Peter Beard
Artist statement
My current work is a mixture of thrown and hand-built pieces in oxidised stoneware fired to 1290°C, using combinations of shiny, matt and semi-matt glazes, built up in layers prior to firing to create textural surfaces in a range of pastel shades and some stronger colours. Wax resist is used extensively to create patterns and to isolate the glaze layers during application.
major Exhibitions
1984 Liberty, London
1985 Innate Harmony, London
1987 Easton Rooms, Rye, UK; Peter Dingley Gallery, Stratford, UK
1988 Craftsmen Potters Association, London
1991 Gallery Nishiyama, Nagoya, Japan
1992 Rye City Art Gallery, Sussex, UK; Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany; Contemporary Ceramics, London
1993 Bettles Gallery, Hampshire, UK
1994 Loes & Reinier International Ceramics, Deveneter, Holland
1995 Hashimoto Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1996 Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland; INAX Gallery Tokyo, Japan
1997 Hashimoto Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
1998 Primavera, Cambridge
1999 Wohnen und Kunst, Hamburg, Germany; Volksbank Gallery, Weinheim, Germany
public Collections
Keramion Museum, Germany
Kiiln Museum, Germany
Ballantyne Collection, UK
Neue Samlung Museum, Munich, Germany
Burnley City Art Gallery, UK
Norwich Museum, UK
Stoke on Trent City Museum, UK
INAX Corporation collection, Japan
Museum for Moderne Keramik, Germany
Buckinghamshire County Museum
Leamington Spa Museum
