Location: Park Street, St Albans, UK
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John Higgins is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association, has a BA degree from Wolverhampton College of Art, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Art Education at Brighton (University of Sussex). He was appointed Assessor and Examiner for the Creative Studies Courses for the City and Guilds of London Institute. John is the current President of the Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild. He has featured in many international biennale and competitions like Mino, Vallauris, and Faenza. In 2014 he completed a three month residency in Australia. In 2015 he was one of the demonstrators at the International Ceramics Festival at Aberystwyth, and in the last few years, also in Namibia, South Africa, Israel, Germany, and Holland. He attends events like Ceramic Art London, Ceramic Art York, and others, both in the UK and in Europe.
The processes which have been developed over the past six years are a breakaway from the previous carefully controlled slab work. Now, much more throwing is involved either on the wheel or literally by stretching the clay over solid surfaces to create slabs. It is the intervention of other activities and the unexpected which has become the challenge and provides the opportunity for more careful observation of that which happens along the way.
Qualifications
BA degree from Wolverhampton College of Art
Post Graduate Certificate in Art Education at Brighton (University of Sussex)
Memberships
CPA Fellow
Recent Exhibitions/Events
2017 Art in Clay, Hatfield House; UK
Workshops & Lectures Neot Hakikar; Israel
Ceramic Art London; UK
Theemaas, Rotterdam, NL
Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen; NL
Keramisto 2017, Milsbeek; NL
2016 CERAMIC ART LONDON
ART IN CLAY HATFIELD HOUSE,
SWALMEN International CERAMICS FAIR, NL
RED BARN GALLERY, Belfast
2015 CERAMIC ART LONDON,
ART IN CLAY HATFIELD HOUSE,
DEMONSTRATOR AT ABERYSTWYTH International CERAMICS CONFERENCE
2014 ART IN CLAY HATFIELD HOUSE,
SWALMEN INT. CERAMICS FAIR, NL
3 MONTH RESIDENCY AUSTRALIA
2013 CERAMIC ART LONDON,
ART IN CLAY HATFIELD HOUSE,
OLDENBURG CERAMICS FAIR , DE
2012 CERAMIC ART LONDON,
ART IN CLAY HATFIELD HOUSE,
OLDENBURG CERAMICS FAIR, DE
WORKSHOPS IN TEL HAI, TEL AVIV, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
2011 CERAMIC ART LONDON,
ART IN CLAY HATFIELD HOUSE,
OLDENBURG CERAMICS FAIR, DE
JUDGE OF NATIONAL CERAMICS COMPETITION WINDHOEK NAMIBIA.
WORKSHOPS: CAPE TOWN and PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA
Recent Residency
3 MONTH RESIDENCY AUSTRALIA (2014)
Galleries/Retail Outlets
Contemporary Ceramics, London
Red Barn Gallery, Belfast
Gallery Bevere, Worcester, UK