Biography

Born in London in 1959

Training
1979-82 BA in Ceramics Bristol Polytechnic
1983-86 MA in Ceramics Royal College of Art, London

Solo Exhibitions
1988 Fruits de Mer, Orangery, Holland Park, London
1989 Deep Sea – House and Garden, Nassau, Bahamas
1990 Fruits of the Sea II – The Orangery, Holland Park, London
Solo Exhibition Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
1992 Solo Exhibition – Osiris Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1993 Fruits of the Earth – The Orangery, Holland Park, London
1994 Fruits of the Earth and Sea : Ceramics by Kate Malone Manchester City Art Galleries, Manchester
1995 Kate Malone, New Ceramics, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Kate Malone, Ceramics,Vincent Gallery, Exeter
1997 Fruits of the Imagination, Dover Street Gallery, London
1998 The Allotment – Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham, followed by national tour to eleven venues from 1998-2000
2000 Nuts and Berries – Dover Street Gallery, London
2002-03 Ceramic Rooms – At Home with Kate Malone, Geffrye Museum, London
2005 Blackwell, The Arts and Crafts House, Bowness-on-Windermere
2006 Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Exhibition in Dallas, Texas
Les 4 Saisons : L’Automne, Adrian Sassoon, and Claire Beck in association with Beddington Fine Art

Selected Group Exhibitions and Fairs
1987 Royal College of Art Retrospective – Kyoto, Japan
1988 Munich Art Fair – Munich, Germany
Sotheby’s Decorative Arts Exhibition, Sotheby’s, London
Out of Clay – Works in Clay by Artists, Potters and Sculptors, Manchester City Art Galleries, Manchester
1989 British Craft – Ceramic Studio, Vienna, Austria
British Ceramics – Toronto, Canada
1992 The Furnished Landscape – Crafts Council, London Balls Pond Studio Summer Exhibition –
The Economist Building, London
1993 Crystalline Ceramics : Experiments with Glazes by 20th Century
Potters, Manchester City Art Galleries
The High Table – Craftspace Touring Exhibition, UK
A New Century in Design – Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum and Japanese Tour
International Ceramics Fair – Adrian Sassoon, Park Lane Hotel, London
1995 Out of this World – Crafts Council, London
British Contemporary Ceramics and Glass – New York, USA
International Ceramics Fair – Adrian Sassoon, Park Lane Hotel, London
1996 Sofa, Chicago – Adrian Sassoon, Chicago, USA
Living at Belsay – Belsay Hall, Northern Arts/English Heritage, Northumberland
1997 Art 97 – Adrian Sassoon, Business Design Centre, London
Miami Arts Fair – Adrian Sassoon, Miami, USA
International Ceramics Fair – Adrian Sassoon, Park Lane Hotel, London
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral – Drumcroon Art Education Centre, Wigan
Time for Tea – The British Council, International Touring Exhibition
1998 ART 98 – Adrian Sassoon, Business Design Centre, London
Spirit of the Times – The Bowes Museum , Barnard Castle, County Durham
Internatioal Ceramics Fair Adrian Sassoon, Park Lane Hotel, London
Fine Art and Antiques Fair – Adrian Sassoon, Olympia, London
Working from the Collection – Ipswich Museum, Ipswich Suffolk
1999 ART 99 – Adrian Sassoon, Business Design Centre, London
International 20th Century Arts Fair – Adrian Sassoon, New York
International Ceramics Fair – Adrian Sassoon, Park Lane Hotel, London
Fine Art and Antiques Fair – Adrian Sassoon, Olympia, London Westerwald Preis, Germany
2000 International 20th Century Arts Fair, Adrian Sassoon, New York
European Ceramics Masters – Steninge Slott Palace, Sweden
International Ceramics Fair, Adrian Sassoon, Park Lane Hotel, London
Art 2000 Adrian Sassoon, Business Design Centre, London
Dish of the Day : Contemporary British Ceramics and Glass – The British Council, International Touring Exhibition
2001 Home Sweet Home : Contemporary British Design for the Home
The British Council, International Touring Exhibition
British Ceramics- Galerie Norby, Copenhagen.
International Art and Design Fair – Adrian Sassoon, New York
British Ceramics – Mark Grainer, Philadelphia
2002 Art 2002 Adrian Sassoon, London
Ceramic Rooms : At Home with Kate Malone< and Edmund De Waal- Geffrye Museum, London
International Art Fair – Adrian Sassoon, Grosvenor House, London
Art & Design Fair, 7th Regiment Armoury, NYC – Adrian Sassoon
2002-03 The Golden Age of Ceramics- Fifty years of Pivotal Ceramists Red Gallery, SouthSea
2004-05 Art 2004 Adrian Sassoon, London
International Ceramics Fair, Adrian Sassoon, Park Lane Hotel, London
Art and Design Fair, NYC, Adrian Sassoon
Collect, The Decorative Arts Fair, The V&A Museum London
2006 Art London 2006 – Adrian Sassoon , London
Collect, the Decorative Arts Fair, the V&A Museum London
International Ceramics Fair, Adrian Sassoon, Park Lane Hotel, London
Masterclasses for Teachers for Ceramic Art, London
Art and Design Fair, NYC, Adrian Sassoon, (October)
2009 Collect, the relaunch, Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road Chelsea, London, 15-17 May
Autour du Four de Muraour, Kate Malone, Angelica Julner, Marika af Trolle, Corinne Badeau, Michel Muraour
28 October-19 December 2009 Beddington Fine Art

Large Scale works and Public Commissions
1987 Large Wall Panel – Hydrotherapy Pools, Southampton General Hospital
1988 Four wall panels- Quintessence Restaurant, London (now closed)
1990 Serving platters, dishes, waterjugs, fish tank accessories – Otaru Maritimo Hotel, Japan (now closed)
Architect Nigel Coates
Wall panels and table tops- La Gaulette Seafood Restaurant, London (now closed)
1991 Life Pours Forth courtyard fountain – Homerton Hospital, Hackney, London
Rise and Shine Magic Fish water sculptures- Lea Valley Park, Hackney Marshes, London
1992 The Leaf of Life, wall sculpture, clock & wall lights-HIV and Drug & Dependency Unit,
West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham, Middlessex
1993 Bath for Birds, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds
1994 Bronze drinking Fountain – Castle Park, Bristol
Queen Pineapple- Manchester City Art Galleries, Manchester
1995 Bronze Herb Garden FounTain – Geffrye Museum, London
1996 Swim, Fishes Swim, courtyard fountain – Children’s Oncology Ward, Royal Devon & Exeter General Hospital, Exeter
1997 Four Large Pots for two Caribbean Cruise Liners, commissioned by London Contemporary Arts.
1998 Time for Tea, large clock – Bentalls shopping centreKingston-upon Thames, Surrey.
1999 Pineapple atop the Binks Building, Northern Quarter, Manchester Herb Garden Fountain
A Pot Brimming over with Water for Greenwich Park
2000 Bronze Millennium Fountain- Greenwich Park, Greenwich, London
Undersea Garden, children’s seats and courtyard ornaments
Children’s Oncology Ward, Royal Devon & Exeter General Hospital, Exeter
Mother and Daughter Pots of Symbols – the Old Bailey Consortium, London
2001 Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, major additions to the Courtyard
Sculptures commissioned in 1994
A pair of very large vases, the Old Bailey, London
2005 Children’s Library of the New Public Jubilee Library
Brighton : Wall of a Thousand Stories comprising 91
Wall pieces to be used for improvised interactive story telling, awarded the Art at Work
2006 Prize For Public Art in the UK

Public Collections
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Windermere
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Bristol Museum
The British Council (Chairman’s collection ; Manchester and Bahamas Office Collections; Tea pot Collection; Touring collection)
Cleveland Arts Centre, Middlesborough
Crafts Council Collection, London
Geffrye Museum, London
International Museum of Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Leeds Museums and Galleries
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Manchester City Art Gallery
Musée des Beaux Arts, Montréal
Musée National de la Céramique, Sévres, France
Norwich Castle Museum, Norfolk
Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland
The Mint Museum of Ceramic Art, Charlotte, North Carolina
The Potteries Museum, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
The J .B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northen Ireland
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
York City Art Gallery