STEVE HARRISON
Born 1952, U.K. Arrived in Australia 1956
Training
1971-72 East Sydney Technical College, Ceramics Certificate
1973 Apprenticeship with Japanese Potter Shiga Shigeo
1979 East Sydney Technical College, Ceramics Post Certificate, Research Strand
1988-95 Master of Arts, Hons. (M.A. Hons. Research - woodfiring), Wollongong University
1998-2008 PhD, University of Western Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
1991 Woodfired Pots Legge Gallery
1992 Little White Lies Legge Gallery
1993 Axe man ... Spare that tree Legge Gallery
1994 We have seen the enemy Legge Gallery
1995 You arrogant French Bastard Legge Gallery
1996 Side by Side & Back to Back Back to Back Gallery, Newcastle
Self Knowledge through Guan and High Water Legge Gallery
1997 Leave the window open Legge Gallery
1998 From a Point of Singularity to a Position of Sharing Legge Gallery
2000 Another Senseless Act of Beauty Legge Gallery
2004 From the Ground Up Legge Gallery
2006 Dirty Little Secrets Legge Gallery
2007 The Hand of the Other Legge Gallery
2008 Heart of Darkness Legge Gallery
Group Exhibitions
1972 Graduate Show Cell Block, East Sydney Technical College
1973 Patana Gallery, Manly Vale, Sydney
1978 Potters Society Gallery, Sydney
Fishers Ghost Festival, Campbelltown City Gallery
Macquarie Gallery, Sydney
1979 First National Ceramics Conference, Speakers' Exhibition
Port Hacking Potters Group, Sydney
1980 Dozen Different Ways Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and Crafts Board, Australia Council travelling show
1981 Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
National Ceramics Conference, Speakers' Exhibition
1982 Exhibition with Peter Rushforth and Janine King, Le-Var, Shipley
1983 Ceramic Staff Show Cell Block Theatre, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney
National Ceramics Conference, Speakers' Exhibition
1985 Ceramic Staff Show Cell Block Theatre, East Sydney Technical College, Sydney
National Ceramics Conference, Speakers' Exhibition
1986 Port Hacking Potters Group
National Ceramic Award Exhibition Canberra
Clay Statements Toowoomba
National Woodfire Conference, Speakers exhibition La Trobe Valley Arts Centre
1987 Australian touring show, Canada and U.S.A.
National Ceramic Award Exhibition Centre Gallery, Surfers Paradise
1988 National Ceramic Award Exhibition Canberra
1989 Jan Jones Contemporary Art, Moss Vale
Q.P.A. Woodfire Show, Brisbane
Woodfire '89 Three Ways Gallery, Gulgong; Orange; Potters Society
Butterflies Gallery, Pokolbin
1990 Campbelltown Art Gallery
1991 Group Show of Five Legge Gallery
When Love Blooms Legge Gallery
1992 Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
The Environment Show The Long Gallery, Wollongong University
Thisness Legge Gallery
1993 Tempest Legge Gallery
Fire up Gulgong Mudgee Art Gallery
Clay at Cache Potters Society Group Show, Mosman
1994 Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Three small precious bowls Ceramic Study Group, Sydney
Works in Clay Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, Moss Vale
Artists Don't Believe In Sanity Clause Legge Gallery
1995 Juggling the Elements Manly Art Gallery, Sydney
Christmas Exhibition Legge Gallery
1996 The Poetic Table: a ceramic celebration Jan Taylor Gallery, North Sydney
The Vessel ANU Art School Gallery, Canberra
Woodfire Survey Show 8th National Ceramics Conference
Post Pak Llewellyn Theatre, Australian National University, Canberra
Sentinel Manly Art Gallery
Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Ceramics Purchase Prize Fishers Ghost Festival, Campbelltown City Gallery
Mellow Down Easy Legge Gallery
1997 Sanguine Valediction Legge Gallery
Teawares Distelfink, Melbourne
Local Matter Campbelltown City Gallery
New Work: Vivienne Ferguson, Julie Harris, Steve Harrison, Kathryn Orton Legge Gallery
Homebrand Casula Power House
Clouds Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, Moss Vale
1998 The Woodfired Aesthetic Distelfink, Melbourne
Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Group Show Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney
Silver Ivan Dougherty Gallery
Christmas Show Legge Gallery
1999 Pre-Dinner Drinks Mura Clay Gallery
Evolution Legge Gallery
The Spirit of the Highlands Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, Moss Vale
A dozen small bowls Legge Gallery
Rice Bowls Jam Factory, Adelaide
10th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery
2000 Ceramics - The Australian Context Campbelltown City Art Gallery
Cerebration Manly Art Gallery
Locality - An Environmental Installation
Ten Years Legge Gallery
10th Birthday Exhibition Mura Clay Gallery, Sydney
Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
11th Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery
2001 The Great Aussie Cuppa Mura Clay Gallery
The sum of disparate parts Hazelhurst Community Gallery
Group Show Legge Gallery
2002 Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Group Show Legge Gallery
Group Show Southern Highlands Regional Gallery
Summer Show Legge Gallery
2003 Future Function Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Reflections of the Southern Highlands Southern Highlands Regional Gallery
Ceramics- The Australian & New Zealand Context Campbelltown Art Gallery and Southern Highlands Regional Gallery
Summer Show Legge Gallery
2004 Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
New Zealand National Potters Conference Invited Artist, New Zealand
Group Show Southern Highlands Regional Gallery
2005 Summer Show Legge Gallery
Group Show, Northern Beaches Institution of Technology
Celebrating the Master, Skepsi Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Melbourne Art Fair 2006 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Encrusted Skepsi Gallery, Melbourne
Clay Statements Verge conference, Brisbane
2007 Small Sculpture Legge Gallery
Ceramic Art London Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
Summer Exhibition Legge Gallery
2008 Small Sculpture Legge Gallery
Australian Wood-fire Ceramics: a survey exhibition Freeland Gallery, Sydney
A Taste of Wood Firing Sturt Gallery, Mittagong
From Mao to Now Newington Amory Gallery, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair 08 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Collections
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Manly Art Gallery
Southern Highlands Regional Gallery
Campbelltown City Gallery
Wollongong University
Other Professional Achievements
1973 Traineeship Grant from Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1974 Workshop Establishment Grant from Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1978 winner, thrown ceramics section, Fishers Ghost Festival, Campbelltown City Gallery
represented Australia at the Hiri-Mauli Festival in Port Moresby , New Guinea under the auspices of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council
1979 Appointed committee member of the Potters Society of Australia
1980 winner, open throwing section, Port Hacking Potters' Group
1984 wrote 'Clay and Firing Technology' subject syllabus for T.A.F.E.'s revised ceramics courses
1986 winner, open throwing section, Port Hacking Potters' Group
1987 commissioned to build a special kiln for the tile mural for the New Parliament House, Canberra
Consultancies
1976-2002 Consulting to industry and private individuals, artists, etc. on woodfired kiln design and
construction
1987 Ceramic technology consultant to Oldroyd/Ramsden partners for the large tile mural for the New Parliament House, Canberra
Consultant to Cameron Williams of Pump & Crank Pty Ltd to produce some of the large decorative ceramics for the New Parliament House, Canberra
1988 Consultant to Sturt Workshops on Ceramic Technology
1989 Consultant to T.A.F.E. writing 'Clay and Firing Technology' subject syllabus for T.A.F.E.'s revised ceramics courses
1990 Consultant to New South Wales T.A.F.E. on O.H. & S.
1991 Consultant to T.A.F.E. on kiln technology
Consultant to University of Western Sydney, Kingswood, on ceramic technology
1992 Consultant to T.A.F.E. on ceramic technology syllabus development
Consultant to Sturt Workshops on kiln technology
Consultant to T.A.F.E. on gas kiln installation and safety
Consultant to University of Western Sydney, Kingswood, on Natural Gas Conversion
Consultant to University of Queensland on salt kiln scrubber technology
1993 Consultant to University of Sydney on ceramic furnace upgrade/conversion
Consultant to University of New South Wales on kiln technology
1994 Consultant to T.A.F.E. on process after-burner, wood-fired kiln smoke elimination technology
Consultant to Sydney Institute of Technology, East Sydney campus, on salt kiln scrubber technology
1996 Consultant to T.A.F.E. on relocatable burner technology
2005 Consultant to T.A.F.E. on process after-burner, wood-fired kiln smoke elimination technology
Teaching
1974-75, 1988-96 Part-time teacher , National Art School, ceramics department
1976-87 Part time teacher, East Sydney Technical College, ceramics department
1975 Tutor, Ceramic Study Group, summer school
1976 Guest lecturer, Canberra Potters Society
1977-79 Part time teacher, Alexander Mackie Art School, ceramics department
1977 Tutor, University of New South Wales, summer school
Guest lecturer, Potters Society technical lectures
1978 Guest lecturer, The National Arts School, Port Moresby, New Guinea
Guest lecturer, The Ceramic Study Group, Port Moresby, New Guinea
1978-79 Tutor, 'Glenheather' Summer Schools
1979 Part-time teacher, St. George Technical College, ceramics department
1980-87 Part-time teacher, Sydney College of the Arts, ceramics department
1981 Visiting lecturer, Gippsland C.A.E., ceramics department
1982 Guest lecturer, University of Tasmania, ceramics department
Visiting lecturer, Bernie Technical College, Tasmania, (twice)
Guest lecturer, Launceston C.A.E.
Guest lecturer, Tasmanian Potters Society, Hobart
1983 Kiln building workshop, Kelvin Grove C.A.E., Brisbane
Guest lecturer, Wollongong Ceramic Society
1983-87 Masters Degree Supervisor, Sydney College of the Arts, ceramics department
1986 Guest lecturer, Ceramic Study Group
Speaker (major session), 1st National Wood-fire Conference, Gippsland C.A.E.
1983-90 Part-time teacher, Dapto Technical College, ceramics department
1988 Guest lecturer, Narromine Potters Group, Narromine
1989 Visiting lecturer, Ballarat School of Mines, ceramics department
1996-2008 Part-time teacher, Ceramics Design Centre, Gymea Campus, Sydney Institue of Technology
Bibliography
Coleman, Kerry: The Hand of the Other, Open Gallery, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13-14/10/2007
Draper, Mark: Accomplished Wood Fire Potter: An Exhibition of the Work of Stephen Harrison, Ceramics: Art and Perception, no.9, 1992
Galleries of Australia & New Zealand: 2007
Harrison, Steve: Janine Schenkel at Mura Clay Gallery, Newtown, Pottery in Australia, vol.30 no.1, 1991
Harrison, Steve: Pottery in Australia, vol.14 no.1, vol.15 no.1, vol.15 no.2, vol.17 no.2, vol.20 no.2, vol.23 no.1, vol.24 no.1, vol.24 no.2, vol.24 no.3, vol.26 no.1, vol.26. no.2, vol.26 no.4, vol.27 no.1, vol.27 no.2, vol.28 no.3, vol.29 no.2, vol.29 no.3
Harrison, Steve: Thoroughly Modern Milling, 1976
Harrison, Steve: Laid Back Woodfiring, 1979, reprinted 1980
Harrison, Steve: Proceedings of the National Ceramics Conference, 1985
Harrison, Steve: co-author, Handbook for Australian Potters, 1985; reprinted 1986, 1989
Harrison, Steve: Woodfire '86, Gippsland Institute, 1986
Harrison, Steve: Gippsland C.A.E. Woodfire survey, 1986
Harrison, Steve: Clay Statements, 1987
Harrison, Steve: regular contributor to Potters Society Technical Bulletin, 1979-1985
Harrison, Steve: Ceramics, Art and Perception, no.2
Harrison, Steve: Woodfired Refectory Dishes, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 1991
Harrison, Steve: Statement, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 1991
Harrison, Steve: The Cryptic Clues, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 1992
Harrison, Steve: Little White Lies, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 1992
Harrison, Steve: Axe man ... spare that tree, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 1993
Harrison, Steve: A brief history of fission, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 1995
Harrison, Steve: Another Senseless Act of Beauty, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 2000
Harrison, Steve: From the Ground Up, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 2004
Harrison, Steve: from the ground up: An exhibition at Legge Gallery, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, November 2004
Harrison, Steve: Dirty Little Secrets, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 2006
Harrison, Steve: Hand of the Other, (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 2007
Harrison, Steve: Magic Dirt, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, April 2007
Harrison, Steve: Heart of Darkness(Black bowl blues), (catalogue notes) Legge Gallery, 2008
McDonald, John: Spectrum, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21/9/96
nine TO five: Sydney Update, Bowled Over, Issue 505, 6/7/1998
Stevens, Helen: Steve Harrison at Legge Gallery, Pottery in Australia, vol.30 no.1, 1991
Warburton, Toni: Balmoral Blackware, Steve Harrison's Radical Localism, The Journal of Australian Ceramics, April 2007
Wentworth Courier: Surfaces lush and tactile, 18/10/2000
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