224 Stokers Road, Stokers Siding, Tweed Valley,

Northern NSW, Australia

Phone: (02) 6677 9208

For Email Enquiries Please Click Here

Bob Connery, World Class Potter & Ceramics Artist

Curriculum Vitae

 

AWARDS 

Numerous prizes and commendations, Tweed Banana Festival Arts & Crafts Show, Murwillumbah.

October 2002. Appraisal and box signing by Sen Shoshitsu (Grand Tea Master of the Urasenke School of Tea).

CITATIONS 

Keramic Magazin, Germany, No. 6, 1980.

Pottery in Australia, 1981.

Mansfield, Janet: `Support Yourself Pottery'.

Potters Society, `Potters 88'.

Langridge, Laine: `The Story of Stokers Siding'.

Pottery in Australia, No. 3, 1993.

Proceedings: National Ceramic Conference 1994

Pottery in Australia, "Where There's Smoke..." vol 36 nol Autumn 1997

Ceramics Technical, " All that Glitters..."no7 1998

Pottery in Australia, 'Stokers Siding Pottery 1978-1998". V01=1 No 37 Dec 1998.

Australian Ceramics and Pottery "Stoking the Fire". vol6 nol 2004

Coast Magazine Autumn 2005

Ceramics Technical no20 2005 Woodfiring Salt Glaze in Koishiwara Japan

 

ASSOCIATIONS

Member, Northern Rivers Regional Arts Administration

 

 

PERSONAL 

1941      

Born Sydney, NSW

1958

Science I, University of NSW

1959     

Industrial Chemistry Technician, Tremco, Sydney

1960

Dip. Ed., Sydney Teachers College

1961-77

High School Science Teacher

1963-68

B.Ed., University of New England

1965-66

Printmaking at Stun Workshops, Mittagong, NSW

Learned Raku technique from Shiga Shigeo, Sturt Pottery

1967

Built first kiln (Raku) at Grey's Point, Sydney, made Raku tea bowls

1968

Part-time pottery classes with Sally Parslow

1971

Exhibited etchings, woodblock prints and paintings, Balmain Gallery

1973

Part-time pottery classes with Stuart Anderson, Murwillumbah TAFE.

1978

With potter Laine Langridge established Stokers Siding Pottery, a storefront gallery and workshop, with wood fired kiln and gas fired fibre kiln. Clay course with Geoff Crispin, University of NSW.

1979

Master Classes with Bill Samuels.

1981

Master Classes with Robin Hopper.

1982-3

Flying Art School Correspondence Glaze Course with Ian Currie.

1978-03

Production potter and gallery administrator, Stokers Siding Pottery.

   

 

EXHIBITIONS

1978-03

Stokers Siding Pottery, numerous exhibitions.

1982

Potters Society, Brisbane, with Laine Langridge.

1986

2+3 Exhibition, Sunnyside, MurwilJumbah.

1988-93

Numerous group exhibitions, Tweed Regional Gallery, Munvi

1989

Gasworks Gallery, Lismore.

1992

Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane.

1992-3

"North Coast Woodfire" - travelling exhibition.

1993

"Wood Firers" Studio 20, Coramandel, SA.

1993

"Delegates Exhibition" National Ceramics Conference, Adelaide, SA.

1993

"North Coast Woodfirers" QPA. Brisbane, QLD.

1993  

"North Coast Group Show" AAA Frames, City Road, Sydney.

1994

"Local Product" Tweed River Regional Art Gallery

1994

"The Bowled and the Beautiful" The Doors Exhibition Space, Fremantle

1994

Sydney Teapot Show, Inner City Clay Works

1994

"Meat Market Craft Centre", Final show for North Coast Woodfirers Travelling Show

1994

"Myth, Magic and Madness", Manly Art Gallery

1994

13th National Gold Coast Ceramic Awards, Gold Coast City Gallery, Acquisition Award

1994

North Coast Woodfirers, Ceramic Art Gallery, Paddington

1994

"Limited Edition", Studio Showcase, 614 St, Rozelle

1995

"The Byron Bay Exhibition" A.R.T. Gallery, Balgowlah.

1995

"The Bowl- Variations on a Theme". SAVODE, Newstead Brisbane.

1995

"The Bowled and the Beautiful" The Doors, Fremantle

1996

"Bowling Along". SAVODE , Newstead Brisbane.

1996

Craftsman's Collection . Canberra Centre.

1997

Seelands Annual Exhibition. Grafton.-Guest Artist.

1998

Joint Exhibition with Jorg Schmeisser- (printmaker) Tweed River Regional Art Gallery.

1998

Winner Ceramic Art Prize, Tweed Art Prize.

1999

"Australian Ceramics 99". Artisan Gallery Launceston.

1999

Grafton Regional Gallery Exhibition with Contemporary Prints of Indonesia.

1999

Featured Artist Trinity Lutheran Primary School Art Show , Ashmore Qld.

2001

Cultural Centre. Koishiwara, Japan. 2002 ACOSS building Fukuoka, Japan.

2003

Diamaru Department store Fukuoka, Japan. Numerous prizes, commendations and purchase awards.

2003

Curator and Participant "Slice of Heaven" Mura Clay Newtown NSW

2005

Walkers Second Porcelain Exhibition Skepsis on Swanston

2005

Acoss Building Fukuoka Japan with Luc Foucher

2006

CRUST Gold Coast City Art Gallery Single Piece

2006

CONVERGE Victor Mace Gallery Brisbane. National Ceramics Conference

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1961-77

High School science teacher, including period as acting Master, and membership of NSWE State Science Examination Committee.

1981-90

Part-time, Foundation and Introductory Ceramics Certificate, Murwillumbah TAFE.

1987-89

Part-time, Ceramics Certificate Glaze Technology, Lismore TAFE. Set final year paper in Glaze Technology for all NSW TAFE.

1988

Workshop, Arts Unlimited, Banora Point.

1999

Arts West Barcaldine

2000

Arts West Barcaldine

2002

Warwick Potters Group, Warwick.

2002

Hizuru Kajiwara spends four months training with me under a scholarship. 2003 Townsville Potters Asscociation.

2004

Gold Coast Potters Association

2004

Charters Towers Potters Association

2004

Spring Fever Alexandra Headland -tutor and demonstrator

2005

Charters Towers Potters Association

 

 

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

1978-88

Twenty two major mixed exhibitions at Stokers Siding Pottery, including pottery, paintings, prints, glass, fabrics, jewellery, etc.

1988

Display of Student work, Sunnyside and Murwillumbah Civic Centre.

1991

Educational Ceramics, with Andrew Stewart at Tweed River Regional Gallery.

1989

Trinity College Art Prize, Lismore.

1992

Selection Panel, Tweed River Regional Art Prize.

1992

14 North Coast Artists Red Hill Gallery Brisbane

1999

Judge Gold Coast Potters' Association Prize.

2003

Curator " A Slice of Heaven " Mura Clay Gallery, Newtown, Sydney.

2003

Judge Townsville Ceramic Prize.

2006

Co-Curator with Geoff Crispin "Converge" National Ceramics Conference Brisbane

 

Stokers Siding Pottery, home to world famous ceramic artist, Bob Connery, is located just 35 minutes drive from Byron Bay, 5 minutes from Murwillumbah and 30 minutes from Gold Coast airport in the beautiful Tweed Valley, Northern NSW, Australia

 

Stokers Siding Pottery
224 Stokers Road, Stokers Siding, Tweed Valley,
Northern NSW Australia
Phone: (02) 6677 9208
For Email Enquiries Please Click Here

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