I was recently elected to the LSA and am taking part in their annual members show at the Newarke Houses Musuem in Leicester. The show is FREE to the public and runs from the 7th October until the 31st October. Open Tuesday - Sunday 10am-4pm. The work I have in the show are two solar plate intaglio prints, created using dock leaves that have been eaten away by dock beetles, leaving a lace like pattern. Solar plate prints are a less toxic form of printmaking, as the process uses only sunlight and water. I have framed the prints in solid oak frames, and unframed editions are also available. If you are not able to make the show the works are also online here... http://www.leicestersocietyofartists.co.uk/events/2021/annual-exhibition-artwork-2021-page-4.php http://www.leicestersocietyofartists.co.uk/events/2021/annual-exhibition-artwork-2021-page-4.php  

A new ceramics fair coming to Sheffield in early November. An opportunity to see my work along with about 55 other ceramic makers. More info on social media or https://www.onlyclay.co.uk/

In January 2021 , i needed to virtually present my final work for my MA at Derby Uni, so i chose to spend a bit of money and some time installing my work in a lovely local little gallery in Stoke.  During the time it was up i was able to document the artwork, play around with the work and film some ritualistic performative actions.     To see some of the films please visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC81KQwD-0aInvo79URq5MYQ

A Rite of Passage is a ceremony/event marking an important stage of a person’s life, e.g. Birth or Marriage. As Van Gennep described, Rites of passage have three distinct phases: Separation: The detachment – Cutting away from the former self. Liminality: A transitional phase where one has left a place/state but has not yet joined the next. Incorporation: Assuming a ‘new’ identity, often characterised by an elaborate ritual e.g. A wedding. This exhibition culminates a selection of works which are relative to these three stages, and perhaps question the importance and longevity of the Rite. Themes concerning permanence/impermanence, fragility and abjection are explored through the use of architectural installation and domestic materials.

  Level 5 Fine Art End of Year exhibition.  

  A collection of drawings made at the age of 23 in the spring of 2020. Thinking about societal change and reflecting on old times. Adult themes are juxtaposed against child-like innocence through drawings, worksheets and sculpture.

Protest for Progress was ZEST Hall’s very first exhibition - In partnership with Leeds City Museum, the exhibition featured work from 33 artists across the globe, as well as showcasing two collections from Leeds City Museum. Launched on the 28th June 2020, the exhibition marks 51 years since the Stonewall riots in New York City - a monumental protest which saw the uprising of the LGBT+ community against their long battle with police brutality. With the protests and the uprising of the #blacklivesmatter movement, we felt that the exhibition could not be more timely, as we continue to fight against police brutality in a system which is oppressive to minority groups. The exhibition aims to represent minority voices, focusing on protests, rebellion and change. With works ranging from photojournalism, paintings, spoken word, installation, film and performance, we hope to use our platform to educate and visualise a better future.

  Round Lemon would like to introduce you to ZEST Hall’s current exhibition: “BODY”, a powerful thought-provoking show exploring the human form through a selection of works involving 39 artists from all around the world. BODY digs deeper into the investigation of sexuality, gender, identity, objectification, abjection, nature, body art, and traditions - the body as material.

In this group exhibition the artists have explored their experiences through the Covid-19 Lockdown. The theme of 'Connections' has been kept open to interpretation to give as much artistic freedom to the artists, allowing them to create unreservedly while in these times of uncertainty. Whether that be digital connections, emotional, or personal; the artists have taken their own ideas of it to create exciting new works to show to you on this digital platform. My piece is a short animation comprised of ink drawings which reflect the personal journey I have been on, though I am sure the journey will never really be over. Like many, for most of this year, I have felt disconnected from pretty much everything other than my household.One positive outcome from this strange period has been the time for self-reflection, I have never been very good at dealing with my personal issues, in the last...

This exhibition opened virtually on the 30th of March as part of the S1 Artspace (Sheffield) studio holder takeovers. It investigates the relationship we have to the ground below us and how we interact with this space through physical and written language as well as other communicative devices.  Throughout the week there will be daily content releases at my webpage Charlotte-Dawson.co.uk

On Monday the 30th of March 2020 I will be 'opening' my virtual exhibition as part of the S1 Artspace, Studio Holders Takeover.  this exhibition was due to take place physically within the gallery space and open to the public. Due to the developing situation around Covid-19 this exhibition will now be published online at charlotte-dawson.co.uk with daily releases throughout the week.  The work produce for this exhibition was made possible by the facilities and guidance provided by York St John University. 

And yet another first: This year I will show my ceramics at one of the largest ceramic fairs in the UK and Europe.  ---- Cancelled due to Covid-19 -----

From April 1st until April 30th we will be exhibting on the mezzazine space at Cambridge School of Art, part of Anglia Ruskin University. https://aru.ac.uk/arts-humanities-and-social-sciences/cambridge-school-of-art  

An exhibition of Loughborough Fine Art graduates:Contemplating the complexities and variations of human experience.Bringing together an array of different practices, drawing on their own personal life events and research into shared experience. Embrace new ways of looking at the world around you.Opening event on Wednesday 5th February, 5pm-8pm. Refreshments provided and a chance to speak to the artists involved.Opening hours 6th-22nd Feb:Monday - ClosedTuesday - 11am-2pmWednesday - 11am-2pmThursday - 11am-2pmFriday - 11am-2pmSaturday - 11am-4pm In My Experience FB

Yet another first for me coming up this year. I'll be having a stand at Ceramic Wales in July 2020. ------ Cancelled due to Covid-19 -----

Firstly, I would admit that after two years of responding to module briefs, I have found self-directing quite a challenge; knowing where to start, fear of pursuing the wrong lines of enquiry and balancing the dissertation work have, at times, been over whelming. I enjoyed relative success with various experiments in ‘chance’ which included introducing ink and paint onto appropriated images however, I don’t find this a satisfying way to work and felt the resulting work didn’t really come from me; it didn’t speak of my interests and felt disingenuous Despite my aversion to digital work I enjoyed some success with smaller modified works achieved in photoshop. I pinned these in my workspace but I think they went largely unnoticed, mistaken perhaps for research. The original images were appropriated from vintage Sotheby’s Art at Auction catalogues. I worried for some time that I wasn’t settling on one particular medium or...

We will be exhibiting our work at Cambridge Artworks from 12th - 14th June 2020. More details to follow. 

Staffordshire University have been invited to exhibit at the LoveClay Ceramics Centre to display graduates from the BA (Hons) 3D Design Maker: Ceramics, Craft, Interior Objects & Contemporary Jewellery course.The exhibition is aimed at showcasing the talented students that have been studying on the 3D Designer Maker course and highlighting upcoming individual makers.

This will be my first time showing at the prestigious Potfest In The Park show. I am very happy to have got into this selective show. "Over 100 exhibitors invited from across Europe and beyond. All with very distinctive, individual styles. Set in the backdrop of Hutton-in-the-Forest on the edge of the beautiful Lake District National Park." from the Potfest website.

I had a stand at this fair last year and am very pleased to have been chosen again. To quote their website: "Earth & Fire showcases over 130 potters from across the UK and mainland Europe who come to sell direct to the public from outdoor market stalls."

Kate Whitehead has been chosen as one of the UK leading textile artists to exhibit her work in the knitting and stitching show's textile Gallery 2019. As artist in residence at Trouble At Mill her #honest pieces will be available @trouble_at_mill 5th - 24th December 2019 in company of 'Drawing with Scissors' exhibition Henri Matisse lithographs.

  The Knit & Stitch Show Textile Gallery | Harrogate Covention Centre  26th -29th November 2019 'Honesty Is The Best Policy' Is my latest collection of hand weave and stitch. It is in honour of my Father's life. A reminder of the fragility of life, a chance to acknowledge grief.

The Knit & Stitch Show textile gallery | Alexandra Palace London 10th -13th October 2019 Kate’s adoption and journey to find her birth mother, is the inspiration for the works she will be exhibiting this year.My collection is called ‘Not From The Stork,’ she explains. It came from spotting a piece of graffiti near Brick Lane in London. It was a picture of a Stork on vintage wallpaper, I photographed it, and later when I got home, I sketched a version of it. It’s an image that stuck in my mind. I decided it was the right time in my life to find my birth family. My birth mother had me when she was 18. I learnt about her journey before having me, and the first six weeks when she was allowed to keep me before being adopted. I found out that she died when she was 60; I had...

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The Great Print Exhibition is the largest exhibition of its kind in the North of England. With 390 prints hanging on the wall as well as over 600 more to view in the browsers, the exhibition causes much excitement and is an excellent opportunity for visitors to learn about printmaking, and buy original artworks for the home. It is organised by the Gallery team at the Rheged Centre, an arts centre and tourism hub in the northern Lake District, which welcomes 450,000 visitors per year.

This weekend I attended a Christmas market in the beautiful settings of Middleport potteries in Stoke. It was the first opportunity to showcase my new work. It was well recieved by the public and i made quite a few sales.

Rotunda: Large  Rotunda: Medium Rotunda: Small Rotunda: Extra Small ​ Medium Grey Glass Vessel Small Grey Glass Vessel ​ Caged ​ Blown glass with steel grid wire

Spanning over both weeks One Year In provides a platform for new design talent to show and sell their work. As well as the support One Year in offers to the emerging creatives, it gives visitors an opportunity to purchase work, meet the makers and take inspiration from the next generation of design. Curated in 2019 by Emily Skinner the lineup covered every corner of design creativity and saw designers responding to some of the most important challenges of our time, from sustainability to social care.   Coiled 1​ Coiled 2 Coiled 3 ​ Rotunda: Large  Rotunda: Medium Rotunda: Small Rotunda: Extra Small ​ Ringway: Large Ringway: Medium Ringway: Small ​ Blown glass with steel grid wire

Members of the Contemporary Glass Society (CGS) will show work inspired by “an object of personal significance” for a juried exhibition. Many of the country’s foremost glass artists will be presenting dynamic new and original pieces. My inspiration for Coiled 2 was the Rotunda being built in 1963. Birmingham’s architectural, industrial and manufacturing heritage informs my work conceptually and aesthetically, using a restricted colour palette of greys to bring this to the foreground. To create my work, I use an experimental approach to traditional cage blowing. I am actively investigating my personal heritage within Birmingham as well as my grandparents’ histories with the materials that we share a passion for and how this influences my practice. My grandfather worked at Metal Spinners Birmingham and my great-grandfather was a glassblower for Chance Brothers and Company, once a leading glass manufacturer and pioneer of British glassmaking technology in Smethwick, Birmingham.​ Coiled 2...

Mint starts the summer with a bright show ‘Mosaic’ presenting over 30 designers. Internationally recognised designers such as Piet Hein Eek, Dirk van der Kooij and Established & Sons among others are exhibited alongside new talent, carefully selected for their sustainable and inventive approach to craft and design. The exhibition gives an overview of a varied collection that explores innovative material choices with outstanding results.   Large Grey Glass Sculpture (SOLD) Medium Grey Glass Vessel with Skeleton (SOLD) Large Wire Skeleton ​ Blown glass with steel grid wire ​

The Open is Leicester’s longstanding open art exhibition which explores the abundance of creativity that courses through the East Midlands and provides you with the opportunity to show your own artwork. The exhibition showcases art and crafts made by artists and makers from the East Midlands. It celebrates the richness and diversity of the region and includes a vast array of exciting artwork from painting, prints, textiles and sculpture.   POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE (2018)​ Blown glass with steel grid wire

Mint celebrates its 20th anniversary during LDF 2018. For this special occasion Lina Kanafani is delighted to present TRANS-FORM with an exciting collection of material-focused designers. Over 60 emerging and established international designers, as well as a selection of the latest UK graduates, make this innovative show. Along with the Brompton Design District BDD Mint focuses on Material Consequences by zooming in on the transformative power of materials and methods that will re-think our relationship with objects. Taking sustainability and functionality a step further and showing how designers of today are altering the state of matter through the design process.   Large Grey Glass Sculpture  (SOLD) Grey Glass Sculpture (SOLD) Medium Grey Glass Vessel with Skeleton (SOLD) Large Wire Skeleton

Full of disruptive thinking, ambitious ideas and fresh approaches, New Designers presents the work of 3,000 hand-picked graduate design talents from around the country. Taking place at London’s Business Design Centre, the show explores every discipline of modern making. Great design shapes the human experience, and new perspectives push us forward.   Large Grey Glass Sculpture  (SOLD) Medium Grey Glass Sculpture  (SOLD) Medium Grey Glass Vessel with Skeleton (SOLD) Small Grey Glass Vessel (SOLD) Large Wire Skeleton Small Wire Skeleton ​ Blown glass with steel grid wire

I am very pleased to be chosen to be showing my work at this year's York Ceramics Fair. It hosts 40 of the UK’s leading potters & ceramicsmakers who will be exhibiting and selling their ceramics. This event is in its second year and is presented by the Craft Potters Association (CPA). Alongside the ceramics fair, the CPA have joined forces with CoCA at York Art Gallery to present their Days of Clay 2019 offering a programme of events including demonstrations, talks and an opportunity to get hands on with clay and learn something new!

Made  as "Coop", with collaborator, Andrew James, Vanitas was a series of 7 performances over 3 days for the Artlicks weekend festival in London.  Based around the theme of "Interdependence", Andrew and Clio built an immersive environment using sound, reflections, shadow play, projected light, live and filmed shadows as well as their own movments, to create a performance of play. Referencing  playground games, they highlighted issues of control and trust in collaboration as they made and then extinguished a temporary world.

I will be exhibiting in London