Jack Doherty
Jack’s work explores the ancient layers of cultural resonance embedded within archetypal forms. Made from porcelain, the vessels are thrown then carved and shaped reflecting the fluidity of the material and physicality of making. The elemental colour and surface texture are created by the fusion of fire and soda in the intense heat of the kiln, leaving behind a subtle palette of smoky grey, lemon, russet and turquoise. On many levels, the pots are figurative; each has its own character, particular emotional range and response.
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1. Folded Rim Vessel£780.00 -
J10. Carved and Textured Pod£2,200.00
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2. Smokey Grey Conical Vessel£760.00
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4. Ribbed Vessel£480.00
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7. Large Winter Tea Bowl£480.00
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J12. Pod Form£750.00
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J14. Tall, Carved Folded-Rim Vessel£2,580.00
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J13. Folded Rim Carved Pod
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J15. Tall Vessel I£550.00
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J20. Tall Conical Vessel£1,200.00
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J29. Tall Carved Vessel III£390.00
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J19. Tall Vessel V
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J27. Tall Carved Vessel I£620.00
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J31. Teabowl £250.00
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J3. Blue and Russet Round Bowl Form£2,800.00
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J16. Smokey Grey Tall Vessel II£550.00
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J26. Conical Vessel £220.00
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J28. Tall Carved Vessel II£580.00
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J30. Teabowl£250.00
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J36. Small Folded Rim Vessel£320.00
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J32. Teabowl £250.00
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J5. Folded Rim Vessel II £980.00
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J38. Small Pod
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J6. Tall Folded Rim Vessel III£580.00
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J7. Folded Rim Vessel IV£520.00
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J8. Round Bowl Vessel£650.00
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J9. Round Bowl Vessel £580.00
Born in Co Derry, Jack trained in Ceramics at the Ulster College of Art and Design, Belfast. He worked at Kilkenny Design Workshops before establishing his first studio in Co. Armagh and then in Herefordshire. Jack moved to Cornwall in 2008 to take up the role as Lead Potter at the restored Leach Pottery setting up the new production studio. During the five years in post there he designed a successful range of functional ware which respected the ethic and history of the pottery but which also had its place in a contemporary market. In the Gallery space he curated a series of ceramic exhibitions illustrating the development of studio ceramic practice showcasing work by leading potters in both a historical and contemporary context.
Jack’s pots have been exhibited extensively both in the UK and internationally. He was Chair of the Craft Potters’ Association for 10 years, a founder and current Chair of Ceramic Art London and from 2008 – 2013, and is the first Lead Potter and Creative Director of the Leach Pottery. Jack’s work was short-listed for the prestigious worldwide Loewe prize in 2020.
Residencies
2018 – Cloud Forest Collective, Taiwan
2016 – Mashiko Ceramics Museum Japan
2016 – Janet Mansfield Memorial Award Fuping Pottery Village, Xian, China
2016 – Artist in Residence, Cill Rialaig, Kerry, Ireland
Professional Memberships
Fellow, Craft Potters Association UK
Chair of Ceramic Art London
Selected Maker, Portfolio Critical Selection, Design and Crafts Council of Ireland
Honorary Member RBSA
Awards
1972 – Alice Berger Hammerslag Trust Award
1974 – Gold Medal International Ceramics exhibition Faenza Italy
1976 – Gold Medal International Ceramics Biennial Vallauris France
1986 – Crafts Council marketing /publicity grant
1998 – 1st Prize West Midlands Arts Touring Exhibition
1993 – West Midlands Arts Crafts initiative grant
2020 – Shortlisted for the LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2021
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
2019
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
‘Resonate Space’ collaborative project at Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
‘Surface Matters’ The Design & Crafts Council of Ireland Biennial Portfolio, Dublin Castle
2018
‘Vessels from Grass Mountain’, Cloud Forest Collective, Taiwan
2017
Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
‘Narratives in Making’ National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny Ireland
Living Space, Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London
Solo Exhibition Yingge Ceramics Museum Taiwan
2016
Solo exhibition Dao Artspace Xi’an China
Living Space Gallery St Ives Tokyo, Japan
Waypoint Market Place Gallery Armagh, N Ireland
2015
Vessels: The Spirit of Modern British Ceramics, Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
Side by Side, National Craft Gallery Ireland & Irish Cultural Centre Paris France
‘O’ Design and Crafts Council Tent London UK
Solo Exhibition Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
Waypoint New Craftsman Gallery St Ives
Solo Exhibition Beaux Arts Bath
2014
Into The Field, The Model, Contemporary Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland
WeatheringTENT London& Ullens Contemporary Art Centre Bejing China
Centred, Ceramics Ireland, Farmleigh Gallery, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
Interplay, SO Fine Art Editions, Dublin, Ireland
Harbouring Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall | Brook St Gallery, Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
2012
A Place in the World Garden House, Cornwall New Craftsman, St Ives, Cornwall
Jack Doherty & Tomoo Hamada, Gallery St Ives, Toyko, Japan
2011
Gallery St Ives, Toyko, Japan
TransFORM, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin and touring venues in Ireland
2010
Tea Vessels, Mitsokoshi, Toyko, Japan
European Ceramics Context representing Ireland, Bornholm, Denmark
Pure Simplicity, National University, Taipei, Taiwan
Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, N.Ireland
2009
National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
Pots For Light Galerie Besson, London
2007
Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London
Collections
Irish Contemporary Ceramics Collection, Hunt Museum Ireland
National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland
The Ceramics Museum Mashiko Japan
Potteries Museum, Hanley, UK
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery UK
Liverpool Museum, UK
Princeshof Ceramics Museum, Netherlands
Castle Museum, Nottingham, UK
Cheltenham Museum, UK
Ceramics Museum, Faenza, Italy