H e l e n M i c h i e
Originally from Edinburgh, I now live in the incredibly beautiful west coast of Scotland. My raku, stoneware and porcelain ceramic
works and paintings are informed by the elements, light and natural environment of the Scottish west coast but created to try and
capture both the strength and impermanence of the natural world.
The unpredictable nature and beauty of the outdoor raku smoke firing influenced by the elements and seasons gives each Raku
wall piece a unique sense of light, time and place.
The hand built stoneware bowl forms use the equally organic fluid nature of the high firing stoneware glazes alongside the
movement of textured clay to create ceramics rooted in the coastal landscape.
My porcelain sculptural pieces are influenced by the movement of the sea and the unique marine habitat and use a limited palette
of colour alongside dynamic forms.
The mixed media paintings convey the atmosphere of the coastal environment and the movement of the underwater world
using textures and colour.
In addition to creating ceramics and paintings I am an experienced Community Artist and run workshops and Community Art
projects and festivals and have been involved with Community Arts since working as a Public Artist in Glenrothes, Fife. I have also
worked as an Arts development officer and Schools cultural co-ordinator here in the Highlands and have been fortunate to have the
opportunity to create more Public Art works throughout the area.
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Education
BA(Hons) Art and Design specialism Sculptural Ceramics Grays School of Art, Aberdeen
2009 - present
Self employed Ceramic and Mosaic Artist
member of Scottish Artists Union, Visual Arts Scotland, Scottish Potters Association and Craft Potters Association
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Selected Exhibitions and Craft and Design/Ceramics Events
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Only Clay Ceramics Event, Kelburn Museum, Sheffield 2023
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll New Works Exhibition 2023
Visual Arts Scotland North Exhibition VAS members Inverness Creative Academy 2022
Scottish Potters Association, Milton Gallery, Banchory In the Midwinter Exhibition 2022
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll " Coast" Exhibition New Sculpture 2022
Scottish Potters Association, Wild Clay Exhibition, International Soil Congress, SEC Glasgow 2022
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll Winter Show Exhibition 2021/22
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll All Things Connect Exhibition 2021
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll New Works Exhibition 2021
The Watermill Bookshop, Cafe and Gallery, Aberfeldy Seasons Cycle SPA Exhibition 2021
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll Online Exhibition 2020
Gallery Q, Dundee Online Exhibition 2020
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll Ways of Being Ceramics Exhibition 2019
Scottish Potters Association, Milton Gallery, Banchory Spring Exhibition 2019
Caol Ruadh Scottish Sculpture Park, Argyll Summer Exhibition 2019
Lime Tree Gallery, Fort William New Dimensions Exhibition 2019
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll Solo Exhibition 2018
ArtnShelter, Tokyo, Japan 2017
The Green Gallery Autumn Exhibition, Buchlyvie 2017 2018
The Birch Tree Gallery Spring Exhibition, Edinburgh 2017
Resipole Studios Fine Art Gallery, Argyll Group Exhibitions 2010 - 2019
Caol Ruadh Scottish Sculpture Park Hortus Redux Exhibition, Argyll 2017
The Scott Gallery Taste of Potfest Exhibition, Hawick 2016
Golden Hare Gallery, Ampthil, Bedfordshire 2015 - 2017
Ebury Bridge Arts New Artists from Britain and Europe Spring Bliss Exhibition, Taipei and Singapore 2014
Moray Arts Centre Natural Selection Exhibition, Findhorn 2013
An Talla Solais Arts Centre Painting with Smoke Exhibition, Ullapool 2011
Handmade at Kew, International Craft and Design event, Kew Gardens, London 2015 2016
Handmade Edinburgh, Contemporary Craft and Design event Edinburgh 2016 2017 2018
Handmade in Britain, Contemporary Craft and Design event Chelsea, London 2013 2014
Earth and Fire International Ceramics Fair, Nottingham-shire 2016 2018
Potfest at the Palace International Ceramics Fair, Scone Palace, Perth 2014 - 2019 2023
3D2D Art, Craft and Design Fair, Edinburgh 2011 - 2019 2021 - 2023
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Public Art
COAST Creative Scotland funded project, Ceramic Mosaic, Mallaig 2021
Creag Mhor Mosaic, SUSTRANS National Cycle Network, Onich 2020/21
Glenuig Hall Entranceway Mosaic, Glenuig 2012
Falls of Shin Atlantic Salmon Interprative Mosaic, Lairg 2011
Ceramic wall Sculpture, Acharacle Primary School, Acharacle 2010
Ceramic Sculpture Trail, Fort William Medical Centre, Fort William 2007
Cleveland Arts playground Mosaic, Middlesbrough 1994
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Town Artist, Glenrothes, Fife 1991- 1993
Schools workshops and Public Art throughout Glenrothes
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Residencies
Juniper Trust, Dhulikhel Primary and Secondary Schools, Nepal 1999
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Aberdeen Primary Schools 1994
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Community Art Workshops and Projects throughout the Highlands 2003 - 2024
Clay, Ceramics, Mosaic, Life Drawing, Collage, Willow
Pre-school, Primary, Secondary, Adult, Older People
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Arts Co-ordination
Schools Cultural Co-ordinator, Highland Council, Lochaber and the Black Isle 2007 - 2009
Arts Development officer, Highland Council, Lochaber area 1995 - 2007
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