Les Blakebrough Resume
Medium
Ceramics/Porcelain/Industrial Processes/Exhibition work.
Professional Activities
1996
Principal Research Fellow, Ceramic Research Unit
University of Tasmania
1989 - 1994
Associate Professor / Head, Ceramic Studio, Tasmanian School of Art, Hobart University of Tasmania
1993
Industrial Research Projects:
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory, Denmark
Hackman-Arabia Factory, Helsinki, Finland
Royal Worcester Porcelain Factory, Worcester, UK
1992
Churchill Research Fellowship
Solo Exhibitions
2001
Beaver Gallery ACT
2000
BMG/Adelaide Festival Exhibition S.A.
Sturt Gallery Mittagong NSW
1998
BMG Fine Art Adelaide South Australia
1997
Savode Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Ceramic Art Gallery, Paddington, NSW
Group Exhibitions
2001
Ten Days on the Island/Long Gallery Hobart.
1999
Contemporary Aust Craft to Japan/ Hokkaido - Takaoka - Shiga + Sydney Customs House
1997
“Four Visions of Antarctica” Newcastle City Gallery
1997
Sidney Myer Ceramic Award /Exhibition, Shepparton, Vic.
1996
Triaxial Blend Exhibition, Rochester Inst.Technology, NY USA.
1995
Australian Exhibition Delinquent Angles , Faenza, Italy + Japan + Australian State Galleries in 1996.
Awards
1998 - 1999
Australia Council Creative Arts Fellowship.
1996
Sidney Myer Ceramic Award /Exhibition, Shepparton, Vic.
1995
Newcastle City Gallery Ceramic Purchase Award.
Research
1998 - 2000
Large ARC x 3yrs Industrial Processes for Craft-Based-Industry
1998 - 1999
Small ARCx 2yrs Porcelain Clay Development
1995
Large ARC Grant x 3yrs. Industrial Processes for Craft-Based-Industry
Small ARC Grant.Porcelain Clay Development
1994
Australia Council Grant for Hillka Hiltunen Lecture Tour x 5 Capital Cities.
1993
Arts Tasmania Residency Grant for Elina Brandt-Hansen - Norway
1992 - 1993
Large Australian Research Council Flexible Kiln Design.
1991 / 2 / 3
Small ARC x 3yrs Tasmanian Porcelain
Publications
1997
Ceramics Technical, vol 3, no 3 : Flexible Format Kiln Research
1996
Ceramics Technical, vol 1, no 1: Porcelain Clay Research
1994
Ceramics Art and Perception, 18, pp3-7 Research in Industr
1993
Craft Arts, vol 28, pp50-54: profile by Andrew Darby
