Approved: 11.10.2010

Zoe Preece

Artist, Curator, Lecturer / academic, Maker, Researcher

Approved: 11.10.2010

Zoe Preece works from Fireworks Clay Studios in Cardiff, UK. She studied Ceramics at Cardiff School of Art and Design (2000), completed a Masters in Ceramics also at Cardiff School of Art and Design (2010), and a PGCE (FE/HE) at Cardiff University (2013). She works as associate lecturer at Cardiff School of Art and Design, and ceramic tutor for UWC Atlantic College. Zoe has exhibited both nationally and internationally. She was recently selected for AWARD, British Ceramic Biennial (2019), was awarded the Gold Medal for Craft and Design, the CASW Purchase Prize and the Josef Herman Award The People’s Choice at Y Lle Celf at the National Eisteddfod of Wales (2018) and was a juror prize winner in the international exhibition Materials: Hard and Soft, Denver, US (2017). Her work is in public collections in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff and the Museum of Craft and Design, Denver, US.

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    Artist Statement

    Zoe Preece works from Fireworks Clay Studios in Cardiff, UK. She studied Ceramics at Cardiff School of Art and Design (2000), completed a Masters in Ceramics also at Cardiff School of Art and Design (2010), and a PGCE (FE/HE) at Cardiff University (2013). She works as associate lecturer at Cardiff School of Art and Design, and ceramic tutor for UWC Atlantic College. Zoe has exhibited both nationally and internationally. She was recently selected for AWARD, British Ceramic Biennial (2019), was awarded the Gold Medal for Craft and Design, the CASW Purchase Prize and the Josef Herman Award The People’s Choice at Y Lle Celf at the National Eisteddfod of Wales (2018) and was a juror prize winner in the international exhibition Materials: Hard and Soft, Denver, US (2017). Her work is in public collections in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff and the Museum of Craft and Design, Denver, US.

     "My current practise takes the domestic realm as the site of its enquiry. I make intimate but nameless still lives that speak of the ordinary and the human. Through focused attention on everyday domestic objects and ordinary scenes, my work endeavours to engage with the intangible, disquieting and emotive aspects of life through material processes and form.

    Ceramic forms are carved from plaster on the lathe or by hand, before being moulded and cast in a fine white porcelain; the heat of the kiln chamber is used to seek out moments of fluidity. I also work in collaboration with Fablab Cardiff making use of their 3D scanning and CNC milling technologies to produce milled walnut tableaux that function as components for furniture pieces.”

    CV & Education

    EDUCATION

    2011-2013                  Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Cardiff University 

    2008-2010                  MA Ceramics, Cardiff School of Art and Design, UWIC 

    1995-2000                  BA Ceramics, Cardiff School of Art and Design, UWIC 

     

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2018                            Material Presence: A Domestic Scene, Llantarnum Grange Arts Centre

     

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

     

    2021                           Collect 2021, Ruthin Crafts Centre, online. 2020 A Language of Clay, New                                       Brewery Arts, Cirencester, UK
    2019                           AWARD, British Ceramic Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent

                                       Oita Prefecture Art Museum, Japan

    2018                            National Eisteddfod of Wales 2018, Sennedd, Cardiff

    2017                            Materials: Hard and Soft, Museum of Craft and Design, Denver, US 

    2016                            Biennale International de Vallauris, Creation Contemporaine et 

                                        Ceramique, Vallauris, France  

                                        Mono, Boundary Art Gallery, Cardiff 

                                        ‘An ‘in’ with a Stranger’, Llantarnum Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran 

    2015                            National Eisteddfod of Wales 2015, Meifod 

                                       The Sensorial Object, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff  & Oriel Q, Narberth

    2014                            The National Eisteddfod of Wales 2014, Llanelli 

                                        Fireworks Now, Aberystwyth Arts Centre & Y Galeri, Caerphilly

                                        The Common Object, Cardiff M.A.D.E Gallery 

    2013                            200 years on: Contemporary Works in Clay, Nantgarw China Museum 

                                        Fireworks Now, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff 

                                        Art Craft, Cardiff Arts Collective, Cardiff?

    2011                            British Ceramic Biennial 2011, Stoke-on-Trent 

                                        National Eisteddfod of Wales 2011, Wrexham and District 

                                        Welsh Artist of the Year 2011, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff 

                                        Merge/Diverge, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 

    2010                            Intro, Cardiff Design Week, Cardiff 

    2009                            Gathered World, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 

     

    PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

    2018                           National Museum of Wales, Cardiff 

    2016                           Museum of Craft and Design, Denver, US

     

    PUBLICATIONS 

    2018                            CCQ, A Creative Conversation, August 2018

    2018                            Crafts, 273. July/August 2018

    2017                            ‘Cast’, Jen Townsend and Renee Zettle-Sterling, Schiffer Publishing?

    2015                            Co-editor and contributor to The Sensorial Object Catalogue?

    2015                            Buzz, Feb. 2015?

    2015                            Crafts, 252, Jan/Feb 2015?

    2011                            Ceramic Review, 251, Sept./Oct. 2011?

    2000                            Ceramic Review, 185, Sept./Oct. 2000 

     

    AWARDS/GRANTS

    2019                            Arts Council of Wales, Production Grant

    2018                            Gold Medal Winner, Craft and Design, National Eisteddfod of Wales

    2018                            CASW Purchase Prize Winner, National Eisteddfod of Wales

                                        Purchased by National Museum of Wales. 

    2018                            The Josef Herman Peoples Choice Award, National Eisteddfod of Wales 

    2017                            Juror Prize Winner, Materials: Hard & Soft, Museum of Craft and Design,

                                        Denver, US        

    2016                            Arts Council of Wales, Production Grant?

    2014                            Arts Council of Wales, Training Grant?

     

    PROFESSIONAL 

    2015 – present           Ceramic Tutor, UWC Atlantic College, St.Donats, Wales

    2012 – 2018               Associate Tutor, CSAD, Cardiff Metropolitan University 

    2015                            Artist in Residence, Makers Using Technology, Design Forum Wales

    2015                            Co-Curator with Dr. Natasha Mayo of The Sensorial Object, Craft in the 

                                        Bay, Cardiff