Jack Doherty
Jack Doherty's GalleryTraining and Professional Qualifications:
1966/97 Foundation - Ulster College of Art and Design
1967/70 Diploma in 3D Design Ceramics - UCAD
1970/71 Art Teachers Diploma - UCAD
1985 Fellow of The Craft Potters’ Association
1995/2000 Chair of The Craft Potters’ Association
To date:
Director of Ceramic Review
Director of Contemporary Ceramics, the CPA gallery and shop
Director of St Ives International
Advisor to West Midland Arts
2002 Chair of the Craft Potters’ Association
Selected Exhibitions*:
Faenza 1974 - Gold Medal
Vallauris 1976 - Gold Medal
1983 – Ulster Museum, Belfast
1990 – ‘Trio' Peter Dingley
1993 – ‘SSaltzbrand' Koblenz, Germany
1995 – CPA in Athens
1996 – Alpha House Gallery
1997 – ‘Songs in Salt' Princesshot Museum, Holland
1998 – ‘Cool Clay' Rufford Craft Centre
1998 – Solo Exhibition Contemporary Ceramics, London
1999 – Alpha House Gallery
2000 – Eton Applied Arts, Windsor Museum
2001 – ‘Expanding our Views’, Loes&Reinier, Deventer, Holland
2002 – Solo Exhibition Contemporary Ceramics, London
*The above list is only a representative fraction of Jack Doherty’s exhibitions.
Awards:
1972 Alice Berger Hammerschlag Trust Award
1974 Gold Medal International Ceramics Exhibition, Faenza, Italy
1976 Gold Medal International Ceramics Biennial, Vallauris, France
1986 Marketing/Publicity Grant, Crafts Council
1988 1st Prize West Midlands Arts Touring Exhibition
1993 West Midlands Arts Craft Initiative Grant
Collections:
Arts Council of Northern Ireland Liverpool Museum
Ulster Museum Crafts Council of Ireland
Museum of Ceramics Princesshof Ceramics Museum, Holland
Cheltenham Museum City Museum, Stoke-on-Trent
Nottingham Museum
Articles/Publications
1982 ‘Crafts in Ulster’, Peter Dormer, Crafts Magazine
1983 ‘Making a Tradition’, Sean McCrum, Irish Times
1987 ‘Jack Doherty’s Porcelain’, Ceramic Review
1991 ‘Dictionary of Practical Pottery’, Robert Fournier
1992 ‘Potters’, CPA
1994 ‘Porcelain’, Caroline Whyman, Batsford
1994 ‘Soda Glazing’, Ruthanne Tudball, A&C Black
1998 ‘A Song of Today’, Josie Walter, Ceramic Review May/June 1998
1999 ‘Reputations’, Anatol Orient, Ceramic Review July/August 1999
2002 ‘Porcelain’, Jack Doherty, A&C Black
Artists Statement
“I make porcelain which explores and extends the qualities associated with this beautiful material. I make functional pots which range in scale from fine delicate cups for tea or cider to large, unexpectedly rugged slab dishes and plates.
The forms are either thrown or slab-built with surfaces which are pierced, stretched, carved and ribbed. I use a combination of coloured clays which react differently in the kiln, giving subtle changes of colour and texture.
My pots are functional, but they are also decorative and can be hung on walls, taken down and used. The pots, which we use everyday, can change how we see or feel about the food which we place in them. I put apples and plums into the dishes with care, enjoying their softness.
The firing plays an important role in determining how my pots look, since no glaze is applied to the exterior, instead a mixture of bicarbonate of soda and water is sprayed into the kiln as it reaches ‘white heat’. I enjoy the way in which the soda glaze marks and articulates the surface of the forms with the trace of flame and vapour. It is a dramatic and exciting procedure which is the final creative act in my making process.”
Jack Doherty - December 2000