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Les Blakebrough - Curriculum Vitae (October 2010) |
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Les Blakebrough, one of Australia’s leading ceramic artists, is represented in many galleries in Australia and overseas including all Australian State galleries, the Australian National Gallery and the Royal Palace Collection Copenhagen Denmark. He has held dozens of solo exhibitions throughout Australia and is the recipient of numerous awards including a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy. British-born Blakebrough migrated to Australia in 1948 at the age of 18 and after serving an apprenticeship at Sturt Pottery at Mittagong, studied with Kawai Takeichi in Japan before returning to Australia to become Director of the Sturt Workshops. Since 1996, he has been Principal Research Fellow of the Ceramic Research Unit at the University of Tasmania, which has formed a company to manufacture and market his products. |
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| Professional activities | |
| 2008 | Tasmania Senior Australian of the Year |
| 2005 | Member International Academy of Ceramics. |
| 1996 | Principal Research Fellow, Ceramic Research Unit, University of Tasmania |
| 1989–1994 | Associate Professor and Head, Ceramic Studio, Tasmanian School of Art in Hobart, University of Tasmania |
| Solo exhibitions | |
| 2010 | The Fifth Decade at Sabbia Gallery Paddington NSW |
| The Fifth Decade at Bett Gallery Hobart Tasmania | |
| 2009 | New Porcelain at BMG Art Adelaide |
| New Porcelain at AXIA Melbourne (Nov ’09) | |
| 2008 | Living Treasures” tour Tweed Region Gallery/ Port Macquarie Gallery/ |
| Queen Victoria Meseum & Art Gallery Launceston / Noosa Region Art Gallery Q | |
| 2007 | The New Porcelain Primavera Cambridge UK |
| 2006 | ‘Living Treasures” tour / Bathurst / Form-WA / Hawkesbury / Craft ACT/ TMAG |
| The New Porcelain Beaver Gallery ACT | |
| The New Porcelain Bett Gallery Hobart | |
| “Flora Tasmanica” Botanic Gardens Gallery ACT | |
| 2005 | Object Gallery Sydney Survey Exhibition ‘Living Treasures” LB Porcelain Sabbia Gallery Sydney “Flora Tasmanica” Botanic Gardens Gallery Sydney |
| 2002 | Dick Bett Gallery, Hobart; Ceramic Art Gallery, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Group exhibitions | |
| 2007 | Smart Works Design & the Handmade PowerHouse Museum Sydney |
| 2006 | Artbank Celebrating 25 Years of Australian Art State & Regional Galleries |
| Surface Connections Manningham Gallery Victoria | |
| International Ceramic Award Gold Coast City Art Gallery | |
| 2004/5 | Surface:Beneath& Beyond A Tasmanian Touring Exhibition. |
| 2002 | Material Culture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; |
| Ritual of Tea, Jam Factory, South Australia & regional gallery tour | |
| 2001 | Response to the Island, Ten Days on the Island Festival, Long Gallery, Hobart |
| 1999 | Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan – Hokkaido, Takaoka & Shiga, & Customs House, Sydney |
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Public collections |
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All Australian State and Territory galleries + National Gallery Australia, Canberra |
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| Imperial Palace Collection, Tokyo, Japan | |
| National Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Norway | |
| National Bank of Austria | |
| Royal Palace Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
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Awards |
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| 1998–1999 | Australia Council Creative Arts Fellowship |
| 1996–1997 | Australia Council Research Fellowship |
| 1992 | Churchill Research Fellowship |
| 1974 | Gold medal, International Exhibition of Ceramic Art, Faenza, Italy |
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Research grants |
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| 1998–2000 | Australian Research Council (ARC) Grant, Industrial processes for craft-based industry |
| 1998–1999 | ARC Grant, Porcelain clay development |
| 1995 | ARC Grant, Industrial processes for craft-based industry; |
| ARC Grant, Porcelain clay development | |
| Bibliography | |
| 2010 | The Fifth Decade. Patsy Hely & Grace Cochrane Bett Gallery momograph |
| 2005 | Les Blakebrough/Ceramics-Living Treasures Masters of Australian Craft, Holmes J Thames & Hudson |
| 1997 | ‘Flexible format kiln research’, Ceramics Technical, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. |
| 1996 | ‘Porcelain clay research’, Ceramics Technical, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 3-15 |
| 1994 | ‘Research in industry’, Ceramics Art and Perception, vol. 18, pp. 3-7 |
| 1989 | Les Blakebrough: Potter, Holmes, J., Bay Books, Sydney |
| go to | Les' page | Ceramics | Publications | Island Collection (members only) |Maatsuyker Collection (members only) | |