Rupert Belfrage CERAMICS: novembro 2009

2 Vicarage Lane,Kirkby Lonsdale,Cumbria,L.A.6.2.B.A

http://www.belfrage.co.uk/

email- rupertbelfrage@postmaster.co.uk, or rupertbelfrage@gmail.com

tel.07896 478497.

110 Colehill Lane,London SW65EJ.

Rupert Belfrage BiographyH/istory.

Curriculum Vitae
Name: Rupert . H. Belfrage, M.A.
Date of Birth: 24 July, 1967.
Address: 2 Vicarage Lane,Kirkby Lonsdale,Carnforth, Lancs, L.A.6.2.B.A.
Website: http://www.belfrage.co.uk
telephone; 01524 273735/ Mobile: 07089 607936

Career History
2000-2001 Lancaster university, M.A Degree in John Ruskin studies.
2001 Established studio in Newton, Lancashire.
2000-2001 Green Close Studios, Melling, Lancashire.
2000 Terracotta candle Company, Lavant, West Sussex.
1998-1999 401 1/2 Workshops,London S.W.8.
1997 Morley college, London.Ceramics assisted by Jill Crowley and Duncan Hooson.
1994-1996 Lived and worked in New York, visiting and working with potters from Todd Piker in Connecticut to the Stephen Pearce
pottery in Vermont and Ron Myers and Michael Simon in Georgia.
1992-1993 Taught by Barry Guppy in Pimlico Pottery, London
1998-1992 Travelled to Japan visiting and working with many potters, in particular Bizen-yaki and in mashiko with Shima-Okha.
Started studying Japanese language.
1985-1987 S.A.C.I. ( Studio Art Centres International), Florence, Italy.Ameriacn credits awarded equivalent to a B.A.Running
ceramic studio, firing the gas kiln and worked on a project with a Florentine artist- Lanfranco Baldi.detailed study
and tour of Italian cultural sites.
1985 The Riccardi Institute of Arts, London, History of Art Diploma.
1980-1985 Wellington College,Crowthorne, Berkshire. U.K. Ceramic tutors were Jason Braham and David Charlton.
'A' level art & design.Awarded the Plaistowe pottery Prize.

Exhibitions
2001 The Roman Black Art Gallery, Fulham Road, London.
2001 The Ruskin Library, Selected pieces for Ruskin and Decorative Arts Show.
2001 PJK Art and Poetry, Skipton, North Yorks.
2001 The Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University, 'Miro's constellations'
2001 Country Living Show, Islington Design Centre.
2000-01 Gainsborough's House,Sudbury. Christmas Show, Calligraphy Theme Show.
2000 Country Living Magazine Show , Business Design Centre,London.
2000 Olympia, Twentieth Century Art and Design Fair, London.
2000 A Taste of the SouthEast, Downland and Weald Open Air Museum.
1999 The bartley drey Art Gallery,Old Church St, London S.W.3.Summer Exhibition.
1999 The Third Southern Pottery Show- 'Art in Clay' Farnham Maltings.
1999 London Potter's Selected Show, Graham Starkey Gallery, London.
1998 London Potter's 'Perfect Partner's theme Show.Morley Gallery, London.
1997 London Potter's Christmas Show, Morley Gallery, London.
1986 S.A.C.I Graduation Show, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, italy.
1985-2002 Annual Art Exhibitions at The Hurlingham Club, London.

Commissions: A water fountain for a client in New York, Manhattan, and similar two slab built 'Streaked'Garden Pots for Lady Arabella Lennox-Boyd, Lancashire.Fulham Palace Garden Centre, London.Condons and Copes seafood shops, London.Martin Robinson flowers and Eclipse Bar, Walton Sreet, London.Pasha Restaurant and San Lorenzo's, London ( plates and tagines)Nippon Tuk Sushi restaurant, London.Hamlins of Kensington, London.The Waterfront Hotel, Bedfordshire( millstone plates). The Spice of Life, Warwick.The Chelsea Arts Club, Garden Millennium planters.J.Greener Organic Chef.A cricket trophy in the form of a sculpted pig.