Professor Sebastian Blackie
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Job title: Programme Leader MA ADAPT
Email: s.blackie@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 593182
Room: 203 Markeaton Street
Experience in Industry
Substancial experience in the creative industries with residencies/public lectures and demonstrations at the following:
- Appledor Visual Arts festival,
- Fuping world museum of contemporary ceramics, China,
- Experimental Pottery workshop, Jingdezhen, China,
- Denmark's International Ceramic Museum research centre, Guldagergaard, Zealand
- Anseong University, Korea,
- Ryoji Koie studio, Kamiyahagi, Japan,
- National Art School, Sydney, Australia,
- Ascham School, Sydney, Australia,
- Tresham College, University of Northampton, UK
- Glasgow School of Art, UK
- Sydney University's College of the Arts,
- Sturt Craft Centre,
- Manly T.A.F.E. College, Sydney
- Aichi School of Ceramics, Japan,
- Aichi University of Fine Art, Japan
- Aichi Prefecture Ceramics Museum, Japan
- La Meridiana Arts Centre, Italy, August
- Glasgow School of Art,
- Ashmolean Museum Oxford, UK
- Wolfson College Oxford, UK
- V&A Museum London
Contributed to a number of books on contemporary ceramics.
Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology
School: School of Art and Design
Subject Area: Art and Design
I am Programme Leader for the interdisciplinary masters in art and design
Professional interests
- Ceramic specialist
- Active artist/designer/freelance writer
Recently selected by Bond Street Gallery Erskine, Hall and Coe to represent them at Collect art fair, Saatchi Gallery, London and SOFA art fair New York.
Commissioned by Ceramic Review Magazine to write book review: Olsen Kiln Book and exhibition review: 'Slipped' Wysing Arts, Cambridgeshire.
Recent publications
- Wolfson College Oxford, Solo, May 2011.
- University of Derby, Sustainability Festival March 2011.
- Galerie Besson Summer exhibition, Royal Arcade, London. 2010
- British Studio Ceramics, Mint Museum, North Carolyna, USA, June 2010.
- SOFA New York April 2010
- Galerie Besson, Royal Arcade, London. Contemporary Ceramics Group Feb 2010
- Clive Bowen, exhibition catalogue essay for Japan exhibitions May 2011 (St Ives gallery)
- Tokyo, Shikama Fine Arts Kyoto.
- Rioji Koie exhibition catalogue essay October 2010 Gallerie Besson
- Svien Bayer, exhibition catalogue essay Goldmark Gallery, Published October 2010 ISBN 978-1-870507-72-1.
Research interests
- Current research interest is focused on landscape.
- Member of Digital and Material Arts Research Centre (D-MARC) and Identity, Conflict and Representation Research Centre (ICR) research groups
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- UK consultant: Fu Ping conference
- Consultant to Open Futures a skills and enquiry-based curriculum development programme; a charity established by the Helen Hamlyn trust.
Undergraduate qualifications
- Dip AD 3D Design, Farnham School of Art
Postgraduate qualifications
- ATC, Goldsmiths University of London
