Meet Sara Roberts, a Visionary Among Ceramic Artists in Ireland
Unveiling the Soul of Irish Ceramic Art
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Sara 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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Publications:
- Four Seasons, West Cork Creates, Cnoc Bhui, Union Hall, West Cork
2022:
- Reconnect, Cork Potters group show, Asna Gallery
- Sculpture In Context, Botanic Gardens, Dublin
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, Skibbereen, 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, Skibbereen, 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, Skibbereen, 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
