Jim Robison

Born and Raised in Missouri, USA. (DOB: 31 December, 1939).

Brief description of work:

Primary focus is the creation of ceramics with sculptural and architectural applications. Often slab-ware vessels, which are individual pieces and sculpture commissions.

Training and education:

Educated in the USA: Initially trained as a Jet Engine Mechanic in the USAF

BA, Major in Fine Art, Graceland College, Iowa
MA. Sculpture and Ceramics, Eastern Michigan University
Elected Fellow of the Craft Potters Association

Selected exhibitions:

William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA
Missouri State Fair, USA - Exhibition and lecture demonstrations (2000)

Exhibits extensively in the UK and Europe:
Lawrence Batley Centre Gallery, Bretton Hall
St Truiden Cultural Centre Gallery, Belgium
Studio Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum
Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London
Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
Tilbury Gallery, Belgium
Kremple Gallery, Germany
Amphora Gallery, Holland

Other activities:

Commissioned work:

Existing commissions and sites include:
"System World" - Relief sculpture for The School of Mathematics and Computer Studies, Huddersfield University (2000).
"Liverpool Home" - Relief Sculpture for Riverside Housing Association, Liverpool (1999).
"Holmfirth" - Relief sculptures for the entrance foyer of the Civic Hall in his local community of Holmfirth (1998).
Other commission sites include Cambridge, London, Wilmslow, Leicester Wakefield and The Jorvik Viking Museum in York.

Active in Ceramic Groups, he is an Elected Fellow and has served as a council member for the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain. He has also been Chair of the Northern Potters Association, guest lecturer at many art colleges, demonstrator  and Master of Ceremonies at the International Festivals of Ceramics at Aberystwyth, Wales. He is part time Senior Lecturer at Leeds University College, Bretton Hall. Also an author, his recent book Large Scale Ceramics (A & C Black, Pub.) has received wide acclaim and illustrates many of his commissioned works. He has also contributed articles to Artists Newsletter, Ceramic Review, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Ceramics Technical and Ceramics Monthly.