Andrew Baker Art Dealer

Stephen Bird
Dad as Toby (2008)
Glazed earthenware
66 x 42 x 42 cm

Biography

1964 Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

2011 Lives and works in Sydney, Australia/Dundee, Scotland

Nationality British/Australian

Solo Exhibitions

1983–87 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland

1987–88 Post Graduate Certificate, Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Paphos, Cyprus

1996–98 Higher National Certificate, Ceramics, Angus College of Further Education, Arbroath, Scotland

Solo Exhibitions

2011 Staffordshire Psycho, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane

2010 Irony Makes the Country Strong, Gould Galleries, Melbourne
War on Pottery, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Industrial Sabotage—Phase 3, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

2009 New Work, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
Windows Show, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England

2008 Industrial Sabotage, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
The View from Here: Paintings from Australia, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

2007 Stephen Bird, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Figure This, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, England

2006 Stephen Bird, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

2005 Stephen Bird, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

2004 Stephen Bird, England & Co, London, England
Stephen Bird, One Five Two Gallery, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Nethergate, Scotland

2003 A Journey to Australia Through India, S.E. Asia, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Stephen Bird, England & Co, London, England

2001 Stephen Bird, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

2000 Stephen Bird, England & Co, London, England

1998 Works on Paper, Wysing Arts, Cambridge, England

1994 Stephen Bird, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Stephen Bird, Psychology Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland

1989 Stephen Bird, Tower Gallery, Dundee University, Nethergate, Scotland

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 Big–Small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Placement, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales; St Andrews Museum, Scotland
Intelligent Trouble: Loop (International Focus), Contemporary Applied Arts, London, England

2010 Laughter, Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania (CAST) Gallery, Hobart

2009 Collect, The Sattchi Gallery, Duke of York HQ, London, England
LINK: Korean Australian ceramics exchange project, National Art School, Sydney
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
Figuration, The Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide

2008 National Sculpture Show, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England
Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Hey Literary Festival, Brook Street Gallery, Hey-on-Wye, Wales
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney

2007 Wunderkammer: A Cabinet of Curiosities, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England
Scots Abroad, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Cup Show, Helen Stephens Gallery, Sydney

2006 13th Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Festival Hall, Chicago, USA
A funny thing happened on the way to the kiln, Delmar Gallery, Sydney
Dundee Visual Artists Award Scheme, Generator Project Space, Dundee, Scotland
RSA Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland

2005 Absolut Secret, National Art School, Sydney

2004 On a Plate, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

2003 10th Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Festival Hall, Chicago, USA
New Wave II, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
Storylines: Three applied artists explore narrative, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

2002 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria

2001 Obsessive Visions: Art outside the mainstream, England & Co, London, England
Intuition: Exhibition of self taught and visionary art, Crescent Arts, Scarborough, England

1999 The Plate Show, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland (Touring Nationally)
Islington Art Fair, London, England
SSA Exhibition, The Society of Scottish Artists, Glasgow, Scotland
The Morrison Portrait Award, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
New Paintings,The British Work House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA

1997 Noble Grossart Painting Prize, Glasgow Art School and The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Cross Reference, The Association of Applied Arts, (Touring exhibition)

1996 Sitting Pretty, Kirkaldy Museum and Art Gallery, Fife, Scotland

1992 The Decade Show, Dundee Art Gallery and Museum, Meadowside, Scotland

Professional and Residencies

2010– Lecturer, National Art School, Sydney

2009 Artist-in-residence, University of South Australia, Adelaide
Artist-in-residence, Hill End, support from Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Part-time lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney
Speaker, Australian Ceramics Triennale, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney

2008 Artist-in-residence, Cicada Press, College of Fine Art, Sydney

2008–2010 Part-time lecturer, National Art School, Sydney

2007 Elected as a Member of Contemporary Applied Arts, London, England

2004 Artist-in-residence, Hazelwood school. To explore work within the context of disability
Artist-in-residence, Craigie High School, Dundee, Scotland (Big Hand Little Hand Project)

1998 Artist-in-residence, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, England

1989 Artist-in-residence, Fuente Studios, Competa, Malaga, Spain

Awards

2009 New Work Grant—Established Artist, Austalia Council for the Arts
Special Commendation, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize

2006 Dundee Visual Arts Award
Aberdeen Artists Design Award
Shell Expo Award

2005 Engage Scotland Visual Arts Education Award

2004 Professional Development Award, Scottish Arts Council Lottery Grant
Creative Development Award, Scottish Arts Council

2000 Dundee Visual Arts Award

1997 Mott McDonald Painting Prize, Aberdeen Artists Society (Traveled to New York)

1987 Elizabeth Greensheilds Memorial Award

1986 Duncan of Drunfaulk Travel Award (Travelled to Italy)

1985 Ian Eadie Memorial Award (Traveled to Holland and Belgium)

1984 Mitchell Painting Prize (Traveled to Barcelona, Spain)

Collaborative Work

1993–94 Centre for Future Technologies (architectural design with architect Paul Lan, and artists Sara Lindsay and Kevin Todd)

1991 Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Lines in the Desert (with director Peter King, co-designer Peter Corrigan and performance group Going Through Stages)

1990 Anthill Theatre, Melbourne, Axes Edge (with director Peter King, co-designers Peter Corrigan, Rohan Storey and Matthew Jones and performance group Going Through Stages)

1989 6x3 (CD) with Paul Grabowsky (and Victor Meertens, Terry Taylor, Mark Chapman, Vera Möller and Phillip Hunter)

Commissions

2007 McManus Redevelopment Project. To create a ceramic for open display for Dundee Museum and Art Gallery involving educational elements exploring the processes and materials of ceramics

2004 Creative Links Commission. To explore work within the context of disability and create two new works for Woodlands and Hazelwood schools. Funded by Scottish Arts Council in partnership with the Aberdeen City Council
Big Hand Little Hand. Contemporary craft makers school residency project. A collaboration between Dundee Contemporary Arts and Dundee Education Department.

1999 Large scale ceramic mural at Charles Square on Old Street, East London. Commissioned by Hackney Borough Council. Joint commission with artist Neil Irons. A collaboration with local community, adding personal local histories to the narrative of the mural. Completed work was 3 by 25 metre exterior on glaze ceramic mural, adjacent to main road.
Major site specific sculpture at Whitfield, Dundee. Commissioned by Dundee District Council. A community based project to design and make sculpture to commemorate the rejuvenation of shopping center and library. Completed sculpture was 2 metres high cast concrete with ceramic inlays.

Bibliography

500 Plates, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., New York/London, 2008
500 Tiles, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., New York/London, 2008
Cooper, Emmanuel. Contemporary Ceramics, Thames and Hudson, London, 2009
Game, Amanda. New Wave: Wales-Scotland II [ex. cat], Ruthin Craft Centre, Clwyd, Wales, 2003
Schreiner, Manuel and Kolb, Mirjam Kolb. Indie Travel Guide: UK and Europa, Rockbuch, Hamburg, 2008
The Plate Show [ex. cat.], Collins Gallery, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 1999
Warburton, Toni. ‘Stop motion ceramics’, Ceramic Art and Perception, Issue 77, 2008

Collections

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, Scotland
Dundee Art Gallery and Museum, Scotland
Dundee District Council, Scotland
Hackney Borough Council, England
Mexican Consulate, Blairgowrie, Scotland
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Renfrewshire, Scotland
The Grainer Collection, Washington, D.C., USA
Artbank, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

1964	Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
2011	Lives and works in Sydney, Australia/Dundee, Scotland
Nationality	British/Australian

1983–87	B.A. (Hons) Fine Art, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland
1987–88	Post Graduate Certificate, Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Paphos, Cyprus
1996–98	Higher National Certificate, Ceramics, Angus College of Further Education, Arbroath, Scotland

2011	Staffordshire Psycho, Andrew Baker Art Dealer, Brisbane
2010	Irony Makes the Country Strong, Gould Galleries, Melbourne War on Pottery, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney Industrial Sabotage—Phase 3, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2009	New Work, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney Windows Show, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England
2008	Industrial Sabotage, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney The View from Here: Paintings from Australia, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2007	Stephen Bird, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland Figure This, The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, England
2006	Stephen Bird, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2005	Stephen Bird, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2004	Stephen Bird, England & Co, London, England Stephen Bird, One Five Two Gallery, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Nethergate, Scotland
2003	A Journey to Australia Through India, S.E. Asia, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Stephen Bird, England & Co, London, England
2001	Stephen Bird, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2000	Stephen Bird, England & Co, London, England
1998	Works on Paper, Wysing Arts, Cambridge, England
1994	Stephen Bird, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Stephen Bird, Psychology Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland
1989	Stephen Bird, Tower Gallery, Dundee University, Nethergate, Scotland

2011	Big–Small, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney Placement, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales; St Andrews Museum, Scotland Intelligent Trouble: Loop (International Focus), Contemporary Applied Arts, London, England
2010	Laughter, Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania (CAST) Gallery, Hobart
2009	Collect, The Sattchi Gallery, Duke of York HQ, London, England LINK: Korean Australian ceramics exchange project, National Art School, Sydney Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney Figuration, The Jam Factory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide
2008	National Sculpture Show, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Hey Literary Festival, Brook Street Gallery, Hey-on-Wye, Wales Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2007	Wunderkammer: A Cabinet of Curiosities, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England Scots Abroad, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Cup Show, Helen Stephens Gallery, Sydney
2006	13th Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Festival Hall, Chicago, USA A funny thing happened on the way to the kiln, Delmar Gallery, Sydney Dundee Visual Artists Award Scheme, Generator Project Space, Dundee, Scotland RSA Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2005	Absolut Secret, National Art School, Sydney
2004	On a Plate, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003	10th Annual International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Festival Hall, Chicago, USA New Wave II, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales Storylines: Three applied artists explore narrative, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2002	Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria
2001	Obsessive Visions: Art outside the mainstream, England & Co, London, England Intuition: Exhibition of self taught and visionary art, Crescent Arts, Scarborough, England
1999	The Plate Show, Collins Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland (Touring Nationally) Islington Art Fair, London, England SSA Exhibition, The Society of Scottish Artists, Glasgow, Scotland The Morrison Portrait Award, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland New Paintings,The British Work House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA
1997	Noble Grossart Painting Prize, Glasgow Art School and The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland Cross Reference, The Association of Applied Arts, (Touring exhibition)
1996	Sitting Pretty, Kirkaldy Museum and Art Gallery, Fife, Scotland
1992	The Decade Show, Dundee Art Gallery and Museum, Meadowside, Scotland

2010–	Lecturer, National Art School, Sydney
2009	Artist-in-residence, University of South Australia, Adelaide Artist-in-residence, Hill End, support from Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW Part-time lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney Speaker, Australian Ceramics Triennale, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2008	Artist-in-residence, Cicada Press, College of Fine Art, Sydney
2008–2010	Part-time lecturer, National Art School, Sydney
2007	Elected as a Member of Contemporary Applied Arts, London, England
2004	Artist-in-residence, Hazelwood school. To explore work within the context of disability Artist-in-residence, Craigie High School, Dundee, Scotland (Big Hand Little Hand Project)
1998	Artist-in-residence, Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, England
1989	Artist-in-residence, Fuente Studios, Competa, Malaga, Spain

2009	New Work Grant—Established Artist, Austalia Council for the Arts Special Commendation, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
2006	Dundee Visual Arts Award Aberdeen Artists Design Award Shell Expo Award
2005	Engage Scotland Visual Arts Education Award
2004	Professional Development Award, Scottish Arts Council Lottery Grant Creative Development Award, Scottish Arts Council
2000	Dundee Visual Arts Award
1997	Mott McDonald Painting Prize, Aberdeen Artists Society (Traveled to New York)
1987	Elizabeth Greensheilds Memorial Award
1986	Duncan of Drunfaulk Travel Award (Travelled to Italy)
1985	Ian Eadie Memorial Award (Traveled to Holland and Belgium)
1984	Mitchell Painting Prize (Traveled to Barcelona, Spain)

1993–94	Centre for Future Technologies (architectural design with architect Paul Lan, and artists Sara Lindsay and Kevin Todd)
1991	Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Lines in the Desert (with director Peter King, co-designer Peter Corrigan and performance group Going Through Stages)
1990	Anthill Theatre, Melbourne, Axes Edge (with director Peter King, co-designers Peter Corrigan, Rohan Storey and Matthew Jones and performance group Going Through Stages)
1989	6x3 (CD) with Paul Grabowsky (and Victor Meertens, Terry Taylor, Mark Chapman, Vera Möller and Phillip Hunter)

2007	McManus Redevelopment Project. To create a ceramic for open display for Dundee Museum and Art Gallery involving educational elements exploring the processes and materials of ceramics
2004	Creative Links Commission. To explore work within the context of disability and create two new works for Woodlands and Hazelwood schools. Funded by Scottish Arts Council in partnership with the Aberdeen City Council Big Hand Little Hand. Contemporary craft makers school residency project. A collaboration between Dundee Contemporary Arts and Dundee Education Department.
1999	Large scale ceramic mural at Charles Square on Old Street, East London. Commissioned by Hackney Borough Council. Joint commission with artist Neil Irons. A collaboration with local community, adding personal local histories to the narrative of the mural. Completed work was 3 by 25 metre exterior on glaze ceramic mural, adjacent to main road. Major site specific sculpture at Whitfield, Dundee. Commissioned by Dundee District Council. A community based project to design and make sculpture to commemorate the rejuvenation of shopping center and library. Completed sculpture was 2 metres high cast concrete with ceramic inlays.