Phoebe Cummings
Born 1981, Walsall, UK
Education:
2005 MA Ceramics & Glass, Royal College of Art, London
2002 First Class BA (Hons) Three-Dimensional Crafts, University of Brighton, Brighton
Academic Awards:
Jul 2019 Honorary Doctorate awarded by University of Brighton - School of Arts
Selected Exhibitions:
May–Oct 2024 The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain, Pallant House, Chichester
May–Aug 2024 Don’t we touch each other to prove we’re still here? Princeton Art Museum, N.J.
Jun–Jul 2023 Between Heaven and Earth, Risør Kammermusuikkfest, Norway
Jun 2023 Deepfake Eden, special commission for Arcual, Collector’s Lounge Art Basel, Basel
Mar–May 2023 To Walk in the Image, Lismore Castle Arts, Cork
Jul–Sep 2022 Tragedienne, Colnaghi, London
Jun–Aug 2022 Duties, curated by Honeyscribe, Customs House, Exeter
Apr–Jun 2022 Mirror I Am: Silver and Exact, Galeri Nev / Galerist, Istanbul
Mar–May 2022 A Matter of Life and Death, Thomas Dane Gallery, Naples
Mar–May 2020 This Was Now, Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Feb 2020 CUT, A-B Projects, Los Angeles
Oct 2019 Betray us into Delight, Jet & Co, London
Sep 2019 Beyond the Vessel, Mesher, Istanbul
Jul 2019 A Tea Journey, Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Sep–Nov 2018 European Ceramic Context, Bornholm Art Museum, Denmark
Jul 2018 Flipside, FOLD, London
May–Jul 2018 Material Environments, The Tetley, Leeds
Apr–Sep 2018 Humanism, Clayarch Museum, South Korea
Mar 2018 Season – in partnership with TOAST, Protein Studios, London
Jan 2018 Model for a Common Room, Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool
Oct 2017 Contemporary Clay, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland
Sep 2017 Woman’s Hour Craft Prize exhibition, V&A, London (touring)
June 2017 C’est le Bouquet! Fondation d’entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges
Oct–Nov 2016 Woman’s Work, Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Oct–Nov 2016 Virginia McClure Ceramics Biennale, Visual Arts Centre, Montreal
May–Jul 2016 Material Language, New Art Centre - Roche Court, Salisbury
Apr–Oct 2015 Fragile? National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Mar 2015 Blue & White, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Feb 2015 Production Line, Southampton City Art Gallery
(Contemporary Art Society- Craft Acquisition Scheme)
Mar–Aug 2014 Arts/Industry: Collaboration and Revelation, JMKAC, Wisconsin,
Sep-Nov 2013 Commissioned installation for British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent
Feb–Apr 2013 Cella (solo show), University of Hawai’i Art Gallery, Honolulu
Feb–Aug 2012 Swept Away: Dust, Ashes & Dirt in Contemporary Art & Design, MAD Museum, NY
Jan–Feb 2012 Formed Thoughts, Jerwood Space, London
Oct–Dec 2011 British Ceramics Biennial Awards Exhibition, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
July 2011 60|40 Starting Point Series 2011, Siobhan Davies Studios, London
May 2011 Down There Among The Roots, Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance
May 2008 The Void Ratio, St Michael’s Church, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Residencies:
Jul 2016 Micro-residency funded through the International Development Fund, Montana
Feb 2013 Visiting Artist - University of Hawaii, Honolulu
Aug-Apr 2012/13 Ceramics Fellowship - Camden Arts Centre, London
Jun- Dec 2010 Ceramics artist-in-residence, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Aug 2009 I-Park: Environmental Art Programme, Connecticut
Sep-Dec 2008 Arts/Industry residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Centre/ Kohler Co., Wisconsin
Oct-Dec 2007 Artist-in-residence, Upernavik Museum, Greenland
June 2007 Artist-in-residence, Bolwick Hall, Norfolk
Grants/Awards
Feb 2018 Shortlisted - Arts Foundation awards
Nov 2017 Winner - Woman’s Hour Craft Prize (£10,000)
Jul 2016 International Development Fund (Arts Council England / British Council)
Oct 2011 Winner - British Ceramics Biennial Award (£10.000)
Oct 2007 Arts Council England – Grant for the Arts
Writing:
Jun 2018 Catalogue essay for Blomgren & Skuladottir at Kunsthall Stavanger - VU18, Norway
Jun 2016 Collected Activity: Making in the Museum (chapter)
in Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture, Routledge
Feb 2016 Statement of Practice for The Journal of Modern Craft 8.3
Mar 2015 Essay to accompany exhibition ‘Monster Rock Circle’ by Nao Matsunaga -
Marsden Woo Gallery
Sep 2013 An Island Aside - Essay for Ceramics in the Expanded Field contemporary essay
series http://www.ceramics-in-the-expanded-field.com
May 2011 ‘Elsewhere, here’ - Essay in exhibition catalogue for ‘Down There Among The
Roots’ Newlyn Art Gallery,
Selected Articles/Publications since 2011:
Nov 2018 Feature in magazine and short film, House & Gardens - UK
Mar 2018 BBC Arts – Short film for International Women’s Day
Dec 2017 Feature on Womans Hour Craft Prize by Rachel Garrahan, New York Times
Dec 2017 Disappearing Acts by Imogen Greenhalgh, CRAFTS magazine
Nov 2017 Vitamin C – Clay in Contemporary Art, Phaidon
Oct 2015 New Directions in Ceramics- From Spectacle to Trace, Jo Dahn, Bloomsbury
Dec 2013 Material Performance - In conversation with Robert Preece, cover featured article
Sculpture Magazine
Apr 2013 Phoebe Cummings – File Note publication, produced by Camden Arts Centre
Feb 2012 (Catalogue) Swept Away, Museum of Arts & Design
Jan 2012 (Catalogue) Formed Thoughts, Jerwood Visual Arts
Recent selected talks/Lectures:
Nov 2019 Clay Across Cultures Symposium, Mesher, Istanbul
Jun 2019 Public lecture, Ditchling Museum of Craft
Sep 2018 Public lecture, Sheffield Hallam University
Jul 2018 Summer Conference: Association for Art History, Leeds University
Feb 2018 Re-Stating Clay Conference, York Art Gallery
Aug 2017 Public lecture, Harvard University