julian king-salter - contemporary ceramics
Julian has exhibited widely, and regularly supplied work to leading Galleries throughout mainland UK between 1985-2000 and again from 2020. His earlier pots are still stocked and sold by some of these, and also in the USA and Australia
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His work is in private collections in Europe, USA (including the Grainer Collection), Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, and in public collections in UK and Europe.
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His work is analyzed and discussed in:
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Contemporary British Studio Pottery by Ashley Thorpe (Chapter 3, Twists and turns)
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and he is included in:
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Peter Dingley's autobiography, The Gallery
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Dictionary of 20th Century Studio Ceramics by Pat Carter
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The Complete Practical Potter by Josie Warshaw
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British Studio Potters' Marks, Eric Yates-Owen, Robert Fournier
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CPA Potters (until 1999)
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Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection edited by Annie Carlano
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reviews in Ceramic Review and local press
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Ceramic Review July/Aug 2024 article - Potter's Secrets
Education
1967 - 1971
Marlborough College, UK (studied pottery with David Buchanan)
1972 - 1975
Cambridge University
1983 -1999 full time potter (self taught)
Exhibitions
1986
Welsh Arts Council 'Craft 86' - group show
1987
Amalgam, London (with John Ward and Geoffrey Eastop)
Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (with John Maltby and Mike Scott)
Leigh Gallery, London (solo show)
Chelsea Craft Fair (with New Ashgate Gallery)
1988
Courcoux and Courcoux, Salisbury (with Bernard Charles)
Peter Dingley, Stratford, Special Summer Show (group)
1989
Royal Exchange Manchester (solo show)
Amalgam, London, Handbuilt Pots (group)
International Art Fair, Olympia, London, with Scottish Gallery
Peter Dingley, Stratford on Avon, (solo show, with paintings by Peter Markey)
1990
Beaux Arts, Bath (with paintings by Josef Herman)
Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh (solo show, with paintings by Robert Leishman RSW)
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, British Ceramics Today (group)
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham (solo show, with paintings by Fiona Millais)
1991
New Ashgate gallery, Farnham, British Ceramics Today (group)
1992
Professional Member, Craft Potters Association UK
Harlequin Gallery, Greenwich, London (solo show)
1994
Courcoux and Courcoux, (with John Ward)
1995
Harlequin Gallery Greenwich (solo show)
1996
Beaux Arts, Bath (solo show)
New Millennium Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall (solo show)
Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Summer Show (group)
Montpellier Gallery, Stratford (3 person show)
1997
elected Fellow of the Craft Potters Association UK (CPA)
CPA Gallery, London, Kaleidoscope, (group show)
1998
Beaux Arts, Bath (solo show)
1999
The Stour Gallery, Warwickshire (with John Ward)
May 2000
moved to Australia
2009
Serpentine Gallery, Lismore, NSW (group show)
2010/2011
work included in Contemporary British Studio Ceramics: The Grainer Collection, at The Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, USA
2019
established workshop in Glass House Mountains, QLD
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Best at Last - Maker's Gallery, Brisbane (group show)
2020
December - Maker's Gallery, Brisbane (in store and online, solo show)
relocated to Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, UK and
established current workshop there.
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September - Harlequin Gallery, Towards Abstraction, Abstract Ceramics (with Robin Welch and Marianne de Trey)
2021
Welsh Art Week, London (online) with The Gallery Yr Oriel, Newport (group show)
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Harlequin Gallery - The Trevor Coldrey Collection
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Craft Potters Association UK, Selected Member
2022
Ceramic Break Sculpture Park, Warialda, NSW
Solo Ceramics Exhibition alongside 4 visual artists
2023 CPA Contemporary Ceramics - New Members (group show)
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Old Kiln Yard Gallery - opening group show
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2024 Old Kiln Yard - solo show, with paintings by Peter Privett, Adam Cornish, Luke King-Salter
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