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Jack Doherty
Jack did a Foundation study at the Ulster College of Art and Design. Later, he achieved a degree in 3D Design Ceramics, from Ulster College of Art and Design. He worked at Kilkenny Design Workshops before setting up his studio in Herefordshire. In 1985, Jack was elected Fellow of the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain and was the Chairman of the Craft Potters Association from 1995 to 2000.
He was awarded twice Gold Medals International Ceramics: Faenza, Italy and Vallauris, France.
Jack was also, from 2008 to 2013, Lead Potter and Creative Director at the Leach Pottery, St Ives, Cornwall.
His work:
Jack makes functional porcelain, but not necessarily about utility and usefulness, which ranges in size from small delicate cups to large rugged vessels and wall pieces.
Work in public collections of:
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland Ulster Museum
- Museum of Ceramics, Faenza Cheltenham Museum
- City Museum Stoke-on-Trent Liverpool Museum
- Crafts Council of Ireland Princesshof Ceramics Museum, Holland
Major Exhibitions include:
- Museum of Art and Craft, Hamburg Germany
- “British Contemporary Crafts”, Houston Texas
- Ulster Museum Belfast
- Claudia Krempl Gallery Germany
- Peter Dingley Gallery Stratford-on-Avon
- Design Centre and Bonhams London
- Victoria and Albert Museum London
- “Britain in Greece” Athens
- Princesshof Museum, Leewarden Holland
- Solo Exhibition – Contemporary Ceramics London
- The City Museum Leicester