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ELIZABETH RAEBURN
Curriculum Vitae
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
London
MUSEU DE CERAMICA
Barcelona, Catalonia
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY
Taipei, Taiwan
BOIJMANS VAN BEUNINGEN MUSEUM
Rotterdam, Netherlands
AICHI PREFECTORAL CERAMIC MUSEUM
Seto City, Japan
WINNIPEG ART GALLERY
Winnipeg, Canada
WILLIAMSON ART GALLERY
Birkenhead
ANTHONY SHAW COLLECTION AT YORK ART GALLERY
York
BRISTOL CITY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Bristol
LEICESTERSHIRE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY (CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY CHOICE)
Leicester
MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Portsmouth
CITY MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
Stoke-on-Trent
MUSEUM FÜR MODERNE KERAMIK
Deidesheim, Germany
PORVOO CERAMICS COLLECTION
Porvoo, Finland
SAF’S KUNSTFORENING
Stockholm, Sweden
HANDELSBANKEN KUNSTFORENING
Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED LIST OF EXHIBITIONS
2018
Bovey Tracey, Devon Guild of Craftsmen: Summer Exhibition
2017
Glastonbury, Glastonbury Abbey: The Past and the Present by Elizabeth Raeburn & Rodney Lawrence
2016
London, Erskine Hall & Coe: Nine Potters
2012
La Borne, France, Centre Ceramique Contemporaine: 4 Artists from Galerie Besson
Shipston-on-Stour, The Stour Gallery: Winter Exhibition
2011
London, Collect, with Galerie Besson
Milan, Officine Saffi: Tea for Two
Shipston-on-Stour, The Stour Gallery: Winter Exhibition
2010
Frome, Black Swan Arts: Smoke
London, Galerie Besson, Solo Exhibition: Views of Venice
2009
Bovey Tracey, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen: Cup
2008
London, Galerie Besson: Classic & Contemporary Ceramics
Muchelney, John Leach Gallery: New Year Exhibition
Somerton, The Courthouse Gallery:Terra Firma; Elizabeth Raeburn and Rodney Lawrence
Shipston-on-Stour, The Stour Gallery: Winter Exhibition
2007
London, Galerie Besson: The Jug Show
London, Galerie Besson: Summer Exhibition
Shipston-on-Stour, The Stour Gallery: Oil, Water and Clay
2006
Bovey Tracey, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen: Raku Craft Focus
2005
Devon, Woodbury Studio Gallery: Raku – new directions
Chicago: Galerie Besson at Chicago Art Fair
2003/4
Bovey Tracey: David Leach – 20th Century Ceramics (touring exhibition)
London, Galerie Besson: Summer Exhibition
London, Galerie Besson: Landscape in Painting and Ceramics; Elizabeth Raeburn and John Hubbard
2001
London, Galerie Besson: Solo Exhibition
Glastonbury, Rural Life Museum: Solo Exhibition
2000
Sherborne, Alpha House Gallery: Harrow – The First Decade
Sway, ArtSway: “Get Real” Romanticism and New Landscapes in Art (two year touring exhibition)
Newark, Rufford Craft Centre: Raku – Investigations into Fire (touring exhibition)
Paris, Galerie Ortilles-Fourcat: Solo Exhibition
1999/2000
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada: Clay at the Crossroads: Directions in Contemporary Ceramics
1999
Saltram, Saltram House, Chapel Gallery: Solo Exhibition
London, Galerie Besson: Millennium Mugs
1998
London, Sotheby’s: Exhibition of Contemporary Decorative Arts
London, Galerie Besson: Gallery Pots, Part II
Durham, The Bowes Museum: Spirit of the Times
Bovey Tracey, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen: Meet Your Maker
1997
Bovey Tracey, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen: 42nd Summer Exhibition
1996
London, Galerie Besson: Picture and Pots
1995
London, Galerie Besson, Solo Exhibition (catalogue)
1994
London, Galerie Besson: The Tea and Coffee Exhibition
Newark, Rufford Craft Centre: Earth and Fire
Frome, Black Swan Arts: Texture
1992/3
Taipei, Taiwan, National Museum of History: International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art (catalogue)
1992
Cheltenham, Courtyard Gallery
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada: Contemporary Focus
London, Galerie Besson, Solo Exhibition (catalogue)
Hamburg, Germany, Galerie L
London, Godfrey Far Eastern Art: A Christmas Exhibition of British Studio Pottery
1990
Porvoo, Finland, IRIS: International Ceramics Exhibition
London, Galerie Besson: Domestic Ware by Artist Potters
1989
Stockholm, Sweden, Galleri Lejonet: British Ceramics
London, Galerie Besson, Solo Exhibition (catalogue)
St Germain-d’Auxerre, Puisaye, France: L’Europe des Céramistes (catalogue, tour)
1988
Alresford, Candover Gallery, Group Exhibition
Sudbury, Gainsborough House: Shape and Surface (tour)
1987
Hamburg, Germany, Galerie für Keramik und Kalligraphie, Solo Exhibition
Salisbury, South Wiltshire Museum: Lucie Rie and her Contemporaries
Edinburgh, The Scottish Gallery: Joint Exhibition with Keiko Hasegawa: Raku –Tradition and Innovation
1986
London, Fischer Fine Art: Nine Potters (catalogue)
Oxford Gallery, Solo Exhibition
1985
Newark, Rufford Craft Centre: British Raku
Barcelona, Spain, Museu de Ceramica: Inter-Raku 85 (catalogue)
1984
Nottingham, Zenith Gallery: Henry Rothschild’s Choice
1983
St Paul, Minnesota, USA, Grand Avenue Frame & Gallery: Contemporary British Art Comes to St Paul
1981
London, Dan Klein Gallery, Solo Exhibition
1978
London, Casson Gallery: Boxes
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2000
Taunton, Somerset, Musgrove Park Hospital, Raku ceramic mural (height 90 cm, width 350 cm)
1997
Mugs for presentation at the book launch, The Quest for Longitude, commissioned by Harvard University
1994
Taunton, Somerset, Musgrove Park Hospital, Raku ceramic mural (height 230 cm, width 315 cm)
1993
Presentation bowl for Alistair Cooke, commissioned by Harvard University
1987
Coffee set, commissioned by Fisher Fine Art, London
1980
Wells, Somerset, Tiled shop front for Fine Shoes commissioned by Durstons of Street
ARTICLES
CLASSIC & CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS, JANUARY 2008
Angus Stewart, Elizabeth Raeburn “No man is an island”, Galerie Besson
GALLERIES, DECEMBER 2004
Nicholas Usherwood, Raeburn & Hubbard
LONDON POTTERS NEWSLETTER, JUNE/JULY 2001
Sue Hoar, Elizabeth Raeburn at Galerie Besson
CERAMICS IN SOCIETY, AUTUMN 2000
Elizabeth Raeburn, The First Decade of Harrow: 1963 – l975, The Potter’s View
LA REVUE DE LA CERAMIQUE ET DU VERRE, JUILLET/AOÛT 2000, 113
Delphine Laurent, Les rakus d’Elizabeth Raeburn
DACORUM & CHILTERN POTTERS GUILD NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 1999
Marion Caton, Pot Crawl
DEVON GUILD OF CRAFTSMEN NEWSLETTER, SPRING 1999
Elizabeth Raeburn, Elizabeth Raeburn
DEVON GUILD OF CRAFTSMEN NEWSLETTER, AUTUMN 1997
42nd Summer Exhibition
THE SOMERSET MAGAZINE, MAY 1996
Lionel Phillips, Artists in Somerset: Elizabeth Raeburn & Rodney Lawrence
ARTS REVIEW, MAY 1995
Karen Demuth, Art Under £1000
THE TIMES, 12 DECEMBER 1995
John Russell Taylor, Around the Galleries: Recommended exhibitions in London & Amsterdam
CRAFTS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1992, 119
Eileen Lewenstein, Review of Elizabeth Raeburn: Raku
CERAMICS MONTHLY, NOVEMBER 1992
Up Front
KERAMEIKI TECHNI (GREECE), AUGUST 1992
Michael Casson, Elizabeth Raeburn at Galerie Besson 1-31 July
BORGÅBLADET, 6 AUGUST 1990
Ditte Kronstrőm, Iris stärker sin image som Keramikseminarium
ARTS REVIEW 1989
Arda Lacey, Fired by Raku – Elizabeth Raeburn at Galerie Besson
WESTERN GAZETTE, 28 DECEMBER 1989
Brian Seal, Former Chapel Setting for a Story of Creation
BOOKS
TIM ANDREWS, RAKU: SECOND EDITION
A & C Black 2005; KP Books 2005
STEVE MATTISON, THE COMPLETE PRACTICAL POTTER
Quarto Publishing 2003
PAUL RICE, BRITISH STUDIO CERAMICS
Crowood Press 2002
DAVID JONES, INVESTIGATIONS INTO FIRE
Crowood Press 2002
TIM ANDREWS, RAKU: A REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY WORK
A & C Black 1994; Chilton Book Co. 1994
RICHARD ZAKIN, CERAMICS – MASTERING THE CRAFT
A & C Black 1994; Chilton Book Co. 1994
PAT CARTER, DICTIONARY OF MODERN BRITISH POTTERS
Scholar Press 1989
MICHAEL CASSON, THE CRAFT OF THE POTTER
BBC Television 1977