Patricia Shone was born in Scotland but grew up in South Devon where she met clay at school. After studying ceramics in London, finances and a love of cooking led her into work as a chef both there and in Italy. Eventually, this took her to Skye where she returned to potting and where she has remained for over twenty years.
Patricia Shone
Born: 1962, Greenock
Art education: 1982-1985 Central School of Art, London
BA (hons) Three-dimensional design (ceramics)
Selected Exhibitions
2024 The Scottish Gallery, solo show 25 Years of Making; Potfest Compton Verney; British Studio Pottery and the V&A, new display; Kalpa Galleries, Volterra, Italy
2023 Solo show at Beaux Arts bath; work commissioned for Aman New York; Potfest by the Lake
2022 Contemporary Raku at Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
2021 Another covid year, apart from Potfest in the Park; Contemporary Ceramics Centre joint show with Sarah Jenkins
2020 The Scottish Gallery, solo show in January then pretty much cancelled apart from Stratford Gallery online; Make Hauser&Wirth online; Beaux Arts, Bath; Potfest Scotland
2019 Collect 2019 represented by Craft Scotland, Saatchi Galleries, London; Ceramic Art London 2019
2018 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, “Fired Earth” 3 ceramicists, group show;
Collect 2018 with Craft Scotland, Saatchi Galleries, London;
Ceramic Art London
Earth & Fire, The Harley Gallery, selected British & international ceramics event;
Homo Faber: Crafting a more human future, Best of Europe curated by Jean Blanchaert & Stefano Boeri, Michaelangelo Foundation, Venice, international event;
2017 American Craft Council show Baltimore, Craft Scotland selected event; Ceramic Art London; Earth & Fire, The Harley Gallery, selected British & international ceramics event; Kellie Miller Arts, Brighton, group show; National Centre for Craft & Design – window collection; ‘Metamorphic Forms’ group exhibition, Timespan Gallery, Helmsdale
2016 Ceramic Art London; Landscape:islands, group exhibition, The Ceramic House, Brighton
Earth & Fire, Rufford Abbey, selected British & international event; 3TreesCeramics, Den Haag, Netherlands, solo exhibition
2015 Ceramics in the City, Geoffrey Museum, London; Potfest in the Park, selected British & international ceramics event; Earth & Fire, Rufford Abbey, selected international event
2014 Potfest in the Park, selected British & international ceramics event
2013 SOFA Chicago, represented by Craft Scotland
2011 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show guest country program with Craft Scotland
2006 An Tuireann Arts Centre, Isle of Skye, Solo installation & exhibition
Awards
2019 Craft Potters Charitable Trust, Emmanuel Cooper Award
2012 Creative Scotland makers award, professional development
2012 Winner: craft&design Selected Gold Award 2012:Ceramics
2010 HiArts makers award, creative development
2006 An Tuireann & Scottish Arts Council, makers award, professional practice
2003 Winner, Talisker prize for the applied arts, Skye & Lochalsh Open.
Collections
Victoria & Albert Museum, London 2019
Pallant House Gallery, Chicheste,2020
Ceramini Contemporary Ceramics Museum, Turkey 2016
Private collections in UK, United States, EU, PR China, Australia & New Zealand
Craft Potters Association: Selected member since 2015