Henry Pim

(http://www.ncad.ie/henrypim/cv.htm 4-11-08)

DATE OF BIRTH:

22nd May 1947, Heathfield, Sussex, England.

EDUCATION:

1988 - 90: Gerrit Rietveld Academie (Holland) - Post Graduate Study.

1975 - 79: Camberwell School of Art (UK) - B.A. Hons. Ceramics.

1965 - 69: Brighton College of Education (UK) - Certificate of Education

1956 - 65: Christís Hospital School, Horsham, Sussex, U.K.

EXHIBITIONS:

2000:

Defining Moments in Contemporary Ceramics: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Opening at LACMA in June 2000 and then travelling.

1997:

Irish Contemporary Ceramics: Touring exhibition, Dublin City Arts Centre; The Model Arts Centre, Sligo; Limerick City Art Gallery; The Ulster Museum, Belfast.

1996:

Thought in the Making: (Solo Show), Schoss Bruchsal near Heidlegerg Germany, October to November.

1995:

“The Pottersí Choice”: The Crafts Council Gallery, Dublin, March-April.

“Thoughts in the Making”: (solo show) — Galway Arts Centre (May); Limerick City Art Gallery (June); The Design Yard, Dublin (September).

Pandoraís Box and the Tradition of Clay: The Crafts Council Gallery, London, August.

1994:

“Works to Commission”: Contemporary Applied Art Gallery, London, January-February.

“The Fletcher Challenge Award”: Auckland, New Zealand May-June.

1993:

Visions of Craft: Highlights from the Crafts Council’s collection.

The Crafts Council Gallery, London. March-April.

Henry Pim: New Sculpture Work (solo touring).

The Ulster Museum, Belfast, April-June 1993.

Butler House (The Kilkenny Arts Week) August 1993.

Limerick City Gallery of Art, September 1993.

“Towards a Future”: Galerie Fur Englische Keramic. Sandhausen, Germany, October 1993.

1992:

British and Dutch Ceramics: (Solo touring) Rufford Craft Centre Ollerton. March 1992. Galerie Amphora, Oosterbeek, Holland, August 1992.

1991:

Espace: An exhibition organised by the Sculpture Society of Ireland showing work from 64 Irish and European sculptors, R.H.A.Gallery, Dublin, August 1991.

Aspects of Sculpture: English Ceramics at Galerie Fur Englishche Keramic, Sandhausen, Germany, September 1991.

Henry Pim, Ceramics (solo), Galerie L. Hamburg. November-December.

1990:

Change and Metaphor, Galerie Fur Englische Keramic Sandhausen,

March-May 1990.

Solo Touring Show 1990-91 at the following venues:

June-July 1990 - Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery,

Aug.-Sept. 1990 - Dudley Art Gallery,

Sept.-Nov.1990 - Lotherton Hall,

Nov.-Jan. 1991 - Wolverhampton Art Gallery,

Jan.-Feb. 1991 - Worcester City Museum & Art Gallery,

Apr.-June 1991 - Bolton Museum & Art Gallery.

British Ceramics in Norway, (Touring: Bergen, Trondheim, Oslo),

October 1990 to April 1991.

1989:

British Ceramic Art, Ostenriechischer Galerie fur Keramik Vienna,

February-April 1989.

Henry Pim: New Ceramics, (solo show) Michaelson and Orient Gallery,

October-November 1989.

Off the Wheel: A new look at modern British Pottery, Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, March & May.

1988:

Henry Pim Solo Show: Anatol Orient Gallery, March.

Henry Pim 1979-88, Solo Show, Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham, May-June.

London/Amsterdam New Art Objects from Britain and Holland, jointly organised by Galerie RA Galerie, Witte Voet and the Crafts Council, London, July-September; Amsterdam, October-December.

Contemporary British Crafts: jointly organised by the British Council, the Kyoto and Tokyo, October 1988 to Spring 1989.

Keramiek Aus England: Two venues: 1) Galerie Handwerk Munich, Nov.-Dec. 1988; 2) Alte Synagogue Vienna, Jan.-Feb. 1989.

1987:

British Studio Ceramics, Moscow and Leningrad, USSR (organised by the British Council). Sept. 1986-Jan. 1987.

2D/3D Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, and touring. (January to May).

Portobello Contemporary Art Fair, work shown at Anatol Orient (April).

Controversial Selection, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey (April/May).

Henry Pim, (solo show),Galerie L. Hamburg, (May).

Bath Arts Fair, work shown on Anatol Orientís stand (May).

Camberwell Ceramics Staff and Students, Paul Rice, 1975-79 (May-June) Pot Luck, South Bank Crafts Centre, (May).

Contemporary Ceramics & Drawings, Christís Hospital, (June).

Making it in Lambeth, Brixton Art Gallery, (August).

Form and Decoration, Bolton Museum & Art Gallery (August).

1986:

Henry Pim New Works, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, Solo show, Feb.

Henry Pim New Works, Garth Clark Gallery, Kansas City, June.

Surface to Surface, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, Lanchester, March-April.

Henry Pim New Works, Anatol Orient, July, Solo Show.

European Crafts Today, Ginza Matsuya Department Store, Tokyo, (Sept.) and then at Hanshin Department Store, Osaka (Oct.). This was organised through the Crafts Council.

Jahremesse Der Kunsthandwerker, Museum Fur Kunst Und Gewerbe, Hamburg. Nov./Dec. This was organised through Galerie L. and the Crafts Council.

1985:

International Art Fair, Olympia, Work shown on Anatol Orientsís Stand, January.

The New Membersí Show, The Craftsman Pottersí Shop, March.

Contemporary Art for Museums ñ A selection of Contemporary Art Society Purchases 1982-84. Sutton Place, April/August.

Dienst Beeldende Kunst, Exhibition of English Ceramics at S-Hertogenbosch, Holland. April.

1984:

Henry Pim Ceramics, Solo Show, Katherine House Gallery, Marlborough.

The Totem Show, Anatol Orient, London.

Artist Potters Now, Touring Exhibition organised by the Oxford County Museum and sponsored by Sothebyís.

Three generations of English Ceramists, Maya Behn Gallery, Zurich.

Keramic Aus England, Charlotte Hening Gallery, Darmstadt.

Rituals of Tea, The Garth Clark Galleries in New York and Los Angeles (simultaneously).

1983:

Clay in the Garden, Seven Dials Gallery, London.

Henry Pim: Ceramics, Solo Show, British Crafts Centre, London.

ëRecent Acquisitionsí, The Craft Council Gallery (June).

New Ceramics, The Solomon Gallery, Dublin.

1982:

International Trade Fair (Nimes), sponsored by the British Crafts Council.

Opening Exhibition, Aspects Gallery, London.

Mostra Internationale díArrademento (Milan), World Crafts Council Exhibition, sponsored by the British Crafts Council.

Planters & Vessels, British Crafts Centre, London.

The South Bank Show, The South London Art Gallery.

Oxfordshire Museums, Woodstock (October — November).

“Doorways to a Great Britian”, (Columbus, Ohio), sponsored by British Crafts Council.

1981:

New Work Solo Show, The Bakehouse Gallery, Blackheath.

Big Pots, British Craft Centre, London.

1979:

New Ceramics, Brunel University,

401 and a half: Group Show, The Commonwealth Institute, London.

CURATION:

1995 — 2000:

Founder member and Chair of Out Art. This is a curatorial group which facilitates an annual exhibition of Queer Art. To date I have been involved in curating the following exhibitions:

June 1999: Video Invidious — Arthouse, Dublin.

June 1998: Confrontation — Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.

June 1997: Invisibilities — Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin.

June 1996: Pride in Diversity — City Arts Centre, Dublin.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

1997 — 2001:

Committee member of Irish Contemporary Ceramics, a curatorial and professional group which, so far, has produced two shows — “Irish Contemporary Ceramics 1997”. and “Irish Contemporary Ceramics 2000”.

1996 — 1999:

Chair of NACHE (The National Association for Ceramics in Higher Education). This is the professional association for the heads of degree-level ceramics departments in colleges throughout Ireland and United Kingdom.

WORK IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Crafts Council Collection,

The Ulster Museum