Name:
Born
Rob Kesseler FLS FRSA
1951 Solihull, UK
2006
2006 – 08
2005 –
Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society
Board Member of AIR, Artists Advisory Group, a-n Magazine
Professor of Ceramic Art & Design, Central Saint Martins College
of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
NESTA Fellow at Kew Gardens
Gulbenkian Fellow
2002 – 05
2009 - 2010
Fellowships
2010
2002 - 2005
Fellowship with the Instituto Gulbenkian Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal.
Instigated by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation London as part
of the Year of Bio-Diversity.
NESTA Fellow at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Fellowship is
grounded in the tradition of using plant material as an
inspirational source for the applied and fine arts and located at the
Micromorphology unit at Kew, investigates plant material at
microscopic level. September 2004 saw the publication of ‘Pollen’
an extensive book co-written with Dr Madeline Harley from Kew.
Solo Exhibitions and Installations
2009
2008
2007
2004
2003
2002
2001
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1992
1991
1989
Dispersal, Millennium Seed Bank, RBG Kew, Wakehurst Place,
West Sussex, UK
Canopy, Nash Conservatory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
New Phytopia, Science Oxford, Oxford
Botanizing the Library, Installation in the Museum & Art Gallery
Folkestone, Kent. Part of Navigating History.
Beyond the Blue, City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
Rob Kesseler, Atrium Gallery, Glaxo Smith Kline, London
Pollinate, Lethaby Gallery, London
Turning over a New Leaf, The Gallery, Barking Central Library
Extending Traditions, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Pollinate, 3_ West, The Wordsworth Trust, Cumbria
Rob Kesseler, The Gallery, Barking Central Library
Le dejeuner sur l’herbe, Antonia Contemporary Art, Corfu,
Greece
Rob Kesseler – Nikki Savvas, Wigmore Fine Art, London
The Martyrdom of Ornament, Adam Gallery, London
Reflections on Another Landscape, Roulleau -Gallais Gardens,
Corfu, Greece
Ornament, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford
Ex Libris , Antonia Havani Contemporary Art, Corfu, Greece
Osmosis , Museum of Installation, London
Propagation, Central Space Gallery, London
Offcuts and Seconds, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins,
London
Stable, Art 91, Olympia, London
Offcuts, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Rob Kesseler, Galerie 175, Brussels, Belgium
Ground Rules, London Filmakers Co-op, London
New Leaves, Kettles Yard, Cambridge
1988
1987
1984
1983
1982
Migration, Adam Gallery, London
Approach, Unit 7 Gallery, London
Emblems and Objects, East Studio, Radio Kent, Canterbury
New Work, Holy Trinity School, London
Signs of Life, The Drawing Schools, Eton College, Windsor
Objects as Language, Exe Gallery, Exeter
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2000
1999
Small Show, Big Talent, Sotheby’s, London
Selwood Living Landscape, The Chapel, Bruton, Somerset
Object Factory, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA
Impromptu, Schwartz Gallery, London
Object-ive, Lodz Design Festival, Poland (cat)
The Magic Hour, Oxford University Botanic Garden
Object Factory, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada (cat.)
A Family Affair, Lewis Gallery, Rugby, UK 3 person
Firing Thoughts, Manchester Metropolitan University, (cat.)
Gregor Mendel, Planting the seeds of genetics, National Museum
of Health & Medicine, Washington, USA
Arcadia id est. Art Institute of Chicago, USA
The Seen and the Unseen, The Hub, National Centre for Craft &
Design, Sleaford, Lincs (3 person)
Firing Thoughts, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University
Breakers, PM Gallery, Pitzhanger Manor, London
Who let the donkey in, The Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent
Arcadia id est. Academie voor Beeldende Kunst, Enschede,
Netherlands
Arcadia id est. Rikhardinkatu Library, Helsinki, Finland
Gregor Mendel,Planting the Seeds of Genetics, The Field
Museum, Chicago, USA
Arcadia id est. UWE Centre for fine print research touring
exhibition, Eagle Gallery, London
Arcadia id est. Centre for Artist’s Books, Graham Galleries,
Brisbane, Australia
Arcadia id est. Moufflon Bookshop, Nicosia, Cypress
Idea, Tendence, Messe, Frankfurt, Germany
Q2, Queens Gallery, University of Dundee
New Views of Kew, Kew Gardens, London
Go Wild, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Flower Power, Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
Flower Power, Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
Public Auction of Private Artworks, Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon
Sleepers, Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Cornwall
Genius of Genetics, Abbey of St Thomas, Brno, Czech Republic
Metamorphing, Science Museum, London
The Box Show, Museum of Installation, London
Secret Garden, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
Fusion-Ceramics 21, Science Art & Future, Pre Expo, Mokpo,
Korea
Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s, London. Curated by
Janice Blackburn
The Plate Show, Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow
Books by the Artists, Centre for Fine Art Print Research, UWE,
Bristol
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
The Grizedale Show, Brantwood House, Cumbria
Off your Trolley, Truemans Brewery, London
Spirit of the Times, Bowes Museum, Co. Durham
Art Futures, Contemporary Art Society, Royal Festival Hall
A Century in the Making, London Institute Gallery, London
Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s, London
Musée Imaginaire, Museum of Installation, London
Le Livre Dans Tous Ses Etats, Mediatheque, Ville D’Argentan,
France & Musee des Beaux Arts, Rouen, France
Looking Forward to Looking Back, Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint
Martins, London
Livres D’Artistes, Livres-Objects, Centre Culturel,Compiegne,
France
Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Words Words Words, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Dedication to Delphi, European Cultural Centre, Delphi, Greece
Archive, Museum of Installation, London
Wipe Your Feet, Antonia Havani, Corfu, Greece
Lo, Adam Gallery, London
Het Boek in Allen Staten, Bibliotheca Wittockiana, Brussels,
Belgium
Le Livre Dans Tous Ses Etats, Institute Culturel Francaise,
Sophia, Bulgaria
Tinsel, Adam Gallery, London
Added Value, Lethaby Gallery, London
Le Livre Dans Tous Ses Etats, Mairie 8me, Paris, France, and
travelling to :Galway Arts Centre, Ireland & Mediatheque Emile
Zola, Saint Pol Sur Mer, France
Threshold, Hardware Gallery, London
In Dark Times, Adam Gallery, London
Die Kunst Der Reise Archiv, Blau Kompressor, Vienna, Austria
In The Round, British Museum, London
The Shining Ones, Adam Gallery, London
Louder Than Words, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester
Flotsam Jetsom, Tobacco Dock, London
The Travel Art Archive, Battersea Arts Centre, London &
Chisenhale Gallery, London
80 / 90, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Tricks and Transformations, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke
on Trent
The Illuminated Library, Frith Street Gallery, London (four
person).
True, Real, Genuine, N.O. Gallery, London
Monumental Works, The Crypt Gallery, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Fragments of False Houses, Pomeroy Purdey, London
Curved Space, Hardware Gallery, London
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
A System of Support, Kettles Yard, Cambridge
Whitechapel Open Whitechapel Gallery, London
National Garden Festival, Stoke on Trent
New British Sculpture, Air Gallery, London
Five Festival Sculptors, City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on
Trent
Objects as Art, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
1984
1982
1981
Camden Open, Camden Arts Centre, London
Sculptors at Work, Canterbury, Kent
Four Sculptors, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (four person)
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Art Within Reach, Air Gallery, London
Sculpture on the Map, Canterbury, Kent
British Drawing, Hayward Gallery, London
Paperworks, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Critical Writing and Publications
2010
2009
2008
2006
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
Rob Kesseler Up Close, Kesseler, Papadakis publisher, London
ISBN9-871906-506070
Lusciousness, the crafted image in the digital environment,
Kesseler, Publisher University of the Arts, London ISBN 978-1906908-09-6
Between science and symbolism, catalogue essay for, On the
edge of the world, British Council. ISBN 978-086355-637-1
Lusciousness, the crafted image in the digital environment,
International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, Vol.
4, No. 3 ISSN: 1755-7445
Everyone’s part of the action, a-n Magazine, special issue,
Architecture for Representation. July/August. ISSN: 02613425
The Bizarre and incredible world of plants, Stuppy, Kesseler &
Harley, Papadakis publisher, London. ISBN 978-1906506025
Fruit, edible, inedible and incredible, Kesseler & Stuppy,
Papadakis Publisher, ISBN 13:978-1901092-74-5
A New Phytopia, InFocus, Journal of the Royal Microscopical
Society. Issue 10, ISSN: 1750-4740
Seeds, time capsules of Life, Kesseler & Stuppy, Foreword HRH.
Prince of Wales. Papadakis publisher ISBN 1901092666
The Power of X2, InFocus, Journal of the Royal Microscopical
Society issue 2, June 06. ISSN: 1750-4740.
http://www.rms.org.uk/downloads/1_-_KESSELER.pdf
Botanizing the Library, Rob Kesseler Pub. Proboscis ISBN 1
901540 36 7
Pollen, the Hidden Sexuality of Flowers, Kesseler & Harley, Pub.
Papadakis Publishers ISBN 1 901092 44 5
Cross Pollinating Art & Botany, Arts Professional no.47
Reaping the Benefits of Seed Funding, Briefing Magazine no.35
The London Institute
Looking Beyond the Surface, Vista, Kew, No.32, pp.1
Pollinate, Rob Kesseler, Wordsworth Trust & Grizedale Arts,
Cumbria. 96 pages including essay by Prof. Robert Hewison.
Illustrated. ISBN. 0 9525450 3 9
Another View, Ambiente, Ceramics in Society no.20 illustrated
article pp.15 - 17
Flower Power, Ceramic Review no 177 illustrated article, pp. 2225
Recent Acquisitions, Rob Kesseler, limited edition book. Wigmore
Fine Art, London. ISBN. 0 9532145 1 6 10 pages
Mirror, exhibition review, Untitled Review of Contemporary Art,
no. 15
Art, Design and Research within Europe, Sculpture Method
Research, Lethaby Press, London ISBN. 0 946282 27 7 pp.83-87
Yukinori Yanagi, exhibition review, Untitled Review of
Contemporary Art no.13
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1989
Bob & Roberta Smith, exhibition review, Untitled Review of
Contemporary Art no. 14
Networks in Ceramics, Defining Design, UIAH, Helsinki.
Illustrated conference paper, pp.86-91 ISBN. 951 558 004 8
Reflections on Another Landscape, limited edition book, Antonia
Havani Contemporary Art, Greece
Artists’ Books, review, Untitled Review of Contemporary Art no.
10
Tony Bevan, exhibition review, Untitled Review of Contemporary
Art no. 12
Conversations in Helsinki, Studio Pottery, no. 22
City of Dreadful Night, exhibition review, Untitled Review of
Contemporary Art no. 7
Terry Smith, exhibition review, Untitled Review of Contemporary
Artno. 8
Archive, exhibition review, Untitled Review of Contemporary Art
no. 8
Duck Not A Pond, exhibition review, Untitled Review of
Contemporary Art no. 9
Artist Books, review, Untitled Review of Contemporary Art no. 9
Susan Trangmar, exhibition review, Untitled Review of
Contemporary Art no. 4
Looking at Words, exhibition review, Untitled Review of
Contemporary Art no. 5
Steve Nelson, exhibition review, Untitled Review of
Contemporary Art no. 6
Expanding The Content, Interaction in Ceramics, UIAH, Helsinki
conference paper, pp.44-49
David Ward, exhibition review, Untitled Review of Contemporary
Art no. 1
Glen Lowcock, exhibition review, Untitled Review of
Contemporary Art no. 2
Susana Heron, review, Untitled Review of Contemporary Art no.
3
Osmosis, limited edition book, Museum of Installation
Stable, limited edition book, Museum of Installation. Text: Nico
De Oliviera
‘New Leaves’, Rob Kesseler, limited edition artist book.
Articles, Reviews, Catalogues
2010
Science Illustrated, Grains of Truth, pp36-45 illus. Vol 3, issue 4.
ISSN:1890 7539
Contemporary Ceramics, Emmanuel Cooper, T&H,illus pps
268,279
Patek Philippe International Magazine, Potential energy,
Christopher Stocks, Illus, pp18-23
Lodz Design Festival,Cat. illus p. 049. ISBN: 978-83-61332-12-1
Every pollen grain has a story. Jonathan Driori, TED Talk
http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_every_pollen_grain_has_a_story.html
2009
Le Monde, La longue epopee des plantes. P.10 illus. ISSN
03952037
Impromptu, 30 minute radio show with Mark Aitken, I Can
Hear the Grass Grow, Resonance FM.
Australian Plant Conservation, Roger Good, Review of Fruit.
2008
2007
2006
Vol.17 No.3
Contemporary Ceramics, Emmanuel Cooper, T&H, pp, 268,279.
ISBN 978-0-500-51487-0
2000 Colour Combinations, Garth Lewis, illus, pp 330 – 333,
ISBN 978-1-906388-12-6
Object Factory II, Cat. Museum of Arts and Design, New York,
illus p. 56
ISBN: 1-890385-19-0
Escape pods: Guardian feature of Kew exhibition.
http://collection.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/current/10/15800
Bloom, Pollen promiscuity, Dawn-Michelle Baude,pp34 – 31,
illus
Object Factory, Cat. Gardineer Museum, Toronto, illus p 76
ISBN: 978-0-9784999-0-7
Kew Magazine, Fruits of the Earth, No. 62 pp29 – 31 illustrated
Il Venered di Republica, Il cervello che salva le piante
Daily Telegraph, Bizarre and incredible world of fruit and nuts,
Illustrated feature,24.09.08
The Guardian, Centre page spread photo feature. 24.09.08
BBC Newswebsite, film feature,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7591649.stm
New Scientist, Trees like you’ve never seen them.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn14045-gallerytrees-as-youve-never-seen-them-before.html
Current Biology Magazine, Fruitful insights, Nigel Williams, Vol.
18, No.19. pp 939-940
Time Magazine,
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1846523,00.
html
Geo Magazine,
http://www.geo.de/GEO/fotografie/fotoshows/58497.html?q=F
rucht
Bees, 30 minute radio show with Mark Aitken, I Can Hear the
Grass Grow, Resonance FM.
January Magazine, Pollen, Linda Richards, book review
Audubon Magzine, Blowing in the wind, Peter Friederici. ISSN
0097-7136
Oxford Times, Through a glass lightly, Helen Peacock
Ceramic Review, Creative Collaborations, Robert James Turner
Gardenia, Mensile di Fiore, Plante, Orti e Giardini, Tra Arte E
Scienza, Maria Zaza, pp 94 – 105. ISSN 9 771124 838008
Epoca, A origem da vida – Uma aula de design, Juliana Arini.
Illustrated book review No 442 Brazil
Globe Mail, Tiny garden wonders are nothing to sneeze at,
Carolyn Leitch. Illustrated book review Canada
The Times, 7th june. Small seeds bear strange fruit, Lewis
Smith. Illustrated book review.
BBC Wildlife Magazine, vol 24. No.6. Phil Gates, review pp 73
illus
Discover, Seeds, Sarah Richardson, fully illustrated feature on
Seeds by Kesseler & Stuppy. Vol. 27 No. 10 USA
Discover, Going with the grain, Anne Wootton, illustrated book
review of Pollen by Kesseler & Harley, Vol. 27 No. 9 USA
Nature, Blowin in the wind, illustrated book review of Seeds by
Kesseler & Stuppy, Vol. 443 UK
BBC Wildlife Magazine, vol 24. No.6. Phil Gates, book review of
Seeds, pp 73 illustrated, UK
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
BBC Focus, The Pollen Detectives, Sanjida O’Connell, article
featuring examples from Pollen, by Kesseler & Harley.
Gay Times, Seeds, book review of Seeds, pp 73 illustrated, UK
Australian Plant Conservation, Seeds, book review of Seeds,
Tom North, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp 19
Blumea, vol 51, no. 3. Netherlands
BBC Wildlife Magazine, Vol 23. No.3, Hugh Warwick, review pp
65 illus
Kew Magazine, No.48, pp 18 –21. Illustrated feature
a-n Magazine, Collections (special edition on Collaborations),
Ben Coode-Adams, Cross Pollination, Illustrated article on
relationship with NESTA. Pp 18 – 19. ISBN 0 907730 56 6
Ressurgence, No.229, Cover feature.
an Magazine, Cover feature, issn 02613425
Guardian Weekend, Love is in the air, Paul Simmons, pp64,65,
16.04.05
Daily Mail, Not to be Sneezed At, pp 32, 33, 4.05.05
Zextra, Het Nieuwsblad, Belgium. pp 20-21, illustrated feature
Poll-en-ate! Aidan Radnedge, Metro, pp24,25, 03.05.05
Broadleaf Magazine, Lincs. No.62 Cover feature.
Secret Sex, Nature Magazine, vol 432
Time Out, June No.1763. Illustrated feature, pp. 58
Architectural Digest, (Russia), work illustrated, pp. 168 - 167
Horticulture Week, 2 Dec, Gavin McEwan, Book reveals sexual
life of Flowers, Illustrated book review pp. 5
Exploring the micro-cosmos, Judith Palmer, Printmaking Today
Vol.13 No.2. Illustrated article pp.12 – 14
Crafts Magazine, September, No. 185 Ruth Pavey, Beyond the
Blue, illustrated exhibition review, pp.62-63
AN Magazine, October,. pp. 28-31 ISSN. 02613425
th
The Independent, 8 July, pp.13, Judith Palmer, The God of
Small Things, Illustrated article.
th
The Guardian, 11 August, pp.5 Paul Brown, The Secret Life of
Plants, illustrated article.
Ceramic Review, No. 199, Pollinate, illustrated book review,
pp56-57.
BBC Wildlife Magazine, June, pp.12, illustrated article.
th
The Stoke Sentinel, 18 May, Gabriel Gregory, Patterns of
experience beyond the blue horizon, illustrated exhibition
review.
Ceramic Review, Emmanuel Cooper, Rob Kesseler Extending
Traditions, ISSN. 0144-1825
Gregor Mendel, the Genius of Genetics, Mendel Museum,
cat.illlus pp48,49. ISBN: 3-9501590-0-2
Ceramic Review, September, No.197, Slee Selects, Alun
Graves, Illustrated feature, pp.26-27 ISSN. 0144-1825
Kew Magazine, No.38, Deborah January, New Notions of
Natural Beauty, illustrated feature, pp.22-23
Paul Vincent, Rob Kesseler, New Photo Imagery, Ceramics in
Society
Pamela Buxton, shortform, Crafts Magazine No 169. illustrated
news feature.
Anatol Orient, Crafts Magazine No.166, Past tense future
perfect, conference review, pp.65-66
Emmanuel Cooper, Ceramic Review 185, Past tense future
perfect, conference review, pp.54
1998
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1987
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1985
1982
Norman Nicholson, Westmorland Gazette, Flower Power,
illustrated exhibition review, 24 Aug
Sotiris Kyriacou, Art Monthly No. 204 Rob Kesseler, illustrated
exhibition review. pp.23-24
David Barrett, Art Monthly No.216, Rob Kesseler / Niki Savas,
illustrated exhibition review. pp. 42-43
Michael Petry, Art Monthly No. 204, Rob Kesseler, illustrated
exhibition review. pp.23-24
Ian Hunt, Art Monthly, No.184 Foot and Mouth, exhibition
review pp.13-15
Tony Godfrey, Untitled Review of Contemporary Art, Rob
Kesseler, Exhibition review pp.19
Athina Schina, ARTI vol 22, Greece. Rob Kesseler, illustrated
exhibition review, pp.206-207
On Installation Art, A.D. Magazine. Text: De Oliviera, Oxley,
Petry T&H, ISBN: 0-500-23672-0
Rose Jennings, Time Out No.1133, Rob Kesseler, illustrated
exhibition review, pp. 36
Adrian Searle, Time Out No.1115, Flotsam and Jetsam,
exhibition review. pp.42
Brian Sewell, Loose Ends, BBC Review of Art 91 Olympia
Mary Anne Francis, Art Monthly
Shelagh Wakely, Time Out
Mark Currah, City Limits, The Illuminated Library, illustrated
exhibition review
Cathy Courtney, Art Monthly, The Illuminated Library,
illustrated exhibition review, pp.29
Sarah Kent, Time Out
Mark Currah, City Limits, No.432 The illuminated Library,
illustrated exhibition review, pp.87
Michael Petry, Arts Review vol. XXXX, Illustrated exhibition
review pp. 60
Louisa Buck, City Limits, no. 332. Illustrated exhibition review,
pp.71
Giuila Lombardi, Juliet Magazine, No.37 Italy. Illustrated
exhibition review, pp.47
Allen Robertson, Time Out
Leslie Kerman, Aspects, no. 32, Illustrated exhibition review.
Bill Burns, Art Monthly no. 38, New British Sculpture, exhibition
review, pp. 12-13
Mo Dobson, The New Statesman, vol 112, Fiddling While Rome
Burns, exhibition review, pp.26.
Bruce Clark, Kent Education Gazette
Andrew Nairne, Arts Review vol 1XXXV11, Exhibition review,
pp.630
John Dalton, The Guardian, Objects as Language, exhibition
review.
Lectures
2010
2008
Morphogenesis, IGC, Oeiras, Portugal
Lusciousness, Professorial platform lecture, Central Saint
Martins, London
Particles of prolific virtue, Somerset Wildlife Trust
Science and sensibility, The Art Workers Guild, London
Sowing the seed, The Royal Institution, London
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Fruit, edible, inedible, incredible, Kew
The crafted image in the digital environment, Colour in Art,
Design and Nature, James Clerk Maxwell Science Centre,
Edinburgh
Hortus in Vitro, Atoms to Art 2, University College London
Closely observed drawing, Firing Thoughts, Manchester
Metropolitan Uni
New Phytopia, Inspired by Nature, West Dean College
Cross Fertilisation, Intersection – Approaching Collaborative
Practice, Artquest, Rootstein Hopkins Space, London
Pollen – Particles of Prolific Virtue, Joint Lecture with Dr
Madeline Harley at The Linnaean Society, London
The Power of X2, School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes
University, Oxford
Phytopia – the next dimension, The Millenium Seed Bank,
Wakehurst
Cultivating Art, University of Oxford, Botanic Garden
Attitudes & Opportunities, Ceramics & Glass research network,
Manchester City Art Gallery
Cross Pollinating Art & Science, Linnaean Society, London
Cross Fertilisation, The Royal Institution. Joint lecture with Dr
Madeline Harley, Kew. Discussion chaired by Prof. Robert
Hewison
Cross Pollination – Art, Science, Literature, Sassoon Gallery,
Folkestone Library & Museum
Genetics and Art- scientific inspiration? Genes and Society
Festival, Battersea Art Centre, (Panel member with Ken Arnold,
Welcome Trust and Sian Ede, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)
London Potters, Morley College
Science cannot be Art, Art Happens event fro the National Art
Collections Fund (Head to Head discussion with Anatomist Prof
Harold Ellis, chaired by Denna Jones, Welcome Trust)
Science, Passion & Creativity, Keynote speaker for Creative
Partnerships and Arts Council of England at conference for
Science teachers.
Make yourself at home, Places of refuge in Art, Angel Row
Gallery, Nottingham
Looking beyond the Surface’, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew &
Millennium Seed-bank, Wakehurst Place.
Genius of Genetics, naked science lecture series, Science
Museum, London
Metamorphing, (Exhibition talk with Alice Angus from Proboscis)
Science Museum, London
Conference Attendance of Particular Relevance
2010
2008
2007
On the edge of the World, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
(presentation
given)
Ways of Knowing – Science and Art’s shared Imagination,
Colour Design and Engineering,
Linnean Society and Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London
Firing thoughts conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, paper
given Closely observed drawing
Colour in Art, Design and Nature, James Clerk Maxwell Science Centre,
Edinburgh
Atoms to Art 2, University College London
2006
2005
Colour & Surface, National Glass Centre, Sunderland
Future Forecast 06. invited conference delegate at conference
organised by The Artists Information Company and Artquest at
Rootstein Hopkins Space, London
Collective Traces, Institute of Archaeology, London
Topographies & Tales, Peer2Peer Creative Lab, Canadian High
Commission
st
2002
From Material Things, art & artifact in the 21
2001
2000
Research Culture for Ceramics? University of Westminster
Past Tense Future Perfect, Crafts conference. Paper given on the
changing nature of research within higher education.
Good Crop , Bad Crop, (Interpreting the rural for urban audiences),
Grizedale
Networks in Ceramics, University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki, Finland.
Paper given on design curricula
1999
1996
Century, British Museum
Commissions
2010
new
2008
2007
The Macallan Masters of Spirit, Photographic commission for the
Macallan Whiskey Distillery visitor centre, Scotland
Deckchair Dreams, Royal Parks and the British Council to design
a deckchair for the British Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo
Wake up and see, Prison Phoenix Trust (photographic commission in
Wandsworth Prison).
Davidia, hortus in transit, sound sculpture for The Magic Hour, Oxford
University Botanic Garden. (Sponsored by - Oxford Contemporary Music,
Arts Council of England,
Hortus in vitro. Architectural glass commission for Oxford University of
Oxford Botanic Garden. ( Funded by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Van Houten Bequest)
Awards
2009
2007
2005
2002
1997
1994
1983
1982
German edition of Pollen, hidden sexuality of flowers, awarded
prize for most beautiful book of the year by Wissenschafts BDW,
Germany
Fruit, edible, inedible, incredible, awarded special prize at the
Gourmand International Cookbook Awards, Paris
Pollen , hidden sexuality of flowers and Seeds, time capsules of
life both awarded a gold medal for the most original concept by
the Independent Publishers Association. New York
Green Flag Award for urban bio-diversity, Newlands Park,
Barking
ILAM (Institute of Land and Amenity Management), award for
community involvement in the Newlands Park landscaping
project.
British Council, travel award
British Council, travel award
Greater London Arts award
South West Arts award
Collections
2009
The British Council
Guys and Saint Thomas’ Hospital
2008
2006
2005
2004
2003
2001
2000
2000
2000
1995
1995
1995
1992
1984
Manchester Metropolitan University
Central Saint Martins Museum
The Mendel Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
The Wellcome Trust
Ernst & Young
City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
The Wordsworth Trust
The Grizedale Society
John Flaxman Library, Chicago, USA
Cultural Centre, Mokpo, Korea
European Cultural Centre, Greece
Victoria & Albert Museum
Tate Gallery
The British Museum
I.L.E.A.