
I trained as a sculptor at St Martin’s College of Arts in London, originally working with wood & metal.
Inspired by tribal art, which has developed an appreciation of the power of simplicity.
I am also interested in the visceral connection between nature, tribal art and fire.
The masks and figures of different cultures have informed and broadened my interest in and understanding of both beauty and craftsmanship, of contrast and opposites, darkness and light.
Recent work is concerned with exploring the figure in the abstract and objects decorated with geometric symbols and rhythmic patterns present in African textiles.
My work is mainly hand built, final firings are either raku or sagger fired.
History
1981-1982 – Foundation course in Art & Design, Cardiff College of Art
1982-1985 – B.A. Hons. Degree in Fine Art (Sculpture), St. Martins School of Art, London
1997 – Started Ceramic workshop in East London
2001 – Set up current studio in Pembrokeshire
Exhibitions & Fairs
2021
Visceral Connections, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
Art in Clay, Royal Windsor Racecourse
2019
Showcase with Ashraf Hanna, Gallery9, Bath
2018
Oxford Ceramics Fair
Art in Clay, Hatfield House
Showcase, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair, Harley Gallery, Welbeck
2017
Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair, Harley Gallery, Welbeck
Super Bowls, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff
Made by Hand, City Hall, Cardiff
Contemporary Crafts Festival, Bovey Tracey
2016
Made by Hand, City Hall, Cardiff
Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair, Rufford, Nottingham
Contemporary Crafts Festival, Bovey Tracey
2015
Made by Hand, City Hall, Cardiff
Potfest in the Park, Cumbria
Figure That, The Craft Centre, Leeds
Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair, Rufford, Nottingham
2014
Made by Hand, City Hall, Cardiff
Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair, Rufford, Nottingham
2013
Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford – invited demonstrator
Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair, Rufford, Nottingham
2012
Oriel Q, Queen’s Hall, Narberth, Pembrokeshire
Potfest in the Park, Hutton in the Forest, Cumbria
Form, Figure & Material – with Ashraf Hanna, Rufford, Nottingham
2011
Palace Art Fair, London
Brighton Art Fair
Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford
2010
CPA Autumn fair, Oxford Studio Ceramics
Palace Art Fair, London
Potfest in the Park, Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumbria
Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford – invited demonstrator
Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair, Rufford, Nottingham
2009
CPA Autumn fair, Oxford Studio Ceramics
Oldenburg International Ceramics Fair, Germany
Potfest in the Park, Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumbria
Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford – invited demonstrator
Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair, Rufford, Nottingham
2008
Atelier Francoise Dufayard, Rennes, France – group exhibition
CPA Autumn Fair, Oxford Studio Ceramics
Rufford Ceramic Centre – exhibition with Ashraf Hanna
Monochrome, Lund Gallery, Yorkshire, group exhibition
Tenby Museum, West Wales – exhibition with Ashraf Hanna
2007
‘Out of the Ordinary‘, Newport Museum & Art Gallery, Wales – group exhibition
Art in Clay, Farnham
Art in Clay, Hatfield House
2006
Art in Clay, Farnham
Art in Clay, Hatfield House
Grand Designs, Excel Centre, London
Clay Art, Denbigh
Affordable Art Fair Spring Collection, Battersea Park, London
2005
Gallery Upstairs – Henley-in-Arden
Pots in the gallery, Pots on the web, Paddon & Paddon, East Sussex
Manchester Art Show, GMEX Centre, Manchester
Art in Clay, Hatfield House, Hertfordshire
Potfest in the Park, Penrith, Cumbria
Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, Battersea Arts Centre, London
Spring Exhibition Woodbury Studio/Gallery – to mark the publication of Tim Andrew’s book ‘Raku’
Affordable Art Fair Spring Collection, Battersea Park, London
2004
Blue Coat Display Centre, Liverpool
Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, London
The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2003
Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
CPA Autumn Fair, Oxford
Figure Exhibition, Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
Gallery Upstairs, Henly-in-Arden
Art in Clay, Hatfield
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London
2002
European Ceramics, York Museum
Clay 9, Woodbury Studio Gallery, Exeter
An Exhibition of New Work, Artifex Gallery, Sutton, Coldfield
2001
Chelsea Art Fair, London
