J E F F   M  I N C H A M

Date of Birth
1950: Milang, South Australia

Education
1974 Tasmanian School of Art
1970-73 South Australian School of Art (Postgraduate Studies)

Professional Experience
Extensive management experience in a variety of arts organisations at state and national level including; President, Royal South Australian Society of Arts & Crafts Council of South Australia; Head of Jam Factory Ceramics Workshop, Chair of Hahndorf Academy Museum and Art gallery; Member of Craft Australia Interim Board.

Guest lecturer and demonstrator in Australia and overseas, including over 100 workshops and summer schools conducted in all states and in the United Kingdom, America and New Zealand. Including the following recent positions:
1996 Guest Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
1994 Guest Demonstrator, Raku Ho'olaul'ea, Hawaii, USA
1992 Guest Lecturer, McGregor Summer School, Toowoomba, QLD
Invited Speaker, Crafts Council of Australia, National Conference, WA
1991 Guest Demonstrator, International Potters Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales
Judged over 20 major Art and Ceramic Awards throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Solo Exhibitions
61 solo exhibitions since 1976 in Australia, New Zealand and America. Including the following recent exhibitions:

2003
Quadrivium, Sydney, NSW

2002
Beaver Galleries, Canberra, ACT

2001
BMG Art, Adelaide, SA
Mira Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions
Over 200 group exhibitions throughout Australia, America, New Zealand, Italy, France, Japan, China, Taiwan, Britain, The Netherlands and Germany including the following recent exhibitions:

2002
Material Culture, The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Cover Story - 40 Years of Pottery in Australia Covers, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW

2001
Presiding Officers Exhibition, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT
Art Seasons Gallery, Singapore
Landscape, Memory and the Imagination, Brisbane City Gallery, QLD

2000
Chemistry - Art in South Australia 1990-2000, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Place and Identity - Contemporary South Australian Ceramicists, Art Museum, University of South Australia
19th National Craft Acquisition Award, Darwin, Northern Territory

1993
7th National Ceramics Conference, Adelaide, SA

1992
VIC Health National Craft Award, National Gallery of Victoria
2nd Perth International Crafts Triennial, Perth, WA

Recent Awards

1998
Toowoomba Biennial Acquisitive Award
Bathurst Art Purchase Award
Townsville Ceramic Award
Winner, South Australian Ceramics Award

1997
Winner, Newcastle Regional Gallery Award

1996
Stanthorpe Arts Festival Sculpture Award

1995
Winner, Nillumbik Art Award

1992
Honorary Mention, 3rd Mino International Ceramics Award, Nagoya, Japan
Winner 11th Gold Coast National Ceramic Award
Winner, Alice Springs Craft Award

1991
Australia Council Fellowship

Collections
Represented in over 100 permanent public collections including all major state and regional galleries in Australia and the Australian National Gallery, also; Parliament House, Canberra; Government House, South Australia.
International collections include; The Australian Chancery, Saudi Arabia; The Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales; The National Galleries of Malaysia and Taiwan; The State Collection of Hawaii; the Silber, Stephen Alpert and Johnson Collections, USA
Private Collections in Australia and Overseas

Commissions
Electricity Trust of South Australia (Bronze Sculpture)
Playford Commemorative Memorial Trust (Bronze Sculpture)
Mary MacKillop College, SA (Ceramic Sculpture)
Park Lane Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Golden Coast Resort Hotel, Hong Kong
Hyatt International, Adelaide, SA

Selected Publications
Included in the following Australian and overseas publications:

* Studio Ceramics and Ceramic Form: Shape and Direction
P. Lane, Collins UK 1983 and 1988

* Craft in Australia
A. Moult, Reid Publications NSW 1984

* The New Ceramics: Trends and Traditions
P. Dormer, Thames and Hudson London 1986

* Ceramics in South Australia 1936 - 1986
N. Ioannou, Wakefied Press SA 1986

* The Collectors's Guide to Modern Australian Ceramics
J. Mansfield, Craftsman House NSW 1988

* New Art Four
N. Drury, Craftsman House NSW 1990

* Raku Pottery
R. Pipenburg, Pebble Press Farmington Hills Michigan 1994

* Contemporary Ceramic Art in Australia and New Zealand
J. Mansfield, Craftsman House NSW 1994

* Raku: A review of Contemporary Work
Tim Andrews, Craftsman House, NSW 1995

* Sculptural Ceramics
I. Gregory, A & C Black, London 1995

* Masters of Their Craft
N. Ioannou, Craftsman House NSW 1996

* Scottish Sojourn
T. Davies in Pottery in Australia, December 1997

* Landscape, Memory and the Imagination
Dr. Noris Ioannou, Craft Arts No. 45, 1999

Regular contributor to * Pottery in Australia

Major Articles in * Craft Art International
No. 24, 1985 and 1992