Sandy Brown (born 1946) is a British ceramics artist who is nationally and internationally known for her works, which range from smaller ceramics to huge public sculptures. Brown is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association.
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| Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Tichborne, Hampshire, England |
| Website | www |
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 “Artist and Ceramicist Sandy Brown on the Power of Making with an Empty Mind”, The Practical Creative, October 9, 2019 |
Biography
editSandy Brown was born in Tichborne in 1946.[1] Brown travelled to Iran in her youth and was greatly affected by the Jameh Mosque of Isfahan with its distinctive colourful mosaic tiles and polychromic dome.[2] Brown trained in Japan at the Daisei Pottery in Mashiko for four years.[3] In 1988 Brown was appointed by the British Council as an artist in residence in Australia.[4]
Her piece Temple was created for the 2015 Sotheby's exhibition of monumental sculpture, Beyond Limits, at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.[2] Temple was made by hand and was acclaimed by Construction News as the "largest single piece ceramic sculpture within a 12-month timeframe".[5] Temple is made from 3,017 handmade wall and floor tiles and 2,183 roof tiles.[5] In June 2022 her work Earth Goddess became the tallest ceramic artwork ever erected in the United Kingdom.[6][7] Brown described her motivation for creating Earth Goddess as wanting the " ... sculpture to make an impact and I wanted her to be female and making an impact".[6] Earth Goddess stands in a square in the Cornish town of St Austell.[6]
In addition to shows solo Arts-Council funded touring shows in the UK, Brown has had shows in Australia, Germany, Holland, Japan, South Africa and the USA.[8] Brown's work is included in the collections of the Federation University Australia art collection,[1] the Victoria and Albert Museum[9] and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.[10] Brown's work is also in the collections of the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany and the Icheon World Ceramics Centre in South Korea.[3]
Brown delivered the Shipley Art Gallery's Henry Rothschild Memorial Lecture in 2020.[11]
Brown was interviewed by Tom Morris for his book New Wave Clay.[12][13]
Brown's studio and gallery is situated in Appledore in North Devon, in a former glove factory. Brown established her eponymous museum in Appledore in 2014.[3] Her museum displays her large scale pieces.[3]
Brown is noted for her strong use of colour in clay, frequently painting her pieces with spontaneous brushworks.[14] The editor of Keramik magazine, Gabi Dewald, has said that Brown's "catalytic" and "liberating" influence on European ceramics in the 1970s and 1980s cannot be "underestimated".[14]
Awards
edit- Fellow, Craft Potters Association[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Artwork – Ceramics, Sandy Brown, 'Flying Spirit' by Sandy Brown, 1988, c1988". victoriancollections.net.au.
- ^ a b "A Temple for the Self". Resurgence. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Bevere Gallery: Sandy Brown". Bevere Gallery. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Messums Wiltshire: Sandy Brown". Messums Wiltshire.
- ^ a b "Tudor Roof Tiles acclaims ceramic temple by artist Sandy Brown". The Construction Centre. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ a b c "UK's tallest ceramic sculpture to be erected in Cornwall". BBC. 22 June 2021.
- ^ Morris, Steven (22 March 2022). "Artwork that will be UK's tallest ceramic sculpture takes shape in Devon". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ a b "CPA Members Profiles – B". Craft Potters Association. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Platter | Brown, Sandy | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
- ^ Campbell, Kathleen; Heath, Terrence; Hopper, Robin (1997). Contemporary studio ceramics : collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery. ISBN 9780889151802.
- ^ "Henry Rothschild Memorial Lecture". Scottish Potters. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "'We don't have spiritually uplifting, secular spaces in our culture and there is a need'". Frame. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Morris, Tom (2018). New wave clay : ceramic design, art and architecture. Amsterdam: Frame Publishers. ISBN 978-9492311245.
- ^ a b "The Ceramics House: Sandy Brown". The Ceramics House.