Katherine Smyth
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1989-1991:
Katherine trained in ceramics at the National Art School in Sydney, Australia for 3 years from 1989 - 1991. For 8 years prior to this she had worked full time as a chef. In 1993 she joined English potter, Jim Mason in Taibeh village (near ancient Petra), Jordan for several months. They taught pottery skills to young village women in the hope of reviving local ancient skills and traditions. Katherine has been back to the Middle East a number of times since the first teaching job. In 1994 she accompanied a group of archaeologists from Sydney University to work on a Middle Bronze Age site at Rukeis in the North of Jordan. From 1995 until 1998 she was based in London. She had studio space at Great Western Studios and cooked part-time at The Sugar Club restaurant in Notting Hill. Katherine designed and produced crockery for the restaurant and for Peter Gordon's first two cookbooks. In 1998 Katherine returned to New Zealand, basing herself in Wellington. She has been a full-time potter since the return. She has guest-lectured at Auckland's Unitec, Wellington's Massey University and the National Art School in Sydney, Australia. In 2001 she designed and produced a range of tableware for Chow restaurant in Wellington. In 2003 she was awarded a Creative New Zealand Professional Development Grant to travel back to parts of the Middle East to research Middle Bronze Age pottery. In 2004 she was awarded another grant to produce work as an outcome of the research. Two bodies of work resulted - Fruit and Alphabetical Order.
2010 AVID Gallery, Wellington, NZ. Dot dot dot... 2008 AVID Gallery, Wellington, NZ. 'Squash' 2007 Milford Gallery, Dunedin, NZ. 'Squash' 2007 Michael Hirschfeld Gallery (City Art Gallery), Wellington, NZ. 'Katherine Smyth-A Survey' 2006 AVID Gallery, Wellington, NZ. 'Alphabetical Order' 2005 Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ. 'Fruit' 2005 AVID Gallery, Wellington, N.Z. 'Fruit'
2009 'Autumn Vessels' Piece, Matakana, NZ 'Thrill Me Every Day - The Celia Dunlop Collection' The New Dowse, Lower Hutt, NZ 2008 Portage Ceramic Awards, Auckland, NZ 'Natural Selection', Waiheke Community Gallery, Waiheke Island, NZ 2007 Portage Ceramic Awards, Auckland, NZ Norsewear Art Awards, Hastings, NZ 'The Gift', The New Dowse, Lower Hutt, NZ 2005 'The Home Show', AVID Gallery, Wellington, NZ 2003-04 Norsewear Art Awards, Hastings,NZ Australia 2007 Portage Ceramic Awards NZ. Merit Award (Judge Jeff Shapiro) 2006 'Waiclay'(NZ Society of Potters) Premier Award (Judge Janet Mansfield) 2000 NZ Society of Potters, Royal Easter Show, Auckland, Merit Award (Judge Campbell Hegan)
Te Papa Museum, NZ Auckland War Memorial Museum, NZ New York, U.S.A. Ottawa, Canada. Tehran, Iran.
Dealers/Stockists
AVID (Wellington)- www.avidgallery.co.nz ph: 0064 4 472 7703 Masterworks (Auckland)- www.masterworksgallery.com ph: 0064 9 378 1256 Milford Galleries (Dunedin, Queenstown)- www.milfordgalleries.co.nz ph 0064 3 477 7727 Piece Gallery (Matakana) www.piecegallery.co.nz ph: 0064 9 422 9125 Vessel (Wellington) www.vessel.co.nz ph 0064 4 4992321 Small Acorns (Wellington) www.smallacorns.co.nz ph 0064 499 5795 Nidus (Wellington) ph 0064 27 4464387 The Dowse Art Museum (Wellington) ph 0064 4570 6500 Annex (Christchurch) ph 0064 365 1535 Lopdell House (Titirangi) ph 0064 9 817 8087 www.lopdell.org.nz Corbans Estate Art Centre (Henderson) ph: 0064 9 838 4455 Vesta Design (Queenstown) ph: 0064 03 442 5687 www.vestadesign.co.nz Port Chalmers Design Store ph: 0064 03 472 8701 www.portchalmersdesignstore.co.nz Woodstock On Windsor (Invercargill) ph: 0064 3 231 3053 Form Gallery (Christchurch) ph: 0064 3 377 1211
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