BIOGRAPHY
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Roberts studied Graphic Design at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, from 1980-84 and graduated with a degree in Visual Communications. She worked in London, Australia and Ireland as a designer until 2000. During 2000-2002 she undertook a City and Guilds one year course in Ceramics and was subsequently awarded a bursary at Colaiste Stiofain Naofa, Cork, Ireland. She consequently set up her own studio and has been working in clay since and frequently exhibiting, both in Ireland and abroad. |
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2021:
Home Ground, West Cork Creates, Skibbereen
Galway Potters' Market, Spanish Arch, Galway
From the Earth, Cork Craft and Design, Douglas
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2019:
Out of this Earth Ceramics Exhibition, Blue House Gallery, Schull, West Cork
Tracton Arts Festival, Minane Bridge, Co Cork
Straight out of Ireland, Bryn Mawr, Wayne, Philadelphia, USA
2018:
Ceramic Awards Show, Mill Cove Gallery, Kenmare, Co Kerry
Tracton Arts Festival, Minane Bridge, Co Cork
Under Shelter, West Cork Creates, O'Driscoll Building, Skbbereen, Co Cork
Home, Cork Craft and Design, Kinsale, Co Cork
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2017
10 x 10, Tracton Arts Festival, Minane Bridge, Co Cork
All Fired Up, Lavitt Gallery, Cork
The Wild Atlantic Way, West Cork Creates, O'Driscoll Building, Skbbereen, Co Cork
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2016:
Irish Ceramics, Barony Centre, Scotland
Cork Potters Show, Zozimus, Dublin
Ceramic Awards Show, Mill Cove Gallery, Kenmare, Co Kerry
The Garden, West Cork Creates, O'Driscoll Building, Skbbereen, Co Cork
Art Source, RDS, Ballsbridge, Co Dublin
2015:
6 @ 6, Gallery No 6, Sligo with 5 other Cork Potters
Mill Cove Awards Show, Castletownbere, West Cork.
Cork Potters Members Annual Show,’Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork
Time, Old Mill, Kinsale, Co Cork
West Cork Creates, Skibbereen, W Cork
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2014:
Contrasts- Six Irish Artists, Sarala’s ArtWorld, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, sponsored by Culture Ireland.
Cluster, Spacecraft, Belfast City,
The Narrow Space, Clonmel, Co Tipperary
Coming Together, The Framemaker, Carrigaline, Co Cork
Ceramics Awards Show, Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere, West Cork.
Victor Richardson and Sara Roberts,The Frank Lewis Gallery, Killarney, Co Kerry.
Cork Potters Members Annual Show, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork
All Fired Up, Zozimus Gallery, Dublin
2013:
Cork Potters Show,The Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford,
Ceramics Awards Show Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere, West Cork & Kenmare, Co Kerry.
Cork Potters at Mill Cove, The Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere and Kenmare, West Cork and Kerry
Kinsale Arts Week, Rincurran Hall, Summercove, Kinsale.
Thrown Open, Cork Potters at Zozimus Gallery, Dublin
Rattlebag, Cork Potters at Fort Camden, Crosshaven, West Cork
The Ireland–Newfoundland Trail, a journey of plants and people. Craft Council Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
CASe, Lavitt Gallery, Cork City
2012:
The Ireland-Newfoundland Trail- a journey of Plants and People. Garter Lane Gallery, Waterford:
36 Irish Ceramicists, The Barony, West Kilbride, Scotland:
Fragility (with The Society of Cork Potters), Fort Camden, Co Cork:
Who made this? (with Cork Craft and Design) Old Mill, Kinsale:
Ceramic Awards Show, Mill Cove Gallery, W Cork.
Outside the Box and Perfect Vision, 2020 Gallery, Cork:
30 Years of Cork Pottery Hickey Collections, Clonakilty, Co Cork
Form Function Adorn (with Cork Craft and Design) Old Mill, Kinsale:
Made in Cork, Lavitt Gallery Cork
Transformations, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland and National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Irish Contemporary Ceramics, Mill Cove Gallery, West Cork
2011:
Outside the Box and Perfect Vision, 2020 Gallery, Cork:
30 Years of Cork Pottery Hickey Collections, Clonakilty, Co Cork
Form Function Adorn (with Cork Craft and Design) Old Mill, Kinsale:
Made in Cork, Lavitt Gallery Cork
Transformations (with The West Cork Craft and Design Guild) at Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland and National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Irish Contemporary Ceramics, Mill Cove Gallery
Solo Shows:
Shifting Sands, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Co Laois (2008)
Making Waves, Stephen Pearce Gallery, Co Cork (2007)
Awards:
Mill Cove Ceramics Awards, selected by The Doorway Gallery, Dublin (2013)
The People’s Prize Award, Armagh Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre, Armagh (2013)
Publications:
Irish Ceramics (2nd Edition) by John Goode
Celebrating 40 Years - The Society of Cork Potters 1980-2020, by Etain Hickey and Catherine Ryan
Irish Ceramics, 3rd edition by John Goode
Home Ground, West Cork Creates, Skibbereen
Galway Potters' Market, Spanish Arch, Galway
From the Earth, Cork Craft and Design, Douglas
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2019:
Out of this Earth Ceramics Exhibition, Blue House Gallery, Schull, West Cork
Tracton Arts Festival, Minane Bridge, Co Cork
Straight out of Ireland, Bryn Mawr, Wayne, Philadelphia, USA
2018:
Ceramic Awards Show, Mill Cove Gallery, Kenmare, Co Kerry
Tracton Arts Festival, Minane Bridge, Co Cork
Under Shelter, West Cork Creates, O'Driscoll Building, Skbbereen, Co Cork
Home, Cork Craft and Design, Kinsale, Co Cork
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2017
10 x 10, Tracton Arts Festival, Minane Bridge, Co Cork
All Fired Up, Lavitt Gallery, Cork
The Wild Atlantic Way, West Cork Creates, O'Driscoll Building, Skbbereen, Co Cork
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2016:
Irish Ceramics, Barony Centre, Scotland
Cork Potters Show, Zozimus, Dublin
Ceramic Awards Show, Mill Cove Gallery, Kenmare, Co Kerry
The Garden, West Cork Creates, O'Driscoll Building, Skbbereen, Co Cork
Art Source, RDS, Ballsbridge, Co Dublin
2015:
6 @ 6, Gallery No 6, Sligo with 5 other Cork Potters
Mill Cove Awards Show, Castletownbere, West Cork.
Cork Potters Members Annual Show,’Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork
Time, Old Mill, Kinsale, Co Cork
West Cork Creates, Skibbereen, W Cork
Sculpture in Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
2014:
Contrasts- Six Irish Artists, Sarala’s ArtWorld, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, sponsored by Culture Ireland.
Cluster, Spacecraft, Belfast City,
The Narrow Space, Clonmel, Co Tipperary
Coming Together, The Framemaker, Carrigaline, Co Cork
Ceramics Awards Show, Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere, West Cork.
Victor Richardson and Sara Roberts,The Frank Lewis Gallery, Killarney, Co Kerry.
Cork Potters Members Annual Show, Wandesford Quay Gallery, Cork
All Fired Up, Zozimus Gallery, Dublin
2013:
Cork Potters Show,The Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford,
Ceramics Awards Show Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere, West Cork & Kenmare, Co Kerry.
Cork Potters at Mill Cove, The Mill Cove Gallery, Castletownbere and Kenmare, West Cork and Kerry
Kinsale Arts Week, Rincurran Hall, Summercove, Kinsale.
Thrown Open, Cork Potters at Zozimus Gallery, Dublin
Rattlebag, Cork Potters at Fort Camden, Crosshaven, West Cork
The Ireland–Newfoundland Trail, a journey of plants and people. Craft Council Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
CASe, Lavitt Gallery, Cork City
2012:
The Ireland-Newfoundland Trail- a journey of Plants and People. Garter Lane Gallery, Waterford:
36 Irish Ceramicists, The Barony, West Kilbride, Scotland:
Fragility (with The Society of Cork Potters), Fort Camden, Co Cork:
Who made this? (with Cork Craft and Design) Old Mill, Kinsale:
Ceramic Awards Show, Mill Cove Gallery, W Cork.
Outside the Box and Perfect Vision, 2020 Gallery, Cork:
30 Years of Cork Pottery Hickey Collections, Clonakilty, Co Cork
Form Function Adorn (with Cork Craft and Design) Old Mill, Kinsale:
Made in Cork, Lavitt Gallery Cork
Transformations, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland and National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Irish Contemporary Ceramics, Mill Cove Gallery, West Cork
2011:
Outside the Box and Perfect Vision, 2020 Gallery, Cork:
30 Years of Cork Pottery Hickey Collections, Clonakilty, Co Cork
Form Function Adorn (with Cork Craft and Design) Old Mill, Kinsale:
Made in Cork, Lavitt Gallery Cork
Transformations (with The West Cork Craft and Design Guild) at Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland and National Botanic Gardens, Dublin
Irish Contemporary Ceramics, Mill Cove Gallery
Solo Shows:
Shifting Sands, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Co Laois (2008)
Making Waves, Stephen Pearce Gallery, Co Cork (2007)
Awards:
Mill Cove Ceramics Awards, selected by The Doorway Gallery, Dublin (2013)
The People’s Prize Award, Armagh Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre, Armagh (2013)
Publications:
Irish Ceramics (2nd Edition) by John Goode
Celebrating 40 Years - The Society of Cork Potters 1980-2020, by Etain Hickey and Catherine Ryan
Irish Ceramics, 3rd edition by John Goode
