Commissions Include
Ceramic bird mural, Yokohama National University, Japan
Sculpture for IBJ Bank, London
Pottery for Neiman Marcus Store, USA and Seibu Department Store, Japan
Sculptures for Director’s office, LTC Bank International, London
Seven vases for Hilton Hotel, Mauritius
Architectural tiles for Asada House, Tokyo
Sculptural planter for Taurus Crafts, Gloucestershire
Stockists
The following galleries generally stock Jill Fanshawe Kato’s ceramics, but please check first!
Her work can also be seen at her studio in London, by prior appointment
Exhibitions Include
| 1990 | Living Earth’s Rainforest Exhibition, London Natural History Museum Two-person show with Yosei Itaka, Ginza Matsuya, Tokyo |
| 1992 | Two-person show with Yosei Itaka, Liberty, London Featured in BBC TV’s ‘Japanese Language and People’ |
| 1993 | Crafts Council shops at Islington and V&A Museum |
| 1994 | Vallauris Biennale, France Studio Ceramics ’94, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| 1995 | Terra Viva, France Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1996 | Primavera at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham Daiwa Foundation, London |
| 1997 | Ryubo Department Store, Okinawa Beaux Arts, Bath |
| 1998 | Chelsea Crafts Fair, London (regular exhibitor) |
| 1999 | Contemporary British Ceramics, Bandol, France Seventh solo show, Keio Department Store, Tokyo, supported by British Council and Japan Airlines Participant, exhibitor in International Ceramics Workshop, Central Academy of Arts, Beijing, China |
| 2000 | Kunsthuis, Belgium Beaux Arts, Bath Rufford Craft Centre, Nottingham |
| 2001 | Daiwa Foundation, London, part of Japan 2001 Festival Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales World Ceramics Expo, South Korea Residency, Arapahoe Community College, Colorado, USA Browse and Darby, London |
| 2002 | Beaux Arts, Bath Taurus Crafts, Gloucestershire residency St. David’s Hall, Cardiff New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham ‘Gendai Igirisu Togei Sakkaten’ , Maruei, Nagoya, Japan Teaching at Kingsway College, London |
| 2003 | Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 8th solo show. Support: British Council, JAL Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo and Art Salon Kogen, Nagoya Gaku Gallery, Tokyo Coombe Gallery, Devon, with painter Gerry Dudgeon Ceramic Collection Aberystwyth Arts Centre purchase |
| 2004 | ‘Collect’ at V & A Museum, London, with Joanna Bird Pottery Crafts at Kenwood, London, English Heritage ‘Wild and Free’, Yew Tree Gallery, nr. St. Ives, Cornwall Beaux Arts Bath Woodbury Studio Gallery, Devon Scottish Gallery ‘Plates’ |
| 2005 | ‘Collect’ at V & A Museum Kamakura Kogei Gallery, Japan Gallery St. Ives, Tokyo, with Yosei Itaka Green Gallery, New Zealand Broadway Modern, Cotswolds Rufford Ceramics Centre, Nottingham |
| 2006 | Keio Department Store, Tokyo, 9th solo show ‘Collect’ at V & A Museum, with Joanna Bird Pottery Terra Viva, France, ‘Pichets Extraordinaire’ Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh Beaux Arts, Bath St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Teaching courses at Coombe Farm Studios, Devon |
| 2007 | ‘Uprising’ at Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall Aberystwyth Arts Centre New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham Residency and teaching at Nature in Art, Gloucestershire Teaching at Coombe Farm Studios, Devon |
| 2008 | Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art Bonhams Auction for Leach Pottery Restoration Project Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow Teaching studio courses at Coombe Farm Studios, Devon Yew Tree Gallery Easter exhibition Angela Mellor Gallery, Ely |
| 2009 | Keio Department Store, Tokyo, Japan, 10th solo show Supported by Japan Airlines, endorsed by British Council, Tokyo Gallery Tohka, Shizuoka, Japan, solo Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, solo The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester, UK, solo Nature in Art, Glos. residency Gaku Gallery, Tokyo Japan Society Exhibition, Embassy of Japan, London |
| 2010 | Ceramic Art London, Royal College of Art (February 26-28) |
| 2011 | 'Echoes', Torre Abbey, Torquay, Devon (May, June) Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow. 'Inspired by Nature' Millinery Works Gallery. Islington, London. 40 x 40 Exhibition Art in Action, Oxford, with Nature in Art Residency at Nature in Art, Gloucestershire Teaching at Coombe Farm Studios, Devon Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, 'Plates' exhibition Contemporary Studio Pottery, Chagford, Devon Group anagama firing, Higham Hall, Cumbria 'Inspire' Xmas exhibition, Walford Mill Crafts, Dorset |
| 2012 | 40 x40 x 40 exhibition, Millinery Works, Islington, London (January 17-29) Solo exhibition, Keio Department Store, Tokyo, Japan (March 15-21) supported by Japan Airlines, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Solo exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath (September) |
Teaching, talks, demos
Jill taught for 17 years on the Postgraduate Ceramics Diploma Course at Goldsmiths College, London, and at Lambeth Institute and Kingsway College.
She lectures (particularly on Japanese ceramics) and teaches workshops widely. In recent years she has taught / lectured in Japan, China, the USA and New Zealand in addition to the UK.
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2012 Pottery courses at Coombe Farm Studios near Dartmouth, Devon. www.coombefarmstudios.com |
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| May 21-25 | 'Inspired by Nature' |
| September 14-16 | 'Creative Clay' |
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| 10 March | Tokyo American Club |
| July 4 | 'Colourful Ceramics'. Rugby & District Art Society |
| October 20 | Cornwall Ceramics & Glass Group |
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Contact
E-mail: jillfanshawekato@talktalk.net
Tel: 44-(0)20-8800-7101
Website: www.jillfanshawekato.com