Education, History and Memberships

Education
2005-2007 - Royal College of Art, Ceramics and Glass MA
1999-2002 - Bath School of Art and Design, 3D Design: Ceramics BA (HONS), Supporting study: Printmaking
1998 -1999 - University of Wales Institute, Cardiff Art Foundation

Residencies
2004 - 2005 - Artists’ Access to Art Colleges (AA2A). Resident artist at Portsmouth University – an Arts Council funded scheme.
2004 - Coed Hills Artists’ Community - Cowbridge, South Wales – resulting in the production of a permanent outdoor sculpture.

Memberships
- Selected as a Full Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.
- Member of Hidden Art London, selected to be part of the Hidden Art E-shop.
- Selected to be part of the WeFew.net website as a featured maker and included in
 their promotional material

 

Work

- Undergraduate visiting tutor on the 3D Design course at University College for the Creative Arts at Farnham.
- Assistant to the 2D artist Charlotte Hodes, working to develop her range of Ceramic pieces.
- Curator of the HandWerk stand at Tent London in 2008 www.jo-davies.com/handwerk
- Fully self-employed, working in a variety of different capacities within ceramics and the creative fields.

Awards and Scholarships

- Nominated for a Homes and Gardens Classic Design Award 2009.
- The Reid Trust for the Higher Education of Women. Awarded scholarship for two consecutive years whilst at the Royal College of Art.
- Throckmorton Trotman Educational Fund – Trotman Senior Award 2005 awarded by the Haberdashers’ Company

Exhibitions and Galleries

2009 - Space Gallery at Portsmouth University, (16 Feb-5 Mar 09) by invitation.
2009 - Melody at the SDC Gallery, Rivington St, London, (12 Mar-9 May 09) by invitation.

2008 - Whirled Arts Open Studios, London, December, Organiser and exhibitor.
2008 - Handmade 08 at Chelsea Town Hall, London, November, by invitation.
2008 - For Arts Sake: The Printmakers’ Gallery, London, from October 2008, by invitation.
2008 - Handmade Interiors, Cheshire Street, London, from October 2008, by invitation.
2008 - Tent London at the Truman Brewery Brick Lane, September, by selection. Curator and exhibitor.
2008 Hereford Art Week at Pullastone, Herefordshire (September).
2008 - Spring Collection 08 at SDC Gallery, Rivington Street, London, by invitation.
2008 - Floren Gallery, Poole, Dorset (from March 2008), by invitation.
2008 - Heart Gallery, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire (from February 2008), selected.
2008 - Whispers exhibition at Royal Birmingham Society for Artists (March - May 2008), by invitation.

2007 - Gift Theory, group show at City Art Gallery, Leicester (November 2007 - January 2008), by invitation.
2007 - Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Town Hall (November), by invitation.
2007 - The Great Exhibition 2007, Royal College of Art, London.
2007 - Represented by Echo Interiors, web-based design gallery, by invitation.
2007 - Summer Show at Byard Art, Cambridge, by invitation.
2007 - Represented by Artstalker, web-based gallery, by invitation.
2007 - RCA Student Show at Ceramic Art London at Royal College of Art, London

2006 - In Site, group show at Royal College of Art, London(November). Curator and Exhibitor.
2006 - RCA Student show at Ceramic Art London at Royal College of Art, London
2005 - Solo Exhibition at Third Floor Arts Centre, Portsmouth(August), selected.
2004 - Pink, group show at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh(September), selected .
2004 - Group show at The Lotus Gallery, Bath(August - September), selected.
2004 - Group show at Bath Fringe Festival(May-June), selected.
2004 - Group show at Amoeba Gallery, Bristol(April-May).
2004 - Work exhibited, and part of the collection, at Chochosan (January), by invitation.
2004 - Solo exhibition at Il Bordello, Bristol (January - February).
2002 - New Designers 2002, Islington, London(June), selected.