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                                                      CURRICULUM VITAE - KAREN MORGAN                                                                    

                                                                                                                                             

Work Experience

  • Production Thrower, Colm De Ris Pottery, Dublin.  May 2005- Jan 2007
  • Pottery Instructor, Coral Princess Cruise Ship,  October 2004- April 2005
  • Waimea Pottery Studio, Paul Laird, Nelson, New Zealand - July 2003- Oct 2003                                                 
  • Production Thrower, Castle Arch Pottery, Kilkenny. February 2002-July 2003
  • Production Thrower, Michael Kennedys Pottery, Co. Galway. September 2000- August 2001

  

Education

  • Crafts Council of Ireland Certificate of Distinction, Pottery Skills and Design Course -2006
  • Crafts Council of Ireland Certificate of Distinction, Pottery Skills Course- 2000
  • National Diploma Merit 1,Ceramic Product Design, Limerick School of Art and Design 1999

Awards

  • Habitat and House and Home Student Designer of the Year 2006
  • Irish Student Designer of the Year, RDS Interior Design Show 2006
  • Feile Clai Travel Bursary 2006, Working with UK Potter Jack Doherty ,Porcelain Throwing & Soda  Firing
  • Peter Brennan Pioneering Ceramics Award 2006,Dalky Castle Exhibition,Dublin
  • National Crafts Gallery of Ireland ,Purchase Award 2006
  • RDS National Crafts Competition, First Prize in Ceramics Functional Category, 2007

Exhibitions

  • Pottery Skills and Design Course Graduate Exhibition, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, 19 July- 7 Aug 2006
  • RDS National Crafts Exhibition, Dublin, 4-19 Aug 2006
  • Emerging Makers Travelling Exhibition, Feile Clai, National Crafts Gallery, Ireland, 11 Aug -1 0ct 2006
  • Emerging Makers Travelling Exhibition, Feile Clai, Aberystwyth Arts Center, Wales, 3 Oct -11 Dec 2006
  • Ceramics Ireland, Dalky Castle and Heritage Centre, Dublin, 11-22 Oct 2006
  • Ceramics Ireland, Plan Expo RDS, Dublin, 8 -11 Nov 2006
  • Ceramics Ireland, Ardgillan Castle,May, Dublin,2006
  • RDS National Crafts Exhibition , Dublin, 4-19 August 2007
  • Jerpoint Glass Teapot Exhibtion, Co.Kilkenny, 10 Aug-10 Sept 2007
  • Earthworks Opening Exhibition, Co.Kilkenny, 11-19 Aug 2007
  • Ceramics Ireland,Dalky Castle and Heritage Centre,Dublin, 10-22 Oct 2007
  • RDS,National Crafts Competition ,Travelling Winners Exhibition 2007,
     Space Craft- Belfast , 6-29 Sept,
    Craft Granary, Cahir, 9-30 Oct,
    Mullingar Arts Centre, Mullingar,6-25 Nov
  • Artizans 12-  Rathwood, Tullow, Co. Carlow, Nov 29,30,Nov - 1,2,Dec  2007
  • Ceramic Art London, The Royal Collage of Art, London. 29 Feb- 2 March 2008
  • Ceramics Ireland Exhibition , Argillan Castle, 3-17 May, 2008
  • Bloom , Phoenix Park, 29 May- 02 June, 2008

Galleries and Craft Stores

My work is currently available from:

  • Keane on Ceramics, Kinsale,Co.Cork
  • Gourmet Pots, Schull, Co.Cork.
  • Ardmore Gallery,Co.Waterford
  • Inistioge Gifts, Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
  • For Arts Sake, Ealing, London.

Associations

  • Ceramics Ireland Member
  • Registered Crafts Council of Ireland Member
  • Crafts Council of Ireland selected 'Portfolio' 2007-09 member

Publications

  • House and Home Interiors Magazine, July/Aug 2006
  • Crafts Council of Ireland, Stoppress, July/Aug 2006
  • The Irish Times,Weekend Review, 20 May 2006
  • Irish Independent Weekend Interiors, 28 Aug 2006
  • Ceramics Ireland ,Issue 1, 2007
  • House and Home Interiors Magazine,Top 100 Irish Products, Mar/Apr 2007
  • The Irish Times, Fine Art&Antiques, 13 Oct 2007
  • Irish Arts Review, Spring, 2008.
  • House and Home Interior Magazine, July, 2008
  • House and Garden, Uk Interiors Magazine, July 2008

          
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