CURRICULUM VITAEc
QUALIFICATIONS: Batchelor of Arts (Hons) Art and Design, North Staffs Polytechnic,
UK, 1971
Master of Arts Humanities, The Flinders University of South
Australia, 1995
Doctor of Philosophy, Humanities, Monash University, Victoria 2002.
Lecturer and private art practitioner in Australia 1977-2020
SCHOLARSHIP: Wedgewood Scholarship, England, U.K.1971
RELEVANT
EXPERIENCE: Studio Consultant, Fine Arts Department, University of Wales
P/T Teaching, Avalon Studios, Sydney
Lecturer I, Ceramics, Darwin Institute of Technology
Constructed a ceramic history course, Darwin
Assisted in constructing B.A and M.A. degree courses, Darwin
Head of Ceramics, Darwin Institute of Technology
Advisory Board, Ceramics: Art & Perception Magazine
Private Practice
Art commission for Cornwall project, Tasmania
Honorarium, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
Research Scholar, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
Feature writer for Art Etcetera magazine Wales
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE: Research survey of East African ceramics
Research survey of contemporary Italian ceramic
Research study of industrial ceramics in U.K
Research study of contemporary ceramics in UK
Research survey of art and craft in China
Research study survey of historical and contemporary ceramics in
Crete, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Thailand and
the United States of America
Survey of artist and crafts people in the U.S.A.
Research study of London Galleries and Art Schools., U.K
Research study of Scottish Museums and Glasgow School
of art
Field work study for PhD in the U.K
Maritime history research in Wale
AUSTRALIAN
EXHIBITIONS: 1978 Northern Territory Art Acquisition Award, Darwin N.T.
1979 Canberra Exchange Exhibition, A.C.T.
1979 One Man Exhibition, Darwin
1980 Darwin Contemporary Artists Co-Operative Exhibition, N.T.
1981 From the Top of the Bottom of the World Exhibition, N.T.
1982 Faculty Exhibition, Museum and Art Gallery, Darwin
1983 Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Adelaide
1983 Staff Exhibition, serigraphs, Darwin N.T.
1984 Minor New Works, Darwin N.T.
1984 Potters Society Members Exhibition, Sydney
1985 National Teapot Award Exhibition, Sydney
1985 New Dimensions, Adelaide
1986 4 x 2 Sculpture, Darwin N.T.
1986 Warriors, Fireworks Gallery, SA
1986 Big Pots, Crafts Council Gallery, Hobart
1986 Big Fish, Launceston, Tasmania
1987 Palatial Jars, Promenade Gallery, Adelaide
1988 Collectors' Ceramics, L'Unique, Adelaide
1988 Damn Good Pots, National Ceramic Conference, Sydney
1988 Sea Pots, Expo, Brisbane
1988 National Teapot Award Exhibition, Sydney
1989 In Black and White, Australian Impressions Gallery, Melbourne
1990 Teapot Show, Sydney, NSW
1990 Variety Club of Australia Art Exhibition, ACT
1991 Aspects of Australia, SA
1991 Masks, Cyclopii, Vic
1991 Teapot Exhibition, Brisbane, Qld
1991 South Australian Ceramics, Crafters Gallery, Qld
1991 National Teapot Show, Clayworkers' Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1991 All Boxed Up, The Jam Factory Gallery, Adelaide, SA
1992 Teapots, Boyd Gallery, NSW
1992 National Teapot Show, Clayworkers' Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1992 Inaugural Exhibition, Craft and Design Centre, SA
1992 Cloth and Clay, Central School of Art, SA
1993 Myer Ceramic Award, Shepparton, Vic
1993 National Ceramic Teapot Award, L'Unique, SA
1993 Tea and Coffee Pot Award, Boyd Gallery, NSW
199 Diversity in Clay, Mildura Arts Centre, Vic
2002 Fisheaters, University of Tasmania, Launceston
2003 Rye Crop, Mura Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2004 Coastal Dwellings, UTAS, Tasmania
2005 Beneath the Surface, Staff/Student exhibition, UTAS, Tasmania
2005 Coastal Pastoral, Artisan Gallery, Tasmania
2006 Fishplates, Artisan Gallery, Tasmania
2009 Coastal Heads, University of Tasmania
2011 Aired, P.O. Gallery Ballarat, Victoria
2012 The Narrative Knot, Sydney
2016 Rye Crop, Sydney
INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITIONS: 1987 International Show Ceramics, Holland
1989 Australian Visions, Virginia, USA
1989 Fletcher Challenge Award, NZ
1989 Woodfired, Hawk Creek Gallery, Oregon, USA
1989 Woodfired, Maveety Gallery, Oregon, USA
1989 Anagama Works, Sitka Center, Oregon, USA
1990 Anagama Exhibition, Deventer, Holland
1991 Fletcher Challenge Award, Auckland, N.Z.
1992 Fletcher Challenge Award, Auckland, N. Z.
1993 Fletcher Challenge Award, Auckland, N.Z.
2000 Millenium Jugs, Kunstel Ceramics, Holland
2003 Coastal Venus’, Farrago Gallery, Conwy, Wales
2008 Coastal Heads, U. C. W. Wales
2020 Marine Drawings, Gallery Gwyn, Wales
ARTICLES
AUTHORED: Pit Firing at Gunn Point, Pottery in Australia
Gold Medal Award Review, Craft Arts Magazine
An Australian Vision, Craft Arts Magazine
American Woodfiring, Pottery in Australia
Drawing on Totemic Powers, Craft Arts Magazine
Allegorical Forms, Craft Arts Magazine
Birds of the Antipodes, Craft Arts Magazine
Vincent Mc Grath, Craft Arts Magazine
Plagiarism in Woodfiring, Pottery in Australia
Inglewood Award Review, Craft Arts Magazine
Historical Plagiarism, Ceramics Monthly, USA
Sitka Residency, Ceramics: Art and Perception
Patrick Siler, Craft Arts Magazine
Peter Pilven, Craft Arts Magazine
Pauline Griffin, Craft Arts Magazine
Heartlands, Catalogue Essay for V. McGrath
Jeff Mincham, Craft Arts Magazine
Rita Hall, Reade Gallery
Automata Catalogue Essay for David Archer
Sam Keane, Craft Arts Magazine
The National Teapot Exhibition,' Ceramics: Art and Perception
Sacral Images Catalogue Essay for Rita Hall
David Archer Exhibition, Catalogue Essay.
Richard Parker, Ceramics: Art and Perception
South Australian Ceramic Award 1994, Craft Arts Magazine
Arcadia, Catalogue Essay for David Archer
Michael Doolan, Ceramics: Art and Perception
Archer’s Arcadia, Catalogue Essay
Borth Mariners, Ninnau Newspapers, U.S.A.
Oregon Postscript, Ceramics Art and Perception, Australia
Shorecombings, Artspace, U.K
Chris Headley, New Ceramics, Germany
Time and Memory, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Emotion and Intensity, Art Etcetera U.K.
Coast, Art etcetera, U.K.
Food, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Cosmology, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Ink, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Neil Johnson, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Rachel Rea, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Chris Headley, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Stuart Evans, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Jenny Williamson, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Jonah Evans, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Jo Mattox, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Megan Elinor, Art Etcetera, U.K.
ARTICLES
FEATURED: Overseas Exhibition, Pottery in Australia
Sea Themes, Craft Arts Magazine
Exhibition Review, Dutch Ceramics
Exhibition Review, German Ceramics
Artist’s Take in Sitka, Newsguard, U.S.A
Ceramic Review, UK
Home Beautiful, Australia
International Exhibition, Ceramics Monthly, USA
Historical Plagiarism, Ceramics Monthly, USA
In Black and White, Impressions Gallery, Sydney
Woodfire 88, Pottery in Australia
Teapot Exhibition, The Age, Sydney
Sitka Residency, Ceramics: Art and Perception
Davies On Own Voyage, Examiner, Hobart
Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, Pottery in Australia
Inspiration By the Sea, Examiner, Hobart
Diversity in Clay, Ceramics: Art and Perception
Ceramic Review, Gallery Section, U.K
Fisheaters, Catalogue Essay
The Coastal Pastorals of Terry Davies, New Ceramics, Germany
Time and Memory, Art Etcetera, U.K.
Ink, Art Etcetera, U.K.
AWARDS: 1988 Sculpture Award, Tea Tree Gully Council, SA
1989 The National Teapot Award', The Old Bakery Gallery, Sydney
1990 First Prize, Variety Club of Australia Art Prize, Sculpture
COLLECTIONS: Tea Tree Gully Council, SA
Auckland Museum, New Zealand
Art Bank Australia
University College of Wales. Archives
University of Tasmania
University of Ballarat
Private Collections in Australia and Overseas
Art Academy, Ballarat
RESIDENCIES: 1986 Tasmanian School of Art, Launceston, Tasmania
1989 Sitka Centre for Art and Ecology, Oregon, U.S.A
2002 Scholar in Residence, University of Tasmania
2004 Researcher in residence, University of Tasmania
2005 Artist in Residence, University of Tasmania
2006 Artist in Residence, Astoria, U.S.A.
2008 Artist in Residence, U.T.A.S. Tasmania
2011 Artist in Residence, Ballarat, Victoria
PUBLIC 1986 Marine Imagery, Launceston Tasmania
LECTURES: 1989 The Lure of Woodfiring, Oregon U.S.A
1991 Plagiarism and Woodfiring, Gulgong, N.S.W.
1995 Australian Ceramics, Carmarthen School of Art, Wales
2002 Y Ceffyl Pren, University of Tasmania, Launceston
2002 Bioregionalism in Art, University of Tasmania, Launceston
2003 Maritime Borth, Llandre Historical Society, Wales
2004 Brogarwch, University of Tasmania
2006 Area Specific Art and the Pastoral, Oregon U.S.A
2006 Custodial Aesthetics, Clatsop Community College, Oregon, U.S.A.
2006 Maritime Families of Borth, Cardiganshire Historical Society,
2006 Area Specific Art, Carmarthen School of Art, South Wales
2006 The Mytho-Poetic in Ceramics, Arts Faculty, Astoria U.S.A.
2010 Researching family Histories, Adelaide
2011 Writing the Thesis and Beyond, Victoria
2012 A Sense of Place, Adelaide
2012 Borth to Ballarat, Art Academy, Victoria
BOOKS 1996 Australian Figural Ceramics,
AUTHORED: 2003 Bioregionalism: Area-Specific Art and the Relocated Artist,
2003 Borth A Seaborn Village, Carreg Gwalch Press, Wales
2007 Herbert the Turbot, Children’s book
2009 Borth a Maritime History, Carreg Gwalch Press, Wales
BOOKS Lane, P. Contemporary Porcelain, 1995, Craftsman House, London
FEATURED: Mansfield, J Contemporary Ceramic Art, 1995, Craftsman House, Sydney
Osterman, M The Ceramic Surface, 2002
Boyden, Frank Coexistence With Fire, 2008, American Museum of Ceramic Art
FILM/VIDEO:
ABC, Territory Tracks, 1984, Australia
ABC, The Home Show, 1993, Australia
Takehara, J., Ceramics Down Under, 1996, USA
WEBSITES:
www. terrydaviesceramics.com
www.borthmaritimehistory.com
These websites were constructed by Amanda Shaw.
The National Library of Wales has been granted copyright as it wished to disseminate the maritime website’s contents to all museums worldwide.