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Kyra Cane - CV

Born 11th September 1962.
Address

5, West Workshops,
Harley Foundation
Welbeck,
Worksop
Nottinghamshire.
S80 3LW.
England

Telephone

01909 489555

Mobile

07802 436780

Email

kc-jb@ntlworld.com       
canek@wmin.ac.uk ( term time only)

Education

1981 - 1982  West Nottinghamshire College of F.E.
1982 - 1985  Camberwell School of Art.
1985 - 1986  Goldsmiths College , London University.

Qualification

BA (Hons) 1st Class Ceramics
Camberwell School of Art

Art Teachers’ Certificate
Goldsmiths College London University

Clients Rolls Royce/Bentley
Kevin Jones Associates
Project Art - suppliers of original artwork
Peter Millard and Partners - suppliers of original artwork
Artsource - suppliers of original artwork
Solo Exhibitions

2002  White Gallery , Brighton 
2001   Hart Gallery, London.
1999   Bettles Gallery, Hampshire
1995   Galerie ‘L’ Hamburg, Germany
1995   Hart Gallery, London
1994   “Pour When Inclined”
           Canvas Gallery, Tower Bridge, London
           The Road Mender, Northampton
1993   “Pots and Paintings”, Kirkbride Gallery, Traquair, Scotland
1990   Montpellier Gallery, Cheltenham
1989   “New Work”, Sue Williams Gallery, Portobello Road, London
1987   “Pots and Paintings”, Field Gallery, Nottingham
1985   Paintings and Pots, Midland Group, Nottingham

Group Exhibitions

2006  Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London
2005  Carlin Gallery, Paris.
2005  Art London, Sarah Myerscough
2005  Ceramic Art London
2004  "Graft" Harley Foundation Studio Show
          Harley Gallery, Welbeck. Nottinghamshire
2004  MACBA  Barcelona
          (Museum of Contemporary Art) Arts Council Show
2004  Totally Teabowls. Oakwood Gallery. Nottinghamshire
2004  "Bloomers" Contemporary Ceramics Gallery. London
2004   Firbob and Peacock. Knutsford. Cheshire
2004  Affordable Art Fair. London  ( John Noott Gallery )
2003  John Noott Galleries, Broadway Modern, Gloucestershire.
2003  Wessex Fine Arts and Ceramics, Dorset
          Joint show with Chris Keenan
2003  New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
2002  Christmas Show.Bircham Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
2002  SOFA  Chicago (White Gallery)          
2002  Grange Barn Galleries. Group Show
2001  SOFA  Chicago  ( White Gallery)
2001  ‘Painterly Pots’  Brewery Arts Centre. Cirencester
2000  Chelsea Crafts Fair, London.
1999  Christmas Show. The Gallery Upstairs. Henley in Arden
1998  Summer Show. The Gallery Upstairs.
          Henley in Arden
1997  Chelsea Crafts Fair, London.
1997  Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
          Major Group Show with Ruthanne Tudball and Josie Walters
1995  Studio Ceramics”94”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1992  Patchings Art Centre, Nottinghamshire
1992  Fiery Beacon Gallery, Painswick, Gloucestershire
1991  “Decorative Ceramics”, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
1991  Chelsea Crafts Fair, London
1990  Chelsea Crafts Fair, London
1989  Chelsea Crafts Fair, London
1989  Terrace Gallery, Worthing
1989  “New Faces” Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1989  “Harrow Connection”  Touring Show : 
          Northern Contemporary Arts Centre
          Crafts Council, London
1988  Cecilia Colman Gallery
1988  “Shape and Surface”  Touring Show :
          Gainsborough’s House, Suffolk
          Peterborough Museum
          Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1987  “Decorative Jugs”, Cecilia Colman Gallery, London
1987  Beverley Art Gallery (Copernican Connection), North Yorkshire
1987  “Contemporary Ceramics”, Christ’s Hospital, West Sussex
1986  Field Gallery, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire
1986  Booth House Gallery, Holmfirth, Yorkshire 
1986  Castle Museum, Nottingham

Forthcoming Exhibitions 2006/2007   MIMA  Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art
Grants and Awards

1987  Crafts Council Setting up Grant

1989  East Midland Arts Grant for Publicity and assistance in                                     attending Chelsea Crafts  Fair for the first time.

1993  East Midland Arts Equipment Grant.

1997  Major Development Award, East Midland Arts.

2000  Residency at Rufford Ceramic Centre.

2005  Arts Council Award.
Commissions     

1995 Presentation Piece for Queen Elizabeth on the opening of the Queens Building          at University of Westminster

2005 Large vessels for P&O Cruise Liner ( ARCADIA)
Work Experience     

1986 -1988  Holmfirth, West Yorkshire.

1988 - 1999 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

2000  Moved workshop to the Harley Foundation, Worksop.
Catalogues     

Essay by John Houston  “Pour when Inclined ” 1994
           
Short Essay by Emmanuel Cooper fot the Hart Gallery Show 1995

Essay by Edmund de Waal    ‘ The pleasurable activity of the journey ’  
                                                The ceramics of Kyra Cane  
                                                ISBN 1 85919 014 6

Short text by Edmund  de Waal for Catalogue 2005
Articles and Critical Reviews     

Crafts Magazine Nov/ Dec 1994. Pages 53 and 54.
Studio Pottery Dec / Jan 1994/95
Article - Neue Keramik (German Publication) May - June 1996 Page 150Article - Ceramic Review Jan/ Feb 2001

Current and previous 
employment 

1986 - 1990    Harrow College of Higher Education
                       Part time lecturer with responsibility for drawing.
                       Ceramics HND Course
1986 - 1990    West Nottinghamshire College of Further Education
                       Part time lecturer in Ceramics. 
                       Adult Education.
1986 - 1989   Goldsmiths  College. Visiting Lecturer.
1987 - 1988   Bretton Hall  College,  West Yorkshire
                      Part -Time Lecturer in Ceramics.
1987 - 1997   West Nottinghamshire College of Further Education
                      Part - time Lecturer,
                      Foundation and GAD / GNVQ  Art and Design courses.
1993 - 1994   Derby University
                      Part time Ceramics  Lecturer , BA Hons  Applied Arts.
1990 - 2001   University of Westminster ( Harrow site )
                      Half time (. 5 )  Lecturer,  BA  (Hons)  Ceramics

2001 - present  Course Leader   BA (Hons) Ceramics
                          University of Westminster ( Harrow site )